"One can't live with one's finger everlastingly on one's pulse."

-- Joseph Conrad

#Pulse Quotes #Fingers Quotes

“As I get considerably beyond the biblical allotment of three score years and ten, I feel with increasing intensity that I can express my gratitude for still being around on the oxygen-side of the earth's crust only by not standing pat on what I have hitherto known and loved. While oxygen lasts, there are still new things to love, especially if compassion is a form of love.”

Source : Norman Maclean (2017). “Young Men and Fire: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition”, p.7, University of Chicago Press
“The spitter wasn't hard to hit when you knew a pitcher could throw it legally. But the guys to worry about were the pitchers who sneaked over the illegal spitter after the pitch was outlawed.”
“Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead.”

Source : "Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words" by Peace Pilgrim, (p. 113), 1992.
“Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.”
“I guess I'm fortunate that I'm still around and I emphasize 'I guess', because you never can tell what musicians would be playing had they been around as long as I have.”
“Confusion comes from trying to amalgamate several conflicting ideas.”

Source : Eero Saarinen (1962). “Eero Saarinen on His Work: A Selection of Buildings Dating from 1947 to 1964 with Statements by the Architect”, New Haven : Yale University Press
“An artist strives to frame his ideals in an image; to challenge his audience and to make his vision immortal. But the parasites say 'no, your art must serve the cause... your ideals endanger the people!'”
“if it's not in my email archive, I don't know it”

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