Pearse Museum Quotes & Sayings

When I came there I found all my family gone, for the Indians had killed five people in the winter near that place, which frightened my wife and family away to Roanoke about 35 miles nearer in among the inhabitants, which I was informed of by an old man I met near the place. — Christopher Gist

The National Herald, founded by Jawaharlal Nehru, supported the Emergency throughout, and cautiously removed the quote 'Freedom is in peril, defend it with all your might' from its masthead. — Coomi Kapoor

Environmental historians ... insist that we have got to go ... down to the earth itself as an agent and presence in history. Here we will discover even more fundamental forces at work over time. And to appreciate those forces we must now and then get out of parliamentary chambers, out of birthing rooms and factories, get out of doors altogether, and ramble into fields, woods, and the open air. It is time we bought a good set of walking shoes, and we cannot avoid getting some mud on them. — Donald Worster

There were a couple of companies that wanted to put me with a producer, and I said, "Well, I just produced my last album," and I wasn't about to go backwards. — Shuggie Otis

In boom times companies have high profits. They increase production to satisfy demand for goods. This leads to excess supply. Companies cut prices to compete for customers. leading to lower profits, lay-offs, and economic depression. Eventually lower prices lead to an increase in demand and profits go back up. The economy is a yo-yo. — Niall Kishtainy

Thank God for his great mercy of forgiveness. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body. — Diogenes

Man, sometimes God really sucks. — Glenn Beck

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow? — Thomas A Kempis

As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones. — Roger De Rabutin, Comte De Bussy

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer. — Barbara Kingsolver

I wouldn't expect you to get it, Daisy. You don't look at anything besides Photoplay - and even then somebody's gotta explain the pictures to you."
Daisy's mouth hung open in outrage. "Well, I never!"
"Yeah, that's what you tell all your fellas, but the rest of us aren't buying it. Go away, now, Daisy. Shoo, little fly! — Libba Bray