Mrs Beeton Household Management Quotes & Sayings

Few indeed are those who continue to be openhanded after they have acquired the means for it. Such as these are princes among men, before whom one must bow down — Albert Camus

An old Celtic proverb boldly places death right at the center of life. 'Death is the middle of a long life,' they used to say. Ancient people did things like that; they put death at the center instead of casting it out of sight and leaving such an important subject until the last possible moment. Of course, they lived close to nature and couldn't help but see how the forest grew from fallen trees and how death seemed to replenish life from fallen members. Only the unwise and the overly fearful think that death is the blind enemy of life. — Michael Meade

The world we could have is so much richer than the world we have settled for. — Malcolm Gladwell

No matter where they are or who they're with, dogs are incapable of being anything but themselves. Show me a dog that puts on airs or laughs politely at an unfunny joke and I'll show you a human in a dog costume, possibly one owned and licensed by the Walt Disney Company. — Meghan Daum

I was just getting acquainted with the wood. I wanted to see if it was maple or pine. — Kurt Rambis

What is painting today? It's a discontinued thing, discontinued from anything serious that happened in the past ... — Matthew Collings

I believe that from the earth emerges a musical poetry that is by the nature of its sources tonal. I believe that these sources cause to exist a phonology of music, which evolves from the universal, and is known as the harmonic series. — Leonard Bernstein

Tell me what happened," he demands. "Um, well, I touched it." "You touched what?" "It. You know, his boy part." Damian snickers. "Seriously, Keats, you shouldn't be touching it if you aren't mature enough to say it. Besides, what's the big deal?" "Shut up. And it's a big deal for us. I mean, I still haven't actually seen it, but I kinda felt it." "Felt it, or did something to it?" "Fine. I did something to it with my hand." "That would be called a hand job, Keats. Say it with me now. H-a-n-d J-o-b. — Jillian Dodd

In general I ask for books that make use of learning, not those that build it up. — Michel De Montaigne

Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty. — Martha Friedman

Do you like what you're doing/would you do it some more/or will you stop once and wonder what you're doing it for? — Nick Drake

I've always been into monsters. — Rhys Darby

Look, sometimes being a hero isn't about getting the glory. It's about doing what needs to be done -Liam — Christopher Healy

If the grass is greener in the other fellow's yard- let him worry about cutting it. — Fred Allen