Margosa Quotes & Sayings

All the evidence of history suggests that man is indeed a rational animal, but with a near infinite capacity for folly ... He draws blueprints for Utopia, but never quite gets it built. In the end he plugs away obstinately with the only building material really ever at hand
his own part comic, part tragic, part cussed, but part glorious nature. — Robert S. McNamara

You can't second-guess ineffability, I always say. — Terry Pratchett

She had no idea what the future would hold for any of them, beyond possibilities as infinite as the stars.

And really, that was enough. — Melissa Landers

We are combining elements like tuxedos and workwear, for contrast; some looks also are based on 30s-era inspirations. — Renzo Rosso

If your going to be ugly it is well to be whole-hearted about it, put some effort in. Georges turned heads. — Hilary Mantel

My brethren, let me say, be like Christ at all times. Imitate him in "public." Most of us live in some sort of public capacity-many of us are called to work before our fellow-men every day. We are watched; our words are caught; our lives are examined-taken to pieces. The eagle-eyed, argus-eyed world observes everything we do, and sharp critics are upon us. Let us live the life of Christ in public. Let us take care that we exhibit our Master, and not ourselves-so that we can say, "It is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me." — Charles Spurgeon

Feeling stuck or indecisive? Listen to your intuition and make a decision — Doreen Virtue

The great charm and comfort of the system is, that its affects are palpable within a week of trial, which creates a natural stimulus to persevere for few weeks more, when the fact becomes established beyond question. — William Banting

For the Reformation is nothing other than Augustianianism come to its rights: the turning away from all that is human to rest on God alone for salvation. — Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield

I loved Europe so much. — Robin Wright

I learned so much in the year after Flickr was acquired. People forget, but Flickr launched in February 2004. And a year later, the deal was done with Yahoo, and we closed it in March of 2005. It was really independent for a relatively short period of time. — Stewart Butterfield

When I was younger I did things with a camera I would not do by myself. I went down to the docks in San Francisco and asked a fisherman if he would take me out on his boat. I would never do that without a camera. — Annie Leibovitz

The gene that enables birds to learn songs can become cancer-causing. There is no normal physiological process that can't be bastardized by the disease. — Siddhartha Mukherjee

When certain concepts of TeX are introduced informally, general rules will be stated; afterwards you will find that the rules aren't strictly true. In general, the later chapters contain more reliable information than the earlier ones do. The author feels that this technique of deliberate lying will actually make it easier for you to learn the ideas. Once you understand a simple but false rule, it will not be hard to supplement that rule with its exceptions. — Donald Knuth

I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree level. — John Dyer