Beckfords Plantation Quotes & Sayings

Jesus did not have human blood: He was born of the virgin Mary with the divine blood of His Father. — Ernest Angley

Dandies, when first-rate, are generally very agreeable men. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Decaffeinated coffee is kind of like kissing your sister. — Bob Irwin

You have no minute to spare ... All you have is to dare! It should be at the back of your mind to beware ... — Israelmore Ayivor

Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion. — Arthur Helps

I write under not only the presumption that everything I write is deeply conditioned by everything I've already written, but that everything I write changes, retroactively, all those things I've already written. — Nam Le

Play is just another version of work — Ray Kurzweil

Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy. — William Greider

I wanted to write the kind of poetry that people read and remembered, that they lived by - the kinds of lines that I carried with me from moment to moment on a given day without even having chosen to. — Tracy K. Smith

Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmoniously above the willow. May came too soon, and suddenly unable to bear walls, he wandered the campus at all hours through starlight and rain. — F Scott Fitzgerald

When we were making 'Arrested Development,' it was the hardest thing I'd ever done. You know, nobody was watching. We weren't getting feedback. The job wasn't paying very well. But the one thing I did feel confident about was: No one will ever be able to do this again. Because no one would be stupid enough to try. — Mitchell Hurwitz

By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control. — Swami Vivekananda

I can't walk in a toy store in a foreign country without seeing a kid with a minion backpack. — Pierre Coffin

Mac OS is just as vulnerable as Microsoft Windows — Lance Ulanoff

I have a very personal feeling about how special America is, and I know how precious freedom is. It is a sacred gift, sanctified by those who have lived it and those who have died defending it. My right to speak my mind, to have a voice, to be what some have called 'opinionated,' is a right I deeply and profoundly cherish. — Teresa Heinz