Rendering Beeswax Quotes & Sayings

My son died from cancer. My granddaughter died from cancer. I have a lot of reasons to think that reality is not a friendly neighborhood. And the stories that I tell distract me, and if I do the job right, they distract people from things that are happening to them that they wish had never happened. — David Morrell

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. — Plato

I would love to do something on the other side of the world. I'd trade places with some guy on a ranch in Australia and see what that's like for a day. Somebody with different ideals and things that I would probably take advantage of. — Justin Deeley

I am terribly glad to be alive and when I have wit enough to think about it, terribly proud to be a man and an American with all the rights and privileges that those words connote. And most of all I am humbled before the responsibilities that are also mine. For no right comes without a responsibility and being born luckier than most of the world's millions, I am also born more obligated. — Wallace Stegner

There were many empresses and queens in power throughout the world. It is said that these legendary women ruled judicially, and that they brought about a most remarkable amity among kingdoms and the nations that surrounded them. And as for subjects, well, you've never heard a single instance of revolt, have you? Indeed not, for these women were supreme leaders, and one of the greatest mysteries in history is that they lost their power. I suppose it had something to do with a male heir, somewhere or other, who bored by such a peaceful existence,thought it might be more interesting if the question of authority were decided by brute force. — Nancy Madore

I always wake up kind of early - well, early for me, which is about 8 A.M. — Romain Grosjean

ACT8.35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. — Anonymous

My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee. — Aaron Levie

Never lend money to a friend. It's dangerous. It could damage his memory. — Sam Levenson

It was amazing, she thought, how everything having to do with Count Olaf was frightening. — Lemony Snicket

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. — Thomas Jefferson

Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe. — Albert Einstein