Duamish Rowing Quotes & Sayings

My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout. — Jackson Pollock

Spirit can go anywhere. In fact, it has to go places so it can change and emerge like in the migrations. That's the whole idea. — William Least Heat-Moon

Tennis is a huge part of my life, but I don't base my self-value or my self-worth or the quality of my life on my results on the court. — Venus Williams

Even the West has known the architecture of empty space, whose object, for thousands of years, has been less to construct divine houses, than to create sacred places, to seize upon mystery and to immerse man in it-whether by raising the cyclopean pedestal that surrounds him with stars, or by hollowing out the sanctuary that wraps him in haunted night. — Andre Malraux

Organized religion is making Christianity political rather than making politics Christian. — Laurens Van Der Post

Having taken on the care of foster children, a mother forced her own daughter to beat them. According to her later account: Mom puts the fly swatter in my hand and shows me how to do it: grab their wrists, and whack the plastic handle over their pink baby palms. She stands in the doorway of their room until I can crack hard enough to make them scream. — Julie Gregory

Sure you'll be all right?" Glitch asked, breaking through my thoughts. "I could come with you, if you'd like. They won't even see me."
I shook my head. "Better if I do this alone. Besides, there's one member of that household who can see you. And he's seen enough scary monsters to last him a lifetime."
"Begging your pardon, your highness," Glitch smirked, "but who are you calling a scary monster?"
I swatted at him. — Julie Kagawa

Mexico needs schools, rural development, and an independent judiciary, not high-tech weaponry. — Stephen Kinzer

If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse. — Abu Bakr

Don't you DARE use party as a verb in my shop — Dylan Moran

Absence really can make the heart grow fonder, even when the [man's] feet wander. — Amy Dickinson

Etta, you don't have to . . . I never meant . . . You love those books." "No, Daniel." She yanked her arm from his grasp and slapped the remaining book against his chest. "I love you. The books were just a way to pretend that a part of you could actually belong to me." The defiance faded from her eyes to be replaced by abject misery. "And now you never will." Dan — Karen Witemeyer

Zimbabwe has lots of safaris, but very few are African. Most are white-owned. In our region, we have the most safaris and animals. Our people cannot keep suffering. — Robert Mugabe