Sandvoss Violins Quotes & Sayings

The question which we must ask ourselves is not whether we like or do not like what is going on, but what we are going to do about it. — Winston Churchill

As a kid, I went to the library because, in books, there were people really living lives, and unlike my parents, they talked to me about important things. — Gregory Sherl

Puckett's Stacks was not the sort of bookshop one happened upon; it was the sort of bookshop for which one looked deliberately. — C. Robert Cargill

Don't stand out. Be in a room and remain unnoticed. — Frederick Lenz

There are several specific things that the church can do. First, it should try to get to the ideational roots of race hate, something that the law cannot accomplish. All race prejudice is based upon fears, suspicions, and misunderstandings, usually groundless. The church can be of immeasurable help in giving the popular mind direction here. Through its channels of religious education, the church can point out the irrationality of these beliefs. It can show that the idea of a superior or inferior race is a myth that has been completely refuted by anthropological evidence. It can show that Negroes are not innately inferior in academic, health, and moral standards. It can show that, when given equal opportunities, Negroes can demonstrate equal achievement. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Be brave. Be kind. Be simple. Above all, be crazy with love. — Debasish Mridha

We've been brought up to pick one thing in life and become really good at just that. But that's never what I wanted to be. I was always interested in many things at the same time, and I wanted to try all of them at the same time, too. — Lakshmi Pratury

The famous conflict of science and religion has actually nothing to do with religion, but is simply of two sciences: that of 4000 B.C. and that of A.D. 2000. — Joseph Campbell

I've always felt, and I think I'm qualified to say so because I've won a few awards, that it's a terrible shame to put something in competition with something else to be able to sell something. — John Hurt

The barren branches may appear inelegant: They are, to the cook, the means to make his fire. — Idries Shah

Learn to look not just with your eyes but with your heart. The truth is that style and taste are all relative. It is not a question whether or not someone has good taste. It is how something feels to the individual ... Open your heart and mind to the world, and find the things that connect with you. How else will you know how to design your home? — Kelly Hoppen

What do you know that you're not telling me?"
"I don't know what you know, so I don't know what you don't know. — Magnus Flyte

He could not show his feelings. People told him he was unemotional: but he knew he was at the mercy of his emotions: an accidental kindness touched him so much that sometimes he did not venture to speak in order not to betray the unsteadiness of his will — W. Somerset Maugham

Then something occurred to me.
"Get closer," I told Blackjack.
He whinnied in protest.
"Just within shouting distance," I said. "I need to talk to the statue."
Now I'm sure you've lost it, boss, Blackjack said — Rick Riordan

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. — William James