Etel Adnan Quotes

Usually, I am a compulsive person, and I need - sometimes urgently - to paint... Painting is close to poetry, is a kind of poetry expressed visually. It has to be spontaneous, rapid - at least in my case.

Etel Adnan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: lebanese
  • Birth: February 24, 1925

Topics

I AmPoetryPaintingPersonKind

If I do not return to the pulpit this weekend, millions of people will go to hell.

Jimmy Swaggart

PeopleHellWeekendGoWillReturn

I think the job of leadership is to expand what can be talked about and to get consensus on the nature of the problem, and that is most of the job. Because once you do that, once you have diagnosis, treatment options are obvious.

Jim Cooper

NatureLeadershipJobThinkProblem

Everyone in my family is a risk taker in his or her own way.

Ann Bancroft

FamilyWayRiskEveryoneOwnHer

Rhythm and sounds are born with syllables.

Jean Philippe Rameau

BornRhythmSoundsSyllables

More than a few studies have shown that the five people you spend the most time with represent you - so you need to decide - who do you want to be?

Michael Gerber

TimePeopleYouWantMoreNeed

The NASA humans-to-Mars program is all sizzle and no steak.

Robert Zubrin

NASASteakProgram

We all have our moments where we fail to live up to a challenge.

Jared Harris

LiveChallengeMomentsUpFailOur

One day in God's grace is equivalent to a thousand days of striving by your own efforts.

Joseph Prince

GodDayGraceStrivingOne DayOwn

The studios will go wherever they smell money. It's like sharks to the blood.

Don Bluth

MoneySharksGoBloodWillSmell

For me, it's like biking around the neighborhood, the walks and stuff, because I have never enjoyed the gym. Or I'll do, since I used to dance a lot, all the old dance exercises.

Delta Burke

DanceMeGymNeverOldNeighborhood

If Mr. Obama wants to get things done, he must recognize that in Washington only the president has the power to make the first big move.

Ari Fleischer

PowerDoneWashingtonFirstBigGet

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

William J. H. Boetcker

YouDownLiftCannotWagePulling

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