Lead Balloon Magda Quotes & Sayings

The goal in tasting wine is not to "find" the same aromas and flavors some other taster is describing. If you hone your own perceptual abilities and develop the vocabulary to articulate them, you'll not only derive more pleasure from the wine itself, but also stimulate better communication between you and the friends who are sharing the bottle. — Marvin Shanken

The village of Wall watched the battle of wills with fascination, wondering what the outcome would be, for no one crossed Bridget Forester: she had a tongue that could, the villagers said, blister the paint from a barn door and tear the bark from an oak. — Neil Gaiman

We become what we contemplate. — Plato

One important insight is that all organizations are networks. People may draw their organizations as hierarchies, but that doesn't change that they are actually networks. — Jurgen Appelo

I thought of Otto Frank not being a father anymore, left with a diary instead of a wife and two daughters. — John Green

I think Ive got a pretty good sense of humor. — PJ Harvey

I really don't know what to do when my life is not chaotic. — Carrie Brownstein

Three things remain with us from paradise: stars, flowers and children. — Dante Alighieri

Sometimes when you're in a more fast-paced place, with more to see and do, you miss out on things like nature and beautiful, God-made things. They call it "God's country"! — Valerie June

That our opinion does not coincide with that of others does not concern us in the least, for we are pleased only with that which pleases us, and not that with which others say we ought to be pleased. — Clarence Edgar Edwords

Life is a tragedy filled with suffering and despair and yet some people do manage to avoid jury duty. — Woody Allen

When I study and ponder moral agency and its eternal consequences, I realize that we are truly spirit children of God and therefore should act accordingly. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

A squiggle, they are believed to be the first animal ever drawn. — Bryan Christy

So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual. — Taiye Selasi