Darida Paintings Quotes & Sayings

Heights plummeted because of a little disaster called civilization. "Heights go way down when we go into state society," says Bogin. "When Egypt conquered the Nile area, the height of peasants fell dramatically. They moved from having access to a wide variety of foods to growing what the Egyptian state demanded. Their bones show lots of deficiencies in minerals and iron." The same stunting happened repeatedly throughout history. As late as the 1800s, male Cheyenne Indians, who hunted bison and collected berries, averaged a whopping 5'10", towering above even today's Americans, not to mention General Custer's cavalry, which averaged 5'7", and the period's wealthy European monarchies. — Arianne Cohen

If we recognize the interconnectedness of the changes our planet needs, we become true solutionaries and our united power is unparalleled. — Ian Somerhalder

Point of clarification," Alex said, raising his hand. "We have an apocalypse comin'? Was that a thing we knew about?" "Venus," Avasarala said. "Oh. That apocalypse," Alex said, lowering his hand. "Right. — James S.A. Corey

Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state. — Thomas De Quincey

When someone walks into my room and goes 'wow' at my record collection, at that moment I could actually hate music and just want to go sit in the garden. — Erol Alkan

Yes, there is weeping, even in heaven, but it is for those who are still crawling on the earth. — Nikos Kazantzakis

[The photograph] is the object itself ... [It] shares, by virtue of the very process of its becoming, the being of the model of which it is the reproduction; it is the model. — Andre Bazin

It was important for him to believe that he'd spent his life among people who kept missing the point. — Don DeLillo

The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted. Some misquotations are still variable, some have settled down to false versions that have obscured the true ones. They have passed over from literature into speech. — Carl Clinton Van Doren

Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it. These are the best books, the ones with a story and a message. — John Grisham

My day shall be filled to overflowing, yet shall I not haste the day; nor shall I waste the day. — Walter Russell

Listen: Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment. Your past is past! Nothing will change it. You are only hurting yourself with your bitterness. For your own sake, learn from it, and then let it go. The Bible says, "To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do. — Rick Warren