"What is impossible by the nature of things is not confirmed by any law."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Nature Quotes #Law Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“Art shouldÂ notÂ have to be a certain way,”
“Don't wait till you're older, or in some better job than you have now. Don't wait for anything. Don't wait till some magical...idea drops into your lap. That's not where ideas come from. Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.”

Source : "I'm Ira Glass, Host of This American Life, and This Is How I Work". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. July 23, 2014.
“But in my arms she was always Lolita.”
“You must show him, by leaving him severely alone.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 729-31, Speech at Ennis (19 September 1880), 1922.
“Neither ancients nor moderns who were good men have done such ,a deed that, after promising ,a daughter to one man, they have her to another, Nor, indeed, have we heard, even in former creations, of such ,a thing as the covert sale of a daughter for a fixed price, called a nuptial fee.”
“Gravitational waves will bring us exquisitely accurate maps of black holes - maps of their space-time. Those maps will make it crystal clear whether or not what were dealing with are black holes as described by general relativity.”
“Well, I do expect a lot of myself. I'm a harsh critic because I know what I'm capable of. I have hit those occasional peaks amongst the valleys, but the peaks are so few-things like genuine flashes of virtuoso brush inking, like I've never executed before or since-I can count on one hand the number of jobs where I've been able to hit that mark. The same with penciling. Sometimes it just flows, but more often than not, it's pure physical and spiritual torment just to get something decent on paper. I often get very discouraged with the whole creative process.”
“Sweet flowers alone can say what passion fears revealing.”

Source : Thomas Moore (1860). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore”, p.354

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