“Otherwise I got out of bed on two strong legs. It might have been otherwise. I ate cereal, sweet milk, ripe, flawless peach. It might have been otherwise. I took the dog uphill to the birch wood. All morning I did the work I love. At noon I lay down with my mate. It might have been otherwise. We ate dinner together at a table with silver candlesticks. It might have been otherwise. I slept in a bed in a room with paintings on the walls, and planned another day just like this day. But one day, I know, it will be otherwise.” KnowsHas BeensTwoMightTogetherStrongRoomsMorningDogPaintingSweetWallOne DayBedTablesLaysLegsWoodsDinnerSilverThis DayMatesMilkMight Have BeenRipeNoonAnother DayPeachesCerealFlawlessStrong Legs Book:Otherwise: new and selected poems Source: Otherwise: new and selected poems
“My books are a subject of much discussion. They pour from shelves onto tables, chairs and the floor, and Chaz observes that I haven't read many of them and I never will. You just never know. One day I may - need is the word I use - to read Finnegans Wake, the Icelandic sagas, Churchill's history of the Second World War, the complete Tintin in French, 47 novels by Simenon, and By Love Possessed.” KnowsWorldNeedsMayBookWarUseNovelSubjectsHavensOne DayTablesDiscussionWar Of The WorldsChairsPossessedShelvesSecond World WarSagaFinnegans Wake Author:Roger Ebert
“The thing about being irresponsible is it's only cute till you are about twenty-two or so, then it becomes a liability. One day you wake up under a pizza box, the television blaring in your bedroom, the laundry piled up over what might be a bedside table, and you ask yourself: 'How did my life get like this? Why don't people like me? Didn't I have a cat and what is that smell?'” PeopleTwoMightAsksTelevisionOne DayCatWake UpTwentiesTablesBoxesSmellLike MeCuteBedroomPizzaIrresponsibleLaundryLiabilityTwenty Two Author:Donald Miller
“One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death? The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight. I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table. I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it - incredibly.” PeopleKnowsWorldMaySaidPhilosophyEnjoyWaterWindMastersBrokenOne DayProtectTablesGlassesBlowIllnessHarmRingsLoved OnesSunlightBeing HappyShelvesImpermanenceBrokennessElbowsBroken GlassGlistenEnjoy It While It Lasts Author:Ajahn Chah
“When we get to the point, as we one day will, that both sides know that in any outbreak of general hostilities, regardless of the element of surprise, destruction will be both reciprocal and complete, possibly we will have sense enough to meet at the conference table with the understanding that the era of armaments has ended and the human race must conform its actions to this truth or die.” KnowsHumansWarEnoughActionDiesUnderstandingSidesRaceOne DayElementsDestructionTablesSurpriseDefenseErasHuman RaceConformBoth SidesConferencesHostilityReciprocalArmamentOutbreaksElement Of Surprise Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day, even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into a oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by content of their character. I have a dream today!” ChildrenLittlesStatesCharacterDreamTodayAbleTogetherNationsJusticeFourColorSonOne DayRedSkinsTablesSlaveInjusticeOppressionFormerHillsHeatOwnersBrotherhoodJudgedTransformedGeorgiaMississippiOasisSlave OwnersInjustice And Oppression Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Well before I was rapping. I was just a regular kid in school. I just liked to chill my friends and play games and stuff like that. One day at school my friends were freestyling at the lunch table and thats where it all started.” WellsPlayKidsSchoolGamesStuffOne DayMy FriendsTablesRapLunchChill Author:Soulja Boy
“I want you to stop running from thing to thing to thing, and to sit down at the table, to offer the people you love something humble and nourishing, like soup and bread, like a story, like a hand holding another hand while you pray. We live in a world that values us for how fast we go, for how much we accomplish, for how much life we can pack into one day. But I'm coming to believe it's in the in-between spaces that our lives change, and that the real beauty lies there.” PeopleWorldWantBelieveRealStoriesHandsRunningLyingValuesSpaceOur LivesPrayingOne DayOffersTablesHumbleAccomplishBreadLife ChangingI Want YouPacksSoupReal BeautyHand Holding Author:Shauna Niequist
“One day I decided I would like to put a record into my system. So I picked up a record that was lying on the table, and put it on. I didn't bother to look at what it was because I didn't care, and it turned out to be Madame Butterfly. So I processed the aria from Madame Butterfly in my system and I played with it.” LooksCareLyingRecordsOne DayDecidedTablesBotherButterflyAria Author:Pauline Oliveros
“Gastronomy is the French Foreign Legion. You don't need any qualifications. Just walk through the door and keep your head down. Be respectful - "Yes chef!" - and you'll be given a trade. One day you'll be in a position where you can put a roof over your children's heads, you can put food on their table, create security for them.” NeedsChildrenGivenWalksDoorsSecurityPositionOne DayTablesTradeYour ChildrenOver YouRoofChefRespectfulQualificationsLegionBe Respectful Author:Marco Pierre White
“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.” DreamAbleTogetherSonKingsOne DayRacismRedTablesSlaveEqualityFormerHillsOwnersBrotherhoodAmerican DreamGeorgiaI Had A DreamBe A SlaveEquality And JusticeEquality Of PeopleI Have A Dream SpeechGood KingsSlave OwnersAbolition Of SlaveryJustice EqualityMarch On WashingtonMasters And SlavesSitting Together Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“One day, I shall explode like an artillery shell and all my bits will be found on the writing table.” WritingFoundBitsOne DayTablesShellsArtillery Author:Gustave Flaubert
“Finished, it's finished, nearly finished, it must be nearly finished. Grain upon grain, one by one, and one day, suddenly, there's a heap, a little heap, the impossible heap. I can't be punished any more. I'll go now to my kitchen, ten feet by ten feet by ten feet, and wait for him to whistle me. Nice dimensions, nice proportions, I'll lean on the table, and look at the wall, and wait for him to whistle me.” LooksLittlesI CanWaitingNiceImpossibleFeetWallOne DayTenTablesFinishedKitchenProportionDimensionsGrainWait For Him Book:Endgame and Act Without Words Source: Endgame and Act Without Words
“One day we'll sit and you'll lay it out on the table, neat like a solitaire deck, but now - why, you can't find all the cards.” One DayTablesLaysCardsNeatDeck Book:East of Eden Source: East of Eden