Algernon Blackwood Quotes

And if thought and emotion can persist in this way so long after the brain that sent them forth has crumpled into dust, how vitally important it must be to control their very birth in the heart, and guard them with the keenest possible restraint.

Algernon Blackwood

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 14, 1869 - December 10, 1951

Topics

HeartBrainControlThoughtLong

I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams.

Joanne Harris

DreamsDreamSoundScentColourFew

The Westerns have probably affected me more than any one thing, Western-related material. I love Westerns.

Joe R. Lansdale

LoveMeMoreOne ThingThanThing

As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district.

Joe Baca

EducationSocietyProudImpactKnow

I've used the Internet since I was in high school - it was my tool for self-promotion.

Jeffree Star

SchoolHigh SchoolInternetHigh

I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.

Sophia Loren

MotherBeautifulI AmLuckyVeryAm

Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own strengths is what, in fact, makes us strong.

Simon Sinek

TimeStrongFeelingToo MuchFocused

I sometimes feel that we are losing an intuitive sense of our own bodies.

Toyo Ito

LosingFeelSometimesOwnSenseOur

Because the Arnold Classic is such a big show, a guy who hasn't been getting a lot of recognition all of a sudden does that show and arrives in good condition and is able to take out some of the top guys, it then puts him up there in the running for the Olympia title. So he can get more recognition that way.

Ronnie Coleman

GoodRecognitionWayClassicTopUp

It's amazing what you find out about yourself when you write in the first person about someone very different from you.

Doris Lessing

YourselfAmazingSomeoneYouFind

Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things.

Constantin Brancusi

ArtSimplicitySelfRealThings

Reading can be just feeding, but smart reading takes us further. The classroom is one way to go deeper, but we can't stay in school forever.

Bobbie Ann Mason

SchoolSmartReadingGoWayFeeding

If I have the option, I always read the paper or a book or something I can touch and destroy in my own hands.

Aubrey Plaza

BookHandsI CanTouchMy OwnOwn

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