Abernathys Furniture Quotes & Sayings

I never thought that my creation, would allow brothers to kill brothers. (after seeing his invention being used in war, The Airplane) Alberto Santos-Dumont — Alberto Santos-Dumont

Back in George W. Bush's second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicosity, the president developed one of his patented nicknames for the two most powerful neoconservative journalists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer: he called them 'the Bomber Boys.' — Joe Klein

People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly. — Isabel Burton

It is part of our pedagogy to teach the operations of thinking, feeling, and willing so that they may be made conscious. For if we do not know the difference between an emotion and a thought, we will know very little ... We need to understand the components (of emotions) at work ... in order to free their hold. — Mary Caroline Richards

A five-minute teacher understands that peers' words can carry a lot more weight than his or her own, and there is nothing wrong with students doing the teaching. — Mark Barnes

Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything. — Mario Batali

Collective freedom provides the basic conditions for people to narrate their own lives, hold power accountable, and embrace a capacious notion of human dignity. — Henry Giroux

The bond of love is supernatural. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I am not a politician or a military strategist. I am just a citizen voicing my opinions. — Cindy Sheehan

Herpes B is a very rare infection in humans but a nasty one, with a case fatality rate of almost 70 percent among those few dozen people infected during the twentieth century (before recent breakthroughs in antiviral pharmaceutics) and almost 50 percent even since then. When — David Quammen

I finally had to tell him to please shut the fuck up already; funnily enough he didn't seem to appreciate that. I don't know why ... I'd said please. — Ethan Day

Philosophy is not in the business of explaining anything. Actual occasions explain what happened, not philosophy. — Bruno Latour

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. — Eric Hoffer

Job crafters are those who do what's expected (because it's required) and then find a way to add something new to their work. Something that delights. Something that benefits both the giver and the receiver. — David Sturt

Washington has to become an ally of business, not the opposition of business. — Mitt Romney