Proenneke Alaska Quotes & Sayings

But it is a myth to assume that the larger amount of early stimulation you provide, the more beneficial it will be. The truth is that babies can be overstimulated
which is what many parents, intent on beginning to groom their progeny for college in the cradle, end up doing. — Julius Segal

Time and experience have taught me a priceless lesson: Any child you take for your own becomes your own if you give of yourself to that child. I have born two children and had seven others by adoption, and they are all my children, equally beloved and precious. — Dale Evans

Wisdom consists partly in not pretending anymore, in discarding artifice. — Julian Barnes

A strange thing happened then. The Speaker agreed with her that she had made a mistake that night, and she knew when he said the words that it was true, that his judgment was correct. And yet she felt strangely healed, as if simply saying her mistake were enough to purge some of the pain of it. For the first time, then, she caught a glimpse of what the power of speaking might be. It wasn't a matter of confession, penance, and absolution, like the priests offered. It was something else entirely. Telling the story of who she was, and then realizing that she was no longer the same person. That she had made a mistake, and the mistake had changed her, and now she would not make the mistake again because she had become someone else, someone less afraid, someone more compassionate. — Orson Scott Card

The more I see as I sit here among the rocks, the more I wonder about what I am not seeing. — Richard Proenneke

It's just part of whatever motivates guys and whatever they say. Ultimately it comes down to how well you play. What I've learned over the years, a lot of guys talk. What you need to do is go out there and play, back it up. They've been able to back it up, so that's why it works for them. Hopefully we can go out there and do our talking on the field. — Tom Brady

In the town of Bethlehem many years ago, a man got religion and he changed the status quo. — Phil Ochs

I don't confuse my digestive system, I just season simple food with hunger — Richard Proenneke

People who cannot feel punish those who do. — May Sarton

This country makes a man younger than his birthdays. — Sam Kieth

I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too. — Elizabeth I

I enjoy working for my heat. I don't just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big crosscut saw and the axe, and while I'm getting my heat supply I'm working up an appetite that makes simple food just as appealing as anything a French chef could create. — Richard Proenneke

He ran his hands through his hair and held on to the back of his neck both biceps bulging. Dang him for looking so hot when I wanted to run away — Jennifer Echols