Quotes about Soak

If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles. Votes: 4

... I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of "writer's block". I was more inclined to think of it as "writer's impatience", and to follow Arthur Koestler's dictum: "Soak; and wait. Votes: 4

If you can't afford organic food and are unable to grow your own, it's crucial to wash all inorganic produce very carefully to minimize the toxins you consume. Soak everything for 20 minutes in water with vinegar and salt or water with fresh lemon juice and salt. Votes: 4

There is no script. Live your life. Soak it all in. Votes: 3

Soak in the history. Embrace the challenge. And feed off the hostility of the crowd. Votes: 3

Soak blanket in gravy and make a delicious brick wrap. Serve in All Gravy Room at the Mandrake Hotel. Votes: 3

Learn to get from the day. Not just get through it, get from it. Soak it up. Each day is a piece of the mosaic of your life. Votes: 3

You can't be all of the people you're influenced by, so you make your own filter and create your own beautiful, unique thing in the world. Soak up the world, man, and make something of your own. Votes: 3

Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then in such trains of thoughts as, for example: Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible. Votes: 3

If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles. You can learn all kinds of ways to say things. Votes: 3

And one more thing: Sometimes comfort doesn’t matter. When a shoe is freakin’ fabulous, it may be worth a subsequent day of misery. Soak in Epsom salts and take comfort in the fact that you’re better than everyone else. Votes: 3

Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. Votes: 2

I have to go someplace where I can soak myself in a creative atmosphere. Votes: 2

I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich. Votes: 2

I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks. Votes: 2

When you're around somebody like E-40, all you can do is watch and learn, and soak up game. Votes: 2

I think every day you try to soak up as much as you can to learn and understand things better. Votes: 2

My brain never turns off of songwriting. Every conversation, everything I see, I'm just kind of like a sponge and I soak it up. Votes: 2

Salad bars are like a restaurant's lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in the environment, leaving you with much cleaner air to enjoy. Votes: 2

Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge. Votes: 2

Natural beauty products are a must! I use coconut oil-based RMS makeup, and I slather almond oil on my hands to soak while I watch a movie. Votes: 2

Surround yourself with a bunch of like-minded people, and you'll soak up their habits like a starved sponge. Fat people with fat friends care less about their weight. Votes: 2

I'll paddle board, swim in the ocean, roll in the sand, soak up the sun, eat good food, be with friends and family and go fishing with my dad. Votes: 2

But these guys learn so fast now, they sort of soak up the information, they're fearless. Those are the guys who learn from their mistakes and come back strong the next time. Votes: 2

To unwind after training, I love to have a long hot soak in the bath, then veg out on the sofa with a box set. I'm a box-set junkie! I absolutely love 'Grey's Anatomy.' Votes: 2

I'm on my version of the protein diet, but there ain't no protein in it. It's a Krispy Kreme doughnut between two Cinnabons. And you soak it overnight in Red Bull. Then you chase it with a Snickers. Votes: 2

If I'm sending emails, and I get all wound up and stressed and don't know what to do with myself for 20 minutes, I just go soak in hot water and lie there, thinking, 'What should I do?' So it's meditative. Votes: 2

I want 'Flesh Of My Flesh' to be like my connection to the community, I want to say what's on my peoples' minds, soak up all their pain. I've learned that when I take it all in, I can make one brotha's pain be understood by the world. Votes: 2

I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I'd put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band. Today you don't have to do that, because catchers' mitts are more like first baseman's gloves. Votes: 2

I love HGTV. I love working on my house and have really been bit by the 'luxury remodeling' bug. 'Million Dollar Rooms,' 'Million Dollar Listing'... any show that can give me design inspiration, I soak it in and try my hand at it. Home Depot is my second home! Votes: 2

I started with the book 'Boardwalk Empire' and then immersed myself in the history of Atlantic City, World War I, the temperance movement, Prohibition, pop culture. I even read the news and magazines of the period just to soak in it. That was before I even started thinking of the story. Votes: 2

In order to have good fried chicken, you should wash and season the bird the morning you're preparing it for dinner. Don't wait and do it right before you start cooking. Throw it in the refrigerator, seasoned, that morning, and give it a chance to soak up all the salt and pepper and goodness. Votes: 2

I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push people's emotional buttons, and especially their negative emotional buttons. Because words soak up emotional connotations and are processed involuntarily by the listener, you can't will yourself not to treat the word in terms of what it means. Votes: 2

When I was in Beck's world, I felt like the little sister. I'm in the big brother's room with all his friends. You just hang out and keep your mouth shut so they don't realize you're there and kick you out. I like being in situations where I can be an underdog, where I can be in the corner and observe and soak it in. Votes: 2

