Noticings Quotes & Sayings

I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night. — William Hurt

Life's objective is life itself. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Autumn in my garden is when trees give their tickertape welcome to winter. — Densey Clyne

The true unconscious is the well-head, the fountain of real motivity. The sex of which Adam and Eve became conscious derived fromthe very God who bade them be not conscious of it. — D.H. Lawrence

It was a short session of the simple being-ness that he had long coveted for The Afterlife. What Glynis had called "doing nothing," The smelling and seeing and hearing and small noticings of sheer animal presence in the world surely constituted activity of a sort, perhaps the most important kind. This was a form of companionship that he'd been especially cherishing with Glynis of late: devoid of conversation, but so surprising in its contrast to being by yourself. — Lionel Shriver

But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks,
Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass;
I, that am rudely stamped, and want love's majesty
To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;
I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion,
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,
Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time
Into this breathing world, scarce half made up,
And that so lamely and unfashionable
That dogs bark at me as I halt by them,
Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace,
Have no delight to pass away the time,
Unless to spy my shadow in the sun. — William Shakespeare

A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the size of his heart. — Zeus

I thought that unless people know me, they wouldn't find me funny. — Heather McDonald

When Hawk Delgado, Lee Nightingale, Luke Stark and Kane Allen entered a room, you took notice. — Kristen Ashley

Many people we consider legends, such as Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, remain so scarred by scandals, injustices and regrets from decades earlier that they're barely able to appreciate their accomplishments. — Neil Strauss

without purpose your sharp perceptions and subtle noticings are just an excuse to swim around inside your own head like a goldfish whilst the real world rages on about you. You're all vision and no purpose, in a world that demands we constantly ready ourselves not to bark, but to bite. — Troy Blackford

Sweeping her up into her arms, Jenny hugged her tightly. "Everybody — Judith McNaught

Ice cream is three times more soothing and infinitely cheaper than counseling. — Lisa Aldridge

If you're going to be a model, what's going to get you the job on a go-see and makes you stand out, it might not be your lipstick or your portfolio or what you're wearing, it might come from your core being. — Andre Leon Talley

Curiously, only in sports do we agree to eschew technological advances, making rules, for example, to limit the power potential of baseball bats. We understand that technology will ruin our games, but we do not understand that it can also ruin cultures. — Gene Logsdon