Buckhannon Quotes & Sayings

I did not see anything [New York 1886] to help my people. I could see that the Wasichus [white man] did not care for each other the way our people did before the nation's hoop was broken. They would take everything from each other if they could, and so there were some who had more of everything than they could use, while crowds of people had nothing at all and maybe were starving. This could not be better than the old ways of my people. — Black Elk

Good Egg [10w]
Picking up the pieces is the responsibilty of the egg. — Beryl Dov

The world is filled with people who understand. I personally value people who don't understand. People who understand have nothing more to learn. People who don't understand have hope. Do you understand? — Frederick Lenz

It is not that we don't have confidence in our God to save us from hell; we just don't have confidence in Him to do everything else he has promised to do while we are still on Earth. — Leslie Ludy

Humans to ashes,
People to dust,
Its all because in God we trust. — Sanjay Singh

I've always been a creative person since I was young. I enjoyed art, museums, plays, but it wasn't until I was about 10 that my mother encouraged me to choose a career, and it was acting. — Sufe Bradshaw

While cities are distinguished by their architecture and physical appearance, Bell and de-Shalit make a compelling case that many major world cities
and their inhabitants
also express their own distinctive ethos or values. The Spirit of Cities takes the reader on a wide-ranging and lively personal journey. — Witold Rybczynski

The "right time' is now. Go onward and fulfill your dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

a watched pot never boils. — Elizabeth Gaskell

He took one of her fingers and rubbed it gently against his lips. "I want to see you tomorrow," he said softly. "I want to call on you and see where you live."
She said nothing, just held herself steady, trying not to cry.
"I want to meet your parents and pet your damned dog," he continued, somewhat unsteadily. "Do you understand what I mean?"
Music and conversation still drifted up from below, but the only sound on the terrace was the harsh rasp of their breath.
"I want - " His voice dropped to a whisper, and his eyes looked vaguely surprised, as if he couldn't quite believe the truth of his own words. "I want your future. I want every little piece of you."
-Benedict & Sophie — Julia Quinn

It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot. — Robert Walpole

Everything comes down to attitude: You determine what yours is, and the external world will reflect it back. — Laird Hamilton

Mum drifted off to sleep again. I sat on her window seat, looking out at the snow, and had a little think. I love my 'little thinks,' which are just quiet moments of daydreaming, really. I picked up the expression when I was working at a school in England and we were discussing Jack and the Beanstalk. I asked the children, 'What did Jack do at the top of the beanstalk?' and a little boy in grey shorts with chubby, red knees called out, 'He sat on a rock.' 'And then what?' I asked, and the boy said, 'He had a little think. — Anny Scoones

Hey, Jake?"
"Yeah, Kayla?" He's almost asleep.
"I more than a lot like you."
It's quiet for so long I don't know if he heard me.
Then, "I more than a lot like you too, so much more than a lot. — Jay McLean

What the mind cannot accept, the heart can finally never adore. — John Shelby Spong