#once

If you asked somebody, 'what do you wish for in life?' they wouldn't say 'happiness.' I would have answered 'excitement, knowledge,' God knows - I mean, many, many different things, but certainly not 'happiness'. It seemed like a foreign concept to wish for something that specific and that singular. ↗

— Connie Nielsen

#asked #certainly #concept #different #different things

I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra plays mechanically, using mechanical energy; the conductor just moves his hands, and his movements have an effect on the music artistry. ↗

— Leon Theremin

#artistry #conceived #conductor #create #effect

When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#could #day #draw #drawn #every

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#call #consider #danced #day #every

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#call #consider #danced #day #every

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#desert #light #night #off #once

Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#advertising #conceal #i #illustrate #manufacturers

The scientists who do climate research understand that much of the ever increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere since 1850 must be attributed to burning those fossil fuels to produce the energy that drives industrialization. ↗

— John Olver

#attributed #burning #climate #co2 #concentration

John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#deep #deep love #future #human #human race

Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#around #comes #course #know #once