Almira Quotes & Sayings

Each opening bud, and care-perfected seed, Is as a page, where we may read of God. — Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps

How often are the beauties of nature unheeded by man, who, musing on past ills, brooding over the possible calamities of the future, building castles in the air, or wrapped up in his own self-love and self-importance, forgets to look abroad, or looks with a vacant stare. — Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps

So, in the physical world mankind are prone to seek an explanation of uncommon phenomena only, while the ordinary changes of nature, which are in themselves equally wonderful, are disregarded. — Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by. — David Beckham

I find fragrance to be such a mood enhancer and definitely a seduction tool. — Christina Aguilera

My grandpa had a saying before he died: You can hope in one hand, shit in the other, and see which is filled first. — Chris Colfer

There was an opinion expressed in the newspapers that, after 20 years, maybe the Israel Philharmonic should consider asking me to leave. I thought they might have a point, so I asked my orchestra. They told me overwhelmingly that they wanted me to stay. — Zubin Mehta

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that — Larry Bird

'Matilda' was my favorite movie to film and my favorite to watch, as well. — Mara Wilson

Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around. — Calista Flockhart

Remember that thy heart will shed its pleasures as thine eye its tears, and both leave loathsome furrows. — Philip James Bailey

The concentration and reciprocal effect of industry and agriculture conjoin in a growth of productive powers, which increases more in geometrical than in arithmetical proportion. — Friedrich List

The mystery of death is a certainty, but mystery of love is everlasting. — Debasish Mridha

I claim that every woman in this century and in our culture sphere who has ventured into male-dominated institutions - 'literature' and 'aesthetics' are such institutions - must have experienced the desire for self-destruction. — Christa Wolf

One of the major challenges facing creative individuals is that of building upon the continuity of human knowledge while achieving novel insights ... On the one hand, to intensify an inquiry and develop a sense of commitment to a creative life, the learner needs models, teachers, and collaborators. On the other hand, the individual, while building upon the past, needs to transform it, and thus broaden his or her choices. — Vera John-Steiner