Hensleigh House Quotes & Sayings

Just like that chicken coop, everything got four sides: his side, her side, an outside, and an inside. All of it is the truth. — Gloria Naylor

My son, you've seen the temporary fire
and the eternal fire; you have reached
the place past which my powers cannot see.
I've brought you here through intellect and art;
from now on, let your pleasure be your guide;
you're past the steep and past the narrow paths.
Look at the sun that shines upon your brow;
look at the grasses, flowers, and the shrubs
born here, spontaneously, of the earth.
Among them, you can rest or walk until
the coming of the glad and lovely eyes
those eyes that weeping, sent me to your side.
Await no further word or sign from me:
your will is free, erect, and whole
to act
against that will would be to err: therefore
I crown and miter you over yourself — Dante Alighieri

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians. — Barney Frank

Golf's a funny game. You can be playing poorly and then go and win a tournament. — Karrie Webb

There's the feather-bed element here, brother, - ach! and not only that! There's an attraction here - here you have the end of the world, an anchorage, a quiet haven, the navel of the earth, the three fishes that are the foundation of the world, the essence of pancakes, of savoury fish-pies, of the evening samovar, of soft sighs and warm shawls, and hot stoves to sleep on - as snug as though you were dead, and yet you're alive - the advantages of both at once! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Amboyna seems to present the most favorable opening. Fifty thousand souls are there perishing without the means of life, and the situation of the island is such that a mission there established might, with the blessing of God, be extended to the neighboring islands in those seas. — Adoniram Judson

You don't have to think really hard to get the joke. I think humor in general appeals to all people. — Dave Barry

This had been real: real in its flaws and uncertainties, real in its small triumphs, real in its compromises and understanding. — Juliet Marillier

Time was way too finite: no matter how much of it you had with someone you loved, when the end came, it wasn't nearly enough. — J.R. Ward

The weakness of my position does not imply a strengthening of yours. — Sigmund Freud

Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness. — John Heywood