#ran

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies. ↗

— Willa Cather

#artist #best #character #creative #deepest

Sooner or later you must move down an unknown road that leads beyond the range of the imagination, and the only certainty is that the trip has to be made. ↗

— Bruce Catton

#certainty #down #imagination #later #leads

Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives. ↗

— Marilyn Ferguson

#autobiographies #become #bodies #friends #lives

In March of 1933 we witnessed a revolution in manner, in mores, in the definition of government. What before had been black or white sprang alive with color. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#been #before #black #black or white #color

My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#fled #freedom #germany #grandfather #had

The career isn't guaranteed for as long as you might want to play. ↗

— Nick Ferguson

#guaranteed #long #might #play #want

Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance. ↗

— Bennett Cerf

#ignorance #ordinary #than #times #worse

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#grandmother #old #only #say #two

Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#ball #bowling #building #device #lace

When I was growing up I always wanted to be a waitress. My sister opened a restaurant in Mississippi, and I went down there and was a waitress for a few days. Let me tell you, I got it out of my system. ↗

— Lacey Chabert

#days #down #few #got #growing