"The reason why Matthew Arnold, to my feeling, fails entirely as a poet (though no doubt his ideas were good - at least, I am told they were) is that he had no sense of touch whatsoever. Nothing made any impression on his skin. He could feel neither the shape nor the texture of a poem with his hands."

-- Edith Sitwell

#Hands Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Tech people like to stick to their knitting, and they measure their accomplishments by the growth of their company. Now the tech community is popping up and saying, 'We do need to be involved in our surroundings.'”

Source : "Ron Conway: S.F. mover and shaker" by Heather Knight, www.sfgate.com. August 27, 2012.
“We've had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues. I see that the world is rotten because of silence.”
“Wars are just to those to whom they are necessary.”
“We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events.”
“It's all about whatever enriches you. If you decide to go the domestic route and get married and all those things, it makes you a better actor.”

Source : "Josh Duhamel's career goals finally coming true". www.today.com. June 24, 2009.
“Call me 'Tuk-Tuk', and keep saying it, but remember I am the captain of Pakistan.”
“Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.”
“God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.”

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