Kingham Plough Quotes & Sayings

And what had he wanted? He'd never sat down to think about it. But mostly, he wanted yesterday to be different from today. — Terry Pratchett

Good doctors have at least three things in common: they know how to observe, they know how to listen, and they're very tired. — Gregory David Roberts

A 'human right' is, by definition, timeless. It cannot adhere to some societies and not others, at some times and not at other times. — Tom Stoppard

When I read these books, I no longer felt like I was confined to a very tiny world. I no longer felt housebound and bedbound. Really, I told myself, I was just brainbound. And this was not such a sorry state of affairs. My brain, with a little help from other people's brains, could take me to some pretty interesting places, and create all kinds of wonderful things. Despite its faults, my brain, I decided, was not the worst place in the world to be. — Gavin Extence

The civilized man is a more experienced and wiser savage. — Henry David Thoreau

Oh right. What about Wendy?" I ask
"What about her?"
"It's her birthday, too. I'm the worst friend ever. I should have sent her something. Did you exchange gifts?"
"Not yet." He turns toward me. "But she gave me the perfect gift."
The way he's looking at me sends butterflies into my stomach. "What?"
"You. — Cynthia Hand

There is a sneakiness about girls that they keep hid under sweetness and pouting and crying. — Michael Lee West

Until you know someone's full story, it is just a guess to determine whether s/he is pride full or humble, out of touch with reality or grounded. — Assegid Habtewold

Bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius - not the display of talent ... — John Geddes

Jesus becomes the captive of the hysterically religious, the chronically fearful, the insecure and even the neurotic among us, or he becomes little more than a fading memory, the symbol of an age that is no more and a nostalgic reminder of our believing past. To me, neither option is worth pursuing. — John Shelby Spong

But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's a great puzzle! — Lewis Carroll

Confidence is everything in this business. — Reese Witherspoon