A Quote by Harvey Penick

Life is full of many minor annoyances, and few matters of real consequence.

Harvey Penick

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Harvey Penick
American - Athlete
October 23, 1904 - April 2, 1995

No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere.

Leonard Ravenhill

Very few worries can stand against the influence of a good long walk ... How many petty annoyances have I thus walked away!

Charlotte Alington Barnard

Life is beset by many annoyances, and those that stand out above all are the life- insurance and advertising agents.

Alice Foote MacDougall

There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.

Gail Simmons

The director's job is full of all sorts of annoyances and details - like how many cars are on the street. Ugh. I don't want it. I like my gig. And I feel that for the next 30 years or so I can keep learning more about it.

Tyne Daly

A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity.

Edward Tufte

Actors are the most important. Performance is what matters. Nothing matters more than the actors; they have to perform. No one else can give life to the characters. Audiences must believe the characters as real and the moments as real.

Mani Ratnam

Few males achieve any real freedom in their sexual relations even with their wives. Few males realise how badly inhibited they are on these matters.

Alfred Kinsey

There are many photographs which are full of life but which are confusing and difficult to remember. It is the force of an image which matters.

Brassai

The remarkable thing is that it is the crowded life that is most easily remembered. A life full of turns, achievements, disappointments, surprises, and crises is a life full of landmarks. The empty life has even its few details blurred, and cannot be remembered with certainty.

Eric Hoffer

A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one.

Kin Hubbard

It is of no consequence to you what others think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life.

Gore Vidal

You say you are not happy in the Mission. That, in itself, is not a sign that God does not want you there. Perfect contentment is never to be found, in whatever place and condition one may be. This life is full of annoyances and troubles both of mind and of body; it is a state of continual agitation, which snatches peace of mind from those who think they possess it and eludes those who seek it. Did Our Lord lead an easy life?

Vincent de Paul

You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of consequence.

Zadie Smith

When I was younger, I just lived my life on paper. I didn't really live in the real world very much. As a consequence, I couldn't cope with the real world and real people very well. That in itself became life threatening, so I had to stop drawing so much and learn how to cope with people.