“When you're down, when you've been kicked down in the street and then kicked a few more times until you're bleeding and your teeth are out, then you only have up to go. You get reborn again, and expectations aren't so great because they've taken you away. It's beautiful to be down there. It's so beautiful!” BeautifulTakenStreetsExpectationsTeethMore TimeBleedingReborn Book:David Lynch: Interviews Source: David Lynch: Interviews
“We don't know how much we are capable of loving until the people we love are being taken away, until a beautiful story is ending.” PeopleKnowsStoriesBeautifulKnow HowTakenCapable Author:Donald Miller
“The nowadays ruling that no word is unprintable has, I think, done nothing whatever for beautiful letters. ... Obscenity is too valuable a commodity to chuck around all over the place; it should be taken out of the safe on special occasions only.” ThinkingShouldDoneBeautifulTakenSpecialSafeLettersValuableOccasionsCommodityRulingChuckObscenitySpecial Occasion Author:Dorothy Parker
“I'm over smoking. You know, I feel like I've gone on long hikes and gotten to the top of the mountain and I'm looking at something beautiful, some great huge landscape, and there's some of the cleanest air that's on the planet. And then I light up, and say, "Ahh, what a great smoking moment this is!" So it's something evil that's taken over, and I want control over it.” KnowsWantFeelsLongMomentsLightBeautifulEvilGoneTakenAirPlanetsHugeMountainLandscapeSmokingOver ItLight UpSomething Beautiful Author:Eddie Vedder
“For the perception of the beautiful we have the term "taste"--a metaphor taken from that which is passive in the body and transferred to that which is active in the mind.” MindBodyBeautifulTermTakenTastePerceptionMetaphorActivePassive Author:Thomas Reid
“As a scientist Miss [Rosalind] Franklin was distinguished by extreme clarity and perfection in everything she undertook. Her photographs are among the most beautiful X-ray photographs of any substance ever taken.” BeautifulTakenMissingPerfectionScientistPhotographExtremesClaritySubstanceRaysDistinguishedFranklin Author:John Desmond Bernal
“I have forgiven myself; I'll make a change. Once that forgiveness has taken place you can console yourself with the knowledge that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure. Less pressure is crystal, less than that is coal, less than that is fossilized leaves or plain dirt. Pressure can change you into something quite precious, quite wonderful, quote beautiful and extremely hard.” HardBeautifulResultsTakenWonderfulPressureExtremesDiamondDirtForgivenCoalCrystalsMaking ChangesConsole Author:Maya Angelou
“I think living is serious. Living well, accepting yourself, using your talents to the fullest, enjoying yourself, that's all serious and important...But I think makeup and fashion should not be taken that seriously...You should have fun making up for a party. You should have fun wearing a sexy dress. When you're beautiful it should give you pleasure.” ThinkingGivingShouldWellsImportantBeautifulFunEnjoyPleasurePartyAcceptingTakenTalentFashionSeriousShould HaveDressesSexyHaving FunMakeupLive WellMaking UpAccepting YourselfYou Re BeautifulUsing Your Talents Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“I don't think it's necessary to worry too much about being authentic. I think a picture taken on an iPhone and then filtered through something to make it look like it was taken on a Super 8 camera can be just as authentic as something taken on a Super 8 camera, if it's capturing something real or beautiful.” IfsThinkingLooksRealBeautifulWorryTakenToo MuchCamerasIphoneSomething RealPicture TakenBeing Authentic Author:Andrew VanWyngarden
“... I had a dream where I was taken to Heaven and brought into a beautiful library. There I was given two golden books that were covered with dust. The Lord told me they were golden treasure that was needed for the Body of Christ to have the knowledge to proceed and succeed in this hour.” TwoBookDreamBodyBeautifulGivenHeavenChristHoursLordTakenNeededSucceedLibraryTreasureGoldenDustCoveredI Had A DreamBody Of Christ Author:Bob Hartley
“I'm living the dream. I've got a big tour bus, an incredible band, a big house, and a family that are all taken care of through my music. I've got a beautiful wife and three beautiful kids.” DreamBigsCareKidsBeautifulThreeHouseTakenWifeBandIncrediblesBusBig HousesLiving The DreamBeautiful Wife Author:Aaron Watson