Oriental Trader Quotes & Sayings

The only convincing document he could write was a love letter. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. — Samuel Johnson

The second reason for the failure of industrial agriculture is its wastefulness. In natural or biological systems, waste does not occur. And it is easy to produce examples of nonindustrial human cultures in which waste was or is virtually unknown. All that is sloughed off in the living arc of a natural cycle remains within the cycle; it becomes fertility, the power of life to continue. In nature death and decay are as necessary - are, one may almost say, as lively - as life; and so nothing is wasted. There is really no such thing, then, as natural production; in nature, there is only reproduction. But — Wendell Berry

Don't confuse activity with action. — Mark Sanborn

Tis the perception of the beautiful, A fine extension of the faculties, Platonic, universal, wonderful, Drawn from the stars, and filtered through the skies, Without which life would be extremely dull — Lord Byron

I think Joan Rivers is such an untapped legend that people just don't appreciate, because they grew up with her on QVC, or they grew up with her on E!, or they grew up watching her do the things that in their minds the more prestigious comics wouldn't have taken or done. — Julie Klausner

In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves! — Marjane Satrapi

Can I borrow your phone?"
There's no hesitation.
"No." I sigh through my nose.
"Look. I totally butchered the last call. I don't want Jonah not knowing how much I love him if I go and die tonight or something."
Karl leans back against the wood paneled wall.
"Then don't die."

Lyons, Heather (2013-11-03). A Matter of Truth (Fate Series Book 3) (p. 144). Cerulean Books. Kindle Edition. — Heather Lyons

We are not content to pass away entirely from the scenes of our delight; we would leave, if but in gratitude, a pillar and a legend. — Robert Louis Stevenson

But you know we're always going to have to rely on the goodwill of those of you who are straight for our survival. And that's the damned truth. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

The pedal is the soul of the piano. — Anton Rubinstein

Some people believe God is involved in every little decision we make. Some people believe you're given the free will to make the decisions. Sometimes people believe God is not involved at all. — Dean Cain

Stop it!" he yelled, gripping my arms. "Don't you get it? You can't win!"
"Then kill me! — Richelle Mead

For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us — John Ortberg