Emily Carr Quotes
The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a Muslim. I don't try to hide it. I'm also a girl who loves music.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
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The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
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I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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Im not your biggest girly girl.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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I did one touring show with Horatio Sanz. We went to, I think it was Iowa State University, and we were in this field house, so people were sitting on the floor. It started out with 2,500 people in there. We delivered the most mediocre improv, and it went from a crowd of 2,500 to 250 people in the course of 45 minutes. It was grim.
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Usually this desire for family limitation has been laid to economic pressure... It has asserted itself among the rich and among the poor, among the intelligent and the unintelligent. It has been manifested in such horrors as infanticide, child abandonment and abortion.
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The apparent ease with which children learn is their ruin.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others.
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The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.
