“The art of meditation may be exercised at all hours, and in all places, and men of genius, in their walks, at table, and amidst assemblies, turning the eye of the the mind upwards, can form an artificial solitude; retired amidst a crowd, calm amidst distraction, and wise amidst folly.” MenMindMayArtEyeFormHoursWalksWiseMeditationGeniusSolitudeTablesCalmCrowdsFollyDistractionArtificialRetiredAssembly Author:Isaac D'Israeli
“Intelligence officers are supposed to put the facts on the table and really walk away from the policy discussion.” FactsWalksPolicyTablesDiscussionOfficersIntelligence Officers Author:Michael Morell
“My mother is very short - four-eleven. She could walk under tables and never hit her head.” MotherWalksFourTablesEleven Author:Mel Brooks
“I never want anything more than what's fair. The problem is, I never want anything less either. In the old-boy school of business, if a woman walks away from the table with what's rightfully hers, the man feels screwed.” IfsMenWantFeelsProblemSchoolWalksBoysHe ManFairsTables Author:Dolly Parton
“The one thing a creator can bring to the table when everybody else has all the money and power is centeredness and the ability to walk away. Never sit at a table you can't walk away from.” AbilityWalksPowerOne ThingTablesCreatorMoney And PowerCenteredness Author:Joss Whedon
“when I walk into an apartment with books on the shelves, books on the bedside tables, books on the floor, and books on the toilet tank, then I know what I would see if I opened the door that says Private - grownups keep out: a children sprawled on the bed, reading.” IfsKnowsChildrenBookReadingWalksDoorsBedTablesReading BooksApartmentShelvesToiletsTanksGrownups Author:Anne Fadiman
“A child is nothing like a racing car. . . . Souping up babies doesn't work that way. The child is what she is. There is a certainirreducible if elusive core. Pushing, pulling, stretching, and shrinking will not really change it. There may be spectacular interim results. The baby may say the alphabet before she walks, master two-times or even ten-times table at three. In the long run, however, this forced precocity tends to be irrelevant. . . . Whatever gains there are become unimportant. The losses can be irrevocable.” IfsWayMayChildrenLongTwoRunningThreeLossWalksResultsCarMastersBabyTenGainsTablesCorePushingRacingLong RunsPullingIrrelevantSpectacularStretchingElusiveUnimportantAlphabetShrinkingRace CarIrrevocableChild DevelopmentInterim Author:Stella Chess
“Even here, in the U.S., I walk my daughter's dog and I look for interesting people sitting at a picnic table and I walk over with my white hair and I ask, "Would you mind if I sat and rested here for a minute?" Nobody would refuse that.” PeopleIfsMindLooksAsksWhiteWalksInterestingMinutesDogHairDaughterSittingTablesRefuseSatMy DaughterPicnicsWhite Hair Author:Rita Gelman
“Oh, Zoe Kazan - I'd move back to Brooklyn for her. She makes me happy with my life. Knowing her, being at her dinner table, going on a walk with her is the best of all possible worlds.” WorldMovingWalksKnowingTablesDinnerBrooklynMake Me HappyDinner TableHappy With My Life Author:Michelle Williams
“I saw so many kids 22, 19, with holes the size of a dime and they're dead. It's a gunshot and of course those kids thought they were as tough as nails, they never expected to be dead but they're gone. It's kinda nice to walk out of the County Coroner's Office with a couple of sayings, you know? "You're not so tough being dead on a morgue table."” KnowsKidsCoursesWalksGoneSawsNiceCoupleOfficeToughTablesSizeExpectedHolesNailsCountyDimesGunshotsMorgues Author:Milo Ventimiglia