#since

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#novelty #originality #sincerity

I haven't shoplifted since I was 13. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#i #since

I am an extremely sincere individual. I am sincere, to a fault. One of the many things that I have come to realize, to learn, is that sincerity must be reserved and given only to those who deserve it. And one must save one's emotions, channeling them only to the people who are worthy of it. One must not throw one's pearls to the pigs. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational-quotes #poise #self-preservation #sincerity #the-art-of-poise

When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

#been #between #confronted #could #i

I've wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little boy. ↗

— Henry Darrow

#boy #ever #i #little #since

It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#ago #almost #arrive #country #happened

Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know. ↗

— William Davenant

#knowledge #safe #since #sorrow #spy

Far from creating a new formalism, what these can yield is something far transcending surface values since they not only embody form as beauty, but also form in which intuitions or ideas or conjectures have taken visible substance. ↗

— Max Bill

#beauty #conjectures #creating #embody #far

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since. ↗

— Josh Billings

#been #created #ever #getting #little

Since I had the baby I can't tolerate anything violent or sad, I saw the Matrix and I had my eyes closed through a lot of it, though I didn't need to. I would peek, and then think, oh OK, I can see that. ↗

— Lisa Kudrow

#baby #closed #eyes #had #i