#ran

You have a wonderful child. Then, when he's 13, gremlins carry him away and leave in his place a stranger who gives you not a moment's peace. ↗

— Jill Eikenberry

#carry #child #gives #gremlins #him

There is a strange kind of human being in whom there is an eternal struggle between body and soul, animal and god, for dominance. In all great men this mixture is striking, and in none more so than in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ↗

— Alfred Einstein

#animal #being #between #body #dominance

I think it was lucky that during most of the work on the Odyssey I lived on Homer's sea in houses that were, in one case, shaken by the impact of the Mediterranean winter storms on the rocks below. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#case #during #homer #houses #i

It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential. ↗

— Lynn Davies

#enough #key #long #perseverance #persevering

Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. ↗

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

#perseverance #photography #art

Every year, nearly two-thirds of the approximately 200,000 patients in need of a bone marrow transplant will not find a marrow donor that matches within their families. ↗

— Nathan Deal

#bone #bone marrow #donor #every #families

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. ↗

— Robert Hughes

#confidence #consolation #doubt #granted #greater

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed. ↗

— Indra Devi

#image #like #long #mind #mirror

Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a compelling and true solution. ↗

— Theodosius Dobzhansky

#arrange #compelling #could #discover #enough

The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street. ↗

— Robert Doisneau

#daily #daily life #director #exciting #find