Camelias Quotes

#1. In the worship of Bacchus, we have sacrificed too freely ... Why not consecrate ourselves to the queen of the Camelias, and revel in the warm stream of sympathy that flows from her altar? In the liquid amber within the ivory-porcelain, the initiated may touch the sweet reticence of Confucius ...

Okakura Kakuzo

#2. I believe in the essential unity of all that lives. Therefore, I believe that if one person gains spiritually, the whole world gains, and that if one person falls, the whole world falls to that extent.

Mahatma Gandhi

#3. In this case we're building a corner to stretch a fence and hang a gate. It had a real purpose in the ranch here. I needed to do this. But at the same time, it made a beautiful structure.

Bruce Nauman

#4. Hard rock may have faded from the media for a time, but I've always been able to make a living, if not in America, then in the rest of the world.

David Coverdale

#5. You were right when you said I was holding onto April's apron strings even though she was trying to cut them. I've spent so long relying on her that it's sort of become a habit. It's time I relied on myself for a bit and took control of my life.

Nicola Sinclair

#6. It's part of my nature. I get excited when trying out new stuff, whether it be an idea or equipment. It stimulates my juices.

Herbie Hancock

#7. I would like to say, however, that a man might be walking around lucky and not know it unless he tries.

Arnold Palmer

#8. That word is 'willing.' It's an attitude and spirit of cooperation that should permeate our conversations. It's like a palm tree by the ocean that endures the greatest winds because it knows how to gracefully bend.

Stephen Kendrick

#9. He lay awake, restless, heart thumping so hard with alternating hatred and anger that he wondered if it would burst through his ribs. Panic made it beat even faster, sweat beaded his forehead and bathed his chest.

Anthony Ryan

#10. I suppose identity depends on memory. And if my memory is blotted out, then I wonder if I exist - I mean, if I am the same person. Of course, I don't have to solve that problem. It's up to God, if any.

Jorge Luis Borges

#11. Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.

Rachel Johnson

#12. Remember when you had your face lifted ... and the guy brought it back.

Milton Berle

#13. It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.

James Vincent McMorrow

#14. You pass the old L.A. County jail, which is surprisingly beautiful. It's got a handsome stone facade and stately columns. The new L.A. County jail - called The Twin Towers - isn't beautiful at all; it's a stucco panopticon the color of sick flesh.

Leslie Jamison

#15. If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric.

Adam Jones

#16. The older one gets, the more one feels that the present moment must be enjoyed, comparable to a state of grace.

Marie Curie