Overtaking Boats Quotes & Sayings

The world is changing, but I am not changing with it. There is no e-reader or Kindle in my future. My philosophy is simple: Certain things are perfect the way they are. The sky, the Pacific Ocean, procreation and the Goldberg Variations all fit this bill, and so do books. Books are sublimely visceral, emotionally evocative objects that constitute a perfect delivery systemBooks that we can touch; books that we can smell; books that we can depend on. Books that make us believe, for however short a time, that we shall all live happily ever after. — Joe Queenan

Homecoming

My childhood's trees stand rejoicing around me: O human!
and the grass bids me welcome from foreign lands.
I lean my head in the grass: now home at last. — Edith Sodergran

I am the Olympics. — Dave Eggers

I am not convinced that means [Donald] Trump is a lock to be the next president but it does suggest that what he has tapped into is both lasting and powerful. — Christopher Michael Cillizza

I like doing food as a focal point on my table. It is not like going out and buying flowers or candles, which are expensive. — Sandra Lee

They became sleepwalkers in a world of half-dreams and rambling thoughts with no break in the wearing march or the never-ending, silent black trunks that came and passed in countless thousands. — Terry Brooks

The plan is not wanting in grandeur; I see but one impediment."
"What is it?"
"Impossibility. — Alexandre Dumas

I started photographing people on the street during World War II. I used a little box Brownie. Nothing too expensive. — Bill Cunningham

The inconspicuous nine-vehicle motorcade rolled toward Manhattan with motorcycle sirens blaring and lights flashing, attracting no attention at all. — Salman Rushdie

I don't think I'm anti-social. I just like to be alone. — Gin Getz