“No one would want to pay a penny for an empty canvas by me. But it would be quite another if the empty canvas were signed by a great artist. I would be surprised if an empty canvas by Picasso or Matisse signed and inscribed with the words, 'I wanted to paint such and such on this canvas, but did not do so,' would not fetch thousands... After all, with an empty canvas, the possibilities are limitless, and so perhaps is the cash.” IfsWantWould BeWantedArtistPayPossibilityEmptyPaintRecognitionCashCanvasGreat ArtLimitlessPenniesGreat ArtistFetchMatisseEmpty Canvas Author:Semir Zeki
“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.” NeedsStillsHumorJobsOrderHousePayCarNormalClothesEmptyDrivingTrafficGetting Dressed Author:Ellen Goodman
“Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part to our starting off so well-informed; we are good learners because we know what to pay attention to and what questions are the right ones to ask.” KnowsWellsAsksPowerfulPayAttentionTaughtEmptySpeciesStartingPay AttentionFlexibilityCognitiveTaught UsLearnersCognitive ScienceEmpty Heads Author:Paul Bloom
“Freedom has only the meaning with which men endow it. It is not enough to pay lip service to the concept of religious liberty. We must pay heart service to it as well, else it remains an empty phrase instead of a living reality.” MenWellsHeartEnoughRealityReligiousPayLibertyConceptsEmptyRemainsLipsPhrasesReligious LibertyLip ServiceLiving Reality Author:Kenneth Keating
“Technique to me is a kind of a ... I'm reluctant to talk about it because it seems so obvious to me what good technique is. I mean, you sit down, you shut up, and you pay attention is basically the good technique. And then the footnotes add; on an empty stomach, in a dark room, feeling comfortable.” KindMeanFeelingsSeemsDarkRoomsPayAttentionComfortableEmptyAddObviousTechniquePay AttentionStomachShut UpReluctantDark RoomFootnotesEmpty Stomach Author:Terence McKenna
“This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away.” WorldGivingRunningFormPayThis WorldEmptyLuckSellsFortuneFavorsInterfereReins Author:Amelia Barr
“Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it's 2/3 empty. There's still some liquid in that glass is my point, but I wouldn't drink it. The last third is usually backwash. (Said to President Bush at the White House Correspondents Dinner)” PeopleMeanSaidStillsLastsHousePresidentWhitePayAttentionHalfDrinkEmptyThirdsGlassesDinnerWhite HousePresident BushLiquidHalf Empty Author:Stephen Colbert
“America is said to have the highest per capita boredom of any spot on earth! We know that because we have the greatest number of artificial amusements of any country. People have become so empty that they can't even entertain themselves. They have to pay other people to amuse them, to make then laugh, to try to make them feel warm and happy and comfortable for a few minutes, to try to lose that awful, frightening, hollow feeling-that terrible, dreaded feeling of being lost and alone.” PeopleKnowsFeelsTryingSaidCountryFeelingsEarthAmericaLostLosesNumbersPayLaughingMinutesTerribleComfortableHighestEmptyWarmSpotsAwfulBoredomArtificialFrighteningAmusementHollow Book:Billy Graham: The Inspirational Writings Source: Billy Graham: The Inspirational Writings