Lewis Carroll Quotes
I believe this thought, of the possibility of death - if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best possible tests as to our going to any scene of amusement being right or wrong. If the thought of sudden death acquires, for you, a special horror when imagined as happening in a theatre, then be very sure the theatre is harmful for you, however harmless it may be for others; and that you are incurring a deadly peril in going.
Lewis Carroll
Quotes to Explore
It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
Galileo Galilei
I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at.
Samantha Morton
God is an immensity, while this disease, this death, which is in me, this small, tightly defined pedestrian event, is merely and perfectly real, without miracle - or instruction.
Harold Brodkey
When soon I sail from here, I may again run into such a storm as the one in Kvasefjord. But this time I shall clearly understand that it is not a play in the theatre, but it is death. and it seems too that then, in the last moment before we go down, I can in in all truth be yours...
Karen Blixen
I have always - at least, ever since I can remember - had a kind of longing for death.'
C. S. Lewis
I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown. I am greatly supported in this view by reason of this great river, and by this sea which is fresh.
Christopher Columbus
I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.
Phil Knight
I saw my first indoor bathroom when I was 9.
Glen Campbell
I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town.
Patti Smith
I try to imagine how we would live if we didn't know we were going to die. Would we live our lives differently? Less careful, maybe? Less scared? These are beautiful things to think about and build a song around.
Beth Gibbons
Portishead
It's a big opportunity, because to get to the NCAA tournament you have to beat some teams that are going. We don't have any margin for error left. We've used it all up. But I think we've gotten ourselves in this position, because we haven't worried about that.
Dan Monson
I believe this thought, of the possibility of death - if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best possible tests as to our going to any scene of amusement being right or wrong. If the thought of sudden death acquires, for you, a special horror when imagined as happening in a theatre, then be very sure the theatre is harmful for you, however harmless it may be for others; and that you are incurring a deadly peril in going.
Lewis Carroll