Untravel String Quotes & Sayings

Attempts to put my poems to music have had disastrous results in all cases. And the poem, if it's written with the ear, already has been set to its own verbal music as it was composed. — Billy Collins

Do all the other things, of course, the ambitious things - travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes, swim naked in wild jungle rivers (after first having them tested for monkey poop) - but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness. Do those things that incline you towards the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial. That luminous part of you that exists beyond personality - your soul, if you will - is as bright and shining as any that has ever been. Bright as Shakespeare's, bright as Gandhi's, bright as Mother Teresa's. Clear away everything that keeps you separate from this secret, luminous place. Believe that it exists, come to know it better, nurture it, share its fruits timelessly. — George Saunders

This sort of thing has got to be stopped. Bad philosophers are like slum landlords. It's my job to put them out of business. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Good thing you blend." "I do not blend. — Kresley Cole

I will never regret not having children. What I regret is that I live in a world where in spite of everything, that decision is still not quite okay. — Pam Houston

It's not hard to stand behind one's successes. But to accept responsibility for one's failures ... that is devishly hard! — Vaclav Havel

There's a thing you confront when you're going into something new and you come to this sort of abyss, and then you push yourself. It makes you try different things. — Forest Whitaker

Prayer is not designed to inform God, but to give man a sight of his misery; to humble man's heart, to excite his desire, to inflame his faith, to animate his hope, to raise his soul from earth to heaven ... — Adam Clarke

It is very clear that one way to challenge insults is to submit to them. — Aime Martin

Nutrition doesn't have to be complicated. It goes back to the lessons you learned as a kid. Start with a real breakfast; don't ever skip that. If you're waking up early for a run, make sure you drink at least a glass of water and put something healthy into your stomach before you go out the door. — Summer Sanders

How far can we go? How much can we absorb and still have some peace of mind? — Sandra Bernhard