Grandma Joad Quotes & Sayings

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy. — A.J. Liebling

We are on the planet to ... wrap our consciousness around the divine treasure within us ... — Michael Beckwith

Though, probably, no competent geologist would contend that the European classification of strata is applicable to all other parts of the globe, yet most, if not all geologists, write as though it were so. — Herbert Spencer

Moral qualities rule the world, but at short distances the senses are despotic. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Microsoft is a company that manages imagination. — Bill Gates

As soon as he was gone, we opened, "Baucis and Philemon." An elderly couple living in a cottage, they're granted a wish by Jove. They confer in private before Philemon asks, "May one hour take us both away; let neither outlive the other." The wish is granted.
I said, "Simultaneous deaths? Why didn't they wish for eternal happiness instead? What else would anyone wish for?"
"They did wish for that," answered Jamie. — David Guterson

Fingernails are for opening things and toenails are for storing precious minerals off the ground. — Kristen Schaal

Fear is a cold bastard. The only way to overcome it is to act - to take the first step and just move forward. — Vera Nazarian