Hecox Street Quotes & Sayings

Once somebody's aware of a plot, it's like a bone sticking out. If it breaks through the skin, it's very ugly. — Louis Auchincloss

You can't blame science for being used for evil purposes. What you can do is say, 'This is an exceedingly powerful tool.' And you want to make sure it is used for good purposes, not bad ones. That is a political decision. — Richard Dawkins

When you get older you think of sadness in a different way. You don't judge it so harshly. — Lori Lansens

I don't believe in the search. I believe in happiness now. — Marty Rubin

The best leaders are gentle. In our culture, we have been misled to believe that the tougher we are, the more respect we will gain, but that is simply not true. What we gain by being tough is fear, and fear is not respect. Respect is gained by giving it away. — Rebecca Eanes

The problem of modern democracy is rooted in its neglect of unorganized people. — William Greider

Sometimes your garden surprises you. You don't remember planting strawberries or mint, but there it is, rising up in the middle of the carrot patch. Maybe the seeds blew in from the neighbor's garden. Or maybe they were buried in the dirt and you unearthed them when you tilled the soil. Or maybe you're reaping what you've sown. However it happened, you now have unexpected bounty. Accept it with gratitude. — Lisa Brown Roberts

Maybe I'm turned upside down, but at last I've landed right side up. — Lia Riley

Let there be no illusions. The Communion is broken and fragmented. The Communion will break. — Peter Akinola

I remember when I first rocked in it was a great big dance hall and Tommy Young was blowing trombone and Louis [Armstrong] was singing a tune and it was just Satchmo and you could hear it resounding through the dance hall and people were dancing. It was a highlight. — Gordon Lightfoot

Many armies fail because they put all their emphasis into creating a plan that becomes useless ten minutes into the battle — Chip Heath

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with delight and profit. — Amos Bronson Alcott

In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty. — E. O. Wilson