Eidsness Funeral Obituaries Quotes & Sayings

I believe legends and myths are largely made of truth.. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Mrs. Bennington's dramatic expression faded, and she made a face, much like a girl who has been given porridge when she expected thick ham. — Ashley Gardner

What great philosophers do for us is not to hand out such an all-purpose system. It is to light up and clarify some special aspect of life, to supply conceptual tools which will do a certain necessary kind of work. Wide though that area of work may be, it is never the whole, and all ideas lose their proper power when they are used out of their appropriate context. That is why one great philosopher does not necessarily displace another, why there is room for all of them and a great many more whom we do not have yet. — Mary Midgley

He allowed the world to wind him in the final set of chains, and climbed, once and for all, into the cabinet of mysteries that was the life of an ordinary man. — Michael Chabon

Enduring at the time played in his formulation of the test. — Jaron Lanier

A man can be trusted only up to low-water mark. — Lord Acton

Never apologize, mister, it's a sign of weakness. — John Wayne

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. — Gore Vidal

Most people believe the journey they begin with Christ goes forward, but that is not how he works. A spiritual life is not cutting ties with people, in order to walk clean in the future. The journey home isn't running away from obstacles. It is learning to stand where you are now and handle people, assert yourself, set boundaries and never feel your happiness is dependent on another person's approval of your choices, beliefs or spiritual needs. — Shannon L. Alder

Dream, diversify-and never miss an angle. — Walt Disney

People should have an escape valve for their money, their assets. If you have substantial financial assets, the government is going to confiscate the purchasing power of those assets and spend it. — Peter Schiff

There are your fog people & your sun people, he said. I said I wasn't sure which kind I was. He nodded. Fog'll do that to you, he said. — Brian Andreas