Hinterberger Quilt Quotes & Sayings

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are only two industries. This has always been true ... There is the industry of things, and the industry of entertainment ... After people have the things they need to live, everything else is entertainment. Everything. — Neal Stephenson

I would tell young people to start where they are with what they have and that the secret of a big success is starting with a small success and dreaming bigger and bigger dreams, I would tell them also that a young Black woman or a young Black man can't dream too much today or dare too much if he or she works hard, perseveres and dedicates themselves to excellence. — John H. Johnson

There is nothing about you to be embarrassed about — S.C. Stephens

Americans who think they are white regard us - something sexual and obscene. We were not enslaved in France. We are not their particular "problem," nor their national guilt. We are not their niggers. If there is any comfort in this, it is not the kind that I would encourage you to indulge. Remember your name. Remember that you and I are brothers, are the children of trans-Atlantic rape. Remember the broader consciousness that comes with that. Remember that this consciousness can never ultimately be racial; it must be cosmic. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Try not to force your idea on someone, but rather think about it with him. If you feel you have won the discussion, that also is the wrong attitude. Try not to win in the argument; just listen to it — Shunryu Suzuki

As writer Elisabeth Elliot phrased it, The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman. — Liz Curtis Higgs

No religion is suddenly rejected by any people; it is rather gradually outgrown. None sees a religion die; dead religions are like dead languages and obsolete customs: the decay is long and - like the glacier march - is perceptible only to the careful watcher by comparisons extending over long periods. — Charles Bradlaugh

It was a startling task to undertake, for the Book of Mormon had never been illustrated before, at least on any professional level. There were no precedents. — Arnold Friberg

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. — Okakura Kakuzo

The important thing about Dada, it seems to me, is that Dadaists despised what is commonly regarded as art, but put the whole universe on the lofty throne of art. — Hans Arp

Overheard today in restaurant: Can you stop listening to our conversation? — Demetri Martin

It takes a lot more energy to be covert and sneaky than it does to be open and honest. — Cristina Perez

Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. — Lemmy Kilmister

Let us make sure that the worship services we plan and conduct present that Truth in all its clarity and beauty and goodness. — Marva Dawn