“Men have always volunteered, they just called themselves coaches, trustees, and firemen!” Quote by Susan J. Ellis
“The hot, moist smell of babies fresh from naps.” BabyHotSmellNaps Book:Playing after dark Source: Playing after dark
“If there are damned souls in Hell, it is because men blind themselves.” IfsMenSoulHellBlindDamned Souls Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“No art takes places without inspiration. Every artist also needs effective knowledge of his or her tools (e.g., does a certain brush function well with a particular kind of paint?). What's more, artists need effective techniques for using those tools. Likewise, to express ourselves skillfully with maximum efficiency and minimum effort, we need to investigate the most effective ways of using the mind and body since, in the end, they are the only "tools" we truly possess in life.” WayNeedsMindWellsKindDoeArtEndsBodyInspirationArtistCertainEffortParticularToolsFunctionPaintTechniqueEfficiencyMinimumBrushesMaximumMind And Body Author:H. E Davey
“Success is an absurd, erratic thing. She arrives when one least expects her and after she has come may depart again almost because of a whim.” MaySuccessAbsurdWhimErratic Author:Alice Foote MacDougall
“I could still remember how having a two day old baby makes you feel faintly sorry for everyone else, stuck in their wan unmiraculous lives.” InspirationalFeelsStillsTwoRememberInspirational LifeBabySorryStuckTwo Days Author:Marni Jackson
“... The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book - if your ideas appear hollow or forced when they are put on paper, chop them, erase them, pulverise them and start again. Don't whine when things are not going your way, because they are going the right way for The Book, which is more important. The show must go on, and so must The Book.” IfsWayWritingImportantBookIdeasShowsPlansGoes OnPaperRight WayHollowErase Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!” MindHeartPainMankindTerribleHeart And Mind Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“Ralph Keyes calls quotation collectors "quotographers," the men and women who gather catchwords, watchwords, war words, winged words, maxims, mottos, sayings, and quips into books of a thousand pages. Through the centuries quotation collectors have saved quotations that would otherwise be lost.” MenBookWarLostCenturyHe ManThousandPagesMen And WomenSavedQuotationsMottoMaximsCollectorsQuip Author:Willis Regier
“Quotology disdains no quotations whatsoever, a duty it bears stoutly, with bloodshot eyes and sagging shelves.” EyeDutyBearsQuotationsShelvesDisdainSaggingBloodshot Eyes Book:Quotology Source: Quotology
“I think having nature be a part of people's lives helps all of us see ourselves as part of something larger.” PeopleThinkingHelping Author:Ethan Hawke