I do have that mindset - that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium,… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
I love rock ballads, and I'm kind of in emotional turmoil, being ill and high, so I start to sing to the… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
I brought Hassan’s son from Afghanistan to America, lifting him from the certainty of turmoil and dropping him in a turmoil of… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The creative person finds himself in a state of turmoil, restlessness, emptiness, and unbearable frustration unless he expresses his inner life in… — Silvano Arieti Copy Share Image
You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things.… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“The ego lusts for satisfaction. It has a prideful ferocious appetite for its version of "truth". It is the most challenging aspect… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
The activity of the young is like that of railcars in motion--they tear along with noise and turmoil, and leave peace behind… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Take refuge in silence. You can be here or there or anywhere. Fixed in silence, established in the inner 'I', you can… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
“We get mad at someone for cutting us off in traffic or for taking too long to order at Starbucks or for… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Which, I wonder, brother reader, is the better lot, to die prosperous and famous, or poor and disappointed? To have, and to… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I decided to be an actress, and the day after, I was an actress. That was quick and very scary at the… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
I was raised in a country [South Africa] with a lot of political turmoil. I was part of a culture and a… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It is a necessity,… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
When I'm in turmoil, when I can't think, when I'm exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks.… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
I saw bubbling lava, and at the same moment I saw a reflection of a certain kind of inner turmoil. Because at… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
If a warrior needs solace he simply chooses anyone and expresses to that person every detail of his turmoil. After all, the… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
I believe that the war against terrorism and the war against poverty in these times of turmoil go together. So you -… — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Copy Share Image
What is the true test of character unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I've always been the person to look at any turmoil as temporary. I recall times where my mom was working five and… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
“Time has stretched, so that a few hours are an age; and it has collapsed, so that the events of hours seem… — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Emotional turmoil can be a powerful catalyst to reconnect us with our divine nature. It propels us into a journey of self… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
A first lesson in the fragility of love and the preternatural cowardice of men. And out of this disillusionment and turmoil sprang… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Exactly when people are in turmoil is the time that the entertainment business has always been at its best. Because people don't… — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
“Sometimes to change a situation you are in requires you to take a giant leap. But, you won't be able to fly… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“What was happening to me? I used to be so unemotional, so strong and hard and ruthless in my decisions. Now I… — Kate Avery Ellison Copy Share Image
In the silences I make in the midst of the turmoil of life I have appointments with God. From these silences I… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
During this Christmas season, when the world seems to be in turmoil, wars are breaking out in different places, crime is rampant,… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Destabilization and turmoil,[Steven] Lerner hopes, will also crash the stock market, isolating the banking class and allowing for a transfer of power. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The fruit that you eat will never taste as beautiful as the fruit that I ate during the turmoil of war. You… — Li Ka-shing Copy Share Image
The Republicans can send the nation into turmoil, but we will not come to any agreement that does not include new revenue… — Patty Murray Copy Share Image
In a world of turmoil and uncertainty, it is more important than ever to make our families the center of our lives… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
“There is always a mysterious conflict in every artist; if life treats him roughly he longs for peace and calm, but if… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“When things are like hunky dory, every enemy comes in the name of friend, but when things are twisted like turmoil, every… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton is a person who causes a lot of passion both ways about people, and there's certainly a lot of turmoil… — James Carville Copy Share Image
Owning a variety of asset classes means that some part of your portfolio will be doing well when the cyclical turmoil arises.… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It dissolves mental tensions… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
Friends--or lovers--are not always available to each other. Inner turmoils can cause us to be unhearing when someone needs us, to need… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image