Gwhat Is Hiraeth Quotes & Sayings

After scientists broke open the coat of a lotus seed (Nelumbo nucifera) and coddled the embryo into growth, they kept the empty husk. When they radiocarbon-dated this discarded outer shell, they discovered that their seedling had been waiting for them within a peat bog in China for no less than two thousand years. This tiny seed had stubbornly kept up the hope of its own future while entire human civilizations rose and fell. And then one day this little plant's yearning finally burst forth within a laboratory. I wonder where it is right now. — Hope Jahren

The rap on Obama has been that he is a little too cool and aloof. The rap on Romney may be that he is just plain callous. — David Horsey

Environmental justice is the movement to ensure that no community suffers disproportionate environmental burdens or goes without enjoying fair environmental benefits. — Van Jones

Prayers are answered in ways we don't choose. The river of grace bubbles up in unexpected places. — Lisa Wingate

Water is water.
Water is life sustenance. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Lean on God, and he leans on you fulfilling his love on Earth. — Ivan Alexander Pozo-Illas

The only times we are consciously aware of the authorship of a photograph, I would argue, are when we contemplate the photographs we ourselves have taken (or those of friends and family) or when we go deliberately to the photographers monograph or exhibition. The signed image - the appropriated, the owned image - is by far the rarest in this pullulating world of pictures. — William Boyd

Yes, for most people nowadays television is their only contact with the world beyond their work. — John Brunner

Some things are just the blink of eternity's eye while others last forever. — Patrick O'Scheen

Of course building a kitchen makes all the symmetric sense in the world because everybody's burning calories at 120 beats a minute. You could even register it on a graph at the DJ booth. "How fast are they burning calories, sir?" "126 a minute." "Are you sure?" "Oh, I'm very sure." You can meter that out. — David Lee Roth

The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older. — Idina Menzel

No matter where you are or who you're with, don't forget to smile. A smile makes the world go round. It becomes your strength and confidence in this world. Because that's the secret to true beauty. — Jo Ah-ra

At John Schlesinger's funeral at a synagogue in St John's Wood some years ago the person I stood next to said to me encouragingly, 'Come on, Stephen - you're not singing. Have a go!' 'Believe me, Paul, you don't want me to,' I said. Besides, I was having a much better time listening to him. 'No. Go on!' So I joined in the chorus. 'You're right,' Paul McCartney conceded. 'You can't sing. — Stephen Fry

Our time in this life is limited. And how we respect that time will create a greater possibility for fulfillment. — Ruben Papian

The accumulation of toxins in the body/mind system accelerates aging. — Deepak Chopra