Pollitt Ave Quotes & Sayings

Soon you catch your first glimpse of a vineyard basking in the sun, its broad leaves silently turning sunlight into sugar, ripening vitis vinifera, the European grapes that make the world's finest wines. For a moment you might imagine you've been mysteriously wafted to the French countryside, but no, this is the East End of Long Island, the most exciting new wine region in North America. You've reached your destination, but your journey of discovery has barely begun — Jane Taylor Starwood

My mythic version of America is very much about parents and children, and in my experience, the suburban setting is where that particular drama plays out. Which isn't to say that there aren't parents and children in cities or on farms. I just don't know them. — Tom Perrotta

The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war. — Rand Paul

I may not have been the best Yankee to put on the pinstripes, but I am the proudest. — Billy Martin

In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly. — Biz Stone

Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience. — Dalai Lama XIV

One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him. — Rollo May

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. — John Burroughs

On the other hand, and as if by way of compensation, religion teaches people to be extremely self-centered and conceited. It assures them that god cares for them individually, and it claims that the cosmos was created with them specifically in mind. This explains the supercilious expression on the faces of those who practice religion ostentatiously: pray excuse my modesty and humility but I happen to be busy on an errand for god. — Christopher Hitchens