“I managed to potter along tolerably well in the morning, sitting in the sun and sketching the old buildings... but in the afternoon, sitting in the shade... with stiff fingers and chilled bones... the water froze in little cakes all over the picture.” WellsLittlesWaterMorningSunBuildingSittingFingersBonesShadeCakeAfternoonPottersSketchingOld BuildingsChilled Author:Howard Pyle
“The dust is old upon my "sandal-shoon," And still I am a pilgrim; I have roved From wild America to Bosphor's waters, And worshipp'd at innumerable shrines Of beauty; and the painter's art, to me, And sculpture, speak as with a living tongue, And of dead kingdoms, I recall the soul, Sitting amid their ruins.” ArtStillsSoulAmericaSpeakWaterTravelSittingTongueKingdomsPainterDustRuinsRecallsSculpturePilgrimShrinesSandals Book:Sacred Poems Source: Sacred Poems
“If you're consumed only with the big dream, you're going to die because you won't be able to feed yourself or you're going to be losing your job, so you'll just be sitting in your room dreaming, but if you're only holding onto the crap jobs that keep you just above of the water you're going to be unhappy. You're going to be burnt out, washed out.” IfsDreamBigsAbleJobsDiesWaterRoomsLosingSittingUnhappyCrapConsumedHolding OnYour RoomBurnt Out Author:Robert Greene
“It's nice, when fishing, to catch a fish. But it doesn't really matter if you don't. What you always catch is a quiet time sitting at the water's edge, or in a gently rocking boat, a silent time of water and sky and the movement of natural things.” IfsMatterWaterNaturalNiceSkyMovementQuietSittingSilentEdgesFishesBoatFishingNatural ThingsQuiet Time Book:Forgotten pleasures: a guide for the seasonal adventurer Source: Forgotten pleasures: a guide for the seasonal adventurer
“How did we get to the point where we're paying for bottled water? That must have been some weird marketing meeting over in France. Some French guy's sitting there, like, "How dumb do I think the Americans are? I bet you we could sell those idiots water."” ThinkingHas BeensFunnyGuyWaterComedySittingSellsMeetingsMarketingDumbFranceIdiotBottled Water Author:Jim Gaffigan
“On a certain scale, it does look like I do a lot. But that’s my day, all day long, sitting there wondering when I’m going to be able to get started. And the routine of doing this six days a week puts a little drop in a bucket each day, and that’s the key. Because if you put a drop in a bucket every day, after three hundred and sixty-five days, the bucket’s going to have some water in it.” IfsLooksLittlesLongDoeAbleCertainThreeWaterWonderFiveWeekKeysSixHundredSittingScalesEach DayRoutineSixtyBuckets Author:John McPhee