Beckfords 40 Quotes & Sayings

Conservationists who want to cosset nature like a delicate flower, to protect it from the threat of alien species, are the ethnic cleansers of nature, neutralizing the forces that they should be promoting. — Fred Pearce

In a sport that demands compulsion, sometimes the hardest task is having the confidence to rest. — Chris Lear

I can't bear to finish things, beyond a certain point they get heavy. There's something so dead about a finished painting. — John Updike

And the minute the doors slammed shut, his arm slid around my waist, his other hand wove through my hair, and I was being kissed to within an inch of my life.
'Hi,' he said when he finally came up for air.
'Hi,' I said, now both dizzy and breathless as he leaned down to rest his forehead against mine. — Alexandra Bracken

You never know what's going to be considered a hit, or what people are going to like. — Sky Ferreira

There's a beauty in work and I love it, all different kinds of work. That's what I consider it. Rock is my job, and that's my work. And I work my ass off, you know. — Bruce Springsteen

Most people, once the money started getting bigger, thought we would buy a millionaire's house looking out at the sea - but what would two middle-aged people do that for? We were sensible enough when we got it. — Maeve Binchy

Be aware of children who may be living in a domestically violent home. — Asa Don Brown

increasingly women are buying stuff for themselves with their own money. They buy their own toys. — Alison Wolf