Gristmills Quotes & Sayings

Let me be able to fancy that a better knowledge of
my heart, and of my present feelings, will draw from her a more spontaneous, more
natural, more gentle, less dignified, forgiveness. Tell her of my misery and my
penitence - tell her that my heart was never inconstant to her, and if you will, that at
this moment she is dearer to me than ever. — Jane Austen

Reinvent your business constantly. The end goal may be the same, but the tools and methods are constantly evolving. — Ken Tucker

Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market. — Janet Napolitano

There were a number of early water-powered mills around Green Hill. Duncan Smith, Berry McDonald, Thomas Ross, Isham Richardson, and Enoch Raleigh Kennedy had gristmills on Cow Pen Creek. — William Lindsey McDonald

Beautiful landscapes are no use for good paintings. — Peter Stamm

There is no word in the English language for the feeling someone gets when they suddenly realize they're standing next to an unholy monster impersonating a human. Monstralization, maybe? — David Wong

He felt certain that he was a failure, every artistic endeavor ending with his own surprise at how little had come from it. Perhaps that was how life worked, the expectation of success after each failure the engine that kept the world turning. Perhaps retrogression was an artistic endeavor in itself. Perhaps he might sink so far that he would find himself, somehow, returned to the surface. — Kevin Wilson

The Chinese are planning a manned mission to the moon sometime after 2020, and subsequently, to Mars. The U.S. has abandoned that dream. — David Ignatius