Mosman And The Bird Quotes & Sayings

I don't know. I don't know anything, really. I just feel. And when the feeling is strong enough, then I just say I know. But I don't ... — Betty Smith

It seems far simpler to go ahead and say that the epic is a fantastic myth, that happens to be true of the material Universe, that other myths are true in terms of their cultural meaning, and that there's absolutely no problem with holding more than one story, just as there's no problem with viewing the sunset in terms of planetary rotation and spectra and nuclear fusions one moment and as visual splendor the next. — Ursula Goodenough

In his book The African Slave Trade, Basil Davidson contrasts law and in the Congo in the early 16th century with law in Portugal and England. In those European countries, where the idea of private property was becoming powerful, theft was punishable brutally. In England, even as late as 1740, a child could be hanged for stealing a rag of cotton. But in the Congo, communal life persisted. The idea of private property was a strange one, and thefts were punished with fines or various degrees of servitude.

A Congolese leader told of the Portuguese legal codes asked a Portuguese once, teasingly, 'What is the penalty in Portugal for anyone who puts his feet on the ground? — Howard Zinn

When you're upset, you do weights." "Is that another one of your theories, Mom?" "It's more than a theory, Ari. — Anonymous

Ani felt a stirring, a hope, a winged thing waking up in her chest and brushing her heart with it's feathers. — Shannon Hale

But fight we must; and conquer we shall; in the end. — Abraham Lincoln

I measure every grief I meet with narrow, probing eyes - I wonder if it weighs like mine - or has an easier size. — Emily Dickinson

Becoming Richard Pryor is a compulsively readable book that sets a new gold standard for American biography. Scott Scaul's research is extraordinary; his writing is taut, elegant, and insightful; and he captures both the hilarity and pain that made Richard Pryor such a towering figure, — Debby Applegate

We're playing the same songs, the same way, that we have for years. — Daisy Berkowitz

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire. — Patti Smith

It should now be clear why the method of Philosophy is so different from that of the natural sciences. Experiments are not made, because they would be utterly useless. — Charles D. Broad

Because we were both writers and both worked at home our days were filled with the sound of each other's voice — Joan Didion

Over these things I could not see;
These were the things that bounded me;
And I could touch them with my hand,
Almost, I thought, from where I stand.
And all at once things seemed so small
My breath came short, and scarce at all. — Edna St. Vincent Millay