"We [Raymond and Meursault] stared at each other without blinking, and everything came to a stop there between the sea, the sand, and the sun, and the double silence of the flute and the water. It was then that I realized that you could either shoot or not shoot."

-- Albert Camus

#Sea Quotes #Water Quotes #Silence Quotes

“I spend most of my time wearing uncomfortable things, so for me, it's all about trainers.”
“Yesterday, I tried to call Northwest Airlines' customer-service line over a couple of hours. I couldn't get through. The recording said, "Due to a high volume of calls" Well, you could put it that way - "Due to a high volume of calls". Or you could say, "Due to an insufficient number of employees..."”
“All the knowledge is in the connections”
“Acting is something I appreciate, and I think it's been an amazing experience. But I'm not passionate about acting the way you probably should be to call yourself an actor.”
“If you imagine that once you have accomplished your ambitions you will have time to turn to the Way, you will discover that your ambitions never come to an end.”
“All that is great in man comes through work; and civilization is its product.”
“Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.”

Source : Richard Wagner (1897). “Religion and Art”, p.210, U of Nebraska Press
“We all enjoy pushing ourselves to accomplish our objectives. But we don't need stress to get there.”

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