Abercorn Quotes & Sayings

I feel that, you know, the enormous luck I've had in being able to make a living, and to never have had to have written one word that I didn't want to write, to be able to have satisfied
that dictum I set for myself, which was not to work for pay, but to be paid for my work - just to be able to satisfy those standards that I set for myself has been an enormous privilege. — Leonard Cohen

When the church takes affairs of the state more seriously than they do Jesus, Pax Romana becomes its gospel and the president becomes the Son of God.
— Shane Claiborne

Being alone is easier than having a family. When you have a family, you are responsible to each other. It's easier to navigate the world without that burden. — Zachary Jernigan

Freely licensed textbooks are the next big thing in education. — Jimmy Wales

The main reason why God gave us imaginations is to allow us to have a specific power that can help us make realistic decisions. — Israelmore Ayivor

I did a great deal of research to write 'The Irish Duke.' Since all the people in this Lords of the Realm series are real historical characters, everything had to be authentic. I researched Woburn Abbey, where my heroine lived, and everything about Barons Court in Ireland, which was the ancestral home of Abercorn. — Virginia Henley

People have a habit of doing everyday things even under the oddest conditions. — Harper Lee

'The Irish Duke' is a sequel to 'The Decadent Duke' about Lady Georgina Gordon who married the Duke of Bedford. 'The Irish Duke' tells the story of their daughter, Lady Louisa, who married James Hamilton, the powerful and wealthy Duke of Abercorn. — Virginia Henley

When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth. — Tyler Perry

The eyes are hammers. — Wassily Kandinsky

I come from an art-school background, and I still feel that in my music, it's about exploration and challenging myself, about putting myself in a place that's frightening because I haven't been there before. — P.J. Harvey

But in the West few men would risk bothering a woman. It was the one thing the frontier would not accept - Kilkenny — Louis L'Amour

Our merit gains us the esteem of the virtuous-our star that of the public. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld