Winemag Quotes & Sayings

When the lights went out.
It wasn't just the lights. So many things about his physical situation changed all at once that his hindbrain couldn't keep up. It told him to be nauseated just in case he'd been poisoned. It was working with fifty-million-year-old response algorithms. — James S.A. Corey

Excitement, like enthusiasm, sometimes renders us unconscious to the things of earth. — Alexandre Dumas

I've never been the type of artist to plateau or have a big peak in my career and then a big decline. — SonReal

The work I care about is terribly simple. I observe. I try to entertain. But above all I want my pictures to be emotional. Little else interests me in photography. — Elliott Erwitt

8 My son, hear the instruction of your father; reject not nor forsake the teaching of your mother. 9 For they are a [victor's] chaplet (garland) of grace upon your head and chains and pendants [of gold worn by kings] for your neck. 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. — Anonymous

Travel is like knowledge. The more you see, the more you know you haven't seen. — Mark Hertsgaard

Stupidity is brief and straightforward, while intelligence is tortuous and sneaky. — Anonymous

I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking. — Billy Corgan

The benefits of detachment in the face of intense emotional activity can't be overstated. It doesn't cut you off from your heart center; it opens you more. In fact, when you refrain from absorbing the energy around you, you'll remain clear and grounded, you'll be able to easily access your creative and intuitive channel, and you'll be able to choose to use the messages you receive from your Higher Self. — Sonia Choquette

The night before my amputation, my former basketball coach brought me a magazine with an article on an amputee who ran in the New York Marathon. It was then I decided to meet this new challenge head on and not only overcome my disability, but conquer it in such a way that I could never look back and say it disabled me. — Terry Fox

We only ever had the one sun at home," persevered Arthur. "I came from a planet called Earth, you know." "I know," said Marvin, "you keep going on about it. It sounds awful. — Douglas Adams