Birtwistle Gawain Quotes & Sayings

In the West, we've lost our intuitive understanding of how poverty shapes thinking. — John Burdett

20 minutes AMRAP (run bias): 400-m run 15 sit-ups 25 air squats — T.J. Murphy

Strong drink has agitated the town since its founding. Almost its first organization was a temperance society. Its founders had three anathemas, irreligion, slavery and intemperance. They thought they had barred alcohol forever by incorporating in all deeds the proviso that if intoxicating drinks were made or sold on the premises, the land would revert to the college. The clause was never legally invoked, and is probably invalid. — Earnest Elmo Calkins

Stage One is simply being able to sit down and work, if only for a single hour. Don't laugh. Ninety-nine out of a hundred can't do it. This stage is entry-level. It's kindergarten. — Jocelyn K. Glei

All losses are sad. The end of an important relationship is also a death. When people fall out of love with each other, or when what seemed like a solid friendship falls into ruin, the hope for a shared future
a hope that provided a context and a purpose to life
is gone. [p. 149] — Sylvia Boorstein

Man of simple life envies the man of complex life and man of complex life envies the man of simple life! The solution is simple: Let them taste the lives they envy. And thus the envy will disappear; it will replace with the truth! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

As a lifelong Oregonian, I prefer our forests green, not black. — Greg Walden

There is a great reform required in the education and habits of females. — Ezra Cornell

You parents can provide no better gift for your children than an education in the liberal arts. House and home burn down, but an education is easy to carry along. — Martin Luther

My entire family were Democrats all our lives. But because how furious I was about the previous administration, I turned in my card to become a Republican. I did not want to be known as a Democrat under that person's regime. — Danny Aiello

I'm only thankful that I had her as long as I did. — Sean Waller

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. — W. Somerset Maugham

You see, someone in this kingdom has a very dangerous enemy, and I need to know who it is." "Who? This someone or the enemy?" asked the general. "Oh, I know who the enemy is," Rezkin replied. "Then, who is the enemy?" Marcum asked. "Me," Rezkin stated. — Kel Kade