Ortut Quotes & Sayings

My approach is simple. It is nothing other than what I am thinking at the time I make each piece of clothing, whether I think it is strong and beautiful. The result is something that other people decide. — Rei Kawakubo

My instrument is the studio. When I play my instrument, I'm creating music using the studio. All the other instruments serve it. — Son Lux

The synagogues of late antiquity and the early medieval period were built around imagery: imagery of remembering the Temple, but also of the celestial zodiac, too. — Simon Schama

God is not good, or wise, or intelligent anyway that we know. So, people like Maimonides in the Jewish tradition, Eboncina in the Muslim tradition, Thomas Aquinas in the Christian tradition, insisted that we couldn't even say that God existed because our concept of existence is far too limited and they would have been horrified by the ease with which we talk about God today. — Karen Armstrong

Never believe a promise from a man or woman who has no discipline. They have broken a thousand promises to themselves, and they break their promise for you. — Matthew Kelly

Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect. — Honore De Balzac

Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death. — Annie Lennox

The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always the human condition faces a beautifully empty canvas. We possess only this moment in which to dedicate ourselves continuously to the sacred presence which we share and create. — Frank Herbert

If you are considering earning your living from your Element, it's important to bear in mind that you not only have to love what you do; you should also enjoy the culture and the tribes that go with it. — Ken Robinson

I'm not somebody with over-weening ambition. — Jeremy Corbyn

The markets where we've got real good presence are the older, more mature markets like Australia, and Western Europe - where we've only got 6,000 stores, compared to the US with 13,000. — Jim Cantalupo

It was dark inside the apartment, the lights were dimmed completely and the sky outside the bay window was a starless void. It was as though the apartment itself existed within its own empty, inky black bubble. — Charles Hash

I bring my bike to work, and I make laps around our parking lot on my lunch break. — Angela Kinsey