Oberland Quotes & Sayings

Pericles, he reflected, was a sad case. He'd been a postman all his life, a solid, reliable worker, until one Christmas when he had stolen all the gifts he was meant to deliver: wind-chimes, scented candles, Belgian chocolates, cowbells from the Bernese Oberland. Most of the haul had been lavished on his elderly mother; the rest he had stashed in his bedroom, which the old lady, being too frail to climb the stairs, no longer cleaned. — Alison Fell

I want to see as many black professionals as possible. — Orlando Jones

Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored. — Terence McKenna

I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes. — Abbey Lincoln

The most important piece of equipment after the camera is a good pair of shoes. — David Hurn

Most writers in the course of their careers become thick-skinned and learn to accept vituperation, which in any other profession would be unimaginably offensive, as a healthy counterpoise to unintelligent praise. — Evelyn Waugh

I can think of nothing that Saddam Hussein can do diplomatically (to avoid war). I think that time is now over. He's had his chance, he has had many chances over the last 12 years and he has blown every one of those chances. — Colin Powell

I was there less than a year before I was assigned to the Paris bureau. I spent two years there and, in fact, before I even went on the staff I was sent to Europe to do assignments which they wouldn't normally do for a young photographer just starting out. — Gordon Parks

Namely, when asked to pee on a person, shouldn't you make absolutely sure you've heard correctly? — Sara Barron