Lindgaard Pedersen Quotes & Sayings

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place. — Frederic Bastiat

Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up. — Harvey Cushing

I have heard it said that if you stay in one place long enough, the whole world would eventually pass by you. I'm not sure if I buy that, but if you have four miles to walk to a lake, while stuck behind a bunch of teenage girls, you will hear quite enough gossip about the place you are in, not to mention the people who reside there, to make that world quite interesting. I have already learned quite enough about Reed Wellington, my beautiful sophomore guide with a penchant for rudeness. — Amy A. Bartol

He'd have made billions on this," Eve added.
"Grossed."
"I'll say it's gross."
"No, no." It was a relief to laugh. "Gross income. It would cost-has to cost enormously to run the labs, develop the technology, the school, the network. The net income would be substantial, I'd think, but Eve, the cost, the risk? I think you're looking at a labor of love. — J.D. Robb

Face it: a nation that maintains a 72% approval rating on George W. Bush is a nation with a very loose grip on reality. — Garrison Keillor

Although I am a person who expected to be rooted in one spot forever, as it has turned out I love having the memories of living in many places. — Frances Mayes

I have lived carefully, sheltered myself from the cold winds, eaten moderately of what was in season, drunk fine claret, slept in my own sheets; I shall live long. — Evelyn Waugh

Part of me wanted to run away from him screaming, Fire! A more reckless part was tempted to see how close I could get without ... combusting. — Becca Fitzpatrick

For you do not yet know the strengths of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet on the road. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea! — William Booth

You can buy freedom, but you can't buy honor. — Luke Zubrod

Isabel Wilkerson's book is a masterful narrative of the rich wisdom and deep courage of a great people. Don't miss it! — Cornel West

The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something. — Brandon Sanderson

Most people don't take some things into consideration. When they hear an album, they hear the artist or they hear the lyric or they hear the melody. But they don't really think about the environment in which it was recorded, which is so important. It's that thing that determines what the album sounds like. — Dave Grohl

I have this crazy collection of napkins and post-it notes I keep in a box under my desk, which I raid often and replenish constantly. — Catherine Cruzan