Kouwenhoven House Quotes & Sayings

In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the bond between Earth and Sky. Its solitary summit reaches the sphere of eternity, and its base spreads out in manifold foothills into the world of mortals. It is the way by which man can raise himself to the divine and by which the divine can reveal itself to man. — Rene Daumal

The hawk is aerial brother of the wave which he sails over and surveys, those his perfect air-inflated wings answering to the elemental unfledged pinions of the sea. — Henry David Thoreau

It's strange to sleep. Sleep is a mysterious thing even in the simplest of people. When you're sleepy, you seem to be getting sick, losing energy, losing clear thought, lying down out of weakness. Then you succumb to the weakness and what happens next resembles death. And then you dream. You abide in a world whose rules are hidden even from you - you who create it. — Tony Burgess

Sailboats with they were stars, floating softly through the sky, among our dreams that pay goodbye. — Adam Young

I work with nature, although in completely new terms. — Bridget Riley

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind. — Joseph Conrad

The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children. — Jim Trelease

Two Dimensions of Executive Skills: Thinking and Doing Executive skills involving thinking (cognition) Working memory Planning/prioritization Organization Time management Metacognition Executive skills involving doing (behavior) Response inhibition Emotional control Sustained attention Task initiation Goal-directed persistence Flexibility — Richard Guare

The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing. — Billie Joe Armstrong