Membered Rings Quotes & Sayings

Pedestrianism, [William Bingley] claims, is the most 'useful' mode of travel, 'if health and strength are not wanting.'
'To a naturalist, it is evidently so; since, by this means, he is enabled to examine the country as he goes along; and when he sees occasion, he can also strike out of the road, amongst the mountains or morasses, in a manner completely independent of all those obstacles that inevitably attend the bringing of carriages or horses.'
Bingley has a specific reason here for valuing the combination of freedom and intimacy with one's surroundings enjoyed by the pedestrian, but his rationale is generalisable to other travellers. — Robin Jarvis

If schools continue to follow an outdated educational model focusing on preparation for an industrialized workforce, they run the risk of becoming irrelevant to our students and communities. — Eric C. Sheninger

It is unrealistic, I think - and by "unrealistic" I mean it is a demand that cannot be met - to assume that if all goes well in a child's life, he or she will be happy. Not because life is the kind of thing that doesn't make you happy; but because happiness is not something one can ask of a child. Children, I think, suffer - in a way that adults don't always realize - under the pressure their parents put on them to be happy, which is the pressure not to make their parents unhappy, or more unhappy than they already are. — Jennifer Senior

Before you talk to the world, talk to yourself. And, before you listen to the world, listen to yourself. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

I grew up Windlesham in Surrey, which is a beautiful and quaint village. — Kirsty Gallacher

I am perfectly happy to compromise and work with anybody: Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians - I'll work with Martians if - and the if is critical - they're willing to cut spending and reduce the debt. — Ted Cruz

Few cultures have not produced the idea that in some past era the world ran better than it does now. — Elizabeth Janeway

Art without heart is craft. — Eric Gibbons

I was not alone in the human condition. — Lisa Wingate

You have no idea how damaged I am and honestly, I don't even understand why you are still here. — Daniele Lanzarotta

I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm hoping that I'm getting better as I get older. — Darren Aronofsky

Sweet praise is like perfume. It is fine if you don't swallow it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The world is just as harsh a taskmaster as any other lord, and in the end it's a lord without mercy. — Sigrid Undset

Every anniversary was a victory, a middle finger to everyone who thought we wouldn't last. — Jamie McGuire