Scottdale Quotes & Sayings

I loved to learn everything, everything in sight, and I was never satisfied that I knew everything there was to know in each of my courses. — Gertrude B. Elion

Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success. — Oscar Wilde

In traditional agriculture, the soil is the mother. She's the mother who gives, to whom you must give back. — Vandana Shiva

A lighthearted prayer for Thanksgiving:

May you have turkey in season
Cranberries for squeezin'
Gravy (within reason)
And leftovers worth freezin'!
Amen

by Merrill Miller of Scottdale, PA — Mary Beth Lind

One cannot build a future based on the description of a criminal past. — Max Gallo

Though we may prefer ourselves to the universe, we nonetheless loathe ourselves much more than we suspect. If the wise man is so rare a phenomenon, it is because he seems unshaken by the aversion which, like all beings, he must feel for himself. — Emil Cioran

Because you can't keep up the illusion forever," I say. "No one has that much magic. — Libba Bray

Because we're human beings, we're not always going to be perfect. — Benny Hinn

I used to get made fun of in the minor leagues. I'd be 0 for 2, and then in my last at-bat I'd hit a chopper that wouldn't even reach the shortstop, and I'd get a hit out of it. The guys would be all over me, but a hit's a hit. I'll take 3,000 of 'em. — Mike Trout

If you're worried about putting food on the table or putting a roof over your head, that stress is definitely will contribute to unhappiness, but once you have your basic needs met then incremental money. — Tony Hsieh

I've lived on a military base and in a convent boarding school with dobermans at the bottom of front stairs to keep us in and intruders out, and in college I spent some time at the Naval Academy, where everything was run by the numbers. — Kit Reed

Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything. — Ted Nelson

I do call upon a little Fish Mooney energy sometimes, believe it or not. — Jada Pinkett Smith