#rain

To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour. ↗

— William Blake

#flower #grain #grain of sand #hands #heaven

The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#animal #being #being prepared #called #circus

The advantage is I have my family with me all the time. When your daughter takes her first steps or says her first words and your son is going through potty training, I'm not missing any of those things. ↗

— Larry Dixon

#any #daughter #family #first #going

Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#brain #dead #fell #his #lightning

The combination of the Main brain with its central nervous system, and the ancient Animal Brain with its somatic, enteric nervous system in the inner body—in the gut—and the constant dialog between them provides a self-correcting feedback system, which regulates the behavioral qualities of the organism when consciously cultivated—preferably in early youth. ↗

— Martha Char Love

#gut-brain #gut-feelings #psychology #intelligence

My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#being #came #carl #formal #gave

Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#because #british #british actors #everyone #i

I didn't miss training because it had become so painful for me. I filled the void pretty quickly as I went straight into coaching and it was great; I had to start learning all over again, and then when I went into TV I knew nothing about it so I had to start from the very beginning. ↗

— Jo Durie

#again #because #become #beginning #coaching

Once you get in a position where your rent is taken care of and you do have a job, you really get to deal with yourself and really become one with yourself. And you wake to your mind every day. That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain. ↗

— Fred Durst

#best #best friend #brain #care #day

I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material. ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#drama school #had #historical #i #i think