Sciver Furniture Quotes & Sayings

dishonor is like a scar on a tree, which time, instead of effacing, only helps to enlarge." Mencius — Inazo Nitobe

Harry had read once, somewhere, that the opposite of happiness wasn't sadness, but boredom; and the author had gone on to say that to find happiness in life you asked yourself not what would make you happy, but what would excite you. And by the same reasoning, hatred wasn't the true opposite of love. Even hatred was a kind of respect that you could give to someone's existence. If you cared about someone enough to prefer their dying to their living, it meant you were thinking about them. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

God gave our first parents the food He designed that the race should eat. It was contrary to His plan to have the life of any creature taken. There was to be no death in Eden. The fruit of the trees in the garden was the food man's wants required. — Ellen G. White

I've heard many times that with all good artists it's ultimately a self-portrait even if it's an abstraction. I feel my work is very much who I am. I didn't try to make it that way; it just is. It reflects who I am and also my interests. — Joyce Tenneson

I always look for roles that make me feel good about being a girl. I have to say that there are a lot of roles out there that make me feel really bad about being a girl. You can imagine what the things are and I shall not go into detail. — Summer Glau

It was that white cloak that soiled me, not the other way around. — George R R Martin

We have a wonderful history behind us ... If you are unable to demonstrate to the world that you have this record, the world will say to you, 'You are not worthy to enjoy the blessings of democracy or anything else'. — Carter G. Woodson

If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest. — G.I. Gurdjieff

We serve the world by finding out what feeds us, and, having been fed, then share our gifts with others. — James Hollis

Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona's citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I am happy to do all I can to assist the city's efforts. — J. D. Hayworth

We know, Mr. Weller - we, who are men of the world - that a good uniform must work its way with the women, sooner or later. — Charles Dickens

Art class was my thing, but not any other class. — Dan Colen

When I went to high school, my most passionate desire was to be a professional baseball player. But something within me told me that was not going to happen. — Tom Wolfe

The way to keep weeds from overwhelming you is to deal with them constantly and in their early stages. — George P. Bush