Schleining Stairworks Quotes & Sayings

The big trunk of the umbrella pine looms outside the window, living its two lives - the upper world of needles and stems, the lower world of roots and soil. — Anthony Doerr

Hell is a swamp, to me - not as something fiery, but as something dank, moist, and wet. — Avey Tare

From all wild beasts, a child is the most difficult to handle. — Plato

Productivity is not what will bring purpose to your life, but what will enable you to excel in living out your existing purpose. — Tim Challies

Curled in the cavernous leather chair and faced Doctor Gordon across an acre of highly polished desk. Doctor — Sylvia Plath

The dream I have when I go to sleep involves me crawling through a very narrow wooden corridor for a very long time. — Sam Pink

As men who naturally understand their own condition avoid nothing so much as rest, so there is nothing they leave undone in seeking turmoil. — Blaise Pascal

Beethoven introduced us to anger. Haydn taught us capriciousness, Rachmaninoff melancholy. Wagner was demonic. Bach was pious. Schumann was mad, and because his genius was able to record his fight for sanity, we heard what isolation and the edge of lunacy sounded like. Liszt was lusty and vigorous and insisted that we confront his overwhelming sexuality as well as our own. Chopin was a poet, and without him we never would have understood what night was, what perfume was, what romance was. — Doris Mortman

I can see how Americans misconstrue British reserve, and I can see how British people misconstrue American enthusiasm. I think I'm somewhere in between the two. Although I'm outgoing, I'm also very private. — Julianne Moore

Art and life are seen to be rich and mutually enriching — Neville Weston