Aquamarines Are Rate Quotes & Sayings

There are those who say that poets should use her and his art to change the world. I'd agree with that, but I think everybody should do that. I think the chef and the baker and the candlestick maker - I think everybody should be hoping to make it a better world. — Maya Angelou

I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia ... and ... with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point. — Thomas Jefferson

You never hear of a sportsman losing his sense of smell in a tragic accident and for good reason; in order for the universe to teach excruciating lessons that are unable to apply in later life, the sportsman must lose his legs, the philosopher his mind, the painter his eyes, the musician his ears, the chef his tongue. — Steve Toltz

A joy-filled workplace gives people the freedom to use their talents and skills for the benefit of society, without being crushed or controlled by autocratic supervisors. — Dennis W. Bakke

Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name-two syllables, one high, one sweet- summon up the innumerable smiles, tears, sighs and dreams of a human life. — Anita Diamant

The unsaid, for me, exerts great power... — Louise Gluck

A committee is an animal with four back legs. — John Le Carre

I pray the Lord to weaken today and remove tomorrow all that obstructs the soul's contemplation. — Guigo II The Carthusian

I was dead until you found me, though I breathed. I was sightless, though I could see. And then you came ... and I was awakened. — J.R. Ward

In effect, none of the most important countries which must build a new world order have had any experience with the multistate system that is emerging. Never before has a new world order had to be assembled from so many different perceptions, or on so global a scale. — Henry Kissinger

If weeds could flourish with such vigor, may I could, too. — Charlaine Harris

I have a reputation for being cold and aloof, but I'm so not that woman. I'm passionate. I love my girls, being with my girlfriends, getting involved with issues that affect other women and children who are suffering. — Annie Lennox

I had more or less abandoned the idea of an electroweak gauge theory during the period 1961-1970. Of the several reasons for this, one was the failure of my naive foray into renormalizability. — Sheldon Lee Glashow