Pondry Quotes & Sayings

My method is different. I do not rush into actual work. When I get an idea I start at once building it up in my imagination. I change the construction, make improvements, and operate the device entirely in my mind. — Nikola Tesla

Think of all the smart people made stupid by flaws of character. The finest watch isn't fine long when used as a hammer. — James Richardson

Few have borne unconsciously the spell of loveliness. — John Greenleaf Whittier

Being a good human being is good business. — Paul Hawken

The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. — Charlayne Hunter-Gault

I'm very glad that [the death penalty] hasn't existed for many years in the U.K. — Hilary Swank

Verily, God is Compassionate and is fond of compassion, and He gives to the compassionate what He does not give to the harsh. — Muhammad

To divest one's self of some prejudices would be like taking off the skin to feel the better. — Sir Fulke Greville

I had thought joy to be rather synonymous with happiness, but it seems now to be far less vulnerable than happiness. Joy seems to be a part of an unconditional wish to live, not holding back because life may not meet our preferences and expectations. Joy seems to be a function of the willingness to accept the whole, and to show up to meet with whatever is there. It has a kind of invincibility that attachment to any particular outcome would deny us. — Rachel Naomi Remen

If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Everything in this world seems to be created in pairs. If there is a man, there is a woman - in almost equal numbers. In the same way, there is pleasure with pain, love with hatred, wisdom with ignorance, passion with repulsion, ecstasy with depression, and so on. The world seems to have been divided into two attributes - good and evil. Even God seems to be divided--God Himself and His counterpart - the Devil. — Awdhesh Singh

But with period clothes, people know less so they accept the pretty drawing that I give them. — Julie Harris