Demarcation Board Quotes & Sayings

We should read history as little critically as we consider the landscape, and be more interested by the atmospheric tints and various lights and shades which the intervening spaces create than by its groundwork and composition. — Henry David Thoreau

Strive for balance in your life. You are the heart and soul of your business so take care of yourself. — Joey A. Concepcion

PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost. — Ambrose Bierce

Brookie was a good boy," she said, "but he did not grow up to be a good man. He had the fatal gift of making people believe him. — Alan Bradley

Many people fear the unknown. They busy themselves at motorway speed so to excuse their lack of understanding of the world around them. — Fennel Hudson

Westward on the high-hilled plains
Where for me the world began,
Still, I think, in newer veins
Frets the changeless blood of man.
...
There, when hueless is the west
And the darkness hushes wide,
Where the lad lies down to rest
Stands the troubled dream beside.
There, on thoughts that once were mine,
Day looks down the eastern steep,
And the youth at morning shine
Makes the vow he will not keep. — A.E. Housman

I love cats, they're great; intelligent, affectionate, lovable, and this one was particularly nice, so picking it up and giving it a few slaps and a bit of a rough time was galling, even though it was unfortunately necessary. See, if you're hiding in someone's spare bedroom waiting for them to turn in for the night, the last thing you need is a cat meowing at the door trying to get in to see you because you've been stroking it all day. A bit of a shake and a growl in the cat's face and that's all that's usually needed for it to give the spare room and the horrible bastard inside a wide berth for the rest of the night. — Danny King

The trouble with marrying an actor is they grab you in their arms, hold you close and tell you how wonderful they are. — Shelley Winters

The storm drowns the ship,
but it does not drown the fish. — Matshona Dhliwayo