Tavoris Bell Quotes & Sayings

The night sky was brighter than it had been. On the clearest nights the stars were a cloud of light across the breadth of the sky, extravagant in their multitudes . . . The era of light pollution had come to an end. The increasing brilliance meant the grid was failing, darkness pooling over the earth. I was here for the end of electricity. The thought sent shivers up Clark's spine. — Emily St. John Mandel

Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself. — Thomas Jefferson

I'm obsessed with the idea of social TV. — Dennis Crowley

The real measure of your "wealth" is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

I think artists should define themselves. They should speak about their work and how it relates to society and what's going on in the world. — Jose Parla

I work mostly during the week, and on the weekend I get to hang out with friends, so it balances out pretty well. — Jimmy Bennett

We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past. — Tom Wolfe

The fighters who frighten you are not the fighters to fear. The man you barely notice will be the one to bury a blade in your back. — Brian Staveley

I want to bring clean water to people who do not have it. What I'm trying to do now is think of ways to build a well-drilling machine that is low-cost so people in rural areas can afford it. — William Kamkwamba

The swim of things. I go on an airplane. I walk under the Empire State Building. I take the bus, and the subway, and am surrounded by strangers the whole time. I certainly have room in my life for caution, but I have no room in my life for paralyzing fear. There's always a risk. There always has been. But I'd rather live my life than die of negations. — David Levithan