James Houston Quotes

It's hard now to imagine that kind of travel and the daily tasks they simply took for granted. If a wagon axle broke, you had to stop and carve a new one. To cross a river, you sometimes had to build a raft.

James Houston

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: June 12, 1921 - April 17, 2005

Topics

DailyTravelRiverYouStopNew

I want to go to Australia and take the same goofy picture of me holding a koala that everyone else takes.

Jessi Klein

MePictureGoWantAustraliaSame

When I very first started out, I had that arrogance of youth.

Joely Richardson

YouthArroganceFirstOutStarted

I am rich enough.

John Cusack

I AmRichEnoughAm

Read things to not just know what's going on, but see it from different varying viewpoints.

Angela Rye

KnowSeeThingsGoingDifferent

You can leave Paris, but when you come back, you discover it again.

Jeanne Damas

YouBackParisLeaveComeDiscover

I didn't get paid to go to Kansas State.

Michael Beasley

GoKansasPaidGetState

The reason I do workshops is so I can learn, and I am fortunate that I've probably gained more from the whole experience of teaching than any one participant has. It is all about asking.

John Sexton

ExperienceI AmLearnI CanAsking

I came to believe that my true identity goes beyond the outer roles I play. It transcends the ego. I came to understand that there is an Authentic 'I' within - an 'I Am,' or divine spark within the soul.

Sue Monk Kidd

SoulI AmIdentityEgoBelievePlay

As we travel around Britain, I am convinced most of us cannot really appreciate what we are seeing. We take too much for granted, because it is all so familiar.

Martin Parr

TravelI AmAppreciateSeeingTake

True science teaches, above all, to doubt and to be ignorant.

Miguel de Unamuno

ScienceDoubtTrueIgnorantAbove

I think that's part of the fun of being an actor - you get to not be normal all of the time.

Lucas Neff

TimeFunThinkYouActorNormal

Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.

Lucretius

SeaGreatManYourselfJoyFree

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