Pepys Plague Quotes & Sayings

The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms. — Hildegard Of Bingen

And it is a wonder what will be the fashion after the plagueisdoneastoperiwigs, fornobody will daretobuy any haire for fear of the infectionthat it had been cut off the heads of people dead of the plague. — Samuel Pepys

For Builders, the real definition of success is a life and work that brings personal fulfillment and lasting relationships and makes a difference in the world in which they live. — Jerry I. Porras

I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain - that is the most inspiring thing. — Brett Dennen

There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind. — Marcel Proust

Livingston: I know it was your sixth company, but was there anything that you found you were better at? Greenspun: I think I was probably mostly worse at things than I thought. The VCs had a point when they said people remember how you made them feel more than what you said. — Jessica Livingston

It's okay that we're not perfect. It's okay that we all have problems. It's okay to cry, to show emotions. — Marina Abramovic

Perhaps the most irrational fashion act of all was the male habit for 150 years of wearing wigs. Samuel Pepys, as with so many things, was in the vanguard, noting with some apprehension the purchase of a wig in 1663 when wigs were not yet common. It was such a novelty that he feared people would laugh at him in church; he was greatly relieved, and a little proud, to find that they did not. He also worried, not unreasonably, that the hair of wigs might come from plague victims. Perhaps nothing says more about the power of fashion than that Pepys continued wearing wigs even while wondering if they might kill him. — Bill Bryson

I had no trouble communicating, the player's just didn't like what I had to say. — Frank Robinson