Extraordinary Quotes · Page 79

It is not just the history of the Hawaiian islands but the significance of the ordinary people whose lives - many quite…

— Alan Brennert

Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The first part is called the Pledge. The magician shows you something ordinary.…

— Michael Caine

Working for President Nixon was the most extraordinary professional experience of my life. He was endlessly fascinating: brilliant, visionary, kind, generous, warm,…

— Monica Crowley

Human beings, each one, right through the world, go through great agonies, the more sensitive, the more alert, the more observant, the…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

[On Sophie Germain] When a person of the sex which, according to our customs and prejudices, must encounter infinitely more difficulties than…

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

There is something dreamlike about the points that provide a view of the other side, but they belong not so much to…

— Cesar Aira

It was not an eventful day. I should have done extraordinary things. I should have sucked the marrow out of life. But…

— John Green

A Lucky Child is an extraordinary story, simply and beautifully told. Heartbreaking and thrilling, it examines what it means to be human,…

— Elizabeth McCracken

A beautiful literary collection that tells of today's country doctor, somewhat removed from our romantic black-bag image of days gone by, but…

— Abraham Verghese

In some ways we describe 'Boxtrolls' as 'Oliver Twist' if Terry Gilliam had made it. I think he's an extraordinary artist, and…

— Travis Knight

Your path is your own, but you must walk side by side with others, with compassion and generosity as your beacons. If…

— Elizabeth Lesser

“By doing ordinary actions efficiently you will become the best among ordinary, but you will not be an extraordinary.”

— Amit Kalantri

The mental ability to concentrate is inherent to all; it is not extraordinary or mysterious. Meditation is not something that a Yogi…

— Sivananda

Only a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

An extraordinary writer....It is the vastness of Nick Tosches’ heart that makes it possible to reveal the darkness.

— Hubert Selby, Jr

I think I usually play the woman that, after the person tries to go for some extraordinary feat of romantic accomplishment, they…

— Jessica Hecht

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up…

— Denis Diderot

The Watch is a powerful tale, courageous both in concept and creation: an ancient tale made modern, passed through different narrators in…

— Aminatta Forna

It is in the ordinary events of every day that we develop the proactive capacity to handle the extraordinary pressures of life.…

— Stephen Covey

“You can always live extraordinary live. You are born to reach your full potential. The only limit is yourself.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

There is so much vulgarity in the everyday, that when somebody has the pretension to do something extraordinary for the community, then…

— Santiago Calatrava

The secret is to get a good cinematographer and a very good assistant director. If you get those and stay out of…

— Lester Persky

The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation.

— John Locke

It is a tragic paradox that the very qualities that have led to man's extraordinary capacity for success are also those most…

— Anthony Storr

I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.

— Walter Lord