Walker Evans Quotes

Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.

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• While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.

  

  Eden Robinson
  • Power
  • Mistake
  • Decisions

• Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.

  

  Jack Dee
  • Fear
  • Excited
  • Maybe

• But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.

  

  Edie Brickell
  • Writing
  • Band
  • Learn

• I don't like the blame game, though.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Game
  • Like
  • Blame

• The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • May
  • Truth
  • Bible

• The Strauss Group identified water as a strategic category presenting significant business opportunity in line with the Group's long term business strategy and vision. We view the development of a technology that enables high quality drinking water for both home and offices as a means to improve the quality of life of millions of people.

  

  Ofra Strauss
  • People
  • Life
  • Long

• I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Father
  • Dad
  • Care

• Modesty is my best quality.

  

  Jack Benny
  • Best
  • Quality
  • Modesty

• For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'

  

  Gabrielle Zevin
  • Long
  • Book
  • Favorite

• From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.

  

  Olivia Williams
  • Up
  • Fun
  • Age

• I get some of my ideas from watching my three daughters, but most of them come from my own memories of growing up. I can remember how romantic I was, not just about love, but romance in the classic sense - the romantic ideals: of honor and truth, of loyalty, sacrifice and fairness. Those were the elements that made a story satisfying to me.

  

  Francine Pascal
  • Truth
  • Ideas
  • Memories

• I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.

  

  Natalie Coughlin
  • Hate
  • Always
  • Trials

• We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Poetry
  • Guidance
  • Professor

• When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Guy
  • Want
  • Me

• Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.

  

  Sam Barry
  • Up
  • Music
  • Growing

• I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes.

  

  Wendy Davis
  • Work
  • Day
  • Proud

• I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.

  

  Sam Raimi
  • Me
  • Movies
  • Necessarily

• I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I've done that since I was a young boy.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • Time
  • Done
  • Day

• Once upon a time, an angel and a devil held a wishbone between them. And its snap split the world in two.

  

  Laini Taylor
  • Time
  • World
  • Devil

• To be in flow means to be totally absorbed in whatever one is doing at the moment. It occurs when one is fully present and completely focused on the task at hand...Flow can occur during any human activity, whether work or at play.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Work
  • Hand
  • Present

• Through the forest have I gone. But Athenian found I none, On whose eyes I might approve This flower's force in stirring love. Night and silence.--Who is here? Weeds of Athens he doth wear: This is he, my master said, Despised the Athenian maid; And here the maiden, sleeping sound, On the dank and dirty ground. Pretty soul! she durst not lie Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy. Churl, upon thy eyes I throw All the power this charm doth owe. When thou wakest, let love forbid Sleep his seat on thy eyelid: So awake when I am gone; For I must now to Oberon.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Soul
  • Night
  • Sleep

• Serious loss brings you into one of the world's silent fraternities.

  

  Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
  • World
  • Serious

• Think tanks do have points of view, and they are absolutely entitled to defend them.

  

  David Frum

• Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.

  

  Walker Evans
  • Simple
  • Thoughts
  • Eye