“Joy, grief, desire or fear, whate'er the name The passion bears, its influence is the same; Where things exceed your hope or fall below, You stare, look blank, grow numb from top to toe.” LooksJoyDesireFallPassionNamesGrowsGriefInfluenceBearsStaringBlankToesExceedNumb Book:Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated)
“It was told in the Bible. A man fell. He bit into knowledge and fell... How do you fall without falling completely? What do you bring as knowledge to a blank canvas? How do you begin?” MenFallBitsBlankCanvasBlank Canvas Author:Milton Resnick
“Every time you look at a blank piece of paper, you're doing something new. You have to step onto that blank territory and remind yourself the sky didn't fall in the last time you wrote. Writing is a question of overcoming your fears-and everybody has them.” WritingLooksLastsFallStepsPiecesSkyPaperOvercomingSomething NewTerritoryBlankLast TimeNew You Author:William Zinsser
“In Paris, when certain people see you ready to set your foot in the stirrup, some pull your coat-tails, others loosen the buckle of the strap that you may fall and crack your skull; one wrenches off your horse's shoes, another steals your whip, and the least treacherous of them all is the man whom you see coming to fire his pistol at you point blank.” PeopleMenMayCertainFallFireFeetHe ManReadyHorseShoesStealingEntrepreneurshipParisCracksBlankTailsCoatsSkullsWhipsPistolsTreacherousBucklesWrenchesStirrups Book:The Atheist's Mass Source: The Atheist's Mass