Estratos De La Quotes & Sayings

You see, if the height of the mercury [barometer] column is less on the top of a mountain than at the foot of it (as I have many reasons for believing, although everyone who has so far written about it is of the contrary opinion), it follows that the weight of the air must be the sole cause of the phenomenon, and not that abhorrence of a vacuum, since it is obvious that at the foot of the mountain there is more air to have weight than at the summit, and we cannot possibly say that the air at the foot of the mountain has a greater aversion to empty space than at the top. — Blaise Pascal

The fact that this was a fairly accurate portrait of my own mother is a quick indicator of how difficult it once was for me to tell the difference between myself and the powerful woman who had raised me. — Elizabeth Gilbert

To make a bestseller, there are more customers than just your customers: Selling to the end-user is just one piece of the puzzle. In my case, I needed to first sell myself to the publisher to get marketing support and national retail distribution. — Timothy Ferriss

told them that just one of the old valentines was worth many dollars, — Gertrude Chandler Warner

Poetry rescues things by reconciling matter and spirit in the metaphor. — Nicolas Gomez Davila

I loved being on stage, but I told myself that if I didn't get into RADA, I wouldn't pursue an acting career. I did get in, though, and that was that. — Oona Chaplin

One in 5 Americans is touched by the Red Cross every single year. — Robert Brady

See
two who dreamed that dream, and you were one. — Caris Brooke

Even those virtues which nature had denied him were imitated by him so successfully that he won more confidence than those who actually possessed them. — Plutarch

Positive thoughts precede positive results. — Matshona Dhliwayo

To come out and meet kids who have my books in their hands is kind of amazing. — Jeff Kinney

Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that the law as written. — Wendy E. Long

I was part of it, and I am still part of it today in terms of what it means to a whole new generation of people who are interested in the enduring energy, achievements, spirit and creativity that exemplified our era. — David Amram