“I would warn against holsters with devices for quick-draw. Devices always fail when you need them most.” NeedsFailingDrawsDevices Author:William Powell
“The night comes for the purpose of checking our busy employment, and introducing an interval of repose between the links of our action and our aspiration. It draws its dim curtain around the field of toil. It buries the objects of our handiwork in darkness, and involves them with uncertainty. It comes to the relief of the exhausted body and the tired brain. Our powers, harmonizing with the diurnal revolutions of the earth, fail with the failing light, and a merciful Providence casts around us this mantle of shadow, and snatches us from our occupation.” BodyLightActionEarthPurposeNightBrainDarknessFailingFieldsObjectsRevolutionDrawsShadowTiredBusyCastsEmploymentUncertaintyAspirationReliefOccupationLinksIntroducingProvidenceExhaustedToilCurtainsOur ActionsMercifulReposeIntervalsHandiwork Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“Examples draw where precept fails, and sermons are less read than tales.” FailingExampleDrawsTalesSermonsGood Examples Author:Matt Prior
“The interesting thing is that in everyday life, I fail to see the most ordinary things. I often stumble and sometimes I even fall over. But when I draw or look at a painting, I go into a sort of overdrive and just see things differently than other people.” PeopleLooksSometimesFallInterestingFailingPaintingDrawsOrdinaryEverydayEveryday LifeInteresting ThingsOrdinary ThingsOverdrive Author:Wolfgang Beltracchi
“It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curtain before his weaknesses and to display his perfections; to bury his shortcomings in silence but to proclaim his virtues on the housetop.” SilenceVirtueFailingDrawsWeaknessPerfectionExcuseNobleGreat ThingsDisplayCurtainsShortcomings Author:Robert South
“Without fail, every cartoonist that I asked advice from bent over backward to be helpful and encouraging. It took many forms: some of it was just an implicit acceptance, like being invited along to the dinner with all of the good cartoonists, or sitting down at a drafting table with an artist and him showing me how to draw backgrounds and perspectives.” FormArtistFailingAdviceAcceptancePerspectiveDrawsSittingTablesDinnerBackgroundsHelpfulBentInvitedSitting DownCartoonistImplicitDrafting Author:Adrian Tomine
“Ability is not something to be saved, like money, in the hope that you can draw interest on it. The interest comes from the spending. Unused ability, like unused muscles, will atrophy. It is tragic to realize that the majority of human beings, even the so-called educated, call upon only the smallest fraction of their potential capacity. They leave many talents dormant. They fail to develop their mental qualities. They are almost unaware of the degree of energy upon which they might call to build a full and rewarding life.” HumansMightEnergyInterestRealizingHuman BeingsAbilityQualityFailingTalentDegreesDrawsCapacityMajoritySpendingSavedEducatedMusclesTragicSmallestFractionsDormantAtrophy Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“In reality, though, the first thing to ask of history is that it should point out to us the paths of liberty. The great lesson to draw from revolutions is not that they devour humanity but rather that tyranny never fails to generate them.” ShouldFirstsRealityHumanityAsksLibertyPathFailingRevolutionLessonsDrawsTyranny Author:Pierre Trudeau
“As a writer, you have control: You can play around with your own thoughts and when you find those insufficient, draw upon others': their wisdom, their humor, their failings.” PlayFailingDrawsInsufficient Author:Marty Nemko