Thomas Traherne Quotes

An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.

Thomas Traherne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: 1636 - October 10, 1674

Topics

SoulMindBookNothingAnythingMay

With dancing, I think the reason it's worked for me, and I love it so much, is because I've trained my entire life. Once you train, you develop your own aesthetic and your confidence. So I think, as I grow, I'm learning how to be a singer. I'm training my voice and being on stage and singing and dancing.

Jillian Hervey

LifeLoveLearningConfidenceMe

I think the further away you get from completing a book, the more responses you see to it from readers, the more your own tastes and opinions shift and the more you start to see things you could have written differently in the detail, or done differently on the broader scale of plot and character.

Joe Abercrombie

CharacterDetailStartBookThink

I'm always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience - a non-art-world audience.

Jenny Holzer

TryingAlwaysAudienceContentBring

I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short anecdotes.

John Lescroart

SuccessHistoryShortEarlyFirst

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

Andy Rooney

ComputersDoneNeedThingsEasier

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.

Steve Irwin

FearMistakesMeMaking MistakesLot

I never watched much TV at home - it just wasn't part of our home culture.

Roger Ross Williams

HomeCultureNeverJustOurMuch

The deal looks bad and smells worse.

Michelle Malkin

BadLooksDealWorseSmells

I watch mostly documentaries and things that aren't remotely funny.

Christopher Guest

FunnyThingsWatchDocumentaries

I've made sure that I've stood for privacy and the rights of the people time and time again.

Cory Gardner

TimePeoplePrivacyRightsSure

Quite honestly, I live in California in the off season. Going off to Green Bay is just like two different walks of life - I hunt, fish, practice with firearms. Back in California, it's spend time at the beach, go to the movies.

Clay Matthews III

LifeLiveTimeBeachPracticeGreen

I had been exposed to bitcoin early. I thought the consumer application of it felt, to me, further away. I thought there would be faster adoption of the blockchain in the enterprise space and with banks.

Brad Garlinghouse

SpaceMeThoughtEarlyBlockchain

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