Baroness Hale Quotes & Sayings

My idealism is clearly one reason I'm an artist. I see art as one of mankind's more sublime acts, as a vital counterbalance to our base impulses . — Richard Schmid

I huddle in the dark with a mass of burnt matches strewn at my feet. And yet, for all of those matches I've not been able to light a single candle. And huddled in such deep darkness, I've somehow yet to realize that Christmas made both matches and candles forever obsolete. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to. — Toni Morrison

Few things are as destructive and limiting as a worldview that assumes people are mostly rational. — Scott Adams

There is no 'right' way to begin a novel, but for me, plot has to wait. The character comes first. — Susan Isaacs

How has the human spirit ever survived the terrific literature with which it has had to contend? — Wallace Stevens

Jonah can't see how Assyria could serve any useful purpose. How could this commission better Israel? Jonah might even fear that God will reverse His judgment against Nineveh. If that 'unchanging God' changes His mind about Nineveh's destruction, then Jonah's personal religion won't make sense. (Nu 23:19) The truth is, Jonah is not as overwhelmed by his new assignment as he is by his own small mindedness. (page 5) — Michael Ben Zehabe

My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad. — Brandon Sanderson

This entire universe is a manifestation of the Supreme Lord. — Aditi Agarwal

There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally smaller than the smallest of our London nurseries. — Robert Fortune