Volume And Capacity Quotes

#1. Anyone who has become entranced by the sound of water drops in the darkness of a ruin can attest to the extraordinary capacity of the ear to carve a volume into the void of darkness. The space traced by the ear becomes a cavity sculpted in the interior of the mind.

Steven Holl

#2. Writers are sponges. They absorb life, then squeeze and ring it out onto a page. Sometimes, if they squeeze too hard, they dry up. Not hard enough and they remain saturated, heavy and unpredictable, as they carry around a volume of ideas too great for their capacity.

Sarah Colliver

#3. There is inestimable blessing in a cheerful spirit. When the soul throws its windows wide open, letting in the sunshine, and presenting to all who see it the evidence of its gladness, it is not only happy, but it has an unspeakable power of doing good.

Orison Swett Marden

#4. It's possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people.

Taylor Swift

#5. Edwin is prepared to believe that a glass exists. And further, that this glass holds liquid.

Patrick E. McLean

#6. Success is the result achieved when nobody answers.

Gertrude Stein

#7. I was the kind of woman who got the guy in the books. But not in real life. Never in real life.

J. Lynn

#8. Please enter where You already abide. May my mind and heart be pure and true, and may I not deviate from the things of goodness.

Marianne Williamson

#9. I bought an island in 1987. It's in one of the lakes in Canada. I went around it in my boat and went to the real estate office and bought it. It's the best $65,000 I've ever spent. My family camp on it and we have great times there.

Dan Aykroyd

#10. It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind.

Naveen Andrews

#11. English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

Ernest Istook