My brother Trev went to the Professional Performing Arts School in New York, and he used to do his monologues and stuff and rehearse in our apartment. So I used to hear him all the time doing these things over and over and over. And when I was a little girl, I used to soak up everything - like anything anyone did, I soaked it up. Votes: 2

Use words that soak up life. Votes: 0

Mark Brunell usually likes to soak his balls before a rainy game. Votes: 0

I got bath water you could soak in, things I could do with lotion. Votes: 0

Through the dripping weeks that follow One another slow, and soak Summer's extinguished fire and autumn's drifting smoke. Votes: 0

Sometimes we have to soak ourselves in the tears and fears of the past to water our future gardens. Votes: 0

As the rain soaks into the ground, so pray the Lord to let his gospel soak into your soul. Votes: 0

Jesus is the sanctuary every time we gather with other believers. We need that truth to soak into our hearts. Votes: 0

My real dwelling Has no pillars And no roof either So rain cannot soak it And wind cannot blow it down. Votes: 0

She leaned into him to soak up his warmth. "You are so hot," she said. "It's about time you noticed," he teased. Votes: 0

Sometimes, to relieve stress, he would soak his feet in the toilet, a practice that was not as soothing for his collegues. Votes: 0

Some people are so dry that you might soak them in a joke for a month and it would not get through their skins. Votes: 0

You soak up my soul and mingle me. Each drop of my blood cries out to the earth. We are partners, blended as one. Votes: 0

Become like a sheet of blotting paper and soak it all in. Later on you can figure out what to keep and what to unload. Votes: 0

Did you have an awesome time? Did you drink awesome shooters, listen to awesome music, and then just sit around and soak up each others awesomeness? Votes: 0

Great sex is not a pleasant soak in the tub, with the scented candle burning. Great sex is more like a bomb exploding inside your right mind. Votes: 0

…she was discovering once again that reading and writing were not the same — you couldn't just soak it up then squeeze it out again. Votes: 0

When you're reading the Word of God, you need to let it soak in and let God speak to your heart and let the Holy Spirit work. Votes: 0

I vacuumed my piano, hoping to soak up the last of the concertos. I should sell musical sponges, for the lover in the kitchen in all of us. Votes: 0

If life is really for the living, then the trick to living well is to learn to live it fully, to soak it up, to revel in it. Votes: 0

To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in. Votes: 0

[Senators John Kerry & John Edwards] have risen high in Democratic polls with a brand of class resentment and soak-the-rich rhetoric rooted in the old-fashioned liberalism of Ted Kennedy. Votes: 0

They're a dark people with a gift for suffering way past their deserving. It's said that without whiskey to soak and soften the world, they'd kill themselves. (Irish) Votes: 0

Ill paddle board, swim in the ocean, roll in the sand, soak up the sun, eat good food, be with friends and family and go fishing with my dad. Votes: 0

I'm something like the old soak who never knew whether his wife told him to take one drink and come home at 12, or take 12 and come home at one. Votes: 0

I'm not looking forward to a specific person per se; I'm just excited to meet everyone. I respect greatness and I'm just going to soak in anyone I meet. Votes: 0

Whenever I go to New York I try to soak up as much live music as I can, including as many nights at the opera as I can manage. Votes: 0

Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity Votes: 0

The gain isn't counted to the recluse and inactive that, having nothing to measure themselves by and never being tested by failure, they simmer and soak perpetually in conscious complacency. Votes: 0

In Edinburgh, there was a lovely little Episcopalian Church of Scotland church on my way to the theater, so I used to pop in there and soak up the atmosphere. Votes: 0

People have a hard time accepting when someone displays even the slightest amount of discomfort in the spotlight. You're supposed to soak up every bit of fame like it’s sunshine. Votes: 0

You can never, ever predict the curve balls it throws you. So just roll with it, and don't forget to enjoy the moment and soak it up. Don't just Instagram it. Votes: 0

I feel that students always learn more from each other than they do from their professor. They learn by doing and not by trying to soak up information from one person. Votes: 0

Pot barley takes longer to cook than pearl, but an overnight soak in water will speed things along. It's a robust grain that, if overcooked, won't collapse but will become more tender. Votes: 0

Wander here a whole summer, if you can ... Thousands of wild blessings will search you and soak you as if you were a sponge, and the big days will go by uncounted Votes: 0

I always felt that acting was an escape, like having the secret key to every door and permission to go into any realm and soak it up. I enjoy that free pass. Votes: 0

You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right. If you're making a fiction film, it's entertainment, but you want it to be as real as possible. Votes: 0

Jesus' simple poetic words are delivered casually and gently. Jesus prefers to explain a difficult concept over time, never talking down to His followers, patiently letting the words soak in until they understand them fully. Votes: 0