#brilliant

There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold. ↗

— Coleman Young

#going #gold #into #single #straw

From time to time I try to imagine this world of which he spoke--a culture in whose mythology words might be that precious, in which words were conceived as vessels for communications from the heart; a society in which words are holy, and the challenge of life is based upon the quest for gentle words, holy words, gentle truths, holy truths. I try to imagine for myself a world in which the words one gives one's children are the shell into which they shall grow, so one chooses one's children are the shell into which they shall grow, so one chooses one's words carefully, like precious gifts, like magnificent gifts, like magnificent inheritances, for they convey an excess of what we have imagined, they bear gifts beyond imagination, they reveal and revisit the wealth of history. How carefully, how slowly, and how lovingly we might step into our expectations of each other in such a world. ↗

— Patricia J. Williams

#brilliant #children #expectation #language #life-changing

I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child. ↗

— Tea Leoni

#child #i #liars #most

What is so brilliant about the gadgets is their simplicity. ↗

— Desmond Llewelyn

#brilliant #gadgets #simplicity #their

Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake. ↗

— Walter Lord

#brilliantly #cake #like #lit #looked

L.A. is brilliant, but however long my trip is I'm always ready to leave. But New York I'm never quite happy to see the back of. ↗

— Kelly Macdonald

#back #brilliant #happy #however #i

My own tastes happen to be in tune with what the public wants. I think that's the reason my batting average is so high, not because I've discovered some brilliant formula. ↗

— Cameron Mackintosh

#batting #because #brilliant #discovered #formula

I get crushes on directors because they are so brilliant. ↗

— Dorothy Malone

#brilliant #crushes #directors #get #i

If a comic comes out on the scene and it's really knock-out brilliant, the community is pretty good about getting the word about good newcomers. ↗

— Scott McCloud

#brilliant #comes #comic #community #getting

The beginning of my career was so brilliant. It wasn't until ten years later that I went, 'Oh, that was a big, fat fluke and, boy, was I ever lucky.' ↗

— Sandra Oh

#big #boy #brilliant #career #ever