Jemiah Fowler Quotes & Sayings

If I must fall, may it be from a high place. — Paulo Coelho

The closest thing to perfection is imperfection — Kamand Kojouri

She was the most confusing person he had ever met — Lloyd Alexander

What is modern art but the attempt to pinpoint vague, incorporeal, inexpressible sensations? What is modern art, I would add, but the most solemn pile of nonsense that ever appeared on Earth? — Italo Calvino

To hit bottom is to fall from grace. — Douglas Horton

I don't even like money. It just quiets my nerves. — Joe Louis

Which is more worthwhile earning: a large fortune or the esteem and gratitude of the nation? This question is prompted anew by the death of ex-Secretary of the Interior [Franklin K.] Lane. He remained in public service, doing most noble work, until his means became absolutely exhausted, and he died before having had the opportunity to reaccumulate any bank account ... He died leaving no estate whatsoever. Is what he did leave more to be desired, more to be coveted, than a fortune reaching into six or seven figures? — B.C. Forbes

It is probably a pity that every citizen of each state cannot visit all the others, to see the differences, to learn what we have in common, and come back with a richer, fuller understanding of America - in all its beauty, in all its dignity, in all its strength, in support of moral principles. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind sees the path — Antonio Machado

We all want a United Africa, United not only in our concept of what unity connotes, but united in our common desire to move forward together in dealing with all the problems that can best be solved only on a continental basis. — Kwame Nkrumah

There are certain mystical belief systems that believe that taking pictures takes an aspect of the soul, but beyond that it's just the idea that once you're captured in a photograph, then a million presumptions are made of you, and you are forever frozen in that one moment, and you are perceived to be the embodiment of that moment, and that, of course, is an illusion. — Madonna Ciccone

We think with horror now of the days when we burnt witches. I believe the day will come when we will shudder to think that we ever hanged criminals. — Agatha Christie