Akoko Tree Quotes & Sayings

Emily Dickinson never developed. She remained loyal to her persona and to that same little metrical song that stood her in such good stead. She is a striking example of complexity within a simple package. Her rhymes are like bows on the package. — Billy Collins

I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money. — Kate Smith

Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it? — Cecil Taylor

If fire doesn't raze the mountain, the land will not be fertile. — Lisa See

Operational proof ... it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works. — Julia Child

"The flowers have appeared in our land: the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land." When the soul, like the solitary turtle-dove, retires and recollects itself in meditation to converse with God, then the flowers, that is, good desires, appear; then comes the time of pruning, that is, the correction of faults that are discovered in mental prayer. — Alphonsus Liguori

If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny. — Calvin Trillin

This might seem impossible to believe, but some lawyers actually like lawyering. — Charles Soule

Making African American films are hard in Hollywood. We need to rely on a support network and bring more cohesion to different filmmakers, actors, producers etc. It's a very difficult business. There aren't a lot of Africans Americans or people of color in high positions in Hollywood that we can green-light films. — Paula Patton

Everyone is born with some special talent ... — Isabel Allende

Anybody can be heard. Anyone can express their truths. And communication is possible without the confines of the body. — Marianne Williamson

Most of my friends that I know now [were sexually assaulted] stayed silent. And I see that still happening today. A lot of women will stay silent and not share what happened to them. — Kirsten Gillibrand

Writing is such lonely work that I try to keep myself cheered up. If something strikes me as funny in the act of writing, I throw it in just to amuse myself. If I think it's funny I assume a few other people will find it funny, and that seems to me to be a good day's work. — William Zinsser

The employer class is less indispensable in the modern organization of industries because the laboring men themselves possess sufficient intelligence to organize into co-operative relation and enjoy the entire benefits of their own labor. — Leland Stanford

People are really excited about robotic exploration. I understand the feeling there because, in fact, robots can do things humans can't. They can survive harsh conditions, they can explore places we would never go, plus you never actually have to bring them back. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson