Kubla Khan Famous Quotes & Sayings

My house was once an acorn. — Roger Deakin

Homeboy Bakery is an alternative to kids who have found themselves, regrettably, in gangs and want to redirect their lives. — Greg Boyle

The second kind you make yourself. Most people, most of their lives, most of their problems, they simply invite into their lives, sweep out a guestroom for each pain, and give it free lodging and board. — John C. Wright

I think patriotism is like charity
it begins at home. — Henry James

The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting. — Sallust

Life is a balance. We tend to forget that as we go blithely from day to day. We eat and drink and sleep and assume that we will always rise up the next day, that meals and rest will always replenish us. Injuries we expect to heal, and pain to lessen as times goes by. Even when we are faced with wounds that heal more slowly, with pain that lessens by day only to return in full force at nightfall, even when sleep does not leave us rested, we still expect that somehow tomorrow all will come back into balance and that we will go on. At some point, the exquisite balance has tipped, and despite all our flailing efforts, we begin the slow fall from the body that maintains itself to the body that struggles, nails clawing, to cling to what it used to be. — Robin Hobb

It is a happy moment when our desire crosses with the will of Heavenly Father. — C.S. Lewis

The Web is fascinating and transformative, but it's an easy, flashy, get-rich-quick option to the hard graft of proper industry. — James Dyson

John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an elegant first lady, and two adorable young children. — Kitty Kelley

I don't even think in terms of ambition. — Kevin Spacey

Sometimes all we need to do to forgive our parents is to understand their own childhoods. — Karen White

I wish I could take a low-quality photo of my dessert and text it to someone who's not interested. — Jim Gaffigan