"It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet."

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Source : Thomas Brooks (1810). “Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices: Being a Companion for Christians of All Denominations”, p.8

Joseph Hall

#Sweet Quotes #Flower Quotes #Drawing Quotes

“The truth we have to face about the world we live in is that it's driven by profit, and contradictions and doubts are not profitable. They yield wisdom, but wisdom is not profitable. I find pleasure in doubt, but let's face it, my pleasure is not very profitable. To me, the truth is that things mean many things at once, and all of them opposed to each other, and all of them true.”
“There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
“Madame Michel has the elegance of the hedgehog: on the outside she is covered in quills, a real fortress, but my gut feeling is that on the inside, she has the same simple refinement as the hedgehog: a deceptively indolent little creature, fiercely solitary--and terrible elegant.”
“Too many musicians rush through everything with too many notes. I need time to take the picture. A ballad should be a ballad. It's important to understand what the song is saying, and learn how to tell the story. It takes time. I can't rush it. I really can't rush it.”
“The years keep going by and you realize, Wow. Doing these records is such a process: going on tour for a year and a half, then you get home and you want to do other things.”
“Hitting a ball dead perfect - the only peace.”
“Sometimes all it takes is a kind word of encouragement to get your heroes back on the right path.”
“The customer is never wrong.”

Source : In R. Nevill and C. E. Jerningham 'Piccadilly to Pall Mall' (1908) p. 94

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