Callinsonia Quotes & Sayings

Most tasks and tests will demand recall of isolated pieces of information, and I will not have to show how concepts and ideas are related or how facts illustrate underlying principles. — Joseph Barrell

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting. — John Kenneth Galbraith

Nature is thought immersed in matter ... — Amos Bronson Alcott

We, the present generation, have the responsibility to act as a trustee of the rich natural wealth for the future generations. The issue is not merely about climate change; it is about climate justice. — Narendra Modi

The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church. Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese and Spanish explorer — George Washington

If I only had 12 years left to live, I'd want to live it as a member of Congress because that was the 12 longest years of my life. — Mike Pence

She could not be complying, she dreaded being quarrelsome; her heroism reached only to silence. — Jane Austen

A mind which has once imbibed a taste for scientific enquiry, and has learnt the habit of applying its principles readily to the cases which occur, has within itself an inexhaustible source of pure and exciting contemplations. — John Herschel

Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 at age 30. Somewhere around 1992, he should have had to go out and get a real job. — Howie Carr

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. — Alphonse Karr

Justice. I've heard that word. I tried it out. I wrote it down. I wrote it down several times and always it looked like a damn cold lie to me. There is no justice. — Jean Rhys

Two things, generally, for me, is what life is about. And they're not funny. Living in the moment, is one. And No. 2 is getting out of yourself and helping other people. Because all of my suffering stems from thinking from myself. — Bobby Lee

All our civilization is based on invention; before invention, men lived on fruits and nuts and pine cones and slept in caves. — Reginald Fessenden

... we will do this not because it is easy, but because it is hard ... — John F. Kennedy