Lakefield View Quotes & Sayings

Unfortunately, there will always be a segment of the population who blindly follow, even after overwhelming evidence is presented to them. — Sarah Noffke

Well, bless my soul, what stupid creatures one has to mix with in this world! — Knut Hamsun

The perpetual charm of Arabia is that the traveler finds his level there simply as a human being; the people's directness, deadly to the sentimental or pedantic, likes the less complicated virtues ... — Freya Stark

I was putting too much stress on my body and not living a healthy life style, I wasn't taking care of myself. I was able to turn that around by having a belief in myself and trusting God and then doing what it took to get healthy again. — John Assaraf

They dig holes from time to time,' the Colonel explains. 'It is probably for them what chess is for me. It has no special meaning, does not transport them anywhere. All of us dig at our own pure holes. We have nothing to achieve by our activities, nowhere to get to. Is there not something marvelous about this? We hurt no one and no one gets hurt. No victory, no defeat. — Haruki Murakami

In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them. — Colleen Atwood

In Lakefield View, everybody has a secret. Behind every smile lies a dark story. Behind every hello is a hidden goodbye. — Gavin Hetherington

Mathematics is the music of reason. To do mathematics is to engage in an act of discovery and conjecture, intuition and inspiration; to be in a state of confusion - not because it makes no sense to you, but because you gave it sense and you still don't understand what your creation is up to; to have a break-through idea; to be frustrated as an artist; to be awed and overwhelmed by an almost painful beauty; to be alive, damn it. — Paul Lockhart

For when once people have begun to believe that prosperity is the reward of virtue, their next calamity is obvious. If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue. Men will leave off the heavy task of making good men successful. He will adopt the easier task of making out successful men good. — G.K. Chesterton

The captured soldiers should be kindly treated and kept. — Sun Tzu

I like the idea of challenging Hollywood on its own turf. It's important to do that. — Bruno Dumont

The only requirement of a symbol is that it have substance underneath: The first thing to do is to try to establish the substance. The style comes after the substance. Only then can the style help the substance, and vice versa. — Wally Olins

You want somethin' else, Eddie, and you can never have her! — Arthur Miller