Aldana Owl Quotes & Sayings

As a traveller in some far wilderness might by chance pick up a handful of stones from the ground, examine them idly and then, with mounting excitement, first surmise, next think it probable and finally feel certain that they must be diamonds; or as a sea-captain, voyaging in distant waters, might round an unknown cape, busy himself for an hour with the handling of the ship and only then, and gradually, realize that he - he himself - must have sailed into none other than that undiscovered, fabled ocean known to his forbears by nothing but legend and rumour; so now, little by little, there stole upon this hunter the stupefying, all-but-incredible knowledge of what it must be that he had seen. — Richard Adams

I want to look forward. — Eric Cantona

Fine, large, meaningless, general terms like romance and business can always be related. They take the place of thinking, and are highly useful to optimists and lecturers. — Sinclair Lewis

For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story. — Cristina Saralegui

Of riches it is not necessary to write the praise. Let it, however, be remembered that he who has money to spare has it always in his power to benefit others, and of such power a good man must always be desirous. — Samuel Johnson

Life is precious and all too short. So I laugh, sing and dive into things heads first with the hope that I don't scrape my ass on the bottom. And when I do I break out the bandaids — K.L. Parry

First, he must hold rational values, and to do this he must be a thinker. — Andrew Bernstein

The lightning said to the oak tree: 'Stand aside, or take what is coming to you! — Idries Shah

A programmable mind embraces mental agility, to practice "de-learning" and "relearning" all the time. — Pearl Zhu

Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it. — Mark Spitz

Stories make it possible for us to be human. — Daniel Taylor

I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to get into, and I'll write myself out of their jam. — Richard Price

In this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves to the several states, a residuary and inviolable sovereignty over all other objects. — James Madison