Harborne Quotes & Sayings

The highest and most precious treasure we receive of God is, that we can speak, hear, see, etc.; but how few acknowledge these as God's special gifts, much less give God thanks for them. — Martin Luther

I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away. — Julian Bond

Working in Birmingham for the first time was the best thing, especially as it was round the corner from my mum's house in Harborne! — Kate Ashfield

You've both quit your jobs for me," Laura said, though a little of the sass had left her voice.
"I never liked it much anyway," Cam said flippantly. "I was only there for the nookie, and when you walked away, that dried up. — Sophie Oak

We realized that our purpose was not merely to build a studio that made hit films but to foster a creative culture that would continually ask questions. — Ed Catmull

The question is no longer whether the United States should contribute to assuring Israel's survival and prosperity; that goes without saying. — George Ball

This would not have a happy ending. So Ender decided that he'd rather not be the unhappiest at the end. — Orson Scott Card

I'm positive and I smile a lot, and I'm kind of a banana, but serious work just seems to find me, so I'm not going to argue with it. — Mireille Enos

Unlike any other creature on this planet, human beings can learn and understand without having experienced. They can think themselves into other peoples' places. Of course, this is a power like my brand of fictional magic that is morally neutral. One might use such a power to manipulate or control, just as much as to understand or sympathize. And many prefer not to exercise their imaginations at all. They choose to remain comfortably within the bounds of their own experience, never troubling to wonder how it would feel to have been born other than they are. They can refuse to hear screams or peer inside cages. They can close their hearts and minds to any suffering that does not touch them personally. They can refuse to know. I might be tempted to envy people who can live that way, except that I do not think that they have any fewer nightmares than I do. — J.K. Rowling

She's an old soldier's woman, and she has antennae for things that often escape the officer in the field. — Robert Ludlum

Under the influence of collectivist ideologies, many politicians and journalists are ever eager to strike at successful entrepreneurs who earn much more than they do. It is difficult to ascertain their motives; it can be simple envy which consumes many men, or it can be economic ignorance. — Hans F. Sennholz