Parmenter School Quotes & Sayings

Only rarely do we see beyond the needs of humanity, and he linked this blindness to our Christian and humanist infrastructure. It arose 2,000 years ago and was then benign, and we were no significant threat to Gaia. Now that we are over six billion hungry and greedy individuals, all aspiring to a first-world lifestyle, our urban way of life encroaches upon the domain of the living Earth. — James E. Lovelock

My husband doesn't listen because his mother didn't make him listen. What am I going to do, beat him? I mean: firstborn of a southern family? Firstborn boy? Please. I mean, I love him to death, but is he going to take the garbage out? No. — Carol Bartz

Similes are like metaphors. — H. Dean

The 1935 Social Security Act established 65 as the age of eligibility for payouts. But welfare state politics quickly becomes a bidding war, enriching the menu of benefits, so in 1956 Congress entitled women to collect benefits at 62, extending the entitlement to men in 1961. — George Will

Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church. — Martin Sheen

Function words behave differently than you might think. For example, the most commonly used word in spoken English, I, is used at far higher rates by followers than by leaders, truth-tellers than liars. People who use high rates of articles - a, an, the - do better in college than low users. And if you want to find your true love, compare the ways you use function words with that of your prospective partners. — James W. Pennebaker

This time it is real - all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death! — John Muir

I think any band we played with would be a weird match. We're on our own, a little out there, but it's a good thing. I think we're complimentary to each other. — Jon Crosby

On this voyage, you will witness the marvels that this city has brought the world. It — Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues. — Anthony Trollope

I really feel like becoming a director came from other women saying, 'Yeah, you can do this.' I wanted to direct 'Six Feet Under,' and no, they didn't let me. — Jill Soloway

I've been playing music most of my life. — Adam Duritz

It's a big deal for me to say I'm over politics. — Shirley Maclaine