"Because there can be consequences for saying the first thing that pops into our heads, it is prudent to exercise tact."

“Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.”

Source : Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.23, Penguin

“History is a living whole. If one organ be removed, it is nothing but a lifeless mass.”

Source : Frederic Harrison (1862). “The Meaning of History: Two Lectures”, p.25

“I think actors who know their job know that's how you do it. You don't show up and make people miserable. That poor grip who's standing there, he just wants to feed his family. He doesn't need to hear about your psychosis on life and love and death.”

“I'm in between an installation artist, video artist and photographer. And when you work with nude bodies, you're immediately called a pornographer or a fashion photographer.”

“When youre in a fighter jet and theres a dark layer of clouds with just one blue hole with the sun going through it, you shoot for that hole. You go vertical into the light, and suddenly, instead of gray and dark, its light and blue. You are totally connected with the elements. You are in another world.”

“I appreciate short, perfect pop songs.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“At the end of pain is SUCCESS!”

“Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and you have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by His heroic spirit: to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils.”

Source : William Gurnall (2015). “Daily Readings from The Christian in Complete Armour: Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare”, p.21, Moody Publishers