“I kind of miss that "becoming" stage, as most times you really don't know what's around the corner. Now, of course, I've kind of knocked on the door and heard a muffled answer. Nevertheless, I still don't know what the voice is saying, or even what language it's in.” KnowsKindStillsCoursesLanguageVoiceAnswersDoorsHeardStageMissingBecomingCornersNeverthelessAround The Corner Author:David Bowie
“All the lessons learned, unlearned; The young, who learned to read, now blind, Their eyes with an archaic film; The peasant relapses to a stumbling tune, Following the donkey's bray; These only remember to forget. But somewhere some word presses, On the high door of a skull and in some corner, Of an irrefrangible eye, Some old man memory jumps to a child - Spark from the days of energy. And the child hoards it like a bitter toy.” MenChildrenEyeRememberFilmYoungEnergyMemoriesForgetDoorsLessonsBlindPressesFollowingCornersBitterTunesOld ManSparksToysPeasantsSkullsStumblingDonkeyLesson LearnedRelapse Author:Stephen Spender
“It is an accurate statement that the followers of Witchcraft do not usually proselytize, which means you aren't going to find us standing on your local street corner thumping our Books of Shadows. Nor do you have to worry about jumping out of the shower to answer our serene and smiling faces at the door with your clothes stuck to various uncomfortable places on your wet body. But just because we (hopefully) aren't the forcible type doesn't mean we don't exist.” MeanBookBodyFacesAnswersWorryDoorsStreetsTypeClothesShadowStandingVariousCornersStuckStatementsLocalsHopefullyUncomfortableFollowersAccurateWetShowersJumpingWitchcraftSereneStreet CornersSmiling Faces Book:To Ride a Silver Broomstick: New Generation Witchcraft Source: To Ride a Silver Broomstick: New Generation Witchcraft
“For twenty years it had been generally known that an insidious Lobby was maintained in Washington to influence legislation and executive action on behalf of vested interests. ... The lobby was a creature of darkness. It worked behind closed doors and whispered in corners. This ancient industry was one form of invisible government.” YearsGovernmentActionFormPoliticsInterestBusinessBehindsKnownDarknessDoorsInfluenceIndustryCreaturesTwentiesAncientCornersInvisibleExecutivesLegislationBehalfInsidiousClosed DoorsVested InterestsBehind Closed Doors Author:Margaret Case Harriman
“It is only in some corner of the brain which we leave empty that Vice can obtain a lodging. When she knocks at your door be able to say: "No room for your ladyship; pass on.” AbleRoomsBrainDoorsEmptyVicesCorners Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Some of us attend the church on the corner, professing to worship the living God above all. Others, who rarely darken the church doors, would say worship isn't a part of their lives because they aren't "religious." But everybody has an altar. And every altar has a throne.” ChurchReligiousDoorsWorshipCornersThronesAltars Author:Louie Giglio
“It is the earliest dream that I can remember, earlier than the witch at the corner of the nursery passage, this dream of something outside that has got to come in. The witch, like the masked dancers, has form, but this is simply power, a force exerted on a door, an influence that drifted after me upstairs and pressed against windows.” I CanDreamRememberFormForceDoorsInfluenceWindowCornersDancerWitchPassagesNurseNurseryUpstairs Book:Journey without maps Source: Journey without maps
“Across the nation, thousands of people are lining up in hospital waiting rooms, out the doors, down the steps, around the corners, and behind the hedges, waiting for their inoculations. Here's another idea for avoiding the flu: DON'T stand outside in the cold for hours around lots of other people.” PeopleIdeasNationsWaitingHoursRoomsBehindsStepsDoorsColdCornersHospitalsAvoidingStanding OutFluWaiting RoomsLining Up Author:Jon Stewart
“The next Wall Street crash is just around the corner. The meltdown of the climate is coming. The wolves are at the door, all kinds of them. We need to stand up and provide the solutions that are there, that are affordable.” NeedsKindNextDoorsStreetsWallSolutionsClimateCornersAll KindsCrashAffordableAround The CornerMeltdowns Author:Jill Stein
“Shhhh...right now, all around you, outside your door, down the street, and in every corner of YOUR world... there's evidence of a conspiracy. ALL THE ELEMENTS are secretly marching to the beat... of YOUR drummer... while casually pretending to be detached and indifferent...YOU ARE THAT POWERFUL.” WorldChangePowerfulDoorsStreetsRight NowElementsBeatsEvidenceCornersPretendingConspiracyIndifferentDrummerDetached Author:Mike Dooley
“We have to find new ways to work without permission, new ways to turn corners and go through doors that are closed off to us to create our own audiences and our own material independently.” WayTurnsAudienceDoorsMaterialsCornersNew WaysPermission Author:Ava DuVernay
“Well I'm not making predictions. But the point I can - what I can say to you to contribute to your thinking is as somebody who has been out knocking on doors, doing the street corners, speaking to constituents right across the country is that the Government - that people understand that the Government's message of jobs and growth is addressing their concerns and they have a level of - a high level of confidence that Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison are the people who can deliver.” PeopleThinkingWellsHas BeensI CanCountryGovernmentJobsGrowthLevelsDoorsStreetsMessagesConcernCornersPredictionsKnockingHigh LevelConstituentsStreet CornersKnocking On Doors Author:George Brandis
“Maybe your life resembles a Bethlehem stable. Crude in some spots, smelly in others. Not much glamour. Not always neat. People in your circle remind you of stable animals: grazing like sheep, stubborn like donkeys, and that cow in the corner looks a lot like the fellow next door. You, like Joseph, knocked on the innkeeper's door. But you were too late. Or too old, sick, dull, damaged, poor, or peculiar. You know the sound of a slamming door.” PeopleKnowsLooksNextSoundAnimalPoorDoorsLateSickFellowsCornersCirclesSpotsDullToo LatePeculiarCowsSheepStableStubbornGlamourNeatCrudeDonkeyBethlehemSmellyGrazingSlamming Doors Author:Max Lucado
“Corner one of the hundreds of doctors who specialize in autism recovery, and they'll tell you stories of dozens of kids in their practice who no longer have autism. Ask them to speak to the press and they'll run for the door. They know better.” KnowsStoriesRunningKidsAsksSpeakPracticeDoorsDoctorsPressesCornersRecoveryDozenAutismDoctor Who Author:Jenny McCarthy