“I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in.” IdeasHandsAbleBitsClothesStartingWoodsStores Author:Jamie Oliver
“What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public - people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France.” PeopleIfsNeedsShouldStatesDoneHomeBitsArmyWoodsFranceDirtyCoveredRepresentativesThronesVelvetGildedLinen Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“But what is life to a lichen ? Yet its impulse to exist, to be, is every bit as strong as ours arguably even stronger. If I were told that I had to spend decades being a furry growth on a rock in the woods, I believe I would lose the will to go on.” IfsBelieveStrongI BelieveBitsGrowthLosesRocksGoes OnStrongerWoodsDecadesImpulseWhat Is LifeFurry Book:A Short History of Nearly Everything Source: A Short History of Nearly Everything
“Across the narrow beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I; And fast I gather, bit by bit, The scattered drift-wood, bleached and dry, The wild waves reach their hands for it, The wild wind raves, the tide runs high, As up and down the beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I.” LittlesHandsRunningBitsWindWaveWoodsBeachDrySandTidesUp And DownPipersRave Book:Poems Source: Poems
“Our English people are much addicted to raising idols, and then revenging themselves on their own idolatry by knocking down and demolishing the poor bits of wood and stone that they had worshipped as gods. How many literary reputations have been so treated!” PeopleHas BeensBitsPoorStonesDown AndWoodsTreatedReputationIdolsIdolatryKnocking Author:Mary Russell Mitford
“I am quite happy that the Beatles came and went. There is even a sort of glory in not having it go on forever. There is a complete body of work that went from A to Z and it is all pretty damn good stuff. The one thing I am particularly proud of is that nearly every single bit of it has some good message. I feel fortunate when I look back. Life is not easy, but I've been very lucky - and I'm touching wood as I say that.” FeelsLooksBodyLife IsEasyStuffBitsForeverOne ThingGoes OnProudLuckyMessagesGloryWoodsFortunateDamnTouchingDamn GoodLife Is Not Easy Author:Paul McCartney