#sticks

I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#anyway #asset #assumed #because #expected

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#interesting #interesting thing #job #most #persistence

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours. ↗

— Eric Idle

#break #corner #cry #go #hours

A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they're loaded or not. ↗

— Franklin P. Jones

#guns #his #loaded #sticks #whether

If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs. ↗

— William Feather

#goods #land #liked #our #people

Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder, in some cases dramatically so, and I think they're even more beautiful. ↗

— Jock Sturges

#became #cases #dramatically #even #i

Led Zeppelin was pretty much what made me pick up drum sticks. ↗

— Jon Fishman

#led #led zeppelin #made #me #much

It would be ugly to watch people poking sticks at a caged rat. It is uglier still to watch rats poking sticks at a caged person. ↗

— Jean Harris

#people #person #poking #rat #rats

There is a curious paradox that no one can explain. Who understands the secret of the reaping of the grain? Who understands why Spring is born out of Winter’s laboring pain, or why we must all die a bit before we grow again? I do not know the answer; I merely know it’s true. I hurt them for that reason, and myself a little bit too. ↗

— Tom Jones

#paradox #the-fantasticks #music

Sticks and stones build strong houses ↗

— Melody Carstairs

#sticks-and-stones #strength-of-character #inspirational