Repainted Furniture Quotes & Sayings

I had a bunch of paintings around at my house, and someone said to me, 'Why don't you just put them on Instagram? Why don't you show people these?' And I didn't want to - it was just something else I would have to do. But eventually, I was like, 'What's the harm?' And the response was so insane! — Alison Mosshart

I always thought that if you don't feel the breath in the actors' bodies, you lose all the intimacy and truth. — Richard LaGravenese

Cast a cold eye
on life, on death
Horseman pass by — W.B.Yeats

Mr. Gryce was like a merchant whose warehouses are crammed with an unmarketable commodity. — Edith Wharton

On the road to success, even little stones may cause you fall down! If you are not serious and careful, forget about reaching your target! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

What I thought we ought to try to do in a book like this is to focus closely on Lincoln, himself, to see what he knew, how he knew it, how he came to make the decisions that he did, and how he implemented them. — David Herbert Donald

hardly anyone knows what vainglory is anymore. If anything, people use the word "vain" or "vanity" today to mean being conceited or puffed up about yourself (usually in an unjustified way) - roughly speaking, it's a form of pride equivalent to having an inflated sense of your worth or importance. — Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

Why should any of these things that happen externally, so much distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing, and cease roving and wandering to and fro. Thou must also take heed of another kind of wandering, for they are idle in their actions, who toil and labour in this life, and have no certain scope to which to direct all their motions, and desires. — Marcus Aurelius

Corporations are poisoning our air and water while at the same time lining the pockets of elected officials with political contributions. — Gloria Reuben

A bad attitude is worse than a bad swing. — Payne Stewart

Faith is the flame that eliminates fear. — Suzy Kassem

In any area of human endeavour, there is going to be mediocrity. You're going to find people who get money that they shouldn't get. — Bill Bryson

She still said nothing and I purposely did not look at her because I did not wish either to press her or to embarrass her. I was in love with her, and my heart went out to her as she tried to fathom her own feelings. I felt like saying: Don't bother to explain, darling. I know it all.
Instead, the calculating side of my mind was at work: the side that plotted carefully, planned to get what it wanted and nearly always succeeded. — John Bingham