Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.
Tony Jaa
FailureImprovementStoneWillNever
The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.
Bertrand Russell
PhysicsStoneSeemsObservingHe
Summer in Seattle allows me to indulge in some of the region's top culinary delights - I'm talking about wild king salmon and fresh, ripe Washington stone fruits and berries like cherries, peaches, plums, and blueberries.
Tom Douglas
KingMeTalkingStoneSummerWild
I may worship the image of the Lord; but that act is worthless if it is not accompanied with devotion. In the absence of devotion, the idol will just be a piece of stone, and so shall I; and the worship will only mean that a stone is facing a stone!
Vinoba Bhave
StoneWillDevotionMeanImageAct
The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools.
Mary Leakey
MoneyToolsDrawingStoneFirst
A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.
Saul Bellow
MenFoolWiseStoneWise MenOut
For a novelist, the great thing about the Stone Age people is that we know virtually nothing about their beliefs - which means that I get to make it up! But it's still got to be plausible.
Michelle Paver
AgeGreatPeopleStoneKnowNothing
On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in sight of the long stone buildings.
Nellie Bly
FreedomLongBuildingsStoneSight
I felt that in time simple stone tools would be found in early Pleistocene in England.
Louis Leakey
TimeSimpleToolsStoneEarlyWould
Water is a beverage which I never enjoyed in purity and perfection before I visited America. It is provided in abundance in the cars, the hotels, the waiting-rooms, the steamers, and even the stores, in crystal jugs or stone filters, and it is always iced. This may be either the result or the cause of the temperance of the people.
Isabella Bird
WaterPerfectionPeopleResultStone
I grew up in Stoneham, a little suburb of Boston. It's pronounced 'Stone 'em' because Massachusetts doesn't bend to the will of 'how letters are supposed to be said.'
Josh Gondelman
StoneSaidLettersWillBendBoston
Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.
Adrienne Clarkson
ConstructionStoneGlassBiggerUs
Sly Stone doesn't make good albums: only good records. His style is so infinite and revolves around so many crucial aspects that it has only come together perfectly on a handful of his singles.
Jon Landau
GoodStyleTogetherStoneInfinite
An ancient Scythian nomad skeleton buried with an eagle was reportedly excavated near Aktobe Gorge, Kazakhstan. Ancient petroglyphs in the Altai region depict eagle hunters, and inscribed Chinese stone reliefs show eagles perched on the arms of hunters in tunics, trousers, and boots, identified as northern nomads (1st to 2nd century A.D.).
Adrienne Mayor
EagleBootsStoneEaglesAncient
I put weight on easily if I eat too much and don't exercise. When I went on my honeymoon in 1999, I put on a stone in three weeks!
Debra Stephenson
ExerciseStoneToo MuchThreeEat
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
Benjamin Franklin
YouStoneKnowGetThanHow
I don't see my show as a stepping stone to something else like some people, who get a job then have a foot out the door looking for their next job.
Craig Ferguson
JobPeopleDoorLookingStoneSee
I only halfway paid attention in high school Spanish class, and it may be too late now to catch up, no matter how many levels of Rosetta Stone I order.
W. Kamau Bell
SchoolHigh SchoolAttentionStone
Of course there are some models who are not good, but it has been proven that some models can act. Look at Kim Basinger, Sharon Stone or Andie MacDowell, who were all models - they are really fantastic actresses.
Claudia Schiffer
GoodStoneLookActBeenCourse
I've wanted to be an actor since I was 6 years old. I was literally picked off the streets of Paris... while I was modeling there. I was asked to audition for Oliver Stone's 'Alexander.' I didn't get the part, but that led to commercials and roles in South Africa.
Tanit Phoenix
StoneModelingParisActorAfrica
In the case of 'Blood Stone,' the producers, EON, Michael Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, David Wilson and Gregg Wilson, had an idea for a story and had a lot of it done. And I came in, worked with them, fleshed it out.
Bruce Feirstein
StoryStoneDoneBloodOutIdea
Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusa's head which turned these terrors to stone.
R. D. Laing
HeroStoneHimHeadTheoryHe
When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't.
Annie Leibovitz
ThoughtDoingJournalismStoneMaybe
Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
Natalie Massenet
New ThingsStoneNewWantWayGet
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