“One day, I got so disgusted that I sat down and wrote a list called 'Justin's list of things to do before he kicks the bucket.' I wrote it for myself and shortened it to 'Justin's Bucket List.' It was there on the wall, not as a story idea but as a motivational tool for myself, which actually ended up working pretty well.” WellsIdeasStoriesWallOne DayToolsDown AndListsThings To DoSatKicksBucketsJustinDisgustedBucket List Author:Justin Zackham
“I’ve always assumed that the abstract qualities of [my] photographs are obvious. For instance, I can turn them upside down and they’re still interesting to me as pictures. If you turn a picture that’s not well organized upside down, it won’t work.” IfsWellsStillsI CanTurnsInterestingQualityDown AndPhotographerPhotographObviousInstanceAbstractOrganizedUpside Down Author:William Eggleston
“My dreams are the usual incoherent nonsense. Like most writers, at some point in my career I thought, well, I have these great dreams but I always forget them in the morning so I’ll leave a pad on my bedside table so I can write it down, and then you have some incredible dream and you write it down and the next morning you wake up and you’ve written ‘purple socks’.” WritingWellsI CanDreamNextForgetCareersMorningWrittenWake UpDown AndTablesIncrediblesNonsenseUsualPurpleSockPads Author:George R. R. Martin
“When I look at nature I feel as if I'll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you're working.” IfsFeelsWellsLooksMightAbleNatureForgetDown AndNotesPaintForget It Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters
“Ever since I came to Congress in 1992, there are those who have been trying to silence my voice. I've been told to "sit down and shut up" over and over again. Well, I won't sit down and I won't shut up until the full and unvarnished truth is placed before the American people.” PeopleTryingWellsHas BeensVoiceSilenceTruth IsDown AndCongressShut Up Author:Cynthia McKinney
“We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both absolutely and relatively. We must set ourselves vigorously about the task of improving them; and this task is now well begun.” WellsEvilCitiesGrowingTasksDown AndInevitableImprovingCity Life Book:The Works of Theodore Roosevelt Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt
“It's about being able to go through the grind, willing to get back up when you're knocked down. And when life's not going well, not getting down on yourself and just getting back up and getting back to work, and striving to be the best you can be.” WellsAbleWillingDown AndStriveBeing The BestMmaGet BackGrindKnocked DownBack To WorkGetting Back UpStriving To Be The Best Author:Robbie Lawler