Frankenberger Pottery Quotes

#1. I have found that great people do have in common ... an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have gerat determination as well as an ability to work hard. At the crucial moment of decision, they draw on their accumulated wisdom. Above all, they have integrity.

Yousuf Karsh

#2. The medium of poetry is a human body: the column of air inside the chest, shaped into signifying sounds in the larynx and the mouth. In this sense, poetry is just as physical or bodily an art as dancing.

Robert Pinsky

#3. There is an old saying "well begun is half done" - 'tis a bad one. I would use instead, "Not begun at all till half done;" so according to that I have not begun my Poem and consequently (a priori) can say nothing about it.

John Keats

#4. Human nature is not obliged to be consistent.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

#5. I probably could have handled things a hell of a lot better, but what do you do when someone shoves a grenade at you, pulls the pin and tells you to make the best of the situation? Fuck if I know.

Autumn Doughton

#6. The trouble with talking about irony is, it's such a slippery thing that the second you start talking about it, you're a better example of it than you are an analyst.

Daniel Handler

#7. The goal in life is not to attain some imaginary ideal; it is to find and fully use our own gifts.

Gay Hendricks

#8. I don't just want
your heart
I want your flesh,
your skin
and blood and bones,
your voice, your thoughts
your pulse
and most of all your
fingerprints,
everywhere.

Isobel Thrilling

#9. By reinforcing every part, he weakens every part.

Sun Tzu

#10. Fate was a bitch, and that whore mocked them both daily.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#11. The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

William Blake

#12. In a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act, I add to the world; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing, and see the darkness receding on the limits of the horizon.

Ralph Waldo Emerson