Quotes About Inspiration

The seasons had always been a part of the way I cooked and ate in Switzerland, and they again became what guided me in New York.

When I moved to Switzerland to study at ETH Zurich I became fascinated by Swiss architecture.

I wear my Pen as others do their Sword.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

I was fourteen, watching 'The Princess Bride' for the 254321th time, captivated by Wesley and Inigo dueling on the cliff-top. I had never held a sword in my life, but I phoned my mum and said, 'I want to learn to fence!'

The Bible is referred to in scripture as the sword of the spirit.

I have sworn to die painting.

I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do.

I remember watching the 2000 Sydney Olympics, with my nose right up to the screen, knowing there and then that I wanted a sporting career.

I have made of Sydney, to which I sailed in 1965, a paradise beyond the powers of fancy.

Kuala Lumpur was my first ever multi-sports games. I didn't do very well but the experience and enjoyment I had of those games really made me realize how much work I had to do and inspired me to work harder for the Sydney Olympics.

Winning that gold medal in Sydney really did change my life.

We came together in such an organic way. We felt we had something special even when we were starting in the outskirts of Western Sydney.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

I used to print out lyrics from Nas songs and write my own lyrics in the same syllable count but with different words and different rhymes.

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.

I believe that my father has become an ongoing symbol of what it means to keep on fighting for what is good in oneself, in others, and in our country.

With hindsight, it is easy to understand why Nelson Mandela became a heroic symbol to an entire generation as he used his newly gained freedom to lead South Africa out of the shackles of apartheid.

I remember at one point being in fellowship, and everyone used to wear the fish symbol; it said you were a Christian. So I asked my father, 'Dad, why don't you wear that at work?' And he said, 'Your religion should be in your actions.' He set a great, great example.

I never thought that the child who was a famous symbol of war would one day be invited to become a symbol of peace.

When you think about musicians who are reading music, my contention has always been the energy that you're using deciphering what the symbol is is taking away from the maximum creative energy that you might have had if you understood that it's but a symbol.

The cathedral, at its noblest, is the best outward symbol of the spiritual nature of man, as it is also the most suggestive measure and prophecy of the corporate life of man.

Mr. Burns is a father symbol to me, and you can omit the word symbol.

I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.