Ryle Kincaid Quotes & Sayings

This was the greatest gift that he had, the talent that fitted him for war; that ability not to ignore but to despise whatever bad ending there could be. This quality was destroyed by too much responsibility for others or the necessity of undertaking something ill planned or badly conceived. For in such things the bad ending, failure, could not be ignored. It was not simply a possibility of harm to one's self, which could be ignored. He knew he himself was nothing, and he knew death was nothing. He knew that truly, as truly as he knew anything. In the last few days he had learned that he himself, with another person, could be everything. But inside himself he knew that this was the exception. That we have had, he thought. In that I have been most fortunate. That was given to me, perhaps, because I never asked for it. That cannot be taken away nor lost. But that is over and done with now on this morning and what there is to do now is our work. — Ernest Hemingway,

When I became a poet, the Korean literary world expected women poets to sing passively of love. Naturally, this was not written anywhere, but this rule existed nonetheless. Consequently, I received plenty of serious criticism. — Kim Hyesoon

Old customs are easy to forget with the flashing of events in our lives. Easy to forget, like the heavy clothing we once wore to survive the winters. It is an old custom, the handing down of things. A good knife, a well-made pipe, a heavy robe. Tradition falls prey to constant change, and creativity becomes so revered that the past is a relic, only to be admired. But in this coat, I was held to the earth, pulled to the past by its weight. — Craig Childs

People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. — Rufus Sewell

Love is like a pineapple, sweet and undefinable. — Piet Pieterszoon Hein

There's a movement for simplifying your life: purchase less stuff, own a few things that are very high quality that last a long time, and that are multifunctional. — Yvon Chouinard

Once again Chile reduces us to what R. L. Stevenson called 'the virginity of senses' where words cannot match the impressions received. — Brian Keenan

Don't
tempt the scorpion if you don't want to
get stung. — Colleen Hoover

She told me to tell you love is not a feeling. It's a sacrifice. — Jennifer Clement

If we marvel at the artist who has written a great book, we must marvel more at those people whose lives are works of art and who don't even know it, who wouldn't believe it if they were told. However hard work good writing may be, it is easier than good living. — Katherine Paterson

A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity. — Hermann Von Helmholtz

I think of what the experience is of going into the building, of spending time in it, and try to get a sense of what the building would be like to work in as well. — Paul Goldberger

The most effective lie is always the closest to the truth. The closer the better. A dream is not true but is never a lie. There are various approaches for understanding dreams: as evidence of some deeper psychological truth, as alternate realities, as subtle yet surreal mental reprocessings of our daily lives, as experiences equally valid to those had while awake. Due to the acuity of their strangeness, dreams practically call out for interpretation. However, since we don't accurately know what consciousness is, since we don't know precisely what or how we experience being awake, why would we be able to know what happens when we dream? There are also various approaches one might use for understanding a lie. But one aspect generally agreed upon is that to tell the complete truth, and only the complete truth, at all times, is a disaster. There are different ways of being honest. — Jacob Wren

I don't even know how to use a parking meter, let alone a phone box. — Princess Diana

Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art. — Sylvester Stallone