Potenella Quotes & Sayings

Painting is an extension of man's means of communication. As such, it's pure, difficult, and wonderful. — Sidney Nolan

Every child begins the world again. — Henry David Thoreau

The authentic insight and experience of any human soul, were it but insight and experience in hewing of wood and drawing of water, is real knowledge, a real possession and acquirement. — Thomas Carlyle

The kind of young woman who can be a terrific torchbearer has high standards all the time, not just in her prom dress, but every, ordinary day. — Margaret D. Nadauld

Perhaps he just needed something to worry about again, so he could stop worrying. — Mark Lawrence

You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. — Lupita Nyong'o

We instinctively wave to people on trains because trains are a metaphor for being alive: countless souls, trapped together, hurtling across the landscape, with a destination somewhere in the unseeable distance.
Nobody ever waves at buses. — Douglas Coupland

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so. — Aristotle.

The one thing I had learned in my sixteen years was that you couldn't count on anyone to stick around. Opening yourself up only causes trouble in the end. — Shana Norris

Drawing things makes them seem more real and makes me feel more alive. It also makes me pin down and remember things - landscapes, season, weather, occasions, incidents, people - that would otherwise have melted from my memory. — David Gentleman

For a moment
not even a moment, a split second
I imagine him saying, 'The truth is, I'm desperately attracted to you.' And then I imagine myself spitting in his face. and then I imagine licking it off his cheek and kissing him. (Because I'm disturbed. Ask Anyone.) — Rainbow Rowell

We were little children, four or five years old, but they were all around the house and they made us look epic, like we were part of some story being told. My mom would have this woman come to our house and take photos of us. She did a photo book of us as well when I was one. I still have it. — Jeff Vespa

There is no beginning too small. — Henry David Thoreau

The current financial crisis calls out for new products and services as well as more, not less, information about what is safe and profitable in the future environment. — Jeremy Siegel