"The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest."

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Source : Arthur Guiterman (1924). “A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets”, New York, E.P. Dutton [1924]

Arthur Guiterman

#Chips Quotes #Ability Quotes #Carpenter Quotes

“When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough.”
“Cost is more important than quality but quality is the best way to reduce cost.”
“Lonely dissent doesn't feel like going to school dressed in black. It feels like going to school wearing a clown suit.”
“When I got off the soap I got offered all these, you know, 'women in jeopardy' -- I call them 'disease of the week' movies.”
“Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.”
“Revolution means turning the wheel.”
“"St. Lucia We Love" is actually a song produced by Stratosphere music (also St. Lucian). The CEO of Stratosphere music approached me and wanted me to produce a music video for this song which was already a hit in my country. I felt privileged to have been chosen to do such a video. So every time I went out to shoot a scene from the video, I would get a still shot from the scene to tease the public. The photo of the amazona versicolor is is an actual scene from the video which was released on St. Lucia's Independence day (22nd February, 2013).”
“I'm not even sure I like surgery, but I like what it does, I like the effects. I like to be able to give people longevity and quality of life, and I also think it's good for people to use the special gifts and talents that they have. And when I was in medical school, when I began to analyze the gifts and talents that I had, I realized that surgery would probably be a very good fit for me.”

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