“Many feel that sitting at a screen sweating over the design of handrail details for the next cute downtown boutique hotel just doesn't make sense when more than 150,000 people have lost their lives, more than five million people have been made homeless and whole towns have been swept away.” PeopleFeelsHas BeensMadeWholeNextLostMillionsFiveDesignSittingTownsDetailsScreensMake SenseCuteHotelHomelessDowntownSweatingSwept Away Author:Cameron Sinclair
“Wood heat is not new. It dates back to a day millions of years ago, when a group of cavemen were sitting around, watching dinosaurs rot. Suddenly, lightning struck a nearby log and set it on fire. One of the cavemen stared at the fire for a few minutes, then said: Hey! Wood heat! The other cavemen, who did not understand English, immediately beat him to death with stones. But the key discovery had been made, and from that day forward, the cavemen had all the heat they needed, although their insurance rates went way up.” WayYearsMadeSaidMillionsFireGroupsMinutesKeysNeededBeatsHumorousSittingDiscoveryYears AgoStonesRateWoodsHeyHeatLightningDinosaursSitting AroundCavemenInsurance Rate Author:Dave Barry
“It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It was always my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight!” ThinkingMadeBigsSittingSpeculatorsBull Markets Book:Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
“When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.” IfsKnowsWritingMadeEmotionLaughingCrySittingVisceral Author:Brit Marling
“Man is sitting disconsolate on an anthill one morning. God asks him what the matter is and man replies that the soil is too swampy for the cultivation of the yams which God has directed him to grow. God tells him to bring in a blacksmith to dry the soil with his bellows. The contribution of humanity to this creation is so important. God could have made the world perfect if he had wanted. But he made it the way it is. So that there is a constant need for us to discuss and cooperate to make it more habitable, so the soil can yield, you see.” IfsMenWorldWayNeedsMadeImportantMatterWantedHumanityAsksGrowsPerfectMorningCreationSittingConstantMade ItDryContributionSoilYieldCultivationBlacksmithsYams Author:Chinua Achebe
“Think of drawing as a way of talking about the things that interest you. Think of those wonderful documents, drawings made on scraps of paper by the lesser Dutch masters while they were wandering around market places and sitting in saloons.” ThinkingWayMadeInterestTalkingWonderfulMastersPaperSittingDrawingWanderDocumentsScrapDutchSaloonsWandering AroundWay Of Talking Author:John French Sloan