I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
#quotes #paul-mceuen #childhood
You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world. ~Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
#quotes #louise-berliawsky-nevelson #creation #world
Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
#quotes #richard-linklater #faith #believe #intelligence
Bambi, to a kid, was scary. ~Billy Crystal
#quotes #billy-crystal #children
When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
#proverbs #polish-proverbs #harvest
There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
#quotes #james-bovard #responsibility
No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
#proverbs #russian-proverbs
Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #parents #children
For my own style, I love vintage. 60's and 70's are my favorite. I love baby doll dresses and the soft colors. I try to mix a little bit of modern into that; maybe I'll wear it with boots. At my school we wear a uniform, but we have one day a week we can wear whatever we want. ~Elle Fanning
#quotes #elle-fanning #60s #70s #clothing
Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
#quotes #ernest-hemingway #africa #travel
Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
#proverbs #italian-proverbs #advice
I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
#quotes #gore-vidal #hudson-river #environment #pollution #water
Connoisseurs think the art is already done. ~John Constable
#quotes #john-constable #connoisseurs #art
In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #happiness #anger #promise
The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #silence
So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
#quotes #michael-stipe #athens
There is a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary. ~Trevor Dunn
#quotes #trevor-dunn #entertainment #music #new-york
Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
#quotes #rebecca-west #mozart #music
I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
#quotes #joan-collins #make-up
Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #faith
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #doubt #wisdom
Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? ~Peter Schuyler
#quotes #peter-schuyler #bush
Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
#quotes #simone-de-beauvoir #world #truth
He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs
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