Appealingly Brief Quotes & Sayings

Farmers scrape a living out of that cold earth, planting on sheltered slopes facing south, combing the yama for fleece, carding and spinning and weaving the prime wool, selling pelts to the carpet-factories. — Anonymous

Facts are not liberals' strong suit. Rhetoric is. — Thomas Sowell

I don't want to wear my compositional tools on my sleeve. — Lou Harrison

Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe. — George Herbert

Thought I might try out waves. Do You surf?"
Ollie's eyes opened wide "Yes. The net. — John Wiltshire

Age, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living — Oliver Goldsmith

The ... arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, finding things ready-made for a machine to record, and of course the mechanics of the medium ... I say that chance enters into all branches of art: a chance word or phrase starts a new trend of thought in a writer, a chance sound may bring a new melody to a musician, a chance combination of lines, new composition to a painter ... Chance - which in reality is not chance - but being ready, attuned to one's surroundings - and grasp my opportunity ... — Edward Weston

While he has not, in my hearing, spoken the English language, he makes it perfectly plain that he understands it. And he uses his ears, tail, eyebrows, various rumbles and grunts, the slant of his great cold nose or a succession of heartrending sighs to get his meaning across. — Jean Little

Expose a child to a particular environment at this susceptible time and he will perceive in the shapes of that environment until he dies. — Wallace Stegner

Living artificially in towns, we are sickly, and never come to know ourselves. — John Muir

Companies that support sports developmental programs in our communities should also be applauded. — Mary Lou Retton