quotes about Mount Rushmore

“The truths that are found in the Bible are universal truths. And it shapes who you are and guides you throughout your life.”

“We are largely the playthings of our fears. To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third, of public ridicule; to a fourth, of poverty; to a fifth, of loneliness ... for all of us, our particular creature waits in ambush.”

“This isn't a romance. You're not a damsel in distress and I'm not the handsome prince come to save you.”

“But if you can plant yourself in stillness long enough, you will, in time, experience the truth that everything (both uncomfortable and lovely) does eventually pass.”

Source : Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.181, Bloomsbury Publishing

“Synergistic convergence is the most important idea we have at our disposal to prevent collapse scenarios and move forward in a nonlinear manner toward an evolutionary society.”

“The dimensions of a work of art are seldom realized by the author until the work is accomplished. It is like a flowering dream. Ideas grow, budding silently, and there are a thousand illuminations coming day by day as the work progresses. A seed grows in writing as in nature. The seed of the idea is developed by both labor and the unconscious, and the struggle that goes on between them.”

“Just skate for fun, don't pick up a skateboard because you want to be a pro one day. Don't forget why you started skating in the first place.”

“We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us”

Source : "Atul Gawande: 'We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us'". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 7, 2014.

“We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.”

“I am mean; I'm nasty at times. I don't feel like talking to people at times. When I am in a bad mood and have had a really awful day, don't come in my face because I am not tolerant and I am not a goddess; I can't handle it after a point. I am going to get up, and I am going to scream, and I am going to say bad things to you.”