Sand And The Sieve Quotes & Sayings

To every bushel of the powdered cement add one bushel of sand, mix them together and pass them through a sieve, then add a sufficient quantity of water to make it (by well mixing and working) about the consistency of a soft putty. It is then fit to use but should not be kept more than six or eight hours and should be thoroughly worked just before it is used. — Canvass White

Ah! The English language was a wonderful thing! You could always find the right word. He only wished he could speak the language. — Terry Jones

When you speak from your heart, everyone listens because God is speaking. — Unknown

She leaned out of the window slow and sleepy, and the light came through her nightdress like sand through a sieve. — Laurie Lee

Why did you make it so hard for me? I'd rather empty the ocean with a sieve. I do it for you. Or count the grains of sand on every beach. All for you. There are so many people, so many countries. But I have time. All the time in the world. Eternity. — Grant Morrison

It's knowing one's ... limitations ... and then ignoring them. — Daniel Suarez

When direction and meaning are confined to Executive Leadership, value is minimized. — Bob Anderson

I think it's more accurate to think of aesthetics as a key ingredient in a recipe, as opposed to the icing on the cake. — Stephen P. Anderson

If I had to get there without friends, I could do it. Had been doing it. I'd never met anyone who brought me somewhere I wanted to stay, looked at me and saw someone I wanted to be for good; anyone who was worth giving up the more I wanted down the line. — Tana French

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest. — Ludwig Von Mises

Neither in the Church militant nor in the host triumphant is there one who received a new heart, and was reclaimed from sin without a wound from Jesus. The pain may have been but slight, and the healing may have been speedy; but in each case there has been a real bruise, which required a Heavenly Physician to heal. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

His eyes are sharp as he says this, the intensity prevalent, — E.K. Blair

If you read fast and read all, maybe some of the sand will stay in the sieve. — Ray Bradbury

The sages have a hundred maps to give
That trace their crawling cosmos like a tree
They rattle reason out through many a sieve
That stores the sand but lets the gold go free
And all these things are less than dust to me
Because my name is Lazarus and I live. — G.K. Chesterton