Figueiras Em Quotes & Sayings

The sky blue blue, Mr. Wiggins. — Ernest J. Gaines

The strange, unbeautiful face beautiful in its ugliness; the perfect, beautiful face ugly in its perfection. — Eric Maisel

Everything I do and say and the way I do and say it annoys me. — William F. Buckley Jr.

If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. — Jay Leno

All I would say is, that I can go abroad without your family coming forward to favour me, - in short, with a parting Shove of their cold shoulders; and that, upon the whole, I would rather leave England with such impetus as I possess, than derive any acceleration of it from that quarter. — Charles Dickens

Remember, "I" before "E", except in Budweiser. — Irwin Corey

Writing or talking about famine and the world's response to it is not very easy. — William Shawcross

Whatever you focus on, expands. If you see the world through your dreams, prosperity materializes before your very eyes. If you see the world through your fears, poverty multiplies all around you. — Robert G. Allen

Librarians seemed to have a sixth sense for noticing when students were doing things they weren't supposed to. — Brandon Sanderson

A generation ago there were a thousand men to every opportunity, while today there are a thousand opportunities to every man. — Henry Ford II

Sometimes I sits and thinks. Other times I sits and drinks, but mostly I just sits. — Neal Cassady

But there's a problem," Dr. Bramble said. He tapped his forehad. "And it's right up here." Our greatest talent, he explained, also created the monster that could destroy us. "Unlike any other organism in history, humans have a mind-body conflict: we have a body built for performance, but a brain that's always looking for efficiency." We live or die by our endurance, but remember: endurance is all about conserving energy, and that's the brain's department. "The reason some people use their genetic gift for running and others don't is because the brain is a bargain shopper. — Christopher McDougall

No hard figures are available on how much was actually paid out or how many Friends complied with the request of their Yearly Meeting. For those who did pay their slaves, it was common to use the yearly wage of the day. We do know that one Mr. F. Buxton, in an appeal before the British House of Commons to abolish slavery, said that it had cost North Carolina Friends fifty thousand pounds to release their slaves.14 For some southern Friends emancipation of their slaves meant financial bankruptcy; for many, if not most, it meant eventual migration to the North. — Richard J. Foster