“Shepperton Church was a very different looking building five-and-twenty years ago. To be sure, its substantial stone tower looks at you through its intelligent eye, the clock, with the friendly expression of former days; but in everything else what changes!” YearsLooksBookDifferentEyeChurchFiveBuildingExpressionYears AgoStonesTwentiesIntelligentFormerClockFriendlyTowers Book:Silas Marner and Scenes of Clerical Life Source: Silas Marner and Scenes of Clerical Life
“Printed prose is historically a most peculiar, almost an aberrant way of telling stories, and by far the most inherently anesthetic: It is the only medium of art I can think of which appeals directly to none of our five senses. The oral and folk tradition in narrative made use of verse or live-voice dynamics, embellished by gesture and expression--a kind of rudimentary theater--as do the best raconteurs of all times. Commonly there was musical accompaniment as well: a kind of one-man theater-of-mixed-means.” ThinkingMenWayWellsKindMeanArtMadeI CanStoriesUsePoetryVoiceFivePoetExpressionTraditionTheaterMusicalFolksSensesMediumsAll TimeAppealsNarrativeProseOne ManPeculiarGesturesVersesDo The BestPrintedTelling StoriesDynamicsFive SensesAnesthetics Book:The Friday Book: Essays and Other Nonfiction Source: The Friday Book: Essays and Other Nonfiction
“In repose, my face looks as though I had gone through a terrible deal in the last five minutes. I have to disguise the expression and get a glassy-eyed look. That's something I learned from my dog.” LooksLastsFacesDealsGoneFiveMinutesDogExpressionTerribleDisguiseFive MinutesMy DogRepose Author:Judy Holliday
“I've had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father - he came from a small fishing village of five hundred people and at six foot four with giant ears and a kind of very odd expression, thought he could be a movie star. So go figure, you know?” PeopleKnowsLooksKindFatherStarsFiveFourFeetFiguresExpressionSixHundredEarsOddGiantsFishingVillageMovie StarAmazing People Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I am today is the same as when I was five years old. It's just maturity. I've become a healthier, fuller expression of that essence.” PeopleThinkingYearsTodayChangeFiveExpressionEssenceMaturityFive YearsMatureFive Year Olds Author:Ricky Williams