Inflectra Quotes & Sayings

Nature has many scenes to exhibit, and constantly draws a curtain over this part or that. She is constantly repainting the landscape and all surfaces, dressing up some scene for our entertainment. Lately we had a leafy wilderness; now bare twigs begin to prevail, and soon she will surprise us with a mantle of snow. Some green she thinks so good for our eyes that, like blue, she never banishes it entirely from our eyes, but has created evergreens. — Henry David Thoreau

What behaviors are rewarded? Punished? Where and how are people actually spending their resources (time, money, attention)? What rules and expectations are followed, enforced, and ignored? Do people feel safe and supported talking about how they feel and asking for what they need? What are the sacred cows? Who is most likely to tip them? Who stands the cows back up? What stories are legend and what values do they convey? What happens when someone fails, disappoints, or makes a mistake? How is vulnerability (uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure) perceived? How prevalent are shame and blame and how are they showing up? What's the collective tolerance for discomfort? Is the discomfort of learning, trying new things, and giving and receiving feedback normalized, or is there a high premium put on comfort (and how does that look)? — Brene Brown

You take 35 degrees out of 360 degrees and call it a photo. No individual photo explains anything. That's what makes photography such a wonderful and problematic medium. — Joel Sternfeld

The circle of salt's potential victims grew at an alarming rate. Part of Dahl's research into the evils of salt involved breeding a strain of salt-sensitive rats, in which he induced hypertension by feeding them commercially prepared baby food that contained added sodium. In April 1970, newspapers ran an Associated Press report about Dahl's findings under scary headlines like "Baby Food Salt May Be Harmful, Researcher Says." The report quoted Dahl calling salted baby food "a needless kind of risk. — Alan Levinovitz

It's not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them. — T. S. Eliot

Which is it," she asked. "Is it CLIToris or clotORis?"
I didn't know. Why didn't I know? "It may depend on which you have," I said. — Lorrie Moore

Mental health professionals have said for a long time that individuals cannot adapt well to too many life changes at once. If you suffer a loss in the family, change jobs, and move all within a short time, the chances are your own internal stability may break down, or show signs of serious strain. — Ronald A. Heifetz

Beware of anyone promising you help now. Inside yourself, it's only you who can help you. — Maggie Stiefvater

People think I'm crazy, but I'm in demand. — Ozzy Osbourne

You're not going anywhere. If I need to put you in chains to keep you by my side, then so be it. — Jayde Scott

I had been given the greatest gift an education could provide: I had a better idea of what it meant to live a good life — Eric Greitens

Don't you rob yourself of what you're feeling; don't rob yourself of all that you could be. — Dave Matthews Band

I will only make pictures that I won't be ashamed to have my children see. — Louis B. Mayer

Success is in the journey, but the reward is the view from the top. — Larry Stevens

You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind. — John Milton