Friends Being Snakes Quotes & Sayings

I was a dandelion puff...Some saw the beauty in me and stooped quietly to admire my innocence. Others saw the potential of what I could do for them, so they uprooted me, seeking to shape me around their needs. They blew at my head, scattering my hair from the roots, changing me to suit them. Yet still others saw me as something that was unworthy and needed to be erased. — Nicole Bailey-Williams

A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it, than by the woods and swamps that surround it. — Henry David Thoreau

Our schools should teach children the skills to work with others- cooperative learning can be effective when practiced well and in moderation- but also the time and training they need to deliberately practice on their own. — Susan Cain

And there it went, the burden of her lifetime, taken. — Ann Patchett

Bird of the sky
still bound to the earth,
soaring to unimaginable heights
yet returning to perch in the willow.
Death is near, always near
and so...is life
even in the ashes.
Rise Up Phoenix.
Live. Fly. Create! — Michele Jennae

One of the things that I have always been interested in is the actual experience of people in their lives as opposed to what we think their experience should be. — Matt Nix

I thought Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong time and have been fighting to get the Administration to stop its failed policy and bring our troops home. — Jim McGovern

Love is not proud. Love does not boast. Love, after all, matters the most. Love does not run. Love does not hide. Love does not keep locked inside. Love is the river that flows through. Love never fails you. — Brandon Heath

Maybe it's animalness that will make the world right again: the wisdom of elephants, the enthusiasm of canines, the grace of snakes, the mildness of anteaters. Perhaps being human needs some diluting. At any rate, how nice to be well dressed and among friends and in a state where poems pop out by themselves. — Carol Emshwiller

I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup. — Alan Hansen

I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character. — John Candy