Lester Ballard Quotes & Sayings

Whether a watercolor is inferior to an oil [painting], or whether a drawing, an etching, or a photograph is not as important as either, is inconsequent. To have to despise something in order to respect something else is a sign of impotence. — Paul Strand

When we are happy, those around us will be happy, and in turn, those around them will also start to feel the same way. We always have to start with ourself, and the best place to start is to do what makes you feel joyful. — Anita Moorjani

The hand of Providence creeps among the stars, giving Slothrop the finger. — Thomas Pynchon

There was Isola in a mad hat and a purple shawl pinned with a glittering brooch. She was smiling fixedly in the wrong direction and I loved her instantly. — Mary Ann Shaffer

We seem to need the motivation of pain or discomfort to drive us from our current manner of thinking and being to a higher level of reality. — Rand Olson

She decided to watch the leaves on the tree across the way. How many would fall off in such a strong wind? ... She now knew why people made such a fuss about weddings. It was to keep the bride's mind occupied, lest she fall into strange mental chasms. — Julia Quinn

My father referred to it as "the finest song ever written for fifteen fingers." He made me play it when I was getting too full of myself and felt I needed humbling. Suffice to say I practice it with fair regularity, sometimes more than once a day. — Patrick Rothfuss

The clip-joints are filled every night with marks who crave the tat," said one con man. "If you gave one of them an even break, it would spoil his evening. — David W. Maurer

Impressionism took Paris under its arms and stroked it until it blushed. — Anders Henriksson

There should be a course in first grade on love. — Andy Warhol

With strong self-esteem you can climb any mountain and weather any storm. — Joanne Madeline Moore

Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl Of Halifax

Without failure there is no achievement. — John C. Maxwell

The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same. — Stephen Ambrose