Hudson And Marshall Quotes & Sayings

Swift or smooth, broad as the Hudson or narrow enough to scrape your gunwales, every river is a world of its own, unique in pattern and personality. Each mile on a river will take you further from home than a hundred miles on a road. — Bob Marshall

The obligation on us is to communicate the truth so that it is understood. The belief will take care of itself. — Terence McKenna

Old family motto: "The best revenge is revenge. — Anne McCaffrey

Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes; knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth; it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely. — Erich Fromm

It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, the true gift in these lessons always lies in the learning process itself. — Cathy Lee Crosby

My livelihood depends on the art of animators. — Andy Serkis

The big trouble," he added, "is that everyone wants someone else to read their minds for them and then make the world work properly. — Terry Pratchett

President John F. Kennedy's Cigars
On February 7, 1962, President Kennedy announced to his staff that he needed some help finding as many of the prestigious Cuban Petit Upmann cigars as possible. He let it be known that he would like to have 1,000 of these cigars by the next morning. Being the President of the United States, his wish was granted when, on the morning of February 8th, his Press Secretary Pierre Salinger came in and deposited 1,200 cigars on Kennedy's desk. Smiling, Kennedy opened his desk, took out a document and signed it, banning importation of all Cuban-made products into the United States. Some years later when asked about that moment, Salinger said that there were actually 1,201 cigars. — Hank Bracker

You might even be irresistibly tempted to top those three scoops off with an additional dollop of whipped BDSM and sex-toy sprinkles. — Michael Makai

The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family. She — Malcolm Gladwell

We like t'believe that everything's got an explanation ... that our years on this earth make a safe kinda sense. We build ourselves up with explantions and rationalizations t'make us nice and comfortable
an' some people manage t'get through their lives without ever having to question any of it. But I think most of us have learned that ... just when we least expect it ... something comes droppin' down out o' the heavens ... that blows all our comfortable ideas right t'pieces. — Jonathan Kent

You're so square, baby, I don't care. — Elvis Presley

Now what is just and right is to be interpreted in the sense of 'what is equal'; and that which is right in the sense of being equal is to be considered with reference to the advantage of the state, and the common good of the citizens. And a citizen is one who shares in governing and being governed. He differs under different forms of government, but in the best state he is one who is able and willing to be governed and to govern with a view to the life of virtue. — Aristotle.

The greatest of all miracles is that we need not be tomorrow what we are today. The greatest of all insights is that we cannot be tomorrow what we do not do today. That is why today matters. — John C. Maxwell

Life is fucking long, especially if you're stupid. — Justin Halpern

The belief that we are what the media says we are, what people perceive we are, is soon to be what we think we are. We are treated based on this warped perception. It is hard to get away from it. — Kevin Eubanks