Invent Yourself Daily Quotes & Sayings

Chivalry is itself the poetry of life. - SCHLEGEL, Philosophy of History. — Inazo Nitobe

[about her offer of a Swedish massage]
Alex: You're not Swedish.
Brittany: Yeah, well, neither are you. So if I do it wrong you'll never know the difference. — Simone Elkeles

PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him. For purposes of humor it is popularly called a trunk. — Ambrose Bierce

Science and art may invent splendid modes of illuminating the apartments of the opulent; but these are all poor and worthless compared with the common light which the sun sends into all our windows, which he pours freely, impartially over hill and valley, which kindles daily the eastern and western sky; and so the common lights of reason, and conscience, and love, are of more worth and dignity than the rare endowments which give celebrity to a few. — William Ellery Channing

So then, what do you believe in?
Sex and death. Two things that come once in my lifetime. But at least
after death you're not nauseous. — Woody Allen

Our plump predicament comes from the way we think. In America life has
become a daily quest for instant gratification. Do we think about the long term? Rarely. We ask ourselves, "What sounds good?" That's where we get into trouble focusing on what we want rather than what we need. Then we invent new ways to satisfy ourselves. — Aaron Blaylock

I don't invent anything. I imagine everything ... most of the time, I have drawn my images from the daily life around me. I think that it is by capturing reality in the humblest, most sincere, most everyday way I can, that I can penetrate to the extraordinary. — Brassai

I can sing, but my voice is untrained. I'd like to do a musical someday. — Sherilyn Fenn

The she-cat he had seen in the woods . . . was his sister! — Erin Hunter

His Son Jesus, the Word of God, is our Instructor ... He is God and Creator. — Clement Of Alexandria

I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part of reality, history in the making. Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics. — Yehuda Amichai

Suggested to him that we would promise each other to invent at least one amusing story daily, about some incident that could happen one day after our liberation. He — Viktor E. Frankl

It's all or nothing with me. Make sure you know what you want. — Katie Reus

Engineering is merely the slow younger brother of physics. — Steven Molaro

Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise. — Maya Angelou