"Language is the close-fitting dress of thought."

-- Richard Chenevix Trench

#Inspirational Quotes #Dresses Quotes #Language Quotes

“Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.”
“I think that the people who really accomplish things in this world have to have a little bit of crazy in them.”
“Point your feet in the direction you want to go and your life will follow.”
“Formula One is a mind game, no question. You have to think so hard sometimes smoke comes out your ears! And if you don't keep your head in gear the car will overtake you”
“Art is created in a state of delirium. Anyting else is the restoration of monuments. Collectors are artist that do not have a home. they have to make one for themselves.”

Source : "Nervous Stillness on the Horizon" by Gunter Brus, edit by Monika Faber, Actar, (p. 226), 2005.
“Passion kept one fully in the present, so that time became a series of mutually exclusive 'nows.'”

Source : Sue Halpern (2011). “Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly”, p.121, Vintage
“I gathered all of the Jewish mukhtars, who have contact with Arabs in different villages and asked them to whisper in the ears of some Arabs that a great Jewish reinforcement has arrived in Galile and that it is going to burn all of the villages of the Huleh. They should suggest to these Arabs, as their friends, to escape while there is still time... The tactic reached its goal completely. The building of the police station at Halsa fell into our hands without a shot. The wide areas were cleaned...”
“If you don't understand, ask questions. If you're uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions and then ask anyway. It's easy to tell when a question is coming from a good place. Then listen some more. Sometimes people just want to feel heard. Here's to possibilities of friendship and connection and understanding.”

Source : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013). “Americanah”, p.354, Anchor

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