Uncoloured South Quotes & Sayings

When you are born into bondage you can't see the prison. — Bryant McGill

Actors, lots of times, are great when they have great parts. For me, a lot of times, it's been the part. — Bruce Davison

What, actually, does it mean to be a tragic figure firmly in the grip of one's daimon? It means to possess great talent, to relentlessly pursue the expression of that talent through the unswerving affirmation of the causa-sui project that alone gives it birth and form. One is consumed by what he must do to express his gift. The passion of his character becomes inseparable from his dogma. Jung says the same thing beautifully when he concludes that Freud "must himself be so profoundly affected by the power of Eros that he actually wished to elevate it into a dogma...like a religious numen."
Eros is precisely the natural energy of the child's organism that will not let him rest, that keeps propelling him forward in a driven way while he fashions the lie of his character-which ironically permits that very drivenness to continue, but now under the illusion of self-control. — Ernest Becker

Death is insulting, and I resented its sudden appearance, like an unannounced visit from a boorish relative. — Sue Grafton

When you know your work sells, then seeking a gallery or outdoor show is fine. Then, if an event or art gallery kicks sand in your face don't give up, keep moving forward. Use your brain and eliminate a lot of your personal agony. There are times when you should not take NO for an answer. But there are others when you should never put yourself in the place to be rejected to begin with. Seek the wisdom to know the difference and then go for it. Persevere in the face of disappointment. — Jack White

But her curiosity got the better of her and at last she went back to where she'd left a big shallow basin of milk only the day before ... and found the surface of the milk invisible under a carpet of her bees. "Bees don't drink milk," she said to them. When they lifted and flew away the basin was empty and clean. — Robin McKinley

But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will. — Vernor Vinge

Charles L. Allen once said, "When you say a person or situation is hopeless, you are slamming a door in the face of God." Ouch. It is easy to focus on the doors being slammed (rejection, illness, fatigue, failures) and not see things from God's perspective. He never leaves us. — Celeste Palermo

Give an average baby a fair chance, and if it doesn't do something it oughtn't to a doctor should be called in at once. — Jerome K. Jerome

Trust comes through honesty. — Dorien Kelly

Among Negroes it is a bad omen when someone knocks on the door of a house where a person has died. — Ethel Waters

You have changed everything for me- you rearranged the furniture and now you've changed the view from my window! ... — John Geddes

The reality is that beer still outsells wine and spirits combined, and makes up 60 of all alcoholic beverage occasions. It's important to keep beer fun, relevant and in step with the changing preferences of adults who enjoy beer. — Pat McGauley

That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg. — Samuel Goldwyn