Cumbrian Quotes

#1. This was, however, no straightforward stone circle of the Cumbrian sort, but a collection of trilithons, chambers, altars and monoliths intended to represent the elements and the signs of the zodiac; as if Stonehenge had mated with a Neolithic passage grave and produced offspring.

Ronald Hutton

#2. There is nothing like instances to grow hair on a bald-headed argument.

Mark Twain

#3. Your eloquence should be the servant of the ideas in your head. Your rule might be this: If a sentence, no matter how excellent, does not illuminate your subject in some new and useful way, scratch it out.

Kurt Vonnegut

#4. A professional is one who believes he has invented breathing.

Peter Porter

#5. A good listener: a physical presence that is warm, alert, intelligent - more important than any words.

Susan Sontag

#6. We should open our eyes, see what's in front of us, and act.

Bill Ayers

#7. Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

Aldous Huxley

#8. The yoga of selfless giving is easy for anyone to practice. The key is detachment. The spirit is unattachment to results.

Frederick Lenz

#9. Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.

Francesca Annis

#10. In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom.

Gautama Buddha

#11. My heart gladdens, knowing someone think of at Christmas.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#12. Tough boots, snug jeans and a wicked black leather jacket - trouble cruising for a place to land.

Leylah Attar

#13. I always tell the younger filmmakers and students: Do it like the painters used to ... Study they old masters. Enrich your palette. Expand the canvas. There's always so much more to learn.

Martin Scorsese