Dachgeschossausbau Quotes & Sayings

The fascination of any search after truth lies not in the attainment, which at best is found to be very relative, but in the pursuit, where all the powers of the mind and character are brought into play and are absorbed by the task. One feels oneself in contact with something that is infinite and one finds joy that is beyond expression in sounding the abyss of science and the secrets of the infinite mind. — Florence Bascom

You wanna get the truth out of me, get me hammered. — Ron White

The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men. — James Bryce

What could be more foolish than to base one's entire view of life on ideas that, however plausible at the time, now appear to be quite erroneous? And what would be more important than to find our true place in the universe by removing one by one these unfortunate vestiges of earlier beliefs? — Francis Crick

I'd rather have peanut brittle crumbs on my face than flies in my eyes, Havermeyer retorted. — Joseph Heller

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he/she will have to accept that his life will be radically changed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

When we blend courage and compassion, assertiveness and gentleness, our essential strength and kindness support us in being where we are. — A.H. Almaas

I want to put the joy of creativity, of drawing every day, of having a go and being surprised at what one can achieve with just a pencil and an idea at the heart of my term as laureate. I want to make sure people have fun whilst addressing fundamental issues I care about passionately. — Chris Riddell

My mother read me biblical stories at night. — Malcolm Gladwell

The moon, serene and detached in a cloudless sky, did what she could, though so far off, to help them in their quest; till her hour came and she sank earthwards reluctantly, and left them, and mystery once more held field and river. — Kenneth Grahame

When it came to producing a state of focus, quiet contentment, and inner peace, Zen meditation ran a very distant second to caffeine. — Joe Hill

I think that it is a fallacy to suppose that helpful cooperation in the future will be assured by the attempted compulsion of an inflexible rule. Rather will such cooperation depend upon the fostering of firm friendships springing from an appreciation of community ideals, interests, and purposes, and such friendships are more likely to be promoted by freedom of conference than by the effort to create hard and fast engagements. — Charles Evans Hughes

One can be tired of Rome after three weeks and feel one has exhausted it; after three months one feels that one has not even scratched the surface of Rome; and after six months one wishes never to leave it. — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

I think for all of us, as we age, there are always a few moments when you are shocked. — Annette Bening