Parlees Farm Quotes & Sayings

It is not the drinker, but the man who has just stopped drinking, who thinks the world is going to the dogs. — H.L. Mencken

Without question, the balance of power on the planet today lies in the hands of business. Corporations rival governments in wealth, influence, and power. Indeed, business all too often pulls the strings of government. Competing institutions-religion, the press, even the military-play subordinate roles in much of the world today. If a values-driven approach to business can begin to redirect this vast power toward more constructive ends than the simple accumulation of wealth, the human race and Planet Earth will have a fighting chance. — Ben Cohen

Truth is naturally universal ... and shines into many different windows, though many are clouded. — Anya Seton

In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility. — Nelson Mandela

No matter how invisible
I feel, I will always be wrapped
in the memory
of life as a captive.
- Quebrado — Margarita Engle

The big ideas always come in flashes. I don't really craft stories that much. I genuinely don't know where these people come from, and I've often wondered if writing is just a socially acceptable form of madness. — Taiye Selasi

She cannot receive any power from me greater than she now has, which consists in her own purity and innocence of heart. — H.B. Paull

Short term memory is not good. — Jim McMahon

I guess some of us are just born with Tragedy in our blood — Richard Kelly

While every refugee's story is different and their anguish personal, they all share a common thread of uncommon courage - the courage not only to survive, but to persevere and rebuild their shattered lives. — Antonio Guterres