Oncidium Altissimum Quotes & Sayings

Books have a world all their own — Madeline Hunter

Whatever may be our condition in life, it is better to lay hold of its advantages than to count its evils. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Today people use as many words as they can and think themselves very wise for doing so. For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many. — Norton Juster

Wine, like the rising sun, possession gains,
And drives the mist of dullness from the brains,
The gloomy vapor from the spirit flies,
And views of gaiety and gladness rise. — George Crabbe

When we appear to be "more a loser than a victor" on the Path it is easy to lose sight of the fact that we are growing spiritually. — Tom Payne

I'm very accessible. I don't get into this ego thing. — Scott Hamilton

Certainly, every student and school ought to have standards and evaluation, but who sets those standards, and who writes the test? Whoever controls the test controls the school. — James Lankford

I laugh at anyone who spends so much time writing about what doesn't exist - mental concepts. — Graham Greene

And the man who remains calm inevitably takes command of a situation. — Hope Mirrlees

Writing is a form of licensed madness. — Mal Peet

And the roads beckoned us to wander... — Avijeet Das

There rises the moon, broad and tranquil, through the branches of a walnut tree on a hill opposite. I apostrophize it in the words of Faust; "O gentle moon, that lookest for the last time upon my agonies!"
or something to that effect. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There are two different forms of storytelling: Novels tend to come from the inside of a character, and movies tend to look at them from the outside in relation to others in their world. — Walter Kirn

Yes, Your Grace," I correct her. "I am My Lady, the King's Mother, now, and you shall curtsey to me, as low as to a queen of royal blood. This was my destiny: to put my son on the throne of England, and those who laughed at my visions and doubted my vocation will call me My Lady, the King's Mother, and I shall sign myself Margaret Regina: Margaret R. — Philippa Gregory

But it's the science of the stars!"
"She thinks it's Satanic. You gave her daughter a pentagram."
"It's a natal chart, duh. You can't let ignorance trump science here, Miss Mary! — Felicia Day