Norman Bel Geddes Quotes & Sayings

Cultivating inner discipline is something that takes time; expecting rapid results is simply a sign of impatience. — Dalai Lama

When I was a fighting-man, the kettle-drums they beat, The people scattered gold-dust before my horses feet; But now I am a great king, the people hound my track With poison in my wine-cup, and daggers at my back. - The Road of Kings. The — Robert E. Howard

All things have beauty, but not everyone sees it — Confucius

Selfishness and fear are at the root of (pro-abortion) legislation ... We in the Church have a great struggle to defend life ... life is a gift not a threat. — Pope Benedict XVI

In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was all underground, but they needed the food of freedom that jazz offered. — Herbie Hancock

I like travelers, but I don't like tourists. The difference is that travelers don't shop and they don't play golf. — Tom Robbins

Some days I don't know what is greater.
My wisdom, or my stupidity. — Sanober Khan

If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals. — Susan B. Anthony

My parents think I'm better under pressure. — Tori Amos

One of life's little mysteries is how a two-pound box of chocolate can make a person gain five pounds. M — Jill Shalvis

When I was a teenager, I looked at over-fifties with pity and unease: they walked too slow, they talked too slow, they watched TV instead of going out to movies and concerts, their idea of a great party was hotpot with the neighbors and tucked into bed after the eleven o'clock news. But - like most other fifty-, sixty-, and seventysomethings who are in relative good health - I didn't mind it so much when my turn came. Because the brain doesn't age, although its ideas about the world may harden and there's a greater tendency to run off at the mouth about how things were in the good old days. — Stephen King

The sage never strives for greatness, and can therefore accomplish greatness. — Laozi

Visions from the gods are gifts alone for those who wander. — Roman Payne

God has given us a universe. It's really an expensive toy with no instructions. We're gonna break it sooner or later. — Kevin Maurer