Roughton Art Quotes & Sayings

I am far more interested in being a beginner than in trying to become an expert. Life is difficult and complicated for everyone - but it's very, very short. — Alastair Humphreys

If you are affronted it is better to pass it by in silence, or with a jest, though with some dishonor, than to endeavor revenge. If you can keep reason above passion, that and watchfulness will be your best defenders. — Isaac Newton

God has not made this world to be a nest for us, and if we try to make it such for ourselves, he plants thorns in it, so that we may be compelled to mount and find our soul's true home somewhere else, in a higher and nobler sphere than this poor world can give. — Charles Spurgeon

True, absolute silence and true, absolute love are not different. Absolute silent awareness overflows with simple, fulfilled absolute love. Objects - people, nature, emotions - may or may not appear. Objects are not needed and they are welcomed. The joy of this full silence is uncaused and unlimited. Always here, always discovering itself. It is the treasure, and it is hidden only when we refuse to keep quiet and find out who we are. — Gangaji

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse. — Ed Koch

Give the people what they think they want. — George Ade

Success in science depends strongly on your ability to trust your own judgements. — Nicola Gaston

There's no point sitting here, using words that mean nothing. Go and experiment. It's time you got out of here. Go and re-conquer your kingdom, which has grown corrupted by routine. Stop repeating the same lesson, because you won't learn anything new that way. — Paulo Coelho

My most disastrous date was not so much a disaster as uncomfortable for both parties involved. — Jennifer Aniston

To be involved with movies that become kind of cult classics ... I've been very fortunate. 'The Warriors' is certainly a cult classic, and 'Xanadu' is, to a certain degree, a cult classic as well. — Michael Beck

Are you a ghost? — Rick Riordan

I get nervous for everything - literally everything. — Taylor Swift

Flowers are one of the few things we buy, bring home, watch die, and we don't ask for our money back. — George Carlin

I think you're drooling a little. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

The so-called transcendental meditation is nothing but a psychological tranquilizer. It is nothing - just a tranquilizer. It helps, but it is good for sleep, not for meditation. You can sleep well, a more calm sleep will be there. It is good, but it is not meditation at all. If you repeat a word constantly it creates a certain boredom, and boredom is good for sleep. — Rajneesh