Just living is not enough

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~Hans Christian Anderson
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.” ~Erma Bombeck
The purpose of life is a life of purpose. ~Robert Byrne
The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. ~Elwyn Brooks White
Life is simple, its just not easy. ~Author Unknown
A life without cause is a life without effect. ~Barbarella
Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you’re alive, it isn’t. ~Richard Bach

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QUOTATIONS ABOUT ART

Artists can color the sky red because they know it’s blue. Those of us who aren’t artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we’re stupid. ~Jules Feiffer

All the other colors are just colors, but purple seems to have a soul. Purple is not just a noun and an adjective but also a verb - when you look at it, it’s looking back at you. ~Uniek Swain

Architecture begins where engineering ends. ~Walter Gropius

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling. ~G.K. Chesterton

Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier. ~Marie Laurencin

Art is Man’s nature. Nature is god’s art. ~James Bailey

The artist gazes upon a reality and creates his own impression. The viewer gazes upon the impression and creates his own reality. ~Robert Brault,

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. ~John

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Sexy Quote

E. Y. Harburg: To let a fool kiss you is stupid. To let a kiss fool you is worse Mason Cooley: Friendship is love minus sex and plus reason. Love is friendship plus sex and minus reason.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.: A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
homas J. Watson, Sr.: You have to put your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

Gene Mauch: I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.

Herb Kelleher: Think small and act small, and we'll get bigger. Think big and act big, and we'll get smaller.

Anonymous: Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.

Jean Cocteau: Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Fashion ... produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
Anonymous: The secret of life is not to do what you like but to like what you do.

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Apology Quotes

In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry. ~Margaret LaurenceAn apology is a good way to have the last word. ~Author Unknown

A stiff apology is a second insult…. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. ~G.K. Chesterton

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything. ~Lynn Johnston

Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Professor at the Breakfast-Table

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. ~P.G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs

Never ruin an apology with an excuse. ~Kimberly Johnson

True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

It’s easier to apologize than ask for permission. ~Author Unknown

Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused. ~King Charles I

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. ~Red Auerbach

The only good thing about punctuality is that it usually gets you an apology. ~Author Unknown

Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift. ~Margaret Lee Runbeck

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