Pernese Quotes & Sayings

In the [first] fifteen years [of field work] I can remember just ten times when I had really narrow escapes from death. Two were from drowning in typhoons, one was when our boat was charged by a wounded whale; once my wife and I were nearly eaten by wild dogs, once we were in great danger from fanatical lama priests; two were close calls when I fell over cliffs, once I was nearly caught by a huge python, and twice I might have been killed by bandits. — Roy Chapman Andrews

That one American farmer can now feed himself and fifty-six other people may be, within the narrow view of the specialist, a triumph of technology; by no stretch of reason can it be considered a triumph of agriculture or of culture. It has been made possible by the substitution of energy for knowledge, of methodology for care, of technology for morality. — Wendell Berry

Home is where we tie one end of the thread of life. — Martin Buxbaum

No one for a moment can pretend that printing is so great a discovery as writing, or algebra as a language. — Benjamin Disraeli

Those who brush off the Biblical accounts as "ancient fiction" and "legends" only reveal their ignorance of these archaeological discoveries. — Charlie Campbell

If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself. — George S. Clason

Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day. — Phil Knight

I'm a water person; water heals. — Mariska Hargitay

He would never be able to emulate Richard's last gesture of defiance
gallant, glorious, and quite mad. — Sharon Kay Penman

We have never stayed home long enough to experience the truth about ourselves. — Erich Schiffmann

In Washington, I will never vote to raise taxes, I will fight to repeal healthcare reform, and I will work to balance the budget. — Andrew P. Harris