#sticks

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#atlantic #contact #get #great #i

The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#effect #faster #more #sticks #thought

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. ↗

— James Bryant Conant

#his #makes #neck #only #out

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#interesting #interesting thing #job #most #persistence

I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#anyway #asset #assumed #because #expected

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours. ↗

— Eric Idle

#break #corner #cry #go #hours

Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder, in some cases dramatically so, and I think they're even more beautiful. ↗

— Jock Sturges

#became #cases #dramatically #even #i

There is a curious paradox that no one can explain. Who understands the secret of the reaping of the grain? Who understands why Spring is born out of Winter’s laboring pain, or why we must all die a bit before we grow again? I do not know the answer; I merely know it’s true. I hurt them for that reason, and myself a little bit too. ↗

— Tom Jones

#paradox #the-fantasticks #music

Sticks and stones build strong houses ↗

— Melody Carstairs

#sticks-and-stones #strength-of-character #inspirational

I bought a piano once because I had the dream of playing As Time Goes By as some girl's leaning on it drinking a martini. Great image. But none of it worked out. I can't even play Chopsticks. But I've got a nice piano at my house! ↗

— George Clooney

#bought #chopsticks #dream #drinking #even