Earthiest Culture Quotes & Sayings

She had been to her Great-Aunt Willoughby's before, and she knew exactly what to expect. She would be asked about her lessons, and how many marks she had, and whether she had been a good girl. I can't think why grownup people don't see how impertinent these questions are. Suppose you were to answer:
"I'm the top of my class, auntie, thank you, and I am very good. And now let us have a little talk about you, aunt, dear. How much money have you got, and have you been scolding the servants again, or have you tried to be good and patient, as a properly brought up aunt should be, eh, dear?"
Try this method with one of your aunts next time she begins asking you questions, and write and tell me what she says. — E. Nesbit

Never sit under a tree waiting for the apple to fall. Climb the tree, grab that apple!
When it comes, never be inert and take your time, TIME TO MOVE! — Tsem Tulku Rinpoche

Regardless of geographical region or culture gardening is perhaps the most common and shared experience of Nature. — S. Kelley Harrell

The pace of digital innovation is astonishing. It's impossible to imagine life without the web, smartphones, social networks. And yet the consumer products and everyday objects all around us are still essentially dumb. — Andy Hobsbawm

To what profit is it that we dwell in Jerusalem, if we do not see the King's face? And when He comes forth from His royal chambers, accompanied with blessing, are we to hold ourselves at leisure that we may yield Him worship and offer Him service? — David McIntyre

One thing that makes aikido is so powerful,
it utilizes power of opponents to win the fight. — Toba Beta

You can love me or you can hate me. — Dennis Rodman

John is a man of his word. And so am I. — Bruce Irvin

The Sparks have always been committed to success and making the right moves to build upon their rich tradition in the WNBA. — Candace Parker

I'll make my heaven in a lady's lap — William Shakespeare

And under it all, earth waited with her lead-filled veins, impatient to shrug herself clean. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

We will be just as ruthless as any of our targets. We will go for the throat. — Dan Mathews

It's all generated, maybe, by the fact that the attitude of the populace is to try to find the answer instead of trying to find a man who has a way of getting at the answer. — Richard Feynman