Celani Family Vineyards Quotes & Sayings

As a Whig, Lincoln had seen the slavery question as a threat to party unity and economic policy as a source of party strength. Now, he realized, the situation was reversed. He worked to ensure that the new party with its heterogeneous membership ignored divisive issues like the Whig economic agenda, which he had strenuously advocated for two decades but which would alienate former Democrats. — Eric Foner

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them. — Robert Graves

sticks and stones might break your bones, but cement pays homage to tradition. — Estelle Getty

In Aristotle ... leisure is a far more noble, spiritual goal than work ... leisure is pursued solely for its own sake ... : the pleasures of music and poetry, ... conversation with friends, and ... gratuitous, playful speculation. In Latin, the ultimate good is otium - the opposite is negotium, or gainful work.
We have sought too much counsel in the proto-Calvinist work ethic preached by St Paul ... during the cessation of work we nurture family, educate, nourish friendships ... in loafing, most of our innovations come ... the routine of daily work has too often served as ... sleep ... a refuge from two crucial states - awakedness to the needs of others, and to the transcendent, which only comes ... loitering, dallying, tarrying, goofing off. — Francine Du Plessix Gray

I won't tell if you don't." I winked.
Granny laughed.
In the South, a wink speaks louder than words. — Tonya Kappes

Human reason, in one sphere of its cognition, is called upon to consider questions, which it cannot decline, as they are presented by its own nature, but which it cannot answer, as they transcend every faculty of the mind. — Immanuel Kant

I realized, in removing or rewriting these jokes, that often the jokes weren't done or that I was using, for me, the curse words as kind of a crutch. So then I just started writing. — Jim Gaffigan

He'd never realized that, deep down inside, what he really wanted to do was make things go splat. — Terry Pratchett

I don't wait for moods - you'd never get anything done if you did. — Pearl S. Buck

Those you know the least may need your prayers the most. Don't let the fact that you don't know someone keep you from praying for them. — Billy Graham

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The brave man wants no charms to encourage him to his duty, and the good man scorns all warnings that would deter him from fulfilling it. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

A natural balcony fifteen hundred feet above a sea still visible bathed in sunlight, on the other hand, was the place where I could breathe most freely, especially if I were alone, well above the human ants. — Albert Camus