The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so I'm able to do a good job with what is in front of me.
Kevin Eubanks
My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent.
The transformation of environment has become the purpose of human life; life seems real only insofar as it deals with things.
Rudolf Christoph Eucken
In coming closer to nature, man shows himself superior to it. As a mere part of nature, man's existence would be a series of isolated phenomena.... →
Nature, of course, has its share in the life of the soul and in numerous manifestations deeply influences human life. But this natural life of the... →
One of the reasons that art is important to me is sometimes it actually feels more coherent than life. It orders the chaos.
Jeffrey Eugenides
I have a good memory for early life. My visual memory is good about childhood and adolescence, and less good in the last 10 years. I could probably... →
I'm not really an autobiographical writer, though I use lots of stuff from my life to make my stories seem real. But when I actually write about... →
I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record of your life.
If you talk to geneticists they are constantly finding that your genes are being switched on and off because of the environment. Genes alone do not... →