Bernard Leach Quotes

#1. I think one of the big issues with, you know, people who have strong faith in addition to competing is that conflict between accepting things the way they are, and wanting to compete and get better, and at what point are you in the right balance.

Tom Lehman

#2. I bet there are a lot of women out there who want to sleep with a guy who reads. And being the head of the reading foundation, I'm very well endowed.

Bauvard

#3. Since her landmark 'Tapestry,' Carole King has both oversimplified and over elaborated that masterful album's style until her music has become something more overtly but less effectively personal.

Jon Landau

#4. The question, "What is the purpose thereof?" cannot be asked about anything which is not the product of an agent; therefore we cannot ask what is the purpose of the existence of God.

Maimonides

#5. We no longer need fur for warmth and protection. There are plenty of textiles that provide that today. It's pure whim and vanity to choose to wear fur. It shows a level of ignorance or lack of concern that reflects poorly on the wearer.

Tim Gunn

#6. Most of us live our lives like toads, sitting perfectly still, under a plantain leaf. We are waiting for a fly to come our way. When it comes out darts the tongue. We nab it.
That is all. We eat it.

Sherwood Anderson

#7. Living in New York City, I am reminded by the Statue of Liberty that the United States of America has always welcomed those yearning to breathe free and seek a better life.

Charles B. Rangel

#8. I'd be like, 'You're a young, vibrant woman. Where are you?' I realized that I had been living in denial.

Lorraine Bracco

#9. Perfection can be a fetish

Bernard Leach

#10. The Ancient Egyptians considered it good luck to meet a swarm of Bees on the road. What they considered bad luck I couldn't say.

Will Cuppy

#11. Every GP Masters race will stand out because we will be available for fans, media and sponsors.

Nigel Mansell

#12. Where we live in the world
is never one place. Our hearts,
those dogged mirrors, keep flashing us
moons before we are ready for them.

Naomi Shihab Nye

#13. Set your sights on a place higher than your eyes can see.

Rumi

#14. I love singing. I have spent as much of my life trying to improve my singing as I have practising guitar.

David Gilmour

#15. You need the commitment of people that aren't worried about that next election, who are going to do the right thing and worry about the next generation. It's called political courage. And I can tell you, with me, you don't have to ask whether I have political courage.

Jeff Fitzgerald

#16. It seems reasonable to expect that beauty will emerge from a fusion of the individual character and culture of the potter,with the nature of his materials.

Bernard Leach