George Merriam Quotes & Sayings

Terrible was ... He was a miracle in a world without miracles, and she couldn't believe her luck. And there was nothing, absolutely fucking nothing, that she wouldn't do to keep him in her life. Because without him it wouldn't be a life at all. — Stacia Kane

Zeno was concerned with three problems ... These are the problem of the infinitesimal, the infinite, and continuity. — Bertrand Russell

America is a country in which I see the most persistant idealism and the blandest of cynicism and the race is on between its vitality and its decadence. — Alistair Cooke

I often compare myself as a kid to my own grandchildren, who are around 11 and 14 now. That's the age kids usually read my book. And I remember myself; we'd gone through a world war. My father was an army officer so I was aware of what was going on. But I wasn't bombarded with images of catastrophe like many kids are today. — Lois Lowry

The concept of a divine, or "Christ" mind, is the idea that, at our core, we are not just identical, but actually the same being. "There is only one begotten Son" doesn't mean that someone else was it, and we're not. It means we're all it. There's only one of us here. — Marianne Williamson

Teachers are more than any other group the guardians of civilization. — Bertrand Russell

What you think, is what you are

What goes around, comes around

Happiness begins with you and your thoughts — Pattimari Sheets Cacciolfi

Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance. — Harry Lorayne

Life is like a drive on highway. There will always be someone behind, along and ahead of you. No matter how many people you overtake, life will always serve you with a new challenge, a new commuter driving ahead of you. Destination is the same for everyone, but what matters at the end is - how much you enjoy the drive! — Mehek Bassi

Rickey doesn't have albums, Rickey has CDs. — Rickey Henderson

When my desire
grows too fierce
I wear my bed clothes
inside out,
dark as the night's rough husk. — Ono No Komachi

That life must be worked out by each for himself, equipped as he finds himself by inheritance and circumstance, and guided largely by the sure and simple laws of conduct which he drew in with his mother's milk. Study and thought may help a little, and so such essays as the present are offered for whatever they may afford. — George Spring Merriam