“Stale water is a poor drink. Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began.” MenEndsWaterWalksPoorHe ManDrinkSkillsFootstepsStale Book:Taran Wanderer: The Chronicles of Prydain Source: Taran Wanderer: The Chronicles of Prydain
“I often think I am a better person because I lived for many years of my life with a flashlight. I have developed skills I did not think were possible - bathing with a cup of water by candlelight, for instance, and writing a story with a headlamp on.” ThinkingWritingYearsPersonsStoriesWaterSkillsInstanceCupsBetter PersonBathingFlashlightsCandlelight Author:Janine di Giovanni
“What we need more of is slow art: art that holds time as a vase holds water: art that grows out of modes of perception and making whose skill and doggedness make you think and feel; art that isn’t merely sensational, that doesn’t get its message across in ten seconds, that isn’t falsely iconic, that hooks onto something deep-running in our natures. In a word, art that is the very opposite of mass media.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsArtRunningGrowsWaterMediaTenSkillsPerceptionMessagesMassOppositesSecondsHookMake You ThinkIconicMass MediaSensationalVasesDoggedness Author:Robert Hughes
“You have to get into the water and learn against what seems to be the law gravity to float and dancing, or athletics takes you years before you develop a skill. But if you work at it, practicing daily, you can enable your body to do things that are utterly impossible to an untrained physic.” IfsYearsBodySeemsLawWaterImpossibleSkillsDancingYour BodyGravityFloatsAthletics Author:Karen Armstrong
“My father had a very unusual psychic ability, he could detect water. It's called divining. He would use a Y-shaped U-branch, and he could find water with that, which is a very impressive skill in a country where it rains 365 days of the year.” YearsCountryUseFatherWaterAbilitySkillsRainBranchesUnusualPsychicsImpressiveDays Of The YearPsychic AbilitiesVery Impressive Author:Craig Ferguson
“I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy.” EnergyWaterChallengesMy OwnCompanySuccessfulFocusMoonSkillsAreasEntrepreneurCleanSolveMy TimeHealthcareFundingClean WaterSuccessful Company Author:Naveen Jain
“Eliminate the concept of division by class, skills, race, income, and nationality. We are all equals with a common pulse to survive. Every human requires food and water. Every human has a dream and desire to be happy. Every human responds to love, suffering and pain. Every human bleeds the same color and occupies the same world. Let us recognize that we are all part of each other. We are all human. We are all one.” WorldHumansDreamPainDesireSufferingWaterCommonRaceClassColorSkillsConceptsIncomeDivisionCitizenshipPulseNationalitySuffering And Pain Author:Suzy Kassem
“I have no desire to walk on water," said Siddhartha. "Let the old shamans satisfy themselves with such skills".” SaidDesireWaterWalksSkillsSiddhartha Author:Hermann Hesse