Middendorffuneralhome Quotes & Sayings

I found myself back in the sepulchral city resenting the sight of people hurrying through the streets to filch a little money from each other, to devour their infamous cookery, to gulp their unwholesome beer, to dream their insignificant and silly dreams. They trespassed upon my thoughts. — Joseph Conrad

Communist until you get rich. Feminist until you get married. Atheist until the airplane starts falling. — Juanda Brahma Metta

A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. — John Suckling

New kits!" she rasped, eyes shining. Featherwhisker hurried toward the medicine den and nearly ran into Goosefeather, who was wandering out of the fern tunnel. "Watch where you're going!" Featherwhisker snapped. Then he froze. "Sorry!" But Goosefeather just shambled past his apprentice and stopped at the fresh-kill pile. "Leopardfoot's kitting!" Featherwhisker called after him. "I know, I know," Goosefeather muttered distractedly as he began pawing through the pile. Turning each piece of prey with his paw, he leaned down and inspected them closely. — Erin Hunter

So here we are, in our rare and precious lives, surrounded by gorgeous moments begging to be noticed and celebrated. Go! Celebrate! — SARK

Everything unknown is magnified.
[Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.] — Tacitus

We live in an era of revolution, the revolution of rising expectations. — Adlai Stevenson

Even when early innovations start to succeed, it is not uncommon to see growing businesses sabotaged for threatening the status quo. — Jacqueline Novogratz

But there was always something about hay that always put her in a better mood. It smelled like summer, fresh, and clean. Full of the promise of renewal; of sustained life. — Sarah Price

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Pliny The Elder

How you answer the question, whether individuals should be persuaded to live their whole lives in a state of chemical dependency, first upon contraceptive steroids and then on replacement therapy, depends upon your regard for the autonomy of the individual. If men would not live their lives this way, why should women? — Germaine Greer

Adults are starved for a kind word. When you understand the power of honest praise (as opposed to bullshitting, flattery, and sucking up), you realize that withholding it borders on immoral. If you see something that impresses you, a decent respect to humanity insists you voice your praise. — Scott Adams

I'm fiercely protective of my children even though we are on TV. — Kimora Lee Simmons

Your body is a hyacinth,
Into which a monk dips his waxy fingers.
Our silence is a black cavern,
From which a soft animal steps at times
And slowly lowers heavy eyelids.
On your temples black dew drips,
The last gold of expired stars — Georg Trakl