Acrimony Related Quotes & Sayings

When we talk of flood control, we usually think of dams and deeper river channels, to impound the waters or hurry their run-off. Yet neither is the ultimate solution, simply because floods are caused by the flow of water downhill. If the hills are wooded, that flow is checked. If there is a swamp at the foot of the hills, the swamp sponges up most of the excess water, restores some of it to the underground water supply and feeds the remainder slowly into the streams. Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years. — Hal Borland

Plan your day with an eye to your tendency to procrastinate, and put in safeguards to keep it to a minimum. — John Perry

Nothing compares to being truly, exuberantly wanted by your children. — Francis Chan

Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without. — Jane Austen

The purpose of all these illustrations is to direct the seeker's mind towards the one Reality underlying them all. — Ramana Maharshi

A man's biggest enemy is his mouth. — Greg Iles