-
“I should like to paint like an man who has never seen a painting, but this man -myself - lives in a museum.”
-
“When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, 'Then there's no hope for me, Mum.”
Source : "Andrew Sullivan, American by Choice". Interview with Mark Warren, www.esquire.com. November 16, 2011.
-
“I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.”
Source : Ernest Shackleton (2004). “South: The Endurance Expedition”, p.149, Penguin
-
“I get readings, I sometimes get five a week. You'll feel like a schizophrenic by the end of that week. I don't know who I am any more. You'll be in conversation with a friend and start spitting out dialogue.”
-
“It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.”
-
“There have been people who've understood it for a long time, who've gone, okay, this is a medium I get. It's not a phase; it's not a fad; it's actually something quite vital and important, and it's pretty fascinating to watch that.”
Source : "Rosario Dawson Acts Up". Interview With Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. July/August 2011.
-
“On the spiritual path, all the dreck and misery is transformed, maybe not that same day, but still transformed into spiritual fuel or insight.”
-
“Anyone weighing whether to re-elect the President should take the bin Laden operation into account: it is a powerful exhibit that Obama is a steely Commander in Chief - a critical test for many Americans.”