"The days of exploration of Shackleton and Scott are long gone. Everything has been climbed, crossed, done. Now what we're exploring are the full boundaries of human endeavour. It's not physical - it's all in the head."

-- Lewis Gordon

#Long Quotes #Gone Quotes #Done Quotes

“Money always changes the game, when you let a dollar come between you and your friends, your cohorts.”
“I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod.”
“I don't come from a particularly musical family. My mother learned a bit of piano in Korea. When I was three, I apparently climbed up on our upright piano and started picking Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star out.”
“When you're waiting for a bus, the thing to do is smoke a cigarette.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I don't think that writer's block exists really. I think that when you're trying to do something prematurely, it just won't come. Certain subjects just need time, as I've learned over and over again. You've got to wait before you write about them.”
“I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for chick peas!”

Source : Our Live Chat with Lydia Davis, www.newyorker.com. December 10, 2009.
“Being a caregiver for your child is part of the job description of being a mammal.”
“For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is.”

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