Schweers Historical Foundation Quotes & Sayings

But when was I ever sensible? The only people I ever met who were sensible all the time were so boring that watching them could put you to sleep. Whether — Robert Jordan

Sanity was a promised land, the Shangri-la she had been deported from as a teenager, and to which she intended to return to one day. — Elif Shafak

A habitual indulgence in the inarticulate is a sure sign of the philosopher who has not learned to think, the poet who has not learned to write, the painter who has not learned to paint, and the impression that has not learned to express itself
all of which are compatible with an immensity of genius in the inexpressible soul. — George Santayana

Reality is based on perception — Geoff Thompson

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein — Robert Roskind

Over his ivory-inlaid table, Ahab presided like a mute, maned sea-lion on the white coral beach, surrounded by his warlike but still deferential cubs. In his own proper turn, each officer waited to be served. — Herman Melville

I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their loss. There is a time and a place for vigorous debate on the War on Terror, but during a family's last goodbye is not it. — Dave Reichert

Whenever I saw her, I felt like I had been living in another country, doing moderately well in another language, and then she showed up speaking English and suddenly I could speak with all the complexity and nuance that I hadn't realized was gone. With Lucy I was a native speaker. — Ann Patchett

Well, if you listen, Piglet, you'll hear it."
"How do you know I'm not listening?" Pooh couldn't answer that one, so he began to sing. — A.A. Milne

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself. — Berenice Abbott