Houghton Quotes & Sayings

The surprise, for me, is that the accruing weight of these departures doesn't bury us, and that even the pain of an almost unbearable loss gives way quite quickly to something more distant but still stubbornly gleaming. — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

He who for love hath undergone
The worst that can befall,
Is happier thousandfold than one
Who never loved at all. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

As long as one refuses to know one's place, there's no telling what one can do in the world. — Candace Bushnell

When I'd woken the next morning, I'd done so in a dislocated world of dimmed daylight and diluted colors, a sodden world, feeling like I was a castaway on an alien planet. — Keith Houghton

You have risen with all power in Your hands. You have given me a second chance. Hallelujah, hallelujah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm not going back, I'm moving ahead. Here to declare to You my past is over in You. All things are made new, surrendered my life to Christ. I'm moving, moving forward. — Israel Houghton

Love will always be the most powerful force. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Strength is for service, not status — Israel Houghton

I had learnt from going to Houghton that to make a room quiet, to make it harmonious, you never wanted to have only one 'mouvement' thng like the Savonnerie rug that would stand out. You must have 'mouvement' everywhere. — Nancy Lancaster

A man's best things are nearest him,
Lie close about his feet. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

No matter which way you dice it, self-preservation is selfish. — Keith Houghton

Grand Thoughts that never can be wearied out,
Showing the unreality of Time. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Women are a key part of the sound of the groups that accompany male singers like Kirk Franklin, Israel Houghton, and myself. — Fred Hammond

Before they knew it, Ormsby Island would become a paranormal attraction like Waverly Hills or Houghton Mansion or the Whaley House. The place would be crawling with people anxious to catch a ghost on camera or audio. — Hunter Shea

I'd painted that night sky long ago, adding a star each time I lost someone I cared for deeply. Every star bore a name, and I called out each aloud as I counted. — C.S. Houghton

If there's one thing Gus Uhlenbeek's got, it's pace and determination. — Ray Houghton

My exit is the result of too many entrees. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

We believe now," the children and the fathers and the mothers all said to each other with the light of faith that little lame Stephen had inspired on their faces. "We believe that Saint Nicholas will always come to us as long as there is one child alive in the village." "In the village!" echoed little Stephen. "In the whole world!" he shouted triumphantly. — Amelia C. Houghton

Festinger argued that in reality we usually just find a way to ignore or discount dissonant information. — David Patrick Houghton

I do not write to you, but of you,/because the paper that we write on/is our perishable skin. — Melissa Lee-Houghton

When you get to Hell, I'll be sitting in the hot tub waiting."
Cate Harlow, PI — Kristen Houghton

There's one thing about Kyriagos - he's tall, he's physical and he's slow — Ray Houghton

There is in all of us a spirit of scepticism which remains with us all our lives. Our most treasured beliefs dwell in its shadow. It exists because we are all afraid of being duped. And with some of us, who have knelt before many idols only to discover eventually that they are things of stone made by men, this spirit of scepticism persists no matter how convincing the evidence may be that our doubts are baseless. For some of us it is not enough to see Lazarus raised from the dead. — Claude Houghton

Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

It's not the lack of ability or opportunity that holds you back; it is only a lack of confidence in yourself. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Haters are like crickets. Crickets make a lot of noise, you hear it but you can't see them, then right when you walk by them, they're quiet. — Israel Houghton

When you get to Hell look for me; I'll be sitting in the hot-tub waiting."
Cate Harlow
FOR I HAVE SINNED
by Kristen Houghton
A Cate Harlow Private Investigation
due out in August, 2014 — Kristen Houghton

The virtue lies in the struggle, not the prize. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Don't offer God partnership when he wants penitence. Don't present him with lip service when He wants your life. — William Henry Houghton

The sun, however, was shining, and as he stepped into the light Rial felt his spirits revived by its rays. He — L.D. Houghton

Lily Houghton-Miller stood in the middle of my living room and surveyed me with the detached interest of a scientist gazing at a new variety of manure-based invertebrate. — Jojo Moyes

For an extensive and fascinating discussion of the use and pitfalls of rewards, see Edward Deci, Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation (New York: Penguin, 1996); Alfie Kohn, Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1999); Daniel Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (New York: Riverhead, 2009). — Gretchen Rubin

I wandered by the brook-side, I wandered by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

If you want an opinion concerning the Bible, why not take it from the lips of someone who has a real acquaintance with it. — William Henry Houghton

I walk with a dual longing
for life and for death. — Melissa Lee-Houghton

My soul was made in heaven, but my spirit has been forged in hell. — Keith Houghton

Contrary to the movies, police work does not consist solely of chasing after the bad guy down dark, forbidding alleyways. Most of the real chasing is done sitting behind a desk with a telephone glued to the ear, hunting down new leads and investigating paper trails. — Keith Houghton

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
[Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004] — Desmond Tutu

I spent my life learning to feel less. Every day I felt less. Is that growing old? Or is it something worse? You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
Foer, Jonathan Safran (2006-04-04). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel (Kindle Locations 1882-1883). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Tonight, I won't dream, because nobody
has held me and no hands have strayed and even
though I'm drunk with love, my arms are empty. — Melissa Lee-Houghton

Doubtless many can recall certain books which have greatly influenced their lives, and in my own case one stands out especially-a translation of Hofmeister's epoch-making treatise on the comparative morphology of plants. This book, studied while an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, was undoubtedly the most important factor in determining the trend of my botanical investigation for many years. — Douglas Houghton Campbell

Nature's heart beats strong amid the hills. — Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton

What's the point of having shimmery feet? — Chantelle Houghton

Many times we say Jesus is first in our life, and i get that, but Jesus should not be first, He should be center of everything. — Israel Houghton

They who have steeped their soul in prayer can every anguish calmly bear. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Ink marks the page/where you execute your will like a doe announcing an/ox-stern mate with a single, bleary blink. — Melissa Lee-Houghton

Can every anguish calmly bear. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Fancifully, I had thought I would feel the exact moment if anything ever happened to Scarlett, even if she wasn't nearby. Some kind of immense magnetic disturbance as our two hemispheres divided and went their separate ways. — Keith Houghton

Moreover, our certitudes were closely bound to a given set of symbols. Change the well defined Latin term for an undefined Greek one and every bishop and every priest found himself at a loss. We knew the catechism by heart; mention catechesis and we are no longer sure who made us and why. We could manage a dogmatic sermon all right but just listen to our homilies! We were absolutely firm about confession and contrition; all our firmness vanished at the one word METANOIA. We knew exactly what the Mass was; the Eucharist is hazy. Even the Consecration and the Real Presence have been engulfed in the mist of ANAMNESIS. All this is patently true, is undeniable. We had received a solid theological training in our seminaries. It did not stand the test. It collapsed overnight without leaving track or trace. — Bryan Houghton

Unless we announce disasters no one will listen. — John T. Houghton

I've got a publicist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt who's been working little miracles for me, but it's true the budgets aren't what they once were in terms of advertisement and book tours. — Patrick DeWitt

Many unbelievers have threatened or prophesied the destruction of the Bible. Few people know the names of the skeptics. Everyone knows the names of Moses and Isaiah and Luke and Paul. — William Henry Houghton

Ji-Sung Park is probably not as young as he was when he arrived at Old Trafford all those years ago. — Ray Houghton

The beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Liverpool have played with no real convention — Ray Houghton