Quotes

Mr. Skrebneski often told the story of his introduction to photography: While playing in a park around the age of 7, he found an abandoned camera, which he dutifully turned over to the park attendant. “I took it inside and gave it to the lady at the desk,” he told The Chicago Sun-Times in 2000. […]

via In Memory: “No one told me when I was 7 years old that I shouldn’t shake the camera. That was the beginning, and I liked the way it looked, and I didn’t know there was any other way to look.” — Art of Quotation

“How we survived: we locked the doors and let nobody in.” Ellen Bryan Voigt, poet, served as the Poet Laureate of Vermont, quote from Kyrie

via “How we survived: we locked the doors and let nobody in.” — Art of Quotation

Stevie Wonder, songwriter, song quote from He’s Misstra Know-It-All, 1973 “He’s Misstra Know-It-All” He’s a man With a plan Got a counterfeit dollar in his hand He’s Misstra Know-It-All Playin’ hard Talkin’ fast Makin’ sure that he won’t be the last He’s Misstra Know-It-All Makes a deal With a smile Knowin’ all the time […]

via “If we had less of him / Don’t you know we’d have a better land / He’s Misstra Know-It-All” — Art of Quotation

Really, the problem isn’t that plans fail, it’s what we do when they fail. When we miss a day or two at the gym, or order takeout when we meant to cook, most of us just shrug, give up entirely, and say, “Well, there’s always next year,” or we find another milestone to look forward […]

via “ Really, the problem isn’t that plans fail, it’s what we do when they fail. “ — Art of Quotation

“Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.” Cormac McCarthy, writer, book quote from The Road, Pulitzer Price for fiction, 2007 The Road is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel that details the journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months, across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm […]

via “Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.” — Art of Quotation

Write hard and clear about what hurts. Ernest Hemingway

via “ Write hard and clear about what hurts. “ — Art of Quotation

When I Get To Heaven John Prine When I get to heaven, I’m gonna shake God’s hand Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand Then I’m gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band Check into a swell hotel, ain’t the afterlife grand? And then I’m gonna get a cocktail: vodka […]

via “When I get to heaven… I’m gettin’ back into show business / I’m gonna open up a nightclub called “The Tree of Forgiveness” / And forgive everybody ever done me any harm“ — Art of Quotation

With Trump’s approval numbers receding to pre-pandemic levels and Biden establishing a lead in early polling (5.9 points in the RealClearPolitics polling average), Trump is in unfamiliar territory. In the past, media saturation, out-and-out lying and right-wing media propaganda seemed to get him through the immediate news cycle. Now, his media blather is white noise […]

via “ Facts matter. “ — Art of Quotation

You can’t really change the heart without telling a story. Martha C. Nussbaum, philosopher

via “ You can’t really change the heart without telling a story. “ — Art of Quotation

I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. Helen Keller, author

via “because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” — Art of Quotation