#wards

In the loss of skill, we lose stewardship; in losing stewardship we lose fellowship; we become outcasts from the great neighborhood of Creation. It is possible - as our experience in this good land shows - to exile ourselves from Creation, and to ally ourselves with the principle of destruction - which is, ultimately, the principle of nonentity. It is to be willing in general for being to not-be. And once we have allied ourselves with that principle, we are foolish to think that we can control the results. (pg. 303, The Gift of Good Land) ↗

— Wendell Berry

#land #stewardship #art

Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards. ↗

— David Soul

#always #been #beginning #door #driving

Being on the move all the time is draining, but the rewards make up for it. ↗

— David Soul

#draining #make #make up #move #rewards

Also, I've already won all the awards. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#also #awards #i #won

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#eyes #find #fit #follow #forgive

I'm thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time's a charm. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#academy awards #asked #awards #because #charm

Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#did #discouraging #get #give #go

My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don't even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it's like awards don't mean anything. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#awards #even #first #friend #grammys

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. ↗

— David Hare

#civilization #tendency #towards #ultimate

In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and writing on history but I got sick 14 years ago when I was 19. Getting sick derailed that plan completely. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#ago #backwards #becoming #completely #fell