Industrialism Era Quotes & Sayings

The cocoa-nut palm grows best near salt water, no matter how loose and sandy the soil is, and in these congenial circumstances needs neither manure nor care of any kind. It bends lovingly toward the sea and drops its ripe fruit into it. — Isabella Bird

The comments by the Leader of the Labour Party [Jeremy Corbyn] at the launch, however they were intended, are themselves offensive, and rather than rebuilding trust among the Jewish community, are likely to cause even greater concern. — Ephraim Mirvis

So they didn't let anybody else off. I can't live like this, I'm finished. Auschwitz was easy. — Witold Pilecki

She did not yet know the immense ability of the world to be casually cruel and proudly dull, — Sinclair Lewis

Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed. — Phil Donahue

Adaptability is the simple secret of survival. — Jessica Hagedorn

Men. And they think that we're the weaker sex. At least we don't whine about every little thing, now, do we? — Jennifer Estep

His Majesty is in a state meeting. He's requested that he not be disturbed."
"The man is already disturbed. I'm just here to beat some sense into his feeble little brain. — Michael J. Sullivan

It happened again this week. Hundreds of people had to be evacuated from O'Hare Airport in Chicago. Seems every time somebody went through with a weapon, the metal detectors accidentally went off. — Jay Leno

I used to think fear either numbed or nudged. Now I knew fear did neither. Fear was a key that fit every person's hollow spaces---those things that kept us cold at night and that place where we retreated when no one was looking---and all it could do was unlock what was already there. — Roshani Chokshi

For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music. — Eric Clapton

You can only believe so many lies before becoming one of them. — R. Scott Bakker

Break the Shell": "Child, it's time to break the shell Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself You cannot fly until you break the shell. — India.Arie

I've seen the smiling of Fortune beguiling, I've felt all its favours and found its decay; Sweet was its blessing, kind its caressing, But now it is fled, fled far, far away. — Richard Cobden

You wouldn't want to land on the Moon and launch to Mars. That would be very inefficient. — Charles Duke