Alspaugh The Woodlands Quotes & Sayings

O man should be without those moments of reality, those experiences that tell him that he is only a mortal and not a god — Belinda McBride

I'm not surprised that my books appeal to adults. — Chris Van Allsburg

Yea, Paris is a festive ton
a festive Ton for all! Skate o'er on joy
Thin crust of gilded, polished joy! What matters it if Hell's beneath? — D.H. Lawrence

Nothing made by the hand of man has ever been so beautiful as starlight on the water or moonlight on the snow. And the same hand that made trees and fields and flowers, the seas and hills, the clouds and sky, has been making a home for us called heaven. — Billy Graham

When you THROW DIRT at people, you're not doing a thing but LOSING GROUND. — Zig Ziglar

He would die early, since nothing so fair could decline by common degrees in a faded season. — Tennessee Williams

No, fly me, fly me, far as pole from pole;
Rise Alps between us! and whole oceans roll!
Ah, come not, write not, think not once of me,
Nor share one pang of all I felt for thee.
Thy oaths I quit, thy memory resign;
Forget, renounce me, hate whate'er was mine.
Fair eyes, and tempting looks (which yet I view!)
Long lov'd, ador'd ideas, all adieu! — Alexander Pope

Evil requires the sanction of the victim. — Ayn Rand

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail. — Pablo Picasso

The most complicated and scary things in life are really about something a lot more simple. — Lara Zielin

You could reason with someone who was halfway educated and appeal to his intelligence, but I felt helpless in the face of utter stupidity. — Robert Cormier

Never underestimate human stupidity. — Pittacus Lore

Nobody in school is stronger than me. But when Sally Holmes kissed me, I never felt so weak in all my life. — Steven Herrick

This study is not for the amateur. It's not for the dilettante. It's not for the cult follower. It's not for someone who wants everything done for them. It's not for the one who just wants to stare with that fixed dog-like devotion towards the teacher. — Frederick Lenz