Abacus History Quotes & Sayings

A Christian without a God who hears them? That's not a place that one who truly serves Christ wants to find themselves. — Monica Johnson

If you look through the history of wearables, I was named the father of wearable computing, or the world's first cyborg. But the definition of wearable computing can be kind of fuzzy itself. Thousands of years ago, in China, people would wear an abacus around their neck - that, in one sense, was a wearable computer. — Steve Mann

You can count the days u were been together with your arranged life partner, but can't count the feelings and depth of love of a single moment u have spent with your lover — Er.teji

The word impossible is not in my dictionary. — Napoleon Bonaparte

I enjoy all mediums, and I have to say, music is the medium that first made me understand how powerful art could be. — Jeff Koons

I was fortunate enough to model, but it was always work for me. It was a way to support myself and finance acting classes. — Bar Paly

itself. The bypass was originally conceived with no — Barbara Allan

When witnessing to those closest to us sometimes the only way we can get through to them is to set an example. — Amanda Penland

Do not take on a traditionally built person unless you are prepared for a heavyweight bout. — Alexander McCall Smith

Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different ... I claimed myself and remade my life. Only when I knew I belonged to myself completely did I become capable of giving myself to another, of finding joy in desire, pleasure in our love, power in this body no one else owns. — Dorothy Allison

Oh, Liberty! thou goddess heavenly bright!
Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight!
Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign,
And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train. — Joseph Addison

You know you're young when someone asks you for money and you take it as a compliment. — David Sedaris

Everyone was pointing upward at the sky, which was turning into a symphony of color. First, orange streaks appeared in the blue, like an oboe joining a flute, turning a solo into a duet. That harmony built into a crescendo of colors as yellow and then pink added their voices to the chorus. The sky darkened, throwing the array of colors into even sharper relief. The word sunset couldn't possibly contain the meaning of the beauty above them, and for the millionth time since they'd landed, Wells found that the words they'd been taught to describe Earth paled in comparison to the real thing. — Kass Morgan

The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I was part of a rebuilding program, joining the team the year after it went 9-73 and going to the NBA Finals just four years later. — Doug Collins

Oh how we want
to be taken
and changed,
want to be mended
by what we enter. — Jorie Graham