"I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world."

--

A. J. Jacobs

#Clouds Quotes #World Quotes #This World Quotes

“Sadly, some folks want others to feel their pain, to hurt as much as they do-or more. My grandmother once told me to avoid colds and angry people whenever I could. It's sound advice.”
“I'm done with girls on rocks! I've painted them for thirteen years and I could paint them and sell them for thirteen more. That's the peril of the commercial art game. It tempts a man to repeat himself. it's an awful thing to get to be a rubber stamp. I'm quitting my rut now while I'm still able.”

Source : Maxfield Parrish, Alma Gilbert-Smith, Joyce Stoner, Trust for Museum Exhibitions (2005). “Maxfield Parrish: master of make-believe”, Philip Wilson Publishers
“The promised land guarantees nothing. It is only an opportunity, not a deliverance.”
“Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.”
“Negative things you tell yourself are inCANTations, turn them into inCANtations.”
“When I was bald, I went through a period where I seemed to do nothing except TV programmes about being bald.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I've had far more success than I ever expected. But I do think that a lot of successful artists have an aim to be successful, even if they don't outwardly sound like it. I never really expected success.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“They say there are only two kinds of people on St. Patrick's Day: the Irish, and the people that drive them home.”

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