Demeris Quotes & Sayings

Intentions are a lot like seeds. You shove them into the ground, and every once in awhile, you water them. Largely, the seed does most of the work on its own. If, on one hand, you were digging the seed up several times a day to see what progress was being made, the seed would not take purchase in the soil. On the other hand, if you completely ignored it, giving no water or nourishment to the soil, the seed might not thrive. — Mary Anne Radmacher

God! ... Isn't the sea what Algy calls it: a great sweet mother? The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea. Epi oinopa ponton. Ah, Dedalus, the Greeks! I must teach you. You must read them in the original. Thalatta! Thalatta! She is our great sweet mother. Come and look. — James Joyce

My mother was being hounded by a debt collector over a debt that she didn't owe, and she eventually just paid it because she wanted the calls to stop. I was very surprised. It sounded so strange. I started poking around on the Internet and found this was extremely common. — Jake Halpern

Art's power of persuasion resides in the small personal details of one's own story, and if it weren't for my struggle with dyslexia, I doubt I'd ever have become a writer or known how to teach others to write. — Philip Schultz

Government interference with the economic process represents a substitution of political for consumer objectives. — Sheldon Richman

Freedom is something that all pursue, and though you might not see it, people will risk a lot to have it. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon. — Thich Nhat Hanh

People are afraid because I'm candid. They're always worried I'm going to get into trouble. — Steve Madden

TWENTY YEARS AFTER the end of air travel, the caravans of the Traveling Symphony moved slowly under a white-hot sky. — Emily St. John Mandel

Wilderness areas worth everyone's footsteps — Anonymous

A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The only prudence in life is concentration. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A child's course in life should be determined not by the zip code she's born in, but by the strength of her work ethic and the scope of her dreams. — Barack Obama

Am I calm all the time? That is a question to ask my mother. I am very happy in my home. I have a good family, that gives me something extra. — Jean Alesi