Wovoreen Quotes & Sayings

That chair -shall I ever forget it? Where the shadows fell on the canvas upholstery, stripes of a deep but glowing indigo alternated with stripes of an incandescence so intensely bright that it was hard to believe that they could be made of anything but blue fire. For what seemed an immensely long time I gazed without knowing, even without wishing to know, what it was that confronted me. At any other time I would have seen a chair barred with alternate light and shade. Today the percept had swallowed up the concept. I was so completely absorbed in looking, so thunderstruck by what I actually saw, that I could not be aware of anything else. Garden furniture, laths, sunlight, shadow - these were no more than names and notions, mere verbalizations, for utilitarian or scientific purposes, after the event. The event was this succession of azure furnace doors separated by gulfs of unfathomable gentian. It was inexpressibly wonderful, wonderful to the point, almost, of being terrifying. — Aldous Huxley

Clear and sweet is my soul, clear and sweet is all that is not my soul. — Walt Whitman

'The Victorian Internet' is a must read for anyone interested in the history of technology and in the cycles of hype, boom, and bust that seem to only quicken with each new wave of innovation. Highly recommended. — John Battelle

It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice. — Epictetus

We fixed on No. 4, Queen Street Place, for our City offices, and it was from there that so many of my patented inventions were dated. — Henry Bessemer

And cooking is about balance and harmony. — Nigella Lawson

They are unanimous in their hate for me; and I welcome their hatred. (quoting FDR announcing the Second New Deal, 1936) — Yanis Varoufakis

Security comes from earning it-not seeking it. — Marv Levy

I'm grateful for all the attention because it validates I'm doing something. — Gale Harold

You know what it's like to move from being happy to being not? It's like swinging as high as you can and someone stops you as you come back down. — Joan Bauer

If we are to send people, it must be for a very good reason - and with a realistic understanding that almost certainly we will lose lives. Astronauts and Cosmonauts have always understood this. Nevertheless, there has been and will be no shortage of volunteers. — Carl Sagan