Quote by Eleanor Clark

If you don't love life you can't enjoy an oyster; there is a shock of freshness to it and intimations of the ages of man, some piercing intuition of the sea and all its weeds and breezes. [They] shiver you for a split second.

If you don't love life you can't enjoy an oyster; there is a

Topics: life By Eleanor Clark

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is on

I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.

architecture, Calm, Simple, think, You

They always say time changes things, but you actually have t

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

Always, change, Say, time, You, Yourself

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

George S. Patton

Alike, Everyone, intelligence, Thinking

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes power

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

Malala Yousafzai

Power, Powerful, Silent, Voice, World

If you don't know where you make your mistakes, that's your

If you don't know where you make your mistakes, that's your worst mistake: not knowing where your mistakes are at.

Mistake, Mistakes, NotKnowing, You

Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don't

Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don't lose the passion and the love for what you do.

Better, Day, Journey, love, Passion, You

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiv

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

Bryant H. McGill

Forgiveness, love, relationship, Without

Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.

Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.

Miyamoto Musashi

Cannot, Eye, Perceive, Seen, Which

I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it

I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.

Evening, Funny, Had, Wonderful

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is w

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Character, god, men, reputation, women

Every time there's a new tool, whether it's Internet or cell

Every time there's a new tool, whether it's Internet or cell phones or anything else, all these things can be used for good or evil. Technology is neutral; it depends on how it's used.

Evil, good, Internet, technology, time

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

Choice, Leadership, Position

Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every

Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that.

People, Stand, Voting, You, Yourself

The things that we love tell us what we are.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

inspirational, love, Tell, Things, Us

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewi

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

William Shakespeare

Fly, god, Heaven, ignorance, knowledge

One day I went up to my mom and I said, 'Mom, can I have per

One day I went up to my mom and I said, 'Mom, can I have permission to build a 2.3-million electron-volt atom smasher - a betatron - in the garage?' And my mom stared at me, and she said, 'Sure. Why not? And don't forget to take out the garbage.'

Day, Forget, Me, mom, She, Why

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they pro

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

love, men, Promise, relationship, Young

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a path

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

Albert Einstein

Criminal, Hands, Progress, Technological

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pu

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.

Americandream, People, success, vision

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

Make, sad, Sober, Sorry, Us, Wise

The more social media we have, the more we think we're conne

The more social media we have, the more we think we're connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other.

Media, More, Social, SocialMedia, think

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with th

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

Conversation, good, Minds, Past, Reading

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

Albert Einstein

Curious, education, IAm, Only, Talent

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free m

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

Belief, Curiosity, Free, good, Mind

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.

Create, Hard, Hero, Heroes, Us, Within

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send th

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

Alive, Dead, death, Flowers, Me, You

You get what you give. What you put into things is what you

You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.

Get, Give, Out, Them, Things, You

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the great

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

art, god, music, Next, Treasure, World

Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.

Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.

Katharine Lee Bates

love, romantic, Rose, Sweet, World

I actually don't have a bad hairline.

I actually don't have a bad hairline.

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

inspirational, Mind, Still, Universe

Without passion you don't have energy, with out energy you h

Without passion you don't have energy, with out energy you have nothing.

Energy, Nothing, Passion, Without, You

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

health, Independent, life, Possessions

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Dishonesty, Honesty, HonestyIs, Most

In the military, they give medals for people who are willing

In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.

business, People, Sacrifice, Survive

The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world beli

The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.

Believe, Brilliant, Made, People, World

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Positive anything is better than negative thinking.

Positive anything is better than negative thinking.

Inspire, Positive-thinking

Wisdom equals knowledge plus courage. You have to not only k

Wisdom equals knowledge plus courage. You have to not only know what to do and when to do it, but you have to also be brave enough to follow through.

courage, knowledge, life, wisdom

That's what learning is. You suddenly understand something y

That's what learning is. You suddenly understand something you understood all your life, but in a new way.

Copyrighted © 2023 — Quotation.io. All rights reserved.