“You're going to merge your mind with the mind of eternity that goes on forever; that is not easy. It's very intense. I mean sitting on Mount St. Helens when it went off would have been small talk.” MindMeanHas BeensEasyForeverGoes OnSittingEternityIntenseSamadhiSmall Talk Author:Frederick Lenz
“Like many people, I have no religion, and I am just sitting in a small boat drifting with the tide. I live in the doubts of my duty.... I think there is dignity in this, just to go on working.... Today we stand naked, defenseless, and more alone than at any time in history. We are waiting for something, perhaps another miracle, perhaps the Martians. Who knows?” PeopleThinkingKnowsTodayWaitingDoubtAtheismDutyGoes OnSittingDignityMiraclePositive AtheismNakedBoatTidesDriftingDefenselessMartiansWaiting For Something Author:Federico Fellini
“I like chance meetings--life is full of them. Everyday, without realizing it, I pass people whom I should know. At this moment, in this cafe, we're sitting next to strangers. Everyone will get up, leave, and go on their own way. And they'll never meet again. And if they do, they won't realize that it's not for the first time.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayShouldFirstsMomentsLife IsNextRealizingChanceGoes OnSittingFirst TimeMeetingsEverydayStrangerGet UpCafesChance Meeting Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski
“It is almost impossible for anyone outside this damn beltway to really understand how the Congress works. If you aren't here, walking the halls of Congress, sitting at bars and attending parties where you get to knock back some brews with Hill staffers, you don't have a handle on the almost numbing amount of bullshit that goes on.” IfsPartyImpossibleGoes OnAmountInternetWalkingSittingCongressBarsHandleHillsDamnHallsFree SpeechBullshitAttendingNumbing Author:Brock N. Meeks
“I myself love to read those Victorian novels which go on and on, and you don't read them in one sitting. You might read one over the course of a summer, but that isn't what I want to write.” WantWritingMightCoursesNovelGoes OnSelf LoveSummerSittingVictorianLove To Read Author:Joan Didion
“...stopping a piece of work just because it's hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when if feels like all you're managing is to shovel sh*t from a sitting position.” IfsFeelsIdeasSometimesHardPiecesPositionGoes OnSittingGood WorkStoppingDoing GoodBad IdeasShovels Book:On writing: a memoir of the craft Source: On writing: a memoir of the craft
“We did the opening tailgate party - I'm not a big football person - and it started to rain. I was a little sick and went back to the hotel where we were all staying. We didn't know whether Prince was going to go on or not because the rain got so bad. He had already prerecorded it just in case he couldn't go on. So I'm sitting there wrapped in blankets, with a hot water bottle and hot tea, and he goes on and it's the most magical thing I have ever seen.” KnowsLittlesPersonsBigsWaterPartyCasesFootballGoes OnSittingRainSickHotOpeningTeaHotelStayingBottlesBlanketHot WaterWater BottlesTailgatesHot Tea Author:Stevie Nicks
“The Arab spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence and everybody else wants it. How about us, when do we get it, when do we make our move? And you have a situation where someone has been in power for decades, where the integrity of elections, democracy and security have really not been debated or discussed and most people suspect that elections are rigged and that the democratic rotation that elections are supposed to ensure doesn't really happen. And when this goes on for a while you are sitting on a powder keg.” PeopleWantHas BeensCountryHappensMovingBitsProcessSituationDemocracySecurityGoes OnIntegritySpringSittingElectionIndependenceDemocraticDecadesSuspectsPowderRiggedRotationArab SpringKegs Author:Kofi Annan