#origin

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#brain #choose #consider #empty #furniture

The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

#form #just #language #less #more

You think of yourself as a citizen of the universe. You think you belong to this world of dust and matter. Out of this dust you have created a personal image, and have forgotten about the essence of your true origin ↗

— Rumi

#iran #persian-poetry #rumi #rumi-poetry #originality

Be yourself. The world worships the original. ↗

— Ingrid Bergman

#original #world #worships #yourself

Obviously everybody knows that I'm an original songwriter and I got my band. And the guys in 'Sugar Money,' no matter what, are part of my family and they always got something to do with me, and I don't care if they just hang out with me. ↗

— Bo Bice

#band #care #everybody #family #got

The journey and excursions in Mexico which have originated the narrative and remarks contained in this volume were made in the months of March, April, May, and June of 1856, for the most part on horseback. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

#contained #excursions #horseback #journey #june

But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals. ↗

— Warren Zevon

#hammond #i #john #like #often

I guess many game music fans prefer original soundtrack albums. ↗

— Nobuo Uematsu

#fans #game #game music #guess #i

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say. ↗

— Martin Buber

#being #between #conflict #fellow-men #i

It would seem, therefore, that this constitutional safeguard may no longer serve its original purpose, especially when, as we learned last year, some acts of perjury may now be acceptable - in this world, at least, if not the next. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#acts #constitutional #especially #last #last year