Man Made Hazards Quotes & Sayings

Those who have the power of reproaching in silence may find it a means more effective than words. There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales come from pale lips than can enter an ear. — Thomas Hardy

There are two kinds of warriors:
those on the battlefield,
and those in the boardroom;
both are out to win.
But the age of King Alexander has gone,
and the age of Bill Gates has come. — Matshona Dhliwayo

There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he's absolutely free to choose. — William M. Bulger

It is good to stop by the track for a space, put aside the knapsack, wipe the brows, and talk a little of the upper slopes of the mountain we think we are climbing, would but the trees let us see it. — H.G.Wells

Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action. — Hans Jonas

Poetry is superior to painting in the presentation of words, and painting is superior to poetry in the presentation of facts. For this reason I judge painting to be superior to poetry. — Leonardo Da Vinci

the woman is rain,
and when she falls,
she is a monsoon.
to love her is to drown. — AVA.

At some time during the process, [of writing] I came up with a therapeutic device. After each draft I would tear up the pages and feed the paper to a worm compost I keep in my garage. A few months later, those painful pages were dirt that nourished my yard, which I could walk with bare feet. It was a real and tangible connection to that larger immensity. I liked to remind myself that the same process is going to happen to me when I'm done, when I die and nature tears me up... — Ryan Holiday

From the earliest moments of life, children begin to learn the fundamentals of language. The most powerful influence for effective language development are the verbal interactions with caregivers. — David Perlmutter

Guys don't know the power we hold over them with the right tint of lip gloss. — Robin Mellom

When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story. — Charles Baxter

No amount of toying with shades of print or with printing papers will transform a commonplace photograph into anything other than a commonplace photograph. — Bill Brandt

For me, to be a feminist is to answer the question 'Are women human?' with a yes. — Katha Pollitt

Genet raised his hand, and I squeezed my eyes shut, sure I would be receiving the worst backhanded slap of my life.
Genet froze and whimpered, but didn't back away.
"Oh, ho," said a familiar voice. "That was close !" I opened my eyes as North's free hand - the one that hadn't caught Genet's wrist - gently pulled my arm free. I pushed myself away from both of them.
"You interrupt my business ?" Genet sputtered. "Do you know what this wench just accused me of being ?"
"A filthy pig," North said good-naturedly. "But there's only one filthy pig allowed in her life, and the position's been filled. — Alexandra Bracken