Humpbacked Hill Quotes & Sayings

It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service. — Ulysses S. Grant

How much of assumed national and personal character comes from the fact that we have never truly known need to the point of having our character tested? Willing conscientious objectors underwent controlled starvation and confirmed how quickly it impacts the initiative and generosity we like to think of as "American" characteristics. — Nathaniel Philbrick

Sadness pulses out of us as we walk. I almost expect the trees to lower their branches when we pass, the stars to hand down some light. I breathe in the horsy scent of eucalyptus, the thick sugary pine, aware of each breath I take, how each one keeps me in the world a few seconds longer. I taste the sweetness of the summer air on my tongue and want to just gulp and gulp and gulp it into my body
this living, breathing, heart-beating body of mine. — Jandy Nelson

be skeptical of any nutritional claims; they are unlikely to be from randomized trials and may soon be proved wrong. — Vinayak K. Prasad

Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter. — Shemar Moore

Nor fire, nor rocks, can stop our furious minds, Nor waves, nor winds. — Francis Quarles

You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life. — Mstislav Rostropovich

If a bright light shines it's brightest among other bright lights, will we know how bright it really is? — EKD

The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is - a civil rights issue that must be approved to assure that every citizen is treated equally under the law. — Bruce Springsteen

I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me. — Kaskade

So there is only this place." He gestured around him. "Only work. People forget they are going to die someday. There's more to life than career and paycheck. — Ted Kosmatka

The great enemy of achievement is a schedule already full. — Robert Breault

In the end, all worlds, whether they're set in the future or in New Jersey of today, are fictions. Sure, you don't got to do too much work to build a mundane world, but don't get it twisted: you still got to do some work. — Junot Diaz

I will not pray for health or wealth or splendor; I will pray for a higher consciousness. — Debasish Mridha