Marble And Natural Stone Quotes & Sayings

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it. — Samuel Johnson

Meditative thoughts assist people escape a vapid fantasy life and reconnect with ultimate reality. — Kilroy J. Oldster

If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts. — Vincent De Paul

Once or twice he pinched his arm with his fingers, really hard, but the only thing that did was make his arm hurt. — George R R Martin

Old school feminism, coveting social power, is blind to woman's cosmic sexual power. — Camille Paglia

For two centuries supporters of the Electoral College have built their arguments on a series of faulty premises. The Electoral College is a gross violation of the cherished value of political equality. At the same time, it does not protect the interests of small states or racial minorities, nor does it serve as a bastion of federalism. Instead the Electoral College distorts the presidential campaign so that candidates ignore most small states - and many large ones - and pay little attention to minorities. — George C. Edwards III

History has got a lot to do with unique circumstances under certain particular cases and grand theories will always find counter cases. I don't think that people whose expertise lies in one thing should try to make grand theories about something (a) where it's very hard to get the evidence to prove that you're right and (b) where it's much too easy to make up stories that seem right. — Richard Lewontin

I'm proud to be a railway modeler. It means more to me to be on the cover of Model Railroader than to be on the cover of a music magazine. — Rod Stewart

We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy. — Carl Sagan

Like all the girls back then I knew that being too clever was much worse than being too tall. Being five foot three, tongue-tied and blonde I mostly passed muster, except that I was so unskilled in small talk that I sometimes blurted big words (hypocrisy, or pretentiousness), which jumped out of my mouth like the toads of the fairy tale before I knew it. In any case, you could cultivate the wrong sort of silence - the sort that implied brooding self-absorption rather than attentiveness. — Lorna Sage

When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, 'Repent,' he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance. — Martin Luther

I was always admiring people who seemed to conduct themselves with ease in the world. Maybe that's a great gift to give your kids if you can do that. Because they can move through the world without neurosis, this anxiety about everything, which our own parents gave us. — Peter Capaldi

Bravery cannot be taught..
It needs to be tried, practised and tested..
In Self! — Abha Maryada Banerjee

Teas, Where small talk dies in agonies. — Percy Bysshe Shelley