#said

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#because #better #better place #eat #encourages

That poetry survived in its formal agencies finally, and that prose survived to get something said. ↗

— Robert Creeley

#finally #formal #get #poetry #prose

The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#decline #i #imagine #judged #made

I wish I was having as much fun as the press reports said I had. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#had #having #i #i wish #much

People always used to say to me, 'Don't you want your own show? That'd be so cool if you had your own show.' I said, 'You know, it's not gonna happen. So - no.' ↗

— Candy Crowley

#cool #gonna #had #happen #i

The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

#business #did #glad #how #i

And basically I always said when I was little that if I ever became successful or a celebrity, I would buy her this huge house and she would never have to work anymore. And I've done that. So I feel happy about doing that. ↗

— Missy Elliot

#always #anymore #basically #became #buy

I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out. ↗

— Don Ellis

#bored #came #changes #chord #could

When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!' ↗

— Sally Field

#born #congratulations #doctor #i #i was born

I went up a straight crooked lane and, I said 'No thanks, yes if yer please. ↗

— Jack Finney

#i #lane #please #said #straight