#car

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom. ↗

— Rumer Godden

#bloom #books #carpet #gives #life

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#carrying #character #feel #great #little

Prior to being mugged I did not feel I had to carry a gun. However, I knew how to shoot a gun very proficiently. As a boy, I used to play cowboys and Indians all the time. ↗

— Bernhard Goetz

#boy #carry #cowboys #did #feel

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#career #climb #gradual #had #i

Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out. ↗

— Natalie Goldberg

#beyond #comes #decide #done #down

And, uh, I did that, and there was nothing more ridiculous to me than finding the weight of the earth because I didn't care how much the earth weighed. ↗

— Rube Goldberg

#care #did #earth #finding #how

Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine and some daily stuff on the level of carpentry. ↗

— William Golding

#carpentry #daily #job #level #much

I don t think cartoons are only for kids, but I think kids will love anything as long as it's visually interesting. ↗

— John Kricfalusi

#cartoons #i #i think #interesting #kids

I probably lived more of a rock-star life when I was 15. I got in trouble a fair amount. I cared more about hanging out and skipping school than studying. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

#amount #cared #fair #got #hanging

I regard this novel as a work without redeeming social value, unless it can be recycled as a cardboard box. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#cardboard #cardboard box #i #novel #recycled