Macduff Noble Quotes & Sayings

Children have a natural antipathy to books- handicraft should be the basis of education. Boys and girls should be taught to use their hands to make something, and they would be less apt to destroy and be mischievous. — Oscar Wilde

Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I 've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower But 't was the first to fade away. I never nurs'd a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die. — Charles Lamb

Even if everyone is doing it, wrong is never right — Russell M. Nelson

I want to see abstract art move. Especially in the '30s, you had animators doing innovative work, and I was entranced by that. It's basically what you see when you close your eyes, when you fall asleep. — Michel Gondry

The only book I ever read cover to cover was The Pete Rose Story. I read half of The Lou Gehrig Story and then made a book report on it for four straight years. — Pete Rose

Often we are not aware of how close we are to that which we need but we think we do not have. In His grace, God has placed some hidden gold somewhere in all of us that meets our need at a desperate moment. — Ravi Zacharias

He sat there silent, watching their love expire. — Marcel Proust

I am quite quiet: I don't feel as though I have to express myself with words too often. Maybe I should do more. — Sean Bean

For apprentices everywhere - no one told us that love was the hardest craft to master — Elif Shafak

most things I worry 'bout never happen anyway — Tom Petty