"You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you cross the street."

-- Scott Lynch

#Kingdoms Quotes #Needs Quotes #Carriages Quotes

“In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as a team sport. The outcome is only possible with the interaction of all the players.”
“Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 08, 2015
“And I never missed one concert. In 89 shows, I think I did one a bit suspect show. In the old days, I'd pull gigs left, right and center because I was too f - - up.”
“That difference do you think you can make, one man in all this madness?”
“Contentment gives a crown, where fortune hath denied it.”
“Making wishes on the elephant is emotionally dangerous, because inevitably one's hopes rise abnormally high, unhealthily high, and when the wish does not come true, one's high hopes get crushed more painfully than if one had not asked for the help of supernatural powers. Therefore, one should always try to make the wish casually and forget about it instantly after making it, which is what I try to do now.”
“Horses have never hurt anyone yet, except when they bet on them.”

Source : Stuart Cloete (1964). “The Honey Bird: And Other African Stories”
“A black Christian is like a black person with no memory.”

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