Sawteeth Adirondacks Quotes & Sayings

We are not machines exploring the universe, we are people. — Chris Hadfield

What Jesus invites us to imitate is his own desire, the spirit that directs him toward the goal on which his intention is fixed: to resemble God the Father as much as possible. — Rene Girard

Hope was a powerful thing. Difficult to risk. — Therese Walsh

When I joined the band, being that I was going to take this up as a profession, I realized that there were no two finer guitar players in the world that I'd rather play with. — Michael Davis

If you're any kind of artist, you've got to ... keep opening yourself to new possibilities. — Ian McDiarmid

she was wishing that whatever stage of her life she ws in now could be got through quickly, for it was seeming to her interminable. If life had to be looked at in terms of high moments or peaks, then nothing had "happened" to her for a long time; and she could look forward to nothing but a dwindling away from full household activities and getting old. — Doris Lessing

Death is not enough for such men. We must add mechanics — Andrei Codrescu

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart — Henry Ward Beecher

Voting's important," Corrado said, pausing at the cellar door. "People like to feel like they actually have a say in what happens, even if it's just an illusion. — J.M. Darhower

It is not too much to say I was piqued to the tonsils. — P.G. Wodehouse

It is likely that America will be more important during the next century or two, but after that it may well be the turn of China. — Bertrand Russell

You cannot reconcile creativeness with technical achievement. You may be perfect in playing the piano, and not be creative. You may be able to handle color, to put paint on canvas most cleverly, and not be a creative painter ... having lost the song, we pursue the singer. We learn from the singer the technique of song, but there is no song; and I say the song is essential, the joy of singing is essential. When the joy is there, the technique can be built up from nothing; you will invent your own technique, you won't have to study elocution or style. When you have, you see, and the very seeing of beauty is an art. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

His treatment of mechanical problems wasn't divorced from the worldly situations in which they arise, and as a result [John Muir's service manual on Volkswagens] is extraordinarily clear and useful. It has a human quality, as well. — Matthew B. Crawford

Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul. Do not let newspapers, novels, and romances be read, while the prophets and Apostles be despised. Do not let the exciting and sensual swallow up your attention, while the edifying and the sanctifying can find no place in your mind. — J.C. Ryle