Closeups Chrysanthemums Quotes & Sayings

Tennyson said that if we could understand a single flower we would know who we are and what the world is. Perhaps he meant that there is no deed, however so humble, which does not implicate universal history and the infinite concatenation of causes and effects. Perhaps he meant that the visible world is implicit, in its entirety, in each manifestation, just as, in the same way, will, according to Schopenhauer, is implicit, in its entirety, in each individual. — Jorge Luis Borges

Im sitting in a chair but in the future its a throne. — Drake

There is no true healing unless there is a change in outlook,
peace of mind and inner happiness — Edward Bach

I believe every room speaks, tells you what to do to it. You have to listen to that. — Nicholas Haslam

President Bush will come here and there will be new 'friends' of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes for those who 'liberated' them. — Robert Fisk

I have a rule, and that is to never look at somebody's face while we're having sex; because, number one, what if I know the guy? — Laura Kightlinger

So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said 'Who's speaking please?' And a voice said 'You are.' — Tim Vine

Agendas are what get people, even historians, out of bed in the mornings, though one might hope that, once at the desk, they allow the data to challenge the hypotheses they have dreamed up overnight. — N. T. Wright

An illicit love affair seems sweetly old-fashioned in the age of one night stands and orgies. — Mason Cooley

That's why your lot in life isn't fate. I don't have any say in much of my life, but I make whatever choices I can make in my own rational best interest. It's my choice to fix those stairs and make the place I live a little better instead of whining and waiting and hoping for someone else to do something for me. I have pride that I know how to do that for myself. — Terry Goodkind

I do some of my best stand-up comedy during sound checks. — Madonna Ciccone

FAQ regarding my book were not about my use of commas or how the images went berserk, but about the political situation in Bosnia, about guilt and shame, about victims and perpetrators, about reasons, arguments and beliefs that led to the conflict in the first place, etc. All of this needed and still needs answering and ongoing discussions, but I mostly felt overwhelmed and unqualified to articulate anything worth more than personal experiences of the siege, of fear and refuge - all the things which I wrote about anyway. — Sasa Stanisic

Future strong is filled with disruptive heroes. Are you one? — Bill Jensen

I don't read reviews, good or bad, just for my own sanity. — Max Winkler

Why is it only in darkness that we remember what sustained us even in the light? — Francine Rivers