Photographers do this for a living, every single day -- they point their lenses toward every single corner of our world and somehow make the mundane mesmerizing through their artistic eye. It's all a matter of being aware of your surroundings and realizing that there are some really amazing and interesting things to look at, even if it may just be something so simple as a wall being covered up by paint. —Ward Jenkins More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others. —Eric Hoffer More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I hate to hear you talking so like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. —Jane Austen More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The family is changing not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors. —Mary Catherine Bateson More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got raw deals. You've got to say, 'I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it. —Lee Iacocca More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We only do well the things we like doing. —Colette More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. —Plutarch More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy. —Sarah Ban Breathnach More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand. —Thomas Carlyle More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The best way to realize the pleasure of feeling rich is to live in a smaller house than your means would entitle you to have. —Edward Clarke More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding. —Kahlil Gibran More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Buy the ticket take the Ride —Hunter S. Thompson More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
People are people, messy and mutable, combining differently with one another from day to day - even hour to hour. —Elizabeth Moon More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Admit that your own private Mount Everest exists. That is half the battle. —Hugh Macleod More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have seen flowers come in stony places/ And kind things done by men with ugly faces/ And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races,/ So I trust too. —John Masefield More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email