George Meredith Quotes

Then again, what seems like nothing in the eyes of the world, when properly valued and put to use, can be among the greatest riches.

We know what things cost but have no idea what they are worth.

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.

For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.

A weed is but an unloved flower.

The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

You only recognize how good something is if you've been through the bad.

How many people, though, do I meet that I think have talent? Well actually a lot. That's what drives my enthusiasm in the conversation about diversity.

Nothing can seem extraordinary until you have discovered what is ordinary.

If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.

Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.

We can see an anthill or a roach or a flower or anything, but we have this frame where our mind recognizes an anthill and then moves on, without taking the opportunity to have the sense of awe that we could have if we really looked at it. The montage is about taking pieces of reality and rearranging them - creating new frames to make you have to stop and look at things in a fresh way. It's basically taking pieces of everyday reality and rearranging them to show people the magic that is inherent in all of these things already.

Still young and fine! but what is still in view We slight as old and soil'd, though fresh and new.

There is no reason why you should be bored when you can be otherwise. But if you find yourself sitting in the hedgerow with nothing but weeds, there is no reason for shutting your eyes and seeing nothing, instead of finding what beauty you may in the weeds. To put it cynically, life is too short to waste it in drawing blanks. Therefore, it is up to you to find as many pictures to put on your blank pages as possible.

The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.

Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you." You said the other day life was long," I shot back. "Which is it?" It's both," she said, shrugging. "It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing." Nothing can be two opposite things at once," I said. "It's impossible." No," she replied, squeezing my hand, "what's impossible is that we actually think it could be anything OTHER than that.

There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.

The things that are the most valuable are often the ones you don't even know exist. -- Xavier, The Gatekeeper

But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.