A Quote by Denis Johnson

I knew every raindrop by its name.

Denis Johnson

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Every Knew Name

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Denis Johnson
German - Writer
July 1, 1949 - May 24, 2017

The traveling salesmen fed me pills that made the lining of my veins feel scraped out, my jaw ached... I knew every raindrop by its name, I sensed everything before it happened. Like I knew a certain oldsmobile would stop even before it slowed, and by the sweet voices of the family inside, I knew we'd have an accident in the rain. I didn't care. They said they'd take me all the way.

Denis Johnson

Every raindrop that falls is accompanied by an angel, for even a raindrop is a manifestation of being.

Muhammad

If we knew that tonight we were going to go blind, we would take a long, last real look at every blade of grass, every cloud formation, every speck of dust, every rainbow, raindrop-everything.

Pema Chodron

It's millions of times more efficient to collect hydroelectric power through a dam than raindrop by raindrop.

Jamie Hyneman

Personal and collective awakening are one and the same - when a raindrop joins the sea, the sea also merges with the raindrop.

Dan Millman

I was looking for a last name that was a first name. Growing up, I knew a kid who was the most obnoxious kid I ever knew, and his last name was Herman.

Paul Reubens

Fall in love so madly that every leaf whispers words of love to your lover. Every raindrop explodes with only one word as it hits the Earth.

Shekhar Kapur

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are they all alike. I think so.

Gertrude Stein

There is neither source nor end, for all things are in the Center of Time. As all the stars may be reflected in a round raindrop falling in the night: so too do all the stars reflect the raindrop. There is neither darkness nor death, for all things are, in the Light of the Moment, and their end and their beginning are one.

Ursula K. Le Guin

My father knew classical music very well. Driving in the car, listening to the radio, he could name every composer, every movement, what piece it was. I was fascinated by the way he recognized who wrote what.

Anat Cohen

While I was doing the first season of 'Girl In The City,' a lot of people remembered me through my character name. None of them knew my real name, and my onscreen name, Meera, became my identity.

Mithila Palkar

Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they then become the power of the storm.

John Trudell

Nietzsche says that as soon as he had read a single page of Schopenhauer, he knew he would read every page of him and pay heed to every word, even to the errors he might find. Every intellectual aspirant will be able to name men whom he has read in this way.

Georg Brandes

A few of the artists knew my name, because I have an unusual name, from Rolling Stone.

Jancee Dunn

So once I thought of the villain with a sense of humor, I began to think of a name and the name "the Joker" immediately came to mind. There was the association with the Joker in the deck of cards, and I probably yelled literally, 'Eureka!' because I knew I had the name and the image at the same time.