"When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix."

-- Richard Dawkins

#Taken Quotes #Dying Quotes #Should Quotes

“Daring to dream what is deepest in our collective longings is what makes us most human and fully alive.”
“The secret of pleasure in life, as distinct from its great triumphs of transcendent joy, is to live in a series of small, legitimate successes. By legitimate I mean such as are not accompanied by self-condemnation.”
“If I stretch my arms and wonder where my fingers are - that is all the space I need as a painter.”
“The general market wants what I do.”
“Realism should only be the means of expression of religious genius... or, at the other extreme, the artistic expressions of monkeys which are quite satisfied with mere imitation. In fact, art is never realistic though sometimes it is tempted to be. To be really realistic a description would have to be endless.”
“O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed.”
“Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.”
“I actually do my own renovations. I designed and built a 100-foot split-cedar rail fence to enclose my property. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. Don't recommend doing it alone. I also built a 100-square-foot back porch. Again, don't recommend doing it alone.”

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