Sulcus Of The Brain Quotes & Sayings

To pass its threshold was to return to stagnation; to cross the silent hall, to ascend the darksome staircase, to seek my own lonely little room, and then to meet tranquil Mrs. Fairfax, and spend the long winter evening with her, and her only, was to quell wholly the faint excitement wakened by my walk, - to slip again over my faculties the viewless fetters of an uniform and too still existence; of an existence whose very privileges of security and ease I was becoming incapable of appreciating. What good it would have done me at that time to have been tossed in the storms of an uncertain struggling life, and to have been taught by rough and bitter experience to long for the calm amidst which I now repined! Yes, just as much good as it would do a man tired of sitting still in a "too easy chair" to take a long walk: and just as natural was the wish to stir, under my circumstances, as it would be under his. — Charlotte Bronte

Most people are under exposed to global assets, including foreign stocks, bonds and currencies. — Mohamed El-Erian

The biggest challenge is probably some of the physicality. Some stuff you would never want to experience, in real life, but it's still such an adventure that it's worth all the scrapes and bruises and mud between the toes. — Charles Halford

Lin beamed, and threw a couple of triumphant middle fingers in the air. — Lin-Manuel Miranda

We, as designers, have a job with so many possibilities and connections. We are connected to so many different portals, from art to movies to music to design. Fashion is always evolving. Actually, the field is huge. I don't think there is another profession that is so open to so many possibilities. — Miuccia Prada

Morwen was petrified. Galadir was getting closer. She could feel his breath, cold and accelerated. She imagined for a second like would be kissing him. A hazard too dangerous. And what if she could not stop? If by mistake, kissing him, she had bitten him? What if his blood was come down sweet in her throat? No. Too dangerous. With a quick movement, she stood up and walked away from the Prince. — Chiara Cilli

I prayed aloud, less to plead for divine favor than to intimidate the tribe with articulate speech. — Jorge Luis Borges

I do have high standards, but I don't expect anything from anyone that I don't expect from myself. — Olivia Newton-John

Contempt is frequently regulated by fashion. — Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann

Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man — Cesare Pavese

Work is valued by the social value of the worker. — Gloria Steinem

the canvas is never empty — Gilles Deleuze