Freshwater Book Quotes & Sayings

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children. — Kofi Annan

I've heard people say in the U.N. community among mediators they don't like women as mediators because they're too quick to compromise. — Abigail Disney

We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books. — Jennifer Granholm

I was the first voice of Baltimore television in 1947. — Jim McKay

Cassel, she said, you want to know how to be the most charming guy anyone's ever met? Remind them of their favorite person. Everyone's favorite person is their own damn self. — Holly Black

I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose. — Shelby Foote

To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty. — Decimus Laberius

Thank your customer for complaining and mean it. Most will never bother to complain. They'll just walk away. — Marilyn Suttle

I believe that life always has a way of surprising you, for better or for worse," he looks at me once more, his eyes holding mine captive in its strong hold. "And that you always have a choice as to how the story ends... — Mara Joaquin

It's something I passed on to my kids. They really love the earth because they've experienced it from the youngest age. They know where food comes from - it doesn't come from the Safeway bush or the Ralph's tree. It comes from the earth. And water and sunshine and nutrients. My children understand that because they've experienced it. I feel successful as a parent, having done that. — Ed Begley Jr.

One God, one law, one element,
And one far-off divine event,
To which the whole creation moves. — Alfred The Great

People hope to touch the sky. I dream of kissing it. — Krista Ritchie