Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name.

However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson: Nothing is impossible.

Lewis Mumford

He alienated his friends in the sciences by thanking them extravagantly for scientific advances he had read about in the recent newspapers and magazines, by assuring them, with a perfectly straight face, that life was getting better and better, thanks to scientific thinking.

Kurt Vonnegut

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Buddha

Nothing can be said about our politics that has not already been said about hemorrhoids.

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The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

Henry David Thoreau

It's surreal to know my dreams are coming true.

Mario Vazquez

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

Woody Allen

Painting is by nature a luminous language.

Robert Delaunay

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

Wayne Dyer

But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins.

Oscar Wilde

Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.

Kin Hubbard

When I get into bed at night, I hope I don't get into it alone!

Calvin Klein