"The world shows up for us, but it doesn't show up for free. We must show up, too, and bring along what knowledge and skills we've cultivated. As with a painting in a gallery, the world has no meaning-no presence to be experienced-apart from our ability to engagement with it."

-- Alva Noe

#Skills Quotes #Engagement Quotes #World Quotes

“Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God.”
“Passion means suffering and compassion means suffering together. Suffering produces perseverance and perseverance produces character and character produces hope. And that lifts people up, knowing they're not alone.”
“The state of the Union largely depends on the state of the unions.”
“You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.”
“There's a lot of different things that we do during life that could personally harm us and I choose not to stop doing those things.”
“We are so busy doing the urgent that we don't have time to do the important.”
“When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog-big as a donkey. ... I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio. ... I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere. ... Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things.”
“I get to keep you,â€ he said, staring at me with an intensity that made me shiver. â€œKeep me?â€ I asked, reaching up to kiss his chin and trail kisses down his perfect neck. â€œNot here. I canâ€™t take much more, Pagan. Iâ€™m only so strong,â€ he said in a husky voice as he pulled me against his chest. â€œYouâ€™re mine now. While you walk the Earth you belong to me. Nothing can hurt you.â€ I heard a touch of humor in his voice. â€œItâ€™s pretty impossible to hurt what Death protects.”

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