Synesthetes Are Talented Quotes & Sayings

There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely; but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages. — Mark Twain

I argued myself into thinking that physical experience is the only reality. I didn't want to be told about this at second hand. I didn't want to look at picture or study it on a small computer screen. I didn't want to be lectured about it. I wanted to be traveling in the middle of it, and for it to be washing over me, as it was today. — Paul Theroux

Non-co-operation is not a movement of drag, bluster or bluff. — Mahatma Gandhi

Before competition, I always take an ice bath to make my body feel more refreshed. Then I always have coffee with a little cream and sugar. It's a superstitious thing. — McKayla Maroney

When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously. — Takeshi Kitano

Let's get started. Who's first?"
"His name is Kettch, and he's an Ewok."
Wedge came upright. "No."
"Oh, yes. Determined to fight. You should hear him say, 'Yub, yub.' He makes it a battle cry."
"Wes, assuming he could be educated up to Alliance fighter-pilot standards, an Ewok couldn't even reach an X-wing's controls."
"He wears arm and leg extensions, prosthetics built for him by a sympathetic medical droid. And he's anxious to go, Commander."
"Please tell me you're kidding."
"Of course I'm kidding."
(...) "I'm going to get you, Janson."
"Yub, yub, Commander. — Michael A. Stackpole

Once upon a time, chimaera descended by the thousands into a cathedral beneath the earth. And never left. — Laini Taylor

I believe that he knew more what he was doing. I might be absolutely wrong about this, but that was my impression. — Gerhard Richter

It seems like every time we need something, life finds a way to tell us to sit and wait. — Claire Contreras

If you want swashbuckling action in your life, become an entrepreneur and give it a go. — Richard Branson