Mudroom Storage Quotes & Sayings

Thoughts - just mere thoughts - are as powerful as electric batteries - as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. — Frances Hodgson Burnett

I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father. — Natalie Massenet

The idea of being able to build things bottom up, atom by atom, has made [scientists] all into tinkerers. And all of a sudden scientists are seeking designers, just like designers are seeking scientists. — Paola Antonelli

I am much less interested in what is called God's word than in God's deeds. All bibles are man-made. — Thomas A. Edison

Day-to-day political debates are also contests between metaphors. Citizens are not rational and pay no attention to facts, except as they fit into frames, and the frames are "fixed in the neural structures of [their] brains." In George W. Bush's first term, for example, he promised tax relief, which frames taxes as an affliction, the reliever as a hero, and anyone obstructing him as a villain. — Steven Pinker

All the oxygen of the world was in them.
All the feet of the babies of the world were in them.
All the crotches of the angels of the world were in them.
All the morning kisses of Philadelphia were in them. — Anne Sexton

The final goal of human effort is man's self-transforma tion. — Lewis Mumford

At the same time, though, I was beginning to wonder if this was just how it was supposed to be for me, like perhaps I wasn't capable of having that many people in my life at any one time. My mom turned up, Nate walked away, one door opening as another clicked shut. — Sarah Dessen

That's American English for you: more roots than a mangrove swamp. — Roy Blount Jr.

One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God. — Oswald Chambers

A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual. — Oscar De La Renta

We all have our own personal roads to travel,
it's only when we follow someone else's road
that we deviate from our own journey.
Be Strong and Travel Your Own Road — Steven Aitchison

People who are obsessed with Jesus aren't consumed with their personal safety and comfort above all else. Obsessed people care more about God's kingdom coming to this earth than their own lives being shielded from pain or distress. — Francis Chan