Henry David Thoreau Wood Pile Quotes & Sayings

As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds. — Charles Caleb Colton

Women who do look like men have taken some rather drastic steps in that direction that have little to do with their exercise program. — Mark Rippetoe

Happiness will bloom
With fragrance and beauty
If you plant the seeds of love
With a deep driving desire
in the garden of hope
And nurture with tenderness,
Compassion, and care;
If you are always eager to share. — Debasish Mridha

A business without a path to profit isn't a business, it's a hobby. — Jason Fried

A dream inspiring a story is different than placing a description of a dream in a story. When you describe a character's dream, it has to be sharper than reality in some way, and more meaningful. It has to somehow speak to plot, character, and all the rest. If you're writing something fantastical, it can be a really deadly choice because your story already has elements that can seem dreamlike. — Jeff VanderMeer

Every man looks at his wood-pile with a kind of affection. — Henry David Thoreau

I have found that lived out, the hardest place to be a Christian is to be in a nice prosperous country with a lot of entertainment options because there's so many distractions. — Philip Yancey

JARED: .....I've also learned people don't give up what they don't want to give up. — Bijou Hunter

Mostly things that have happened to me, feelings that I've had, but on a couple of occasions I've written about things that have happened to other people. — James Walsh

This 'one big plan' thinking leads to a lot of the problems we're facing. — Clara Mamet

You may tell by looking at any twig of the forest, ay, at your very wood-pile, whether its winter is past or not. — Henry David Thoreau

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new. — Brian Tracy

I guess when someone's gone from your life for a while, all you think about are the big things. The big regrets, the could-have, should-haves. Or the big moments, the memories that are going to be with you forever, those life-changing moments, like first kisses and first confessions and first trusts. And you think about the lasts too: the last kiss, the last words, the last moments. — Beth Revis

Dreams and visions are not always intended to be interpreted or analyzed. At times they say exactly what they mean, providing a set of images and meanings to be taken for no more or less than they are. — Hal Zina Bennett

Every man looks upon his wood pile with a sort of affection. — Henry David Thoreau

I love being creative. I love acting, but I also love directing because you get to have a vision for the whole and bring that vision to fruition. — Juliet Landau

Way over yonder is a place I have seen In a garden of wisdom from some long ago dream. — Carole King

If, for some reason, we make some big mistake and IBM wins, my personal feeling is that we are going to enter a computer Dark Ages for about twenty years. — Steve Jobs