Challies Commentaries Quotes

#1. Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.

Philippe Petit

#2. We have to believe that our prayers, if pure and powerful can transform any catastrophic situation, regardless of its magnitude.

Pooja Ruprell

#3. Fear of death is irrational. We all know we will die one day. But again we are irrational beings

Bangambiki Habyarimana

#4. Do no drown me with mediocrity, give me passion, desire, make me inhale breaths of lust and love in the dark hours that tingle down my spine...

Virginia Alison

#5. You look tired," Rachel told Jason.
"I wish I could jog and sleep at the same time."
"Can't you?" Ferrin asked, joining them at the little cascade. "I always imagined that you could sleep rolling down a mountainside in a barrel."
"I probably could today," Jason conceded.

Brandon Mull

#6. Isn't art about breaking rules, about challenging existing systems, isn't it about discovering meaning in things or situations before others see anything in them??

Peter Lindbergh

#7. Art can't be taught; passion can't be taught; discipline can't be taught; but craft can be taught. And writing is both an art and a craft.

Elizabeth George

#8. I have a couple of all-time favorites: Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

Lauryn Hill

#9. In the right circumstances, I'm a big fan of eating alone. Often, on a Sunday evening, I go to a yoga class whose charm is largely that it gives me an alibi to avoid cooking family supper for once. I return to have boiled eggs and soldiers in silence with a book. Bliss.

Bee Wilson

#10. Neither poems nor prose just a length of rope just the wet earth
that's the way home. neither vodka nor bread just bursts of rage just more new graves
that's youth and that's love. neither sleep nor waking neither joy nor laughter just tears in the night
so the rope, paper, knife.

Tadeusz Borowski

#11. Sometimes I misstep into something perhaps I shouldn't, but with age comes a thick, high pair of rubber boots to wade through the barnyard. We should all have to get to the dirt and 'muck out' at some point in our lives.

Janice Tanton

#12. Oh," said Catherine, with some eagerness, "it doesn't take long to like a person - when once you begin.

Henry James

#13. I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

Lillian Hellman

#14. There is no requirement to foolishly just rush into a situation that requires careful consideration and analysis.

Steven Redhead

#15. I think I am against stereotype. Generally, Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have none of those things.

Bobby Lee