John James Audubon Quotes
Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient share of all that contributes to make life agreeable, I lift my grateful eyes towards the Supreme Being and feel that I am happy.
John James Audubon
Quotes to Explore
Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.
P. G. Wodehouse
I just want to do my job.
Ma Long
To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
Fat Joe
I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
Wendell Berry
I don't look at myself as suffering.
A. J. Langer
It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
Barbara Kingsolver
But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
Rachael Leigh Cook
Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
Camille Paglia
If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
Patricia Highsmith
How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
Adam Mansbach
Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
Mahershala Ali
It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
Kate Middleton
I like to tread uncharted territory and push myself in terms of performance.
Mahesh Babu
I think encouraging young people to twerk might be a bad thing. It's a stripper's move. If I had a daughter of nine, I wouldn't want her twerking.
Ed Sheeran
What don't I want to learn? I have how-to books, history, nature. Ain't nobody here saying, 'You'd better learn this.' But I still think I've got a head on my shoulders, and it pleases me.
B. B. King
Mediaeval mythology, rich and gorgeous, is a compound like Corinthian brass, into which many pure ores have been fused, or it is a full turbid river drawn from numerous feeders, which had their sources in remote climes.
Sabine Baring-Gould
I'm not sought after. I never get enough work. It's the history of my career. There just isn't anything to turn down, let me put it that way.
Ed Asner
Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
Quentin Crisp
The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave.
Edward Bellamy
I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure about the kids. They have brown eyes and small noses.
P. J. O'Rourke
I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
Olivia Williams
Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules. - Mr. Spencer
J. D. Salinger
I feel very responsible for young models of colour. They come to me and tell me they're not getting jobs, and I do what I can to speak up for them.
Naomi Campbell
Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient share of all that contributes to make life agreeable, I lift my grateful eyes towards the Supreme Being and feel that I am happy.
John James Audubon
