Machielas Orchids Quotes & Sayings

And that day the cultural god of science had shone a bit less brightly, had died a little in the people's minds. — Clifford D. Simak

In 2003, I introduced and passed The Tornado Shelters Act, which allows local governments to use Community Development Block Grant funds to construct storm shelters in manufactured housing communities. — Spencer Bachus

We're all on the journey of a lifetime. God is our shepherd, and we have only to do what He asks of us. Kindness for one another, love for each other, that is what will change the world. Medicine can heal the body. But only God can make well the human soul. — Lurlene McDaniel

The clustering of technological innovation in time and space helps explain both the uneven growth among nations and the rise and decline of hegemonic powers. — Robert Gilpin

The old house had a thousand doors in it.

All old houses do. You can see them if you know how to look: the noontime shadow of a windowpane crawling with intent across a floor; unmeasured angles of wall meeting wall; fireplaces grown chill with unused years. Archways with unseen contours you can trace with a finger in the cracks as brick grinds against brick in settling walls. Some nights, and some houses are doorways entire, silhouettes against the evening's last light black on black like an opening into a darker sky. You just have to look. An eye-corner glance will do, if you don't turn and stare and explain it away. — Michael Montoure

When you are a success, your old friends will boast of your accomplishments and your new friends will celebrate your achievements. Your old friends will say " i knew you when you were.." Don't worry about them, their story ends there. — Crystal Evans

Hannah's magic cure for every ill," he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten. — Elizabeth George Speare

Ever since the end of Medieval feudalism, and the writings of John Locke, we have understood the importance of being able to buy and sell one's own property, including books and watches, both for reasons of economics and liberty. — Marvin Ammori

I want to go to my grave a free man. Surviving against giants-that's victory. — Todd McFarlane

I think that most people who write about music just want to fill some paper. They're not really interested in getting to the heart of something. Otherwise, they wouldn't write what they write. — Tim Gane

Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second. — Marc Riboud

I have writing songs on my own for about six years. — Joanna Newsom

We need to be generous with the women following in our footsteps in the hope that they will be generous with us. — Tina Sloan