Lalternative Quotes & Sayings

Photographers who carry 60 pounds of equipment up a hill to photograph a view are not suffering enough, although their whining causes enough suffering among their listeners. No, if they really expect us to respect their search for enlightenment and artistic expression, in [the] future they will drag the equipment up the hill by their genitals and take the view with a tripod leg stuck through their foot. — Bill Jay

Real-life people are often the hardest to play, people that you recreate who have actually lived, because you have to live up to people's knowledge of those characters. — Derek Jacobi

Anyone that ever accomplished anything, did not know how they were going to do it. They only knew they were going to do it. — Bob Proctor

I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've also achieved the American nightmare. — Kenneth Lay

Welfare was not to be gauged in purely financial terms, or merely by reference to physical comfort. Welfare, happiness, well-being must embrace the philosophical concept of the good life. She listed some relevant ingredients, goals towards which a child might grow. Economic and moral freedom, virtue, compassion and altruism, satisfying work through engagement with demanding tasks, a flourishing network of personal relationships, earning the esteem of others, pursuing larger meanings to one's existence, and having at the center of one's life one or a small number of significant relations defined above all by love. — Ian McEwan

I find Spanish really difficult. They speak so quickly, whereas in German it's very clear what they're saying. It's easier to repeat. — Eliot Paulina Sumner

I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own. — Sara Sheridan

I honestly don't know how you live without having a cat inside your house. It's like having a little living piece of art that is also very warm and soft. — Hank Green

Trust the process.
Your time is coming.
Just do the work
and the results will handle themselves. — Tony Gaskins

Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me. — Martin Van Creveld