Can't Sleep famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • In the Art of Dreaming Don Juan tells Carlos, "... most of our energy goes into upholding our importance... if we were capable of losing some of that importance, two extraordinary things would happen to us. One, we would free our energy from trying to maintain the illusory idea of our grandeur; and two we would provide ourselves with enough energy to ... catch a glimpse of the actual grandeur of the universe."

  • Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

  • It's always darkest before it turns absolutely pitch black.

  • Policy change is most effectively enacted on the local and state level.

  • Value gives the artist the means of showing subtle changes in a form's surface-state, and it helps clarify the relative distance between forms.

  • As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

  • I was surrounded by talented people. I always remember Mrs. Carmel Snow, saying to me, "You know, Polly, if one person thinks they're a big star, then we're all stars. You just go out there and always do your best. And always have time to see any designer - no matter how big or how small, have time to see them. You don't have to just see the big shots. You never know what's coming around the corner and the talent that is going to be important. That is your job."

  • It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core.

  • It should be up to each bar owner and patron to decide if they want to smoke or not.

  • But I had a feeling I wasn't supposed to find her that way. She was not a needle. This was not a haystack. We were people, and people had ways of finding each other.