Sand Piles In Home Quotes & Sayings

Yes. Do you know people who are really nice, but when they get together with somebody in particular, they become obnoxious jerks? — Sheldon Siegel

I hadn't planned on sounding like J.J. from Good Times, but that's the gist. — Karin Slaughter

Have you seen the sand-roses of the Sahara? Such is the violence of the Khamsin that it whips grains of sand together, presses them, finally builds them into great blocks, big enough and solid enough to be used for walls in the oasis. And beautiful! Whew! For all that, they are not real rocks. Leave hem in peace, with no possible interference - what happens? (I brought some home, and put them "in safety" as curiosities, and as useful psychometrical tests.) Alas! Time is enough. Go to the drawer which held them; nothing remains but little piles of dust. — Aleister Crowley

What captivated my fancy was that I, Axel Heyst, the most detached of creatures in this earthly captivity, the veriest tramp on this earth, an indifferent stroller going through the world's bustle - that I should have been there to step into the situation of an agent of Providence. I, a man of universal scorn and unbelief ... — Joseph Conrad

The outward expression of empathy is courtesy. — Stewart Butterfield

I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky, — Oscar Wilde

The key to investment success is emotional discipline. Making money has nothing to do with intelligence. To be a successful investor, you have to be able to admit mistakes. I trained a guy to trade who had a 188 IQ. He was on "Jeopardy" once and answered every question correctly. That same person never made a dime in trading during 5 years! — Victor Sperandeo

school, so I wasn't around much," I assured him, trying to hide the lie. There had been one other time, — Nicole Jacquelyn

In conclusion we may say, in view of the confirmation that our study has given of the parallelism between individual and racial thought of the Self, that in the history of psychology we discern the great profile which the race has drawn on the pages of time. — James Mark Baldwin

Sometimes, the words we speak are not the words we want to say. — Anthony West

Let us cross the river to the other side and rest beneath the shade of the trees.
[Stonwall Jackson just before passing into eternity in 1863.] — Thomas Jackson

May the joy of our fidelity to the highest and best within us be ours as we keep our love and our marriages, our society and our souls, as pure as they were meant to be. — Jeffrey R. Holland

Gaining time is gaining everything in love, trade and war. — John Shebbeare

As we've seen, deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense. Countries typically don't want foreign soldiers in their cities and towns. — John O. Brennan

The more you love, the more you awaken the divinity within. — Lailah Gifty Akita