Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isn't enough time. Joni Mitchell artbackbasically share on social
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. Ben Hecht clockdeterminehand Change image and share on social
Every time I've been on Everest, people have died, though not in any expedition I was part of. Kenneth Kamler dieeverestexpedition Change image and share on social
It is horrible to say, but I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream. Vera Wang amazebridaldesigner share on social
A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it. Zora Neale Hurston bigdistancemighty Change image and share on social
Barbie ruined my life! It's a really bad image for women. For a long time I thought I was deformed - because my heels didn't touch the ground. I was walking around on tiptoes. What's up with that? I think that it's a bad thing for a woman to try to emulate. Rita Rudner badbarbiedeform share on social
Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time. Meryl Streep barnhappyhome Change image and share on social
And regardless of the fact that in this country, certainly in the arts, we treat comedy as a second-class citizen, I've never thought of it that way. I've always thought it to be important. The last time I looked, the Greeks were holding up two masks. I've always thought of it not only as having equal value, but as the craft of it, being funny. Jeff Daniels artcitizenclass share on social
Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history. Suzan-Lori Parks distancehistorylove Change image and share on social
Plato found fault that the poets of his time filled the world with wrong opinions of the gods, making light tales of that unspotted essence, and therefore would not have the youth depraved with such opinions. Philip Sidney depraveessencefault share on social