Gaviidae Commons Quotes & Sayings

My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important. — Frances Hodgson Burnett

It is a feature of human nature to give what we most wish to receive. — Eleanor Catton

If Christians win a battle by using worldly means, they have really lost. — Francis Schaeffer

The first time I ever felt the necessity or inevitableness of verse, was in the desire to reproduce the peculiar quality of feeling which is induced by the flat spaces and wide horizons of the virgin prairie of western Canada. — T. E. Hulme

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties. — Jose Saramago

The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons. — Michael Lewis

I think probably everybody works most on the beginning and the ending. — William Monahan

It is difficult to discuss history, and more difficult to talk about now, today, even simple things. — Thabo Mbeki

As a work progresses, its power to elicit and dictate response mounts. There seems to be an optimum moment when this power is at its greatest which just precedes the point where 'elicit' is no longer apt usage. 'Dictates' is the word for this condition and tyranny is the adversary. — Richard Diebenkorn

When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium. — Hans Hofmann

To be honest, I haven't seen a lot of the current crop of teen movies because there's only so much time and there's nothing that really drives me to do it. — Curtis Armstrong

It is not enough to show that drug A is better than drug B on the average. One is invited to ask, 'For which people ("& why") is drug A better than drug B, and vice versa? If drug A cures 40% and drug B cures 60%, perhaps the right choice of drug for each person would result in 100% cures.' — Lancelot Hogben

The teacher does not have to be, although he has to know: he is the mind imagining, not the executant. — Wyndham Lewis