Jasper Maskelyne Quotes & Sayings

When an almond tree became covered with blossoms in the heart of winter, all the trees around it began to jeer. 'What vanity,' they screamed, 'what insolence! Just think, it believes it can bring spring in this way!' The flowers of the almond tree blushed for shame. 'Forgive me, my sisters,' said the tree. 'I swear I did not want to blossom, but suddenly I felt a warm springtime breeze in my heart. — Nikos Kazantzakis

Democracy - or any improvement on it - will rest on the layman's right to criticize. His criticism will be often - very often - damn silly, but if, like Plato and the Fascists, we take away his right to criticize, we take away his right to appreciate. — Louis MacNeice

There wasn't really one time in my life where I was like, 'I want to be a model!' — Bella Hadid

Peace is always possible. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go. — Humphrey Bogart

One problem I have with faith-healing is that it tends to be focused only on the physical aspect of healing. But Jesus always backed away when people came to him only to get their physical needs met. My goodness, he was ready to have you lop off your hand! His real interest was in healing the soul. — Joni Eareckson Tada

Be respectful to others as you grow ... If we lack respect for one group, then there is a tendency for that attitude to spread. It becomes infectious and no one becomes safe from the ravages of prejudice. — Walter Annenberg

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him. — Benjamin Franklin

It's easy to be miserable. Being happy is tougher - and cooler. — Thom Yorke

Difficulty shows what men are. — Epictetus

The healing of the spirit has not been completed until openness to challenge becomes a way of life. — M. Scott Peck

I won't take parts where the female character has no substance. — Margot Robbie

What life she had left could be measured in hours. Small recompense though they were, they belonged to me now. I had only to claim them. — Kim Van Alkemade

In the days when Glastonbury was an alternative festival, it was quite interesting. Now it is the most bourgeois thing on the planet ... we'll leave the middle classes to do Glastonbury and the rest of the great unwashed will decamp to Knebworth and drink a lot of beer and have fun. — Bruce Dickinson