Nishinaka Quotes & Sayings

The source of all light is in the eye. — Alan W. Watts

I had a natural feeling for sculpture, and the nudes are my sculpture. — Ruth Bernhard

It is not enough for a story to flow. It has to kind of trickle and glint as it crosses over the stones of the bare facts. — John Updike

I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew. — Zubin Mehta

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken. — Paul Valery

You take risks; you get hurt. And you put your head down and plow forward anyway and if you die, you die. That's the game. But don't tell me you're not a hero. You walk away, you're choosing to walk away. Whatever bad things happen as a result, you're choosing to let them happen. You can lie to yourself, say that you never had a choice, that you weren't cut out for this. But deep down you'll know. You'll know that humans aren't cut out for anything. We cut ourselves out. Slowly, like a rusty knife. Because otherwise, here's what's going to happen: you're going to die and you're going to stand at the gates of judgement and you're going to ask God what was the meaning of it all, and God will say, 'I created the universe, you little shit. It was up to you to give it meaning. — David Wong

Sir, I would rather be right than to be President. — Henry Clay

Every day I remind myself of all that I have been given ... With singing, you never know when you are going to lose the voice, and that makes you appreciate the time that you have when you are still singing well. I am always thanking God for another season, another month, another performance. — Anita O'Day

I'm sure I look a wreck. But he's the one who wrecked me so he may as well take a good long look at what he's done. — Monica Murphy

The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore, — Fidel Castro

It is remarkable that God began this work among the Indians at a time when I had the least hope, and to my apprehension the least rational prospect of success. — David Brainerd

Sharpness is overrated. — Keith Carter