John Singer Sargent Watercolor Quotes & Sayings

People say that soundstage sets never quite look like reality. But actually, they can. They can be as real as you want as long as you pay attention to the kind of detail that is given for free in a real place. — Lenny Abrahamson

The church which is not a missionary church will be a missing church when Jesus comes. — F.B. Meyer

I don't really care about a song or lyrics; I'm really just interested in the way people emphasize words. That's what makes a strong impact on me. — Erik Hassle

A ship in dock, surrounded by quays and the walls of warehouses, has the appearance of a prisoner meditating upon freedom in the sadness of a free spirit put under restraint. — Joseph Conrad

Just a single cord is enough to be tangled — Munia Khan

The person who wins the Nobel Prize is not the person who read the most journal articles and took the most notes on them. It's the person who knew what to look for. And cultivating that capacity to seek what's significant, always willing to question whether you're on the right track - that's what education is going to be about, whether it's using computers and the Internet, or pencil and paper, or books. — Noam Chomsky

Knowing your own mind is the solution to all our problems. — Thubten Yeshe

Directing is monumentally complicated and it's a function of all the time you pay to it. I think it would be great to do a movie I'm not in, I could just eat Fritos and just say, 'yeah, it's good!' Some day. — Ben Affleck

That which interest me above all else,' he wrote,'is the caligraphy of a tree or the tiles of a roof, and I mean leaf by leaf, branch by branch, blade by blade of the grass. — Colm Toibin

The natural strategic orientation of many companies is toward retaining existing customers and seeking further segmentation opportunities. This is especially true in the face of competitive pressure. Although this might be a good way to gain a focused competitive advantage and increase share of the existing market space, it is not likely to produce a blue ocean that expands the market and creates new demand. — W.Chan Kim

Love and advise your children unconditionally. — Eraldo Banovac

Environment' is a term that creates no pictures in the mind, which is why I have begun to use 'natural world' or 'living planet' instead. — George Monbiot

Each government accuses the other of perfidy, intrigue and ambition, as a means of heating the imagination of their respective nations, and incensing them to hostilities. Man is not the enemy of man, but through the medium of a false system of government. — Thomas Paine