Garith White Elkhorn Quotes & Sayings

In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness. — Hesiod

I would like to believe in the myth that we grow wiser with age. In a sense my disbelief is wisdom. Those of a middle generation, if charitable or sentimental, subscribe to the wisdom myth, while the callous see us as dispensable objects, like broken furniture or dead flowers. For the young we scarcely exist unless we are unavoidable members of the same family, farting, slobbering, perpetually mislaying teeth and bifocals. — Patrick White

Progress is often equal to the difference between mind and mindset. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Wallflowers may not be the prettiest of blooms, but at least they don't get trampled. So — Courtney Milan

I will look at the footprints going in and out of the water and dream up a small blue good to talk to. — Gerald Stern

You were free to choose enslavement, but the choice was a free one only if you knew what your alternatives were. — Jeannette Walls