Old Timers Knives Quotes & Sayings

Childhood often holds a truth with its feeble finger, which the grasp of manhood cannot retain,
which it is the pride of utmost age to recover. — John Ruskin

Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy's misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred. — Alexandre Dumas

When the [colonial] contact was violent, in fact, failure was more frequent than success. 'Colonialism' may have triumphed in the past: but today it is an obvious fiasco. And colonialism, typically, is the submergence of one civilisation by another. The conqured always submit to the stronger; but their submission is merely provisional when civilisations clash.
Long periods of enforced coexistence may include concessions or agreements and important, often fruitful, cultural exchange. But the process always has its limits. — Fernand Braudel

The fever, I realized, had gone. Beneath my feet, the hardwood floor felt cool on my feet, the air gentle against my itching legs. This was just the world, after all. Big, thoroughly mapped place to sell joy or buy it, hunt company or flee it, trust yourself or your friends or your instincts, stretch the hours as much as you could, and one day vanish. ("Safety Clowns") — Glen Hirshberg

It is important that we know who Christ is, especially the chief characteristic that is the root and essence of His character as our Redeemer. There can be but one answer: it is His humility. What is the Incarnation but His heavenly humility, His emptying himself and becoming man? What is His life on earth but humility; His taking the form of a servant? And what is His atonement but humility? "He humbled himself and became obedient to death." And what is His ascension and His glory but humility exalted to the throne and crowned with glory? "He humbled himself ... therefore God exalted Him to the highest place. — Andrew Murray

I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance. — Namie Amuro

Allow yourself the Freedom to Fail before you see Success Sail!-RVM — R.v.m.

The ladies perhaps had the advantage in the sheer size of — Mary Balogh

The people I admire most are those doing outstanding things for the poorest children, such as Michael Wilshaw at Mossbourne academy, Dan Moynihan and all those at the Harris academies, and those at chains such as Ark and the Haberdashers, who are driving up standards in the poorest areas. — Michael Gove

That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition of liberty is a form of primitive religion. — Neil Kinnock

Decidedly he has had too much wine,' I thought — Charlotte Bronte

Cause I feel like I'm the worst,
so I always act like I'm the best. — Marina And The Diamonds

I am an author of Christian Fantasy. My first 7 books were Christian Romance, but I came over to the Dark Side when I heard there were cookies. — Donita K. Paul