Dorsetshire Quotes & Sayings

You failed her when you turned your back on what you are. — Poppet

I don't know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God. — Anne Lamott

Gymnastics is so complex. — Shawn Johnson

these old people - there's no trusting them, Fred. There's an aunt of mind down in Dorsetshire that was going to die when I was eight years old, and hasn't kept her word yet. They're so aggravating, so unprincipled, so spiteful - unless there's apoplexy in the family, Fred, you can't calculate upon 'em, and even then they deceive you just as often as not. — Charles Dickens

So endeth the story of the winning of Excalibur, and may God give unto you in your life, that you may have His truth to aid you, like a shining sword, for to overcome your enemies; and may He give you Faith (for Faith containeth Truth as a scabbard containeth its sword), and may that Faith heal all your wounds of sorrow as the sheath of Excalibur healed all the wounds of him who wore that excellent weapon. For with Truth and Faith girded upon you, you shall be as well able to fight all your battles as did that noble hero of old, whom men called King Arthur. — Howard Pyle

Immense deposits of kimmeridge clay, containing the oil-bearing bands or seams, stretch across England from Dorsetshire to Lincolnshire. [An early political recognition of the native resource. The Geological Survey had identified the inflammable oil shale in reports since at least 1888.] — Winston Churchill

Now you can begin to see quite transparently that nothing purchased life is one of argument, If other people don't agree with you you're in big trouble. How far would you get in your work if nobody agreed that what you were doing had value? — Frederick Carl Frieseke

'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us. — Dolly Parton

I love eggs. Eggs are probably one of the most versatile things we work with. — Daniel Humm

If you fulfill God's will, then God will always be your friend. — Sunday Adelaja

She'd poured so much of herself into keeping it buried, sometimes it felt like any energy she might have had for joy or love or light went there instead. You only had so much to give. — Laini Taylor

A pigeon a day keeps the natives away. — Arthur Ransome

The more I learn about myself, the more I understand you. — Ken Poirot

Bear in mind that the children of life are the children of joy; that the lower animals are only unhappy when made so by man; that man alone of all the creatures, has "found out many inventions", the chief of which appears to be the art of making himself miserable, and of seeing all Nature stained with that dark and hateful colour. — William Henry Hudson