Leardiss Quotes & Sayings

Nature is a tropical swamp in sunshine, on whose purlieus we hear the song of summer birds, and see prismatic dewdrops, - but her interiors are terrific, full of hydras and crocodiles. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

What we seek is what we are. — Jack Kornfield

'The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative. — Jane Campion

The chicken is only an egg's way for making another egg. — Richard Dawkins

The single greatest impediment to error prevention in the medical industry is that we punish people for making mistakes, — Lucian Leape

O, what an untold world there is in one human heart! — Harriet Beecher Stowe

(T)hey at last understood that their problems would never have been solved by trying to cover them up or choke them back or pretend they didn't exist. By repression. No, their problems could only be solved by expression. By telling their tales, and by making up new ones, too. — Adam Gidwitz

The importance of immobility and silence to photographic authority, the nonfilmic nature of this authority, leads me to some remarks on the relationship of photography with death. Immobility and silence are not only two objective aspects of death, they are also its main symbols, they figure it. — Christian Metz

What if my becoming fully aware of the frequency of such moments makes me terrified to leave my house? — Edwidge Danticat

They say that when a woman wants to end a relationship, she cuts off all of her hair. I've done that twice in my marriage but am still married. — Leslie Mann