Carlos Juan Finlay Quotes & Sayings

A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself. — Laura Gilpin

Dangers lurk in all systems. Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the resistance to change — Frank Herbert

Is she always elusive?" "Her whole life's a no-show. — Hanif Kureishi

Faith and fear both demand you believe in something you cannot see. You choose! — Bob Proctor

This must be a simply enormous wardrobe! — C.S. Lewis

Many people struggle to make hummus that lives up to their expectations at home, and recreating a favourite brand or the stuff from your local deli is almost impossible. — Yotam Ottolenghi

Rome, believe me, my friend, is like its own Monte Testaceo, Merelya marvellous mass of broken and castaway wine-pots. — Arthur Hugh Clough

The freedom to be someone else entirely and be different versions of something. That's what I loved and I loved watching movies and I loved watching television, I loved reading books. That kind of escapism into another world was my favorite thing. — Gwendoline Christie

Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words. — Ernie Harwell

Life can be impossibly tough. At times it seems like there is no escape from either the pressure or monotony of a world where you are corralled into being something or someone you are not. But there is an escape, to more peaceful and gentler places, and a happier state of mind. — Fennel Hudson

Somehow it just don't seem fitting for a man to spend his wedding night in a tree. — Jane Powell

From this arid sphere every discourse and every poem sets forth; and every journey
through forests, battles, treasures, banquets, bedchambers, brings us back here, to the center
of an empty horizon. — Italo Calvino

We live in a world of breathtaking material plenty. That has freed hundreds of millions of people from day-to-day struggles and liberated us to pursue more significant desires: purpose, transcendence, and spiritual fulfillment. — Daniel H. Pink