Ada Lumb Quotes & Sayings

Five hundred years before Christ some physicians of ancient India, working under the influence of the Lord Buddha, advanced the art of healing to so perfect a state that they were able to abolish surgery, although the surgery of their time was as efficient, or more so, than that of the present day. — Edward Bach

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. — Amos Bronson Alcott

Delia picked at the raw sores of her conscience ... Drunk or sober, Delia lived in the small town in her heart, ignoring the world in which all her love had turned to grief. — Dorothy Allison

Religious fervor controlled by prejudice and ignorance is the greatest calamity that can befall a nation. — John R. Musick

I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them. — Fiona Shaw

We're so terrified of death in Western culture that we have to make up a myth of an afterlife. I think there's something to be said for living your life very mindful of the fact that you're going to die because I think you carry yourself differently. It doesn't have to be this big, negative bummer. — Steve Earle

You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you're in another world. — Robert Caro

I'm amazed how the tiniest moments grow into books. — Kimberly Willis Holt

You want to grow. To compete effectively - - even if you weren't going to grow, just to maintain your position - - you look at who you're competing with. And everyone you're competing with is changing to get better, sometimes dramatically. — Tim Finchem

Most of us do not even know how to ask a question. Most of us do not see the root of the word 'question' is 'quest'. Most of us don't have a quest in our life. — Richard Saul Wurman

Love is complicated, and in its best form, it's unspoken. It shows in the things we do, not what we say. — Lisa De Jong

There are stories about winter ghosts found tangles like lice in their lovers' hair. — Kelly Link

Life is short and the nights are long, and tonight I moved on. — Ke$ha