Mclaren Port Quotes & Sayings

For not by art does the poet sing, but by power divine. Had he learned by rules of art, he would have known how to speak not of one theme only, but of all; and therefore God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his ministers, as he also uses diviners and holy prophets, in order that we who hear them may know them to be speaking not of themselves who utter these priceless words in a state of unconsciousness, but that God himself is the speaker, and that through them he is conversing with us. — Plato

once, didn't ye? He weren't so sure about — Dorothy Cannell

The few that pray at all pray oft amiss. — William Cowper

So, in the name of science, I demand that we mess around with guns! — Andrew Hall

Every community has its own specialty and it's not just for clothing obviously, but for the home, etc. — Tracy Reese

I do not understand when a person is more concerned with the appearance of their house than the state of their home. — Gillian Duce

If you really want to engage in policy activity, don't make that your vocation. Make it your avocation. Get a job. Get a secure base of income. Otherwise, you're going to get corrupted and destroyed. — Milton Friedman

Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship. — Norman Maclean

I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom. — Esther Dyson

One must realize that all who have accumulated great fortunes first did a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring, and planning before they acquired money. — Napoleon Hill

There can be no greater privilege in life than to be chosen to lead your country. — Nicola Sturgeon

Some have lavish garments, carry sharp swords, and feast on food and drink. They possess more than they can spend. This is called the vanity of robbers. It is certainly not the Way. — Laozi

Such exceptional suffering and calamity, then, affecting the hero, and-we must now add-generally extending far and wide beyond him, so as to make the whole scene a scene of woe, are an essential ingredient in tragedy and a chief source of the tragic emotions, and especially of pity. But the proportions of this ingredient, and the direction taken by tragic pity, will naturally vary greatly. — A. C. Bradley

Our ability to know about ourselves and the world is what makes us human — Veronica Roth