Hummersknott Quotes & Sayings

If you do not hope, you will not win that which is not hoped for, since it is unattainable and inaccessible. — Heraclitus

Perhaps you'd like, you gentle fellow,
To hear what I'm prepared to say
On "kinfolk" and their implications?
Well, here's my view of close relations:
They're people whom we're bound to prize,
To honor, love, and idolize,
And following the old tradition,
To visit come the Christmas feast,
Or send a wish by mail at least;
All other days they've our permission,
To quite forget us if they please-
So grant them, God, long life and ease! — Alexander Pushkin

I'm from Naples. I was born in a poor neighborhood and I always, in my heart, felt like it would be amazing to be able to adopt a child from Naples. I could give someone the opportunity I had. I would love to give back in that way and pay it forward. — Giuliana Rancic

Most of the misery of the world has been caused by wars. And when the wars were over, no one ever knew what they were all about. — Margaret Mitchell

Too many people hate the people that AIDS most affects: gay people and people of color. I do not mean dislike, or feel uncomfortable with. I mean hate. Downright hate. Down and dirty hate. — Larry Kramer

Accumulating love brings luck, accumulating hatred brings calamity. — Paulo Coelho

I'd rather have a go at life, so there's something to talk about once we're gone. — Cinda Williams Chima

Just as you cannot receive without giving, so neither can you give without receiving ... — Peace Pilgrim

First we have to see. Or first we have to be taught to see. We have to be taught to see here, because here is everywhere, related to everywhere else, and if we don't see, hear, taste, smell and feel in this place - not only will we never know anything but the world of sense will be by that much diminished everywhere. — William Carlos Williams

The next move is always the test. — Seamus Heaney

Like the hub of a wheel, the church's corporate life is an extension of the good news that God was in Christ reconciling the whole world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them. — Harold L. Senkbeil

The Pacific Northwest is simply this: wherever the salmon can get to. Rivers without salmon have lost the life source of the area. — Timothy Egan

Jesus wanted to show mercy to every single person He met. He wanted to sweep them up and embrace them with His love. But because of His eternal plans for goodness, He can't always do that. I don't know why, but i believe He has a greater good than healing our temporary pain. — Susan May Warren

There are only two reasons why you should ever be asked to give your youngsters. One is defense of our homes. The other is the defense of our Bill of Rights and particularly the right to worship God as we see fit. Every other reason advanced for the murder of young men is a racket, pure and simple. — Smedley D. Butler

Finding relief in your problem is fine, but it will not cure the problem. — Henry R Brandt