It goes against an artist's grain to retire. But whether he retires or not, he will age. . . What work will get done in the remaining time?. . . Can he find a little peace in this twilight? Or must he still rush on, restlessly and hungrily, to the very end?
To make a revolution is not in the grain of our people's nature.
The more fodder, the more flesh; the more flesh, the more manure; the more manure, the more grain.
It goes against the American storytelling grain to have someone in a situation he can't get out of, but I think this is very usual in life.
In theatre, there's the director, the writer, and below them the actor. In film, it's the actors who are most important. That goes against the grain for me.
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
What is the sound of one hand clapping? What is the weight of a single grain of sand? The answer is equal to my interest in the message you are about to leave. So make it short.
I'll run against the grain till the day I drop?
When I first read 'On the Road,' it helped me figure out how to live against the grain. Now I wonder how to be subversive when the subversive has become mainstream.
Nature imitates herself. A grain thrown into good ground brings forth fruit; a principle thrown into a good mind brings forth fruit. Everything is created and conducted by the same Master-the root, the branch, the fruits-the principles, the consequences.
God is the embodiment of compassion. He watches for a grain of goodness or humility so that He can reward it with tons of grace.
Marriage accustomed one to the good things, so one came to take them for granted, but it magnified the bad things, so they came to feel as painful as a grain in one's eye. An open window, a forgotten quart of milk, a TV set left blaring, socks on the bathroom floor could become occasions for incredible rage.
You have to take everything I say with a grain of salt.
Drop a grain of California gold into the ground, and there it will lie unchanged until the end of time;. . . drop a grain of our blessed gold [wheat] into the ground and lo! a mystery.
My faith does not lead me to think the Lord will provide us with roast pig, bread already buttered, etc. He will provide us with the ability to raise the grain.
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
Whoever wants to set a good example must add a grain of foolishness to his virtue: then others can imitate and yet at the same time surpass the one they imitate-which human beings love to do.
The pleasure of authenticity exists only against the grain of society.
In every grain of wheat there lies hidden the soul of a star.
If you do not have a loving concern for the environment. . . it will no longer sustain you - you will not be worthy of it. You will not be destroying the planet, you see. You will not be destroying the birds, or the flowers, or the grain, or the animals. . . they will be destroying you.