“I could not but smile to think in what out-of-the-way corners genius produces her bantlings! And the Muses, those capricious dames, who, forsooth, so often refuse to visit palaces, and deny a single smile to votaries in splendid studies, and gilded drawing-rooms--what holes and burrows will they frequent to lavish their favors on some ragged disciple!” ThinkingWayRoomsStudyProduceGeniusRefuseCornersDenyDrawingFavorsHolesMuseDisciplePalacesSplendidCapriciousDamesRaggedGilded Book:The Complete Tales of Washington Irving Source: The Complete Tales of Washington Irving
“But what's true about comedians is that we've all got a huge hole in our personality. In a room of 3,000 people, we're the one person facing in the opposite direction - yet we have this overwhelming desire to be liked.” PeoplePersonsDesireRoomsHugePersonalityOppositesHolesComedianOverwhelmingOverwhelming Desire Author:Jimmy Carr
“That's the words: "So I'm back to the velvet underground" - which is a clothing store in downtown San Francisco, where Janis Joplin got her clothes, and Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane, it was this little hole in the wall, amazing, beautiful stuff - "back to the floor that I love, to a room with some lace and paper flowers, back to the gypsy that I was."” LittlesBeautifulStuffRoomsGraceFlowerWallPaperClothesStoresHolesClothingsAirplaneSan FranciscoGypsyVelvetDowntownLaceSlickI'm BackVelvet UndergroundAmazing BeautifulPaper Flowers Author:Stevie Nicks