I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
#quotes #edgar-degas #art #attitude

Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
#quotes #lynda-barry #children

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
#proverbs #greek-proverbs #society #trees

If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
#quotes #joseph-goebbels #war #europe #germany #russia

Are you saying that the feeling of searching for a missing sock is like searching for love? ~Cecelia Ahern
#quotes #cecelia-ahern #love

Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #fortune

I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people. ~Tia Carrere
#quotes #tia-carrere #trust

I love Jesus Christ with all my heart and everything He stands for. I think that sums up everything that I want for my life, everything I want for my family, everything I want for my career. I want it to be entertaining. I want people to smile and tap their toes, but I want it to be meaningful when the day is done. ~Josh Turner
#quotes #josh-turner #christianity

I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
#quotes #maria-monk #christianity #power

Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
#quotes #charles-melville-hays #cars

Death is just life's next big adventure. ~J. K. Rowling
#quotes #j-k-rowling #death #life

In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
#quotes #bobby-rahal #competition

Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
#quotes #robert-lanza #conscious #time #space

Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
#quotes #jimi-hendrix #music

If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
#quotes #nguyen-cao-ky #peace #united-states

He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
#quotes #steig-larsson #desire #addiction

If someone were to say, "Well, what would you have done differently?" I'd say, "Nothing." I think you need to make mistakes. ~Kim Kardashian
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
#quotes #geena-davis #humor

Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. ~Francis Schaeffer
#quotes #francis-schaeffer #christianity

I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
#quotes #lauren-oliver #thinking #death

I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it. ~Franco Nero
#quotes #franco-nero #eating

The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
#quotes #david-lloyd #art #hope #reality

There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self. ~Ralph Smart
#quotes #ralph-smart #confidence #self

Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #darkness

Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
#quotes #alana-stewart #optimism #pessimism