Harlans Davenport Quotes & Sayings

Everything that man esteems Endures a moment or a day. — William Butler Yeats

I am not cruel," he said. "Not in the sense you mean. But cruelty is a useful tool if one can only recognise the precise moment when it must be used. — Alastair Reynolds

Possession of the pure synthetic specimens of the anthocyanidins and chief anthocyanins enabled my wife and me to devise quick tests for these colouring matters which can be used with the material from a few flower petals. — Robert Robinson

Lord Ram gave Hanuman a quizzical look and said, "What are you, a monkey or a man?" Hanuman bowed his head reverently, folded his hands and said, "When I do not know who I am, I serve You and when I do know who I am, You and I are One. — Tulsidas

It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the
mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop. — Vernon Howard

The laws that protect women and minorities and people with disabilities, among others, from discrimination are essential, and I am not suggesting they be circumvented. But I have also witnessed firsthand how they can have a chilling effect on discourse, sometimes even to the detriment of the people they are designed to defend. — Sheryl Sandberg

There is no logic to grief. — N.K. Jemisin

I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well. — Bryan Ferry

True wisdom ... is the product of hard-won, often bitter experience. — David Halberstam

The beautiful world is just one thought away. It's already there just waiting for us to realize and to accept it. — Bryant McGill

Yes, a genuine expert can always foretell a thing that is five hundred years away easier than he can a thing that's only five hundred seconds off. — Mark Twain

I don't have a weapon in my hand, and I don't have a uniform on my body, but my uniform now is my scars and weapon is my words, so I'm still serving. — J. R. Martinez

Simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it. — Karolina Kurkova

Victory is very, very sweet. It tastes better than any dessert you've ever had. — Serena Williams