Burfords Tree Quotes & Sayings

When he stood up, we suddenly turned dead-still. It was the way he held his head. He was tall and slim - and I remember thinking that any two of us could have broken his neck without trouble - but what we all felt was fear. He stood like a man who knew that he was right. 'I will put an end to this, once and for all,' he said. His voice was clear and without any feeling. That was all he said and started to walk out. He walked down the length of the place, in the white light, not hurrying and not noticing any of us. Nobody moved to stop him. Gerald Starnes cried suddenly after him, 'How?' He turned and answered, 'I will stop the motor of the world.' Then he walked out. We never saw him again. We never heard what became of him. — Ayn Rand

People persuade themselves they deserve easy lives, that being human makes us somehow exempt from pain. The theory works fine until we face the inevitable challenges. Our conditioning of denial in no way equips us to deal with the difficult times that not one of us escapes.
Cleo's motto seemed to be: Life's tough and that's okay, because life is also fantastic. Love it, live it - but don't be fooled into thinking it's not harsh sometimes. Those who've survived periods of bleakness are often better at savoring good times and wise enough to understand that good times are actually great. — Helen Brown

A wise man is the master of his own mind" "A fool is a slave to his" - Publilius Syrus — Gareth F. Baines

Love has sold more songs than you've had hot dinners. — Keith Richards

Well, you know, people don't know me as a country artist and I am new to the genre. But that's how I grew up singing. — Kristin Chenoweth

There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast. — Brian Koslow

There was a wonderful little short four-year time period when marvelous things happened. It started in 1908, when the Wright brothers flew in Paris, and everybody said, 'Ooh, hey, I can do that.' There's only a few people that have flown in early 1908. In four years, 39 countries had hundreds of airplanes, thousands of pilots. — Burt Rutan

I can't think of a time in the history of man when food was in excess. We're dealing with the same old problems we've dealt with for 60,000 years. — Homaro Cantu

Its easy to lose sight of what you want when you think you want everything. — Jonathan Carroll

War is the action of low man: Low in morality, low in humanity, and low in all the good values! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I am just a copier, an impostor. I wait, I read magazines. After a while my brain sends me a product. — Philippe Starck

I tell you of all history the most beautiful product is the family tie. — Zona Gale

I understood that I was suffering because I couldn't make anyone else around me feel better. — Muriel Barbery

I can't even get three weeks off to have cosmetic surgery. — Paul Lynde