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Reese Palley
11 quotes
“It's not that I’m so exciting, it’s just that everyone else is so dull.”
Reese Palley (1922–2015) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.artnet.com June 5, 2015
“Always certain, often wrong.”
Reese Palley (1922–2015) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘Always certain, often wrong’ – how does who we are impact how we age?", WHYY.org (May 16, 2012)
“What Atlantic City needs is a bulldozer six blocks wide.”
Reese Palley (1922–2015) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.philly.com The Enquirer June 5 2015
“The sea is an emptiness where you see only your own reflection, with a lot of time to think about what's important.”
Reese Palley (1922–2015) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.philly.com The Enquirer June 5 2015
“Never claim anything or anyone is the best. Always second best...leaving room to maneuver.”
Reese Palley (1922–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cruising sailors make lists like stagnant water makes mosquitoes.”
Reese Palley (1922–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On land, companionship is thrust upon us, forcing us to be social long after we have had our fill of society. It is little wonder that we become cynics and come to hate our neighbors. And that is too bad, for beyond the companionship of our neighbors, and for some lucky few, the companionship of their God, we are quite alone in the universe. Only by seeking separation from the human herd can you become lovingly close to it. Just one more gift of paradox of which the sea is blessedly rich.”
Reese Palley (1922–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Only in a small sailboat at sea are we reminded of our natural place in the universe. The sea forces upon us a natural scale. The sea limits one day’s passage to a hundred miles, not too different from the scale used by the ancient Hebrews to measure the throne of God. Small boat sailors parse the structures of the sea in days and weeks and months, not flashing minutes as the land bound do. They have recaptured nature’s pendulum.”
Reese Palley (1922–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The single commandment of anchoring is: Thou shall create scope.”
Reese Palley (1922–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is difficult to wrench your world around to allow you freedom.”
Reese Palley (1922–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“More dreams have been assassinated by guilt than ever were ended by waking up. The dream of freedom is a yearning towards growth, a need for self-knowledge, not an escape from some half seen, half felt bogeyman. We all have a need, mostly unsatisfied and rarely spoken, to measure ourselves against nature as we were meant to do. To see how far our muscles and our breath and our unaided minds can take us. In a culture that lets us do little for ourselves we have this curious and hidden need to make our way to paradise on our own two feet. Being carried to paradise on a palanquin was, I am sure, as unsatisfying as being carried there on a jet. To sleep away your passage in silk draped sloth, or to murder space in a turbine’s roar, gives us no measure of ourselves and the measure of self is the meaning of life.”
Reese Palley (1922–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source