Chaunston Brown Quotes & Sayings

One winter night, at his home, while he was stirring up the logs in his fireplace, he muttered, "Computers are irrelevant." Building — Tracy Kidder

We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn be supported by that power, until it has become entirely too much a government of and for one class, which is exactly what our Founding Fathers wanted most to prevent. — Robert W. Welch Jr.

The one reality you can't evade is personal experience. — David Bentley Hart

We can sabotage our days by imagining tomorrow will be better; or we can seize our moments by forgiving ourselves when we struggle and doing the best we can right now. — Lori Deschene

Many people in a rather reckless context claim to 'just tell it like it is'. In actuality, nobody really stresses what one says so much as the motive behind what one says; hence, he is merely blowing hot air and detracting from 'what is'. — Criss Jami

While parchment may burn and gold may be stained or melted down, the things that are truly important to us will never lose their value. — Evan Meekins

It is not only streams and rivers that flow: a street, with a door set back from it, can slide over into the depth of an abyss. The street was her youth, was all the minutes, the seconds of her existence. The grass sprouting between the cobbles, the pinpricks, the needles while her stomach cried its hunger. The closed door, the step she sat on - quietly, for there was nothing she desired. A door set back from the street was enough for her. To grow old is to wrap ourselves up well so we can wander warmly through our private catacombs. — Violette Leduc

Because Islam doesn't, he said, his voice toneless, — Hilary Mantel

If we have friends we should look only for the best in them and give them the best that is in us, don't you think? — L.M. Montgomery

Certain songs have a life, and certain songs don't. A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life. And then other songs are only really important for certain periods of your life, and you move on from them and find yourself not necessarily needing to sing them anymore. — Glen Hansard

What makes me angry is closed mindedness, prejudice against those who are different from you, reveling in one's own ignorance. — Jinkx Monsoon