Icare Gifts Quotes & Sayings

I used to envy the father of our race, dwelling as he did in contact with the new-made fields and plants of Eden; but I do so no more, because I have discovered that I also live in "creation's dawn." The morning stars still sing together, and the world, not yet half made, becomes more beautiful every day. — John Muir

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. — Ansel Adams

On ships they call them barnacles; in business they attach themselves to desks and are called vice presidents. — Fred Allen

I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice have their characters be assailed without any basis. — Eric Holder

The reward of the good man is to be allowed to worship in truth. — Soren Kierkegaard

So long as we judge ourselves by human comparisons, there is plenty of room for self-satisfaction, and self-satisfaction kills faith, for faith is born of the sense of need. But when we compare ourselves with Jesus Christ, and through Him, with God, we are humbled to the dust, and then faith is born, for there is nothing left to do but to trust to the mercy of God. — William Barclay

The paradox of the modern world is this: Not only do we do less, physically, than ever before, but we also almost never do nothing. Our bodies, deprived of large movements, are inundated with subtle-yet-continuous physical stimulation from noise, light, data, etc. This constant stream of input is a two-fold stressor, as not only is the frequency of certain environmentally induced loads extremely high, the types of input we are experiencing are unnatural. — Katy Bowman

I think that you may find that Tamera's a little more vibrant and energetic, but I'm much more likely to go up to a person and say, 'Hi, I'm Tia, nice to meet you.' Whereas Tamera is like ... well ... she's a little shy. She's down to earth. I'm more extroverted and she's more introverted when meeting people. — Tia Mowry

So why, then, can't Ackbar shake the feeling that once again they are about to fall into a trap? — Chuck Wendig

You mean that between desiring good and desiring evil there is a brief step, because it is always a matter of directing the will. This is true. But the difference lies in the object, and the object is clearly recognizable. God on this side, the Devil on that. — Umberto Eco

What a childhood I had. Once on my birthday my ol' man gave me a bat. The first day I played with it, it flew away. — Rodney Dangerfield

The most important knowledge is understanding what you can't do. — Bill Buford

Men may thus have several sorts of pleasures. The true pleasure is that for which they give up another. — Marcel Proust

We don't talk about anything. She talks, for sure. She talks and talks and talks. But we don't talk at all. — David Levithan