Serpetine Quotes & Sayings

Nor do we accept, as genuine the person not characterized by this blushing bashfulness, this youthfulness of heart, this sensibility to the sentiment of suavity and self-respect. Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. None are truly great without this ornament. — Amos Bronson Alcott

The embrace of a new technology by ordinary people leads inevitably to its embrace by people of malign intent. — Charles C. Mann

Dana followed a specific structure: Set the stage. Gather data. Generate insights. Decide what to do. Close the retrospective. — Esther Derby

Then I lost him for a brief period of time, and by the time I caught up with him, he had wandered into Hyde Park, waded into the Serpetine, spread his arms wide, and was shouting, 'Ducks, embrace me as your king! — Cassandra Clare

What is to be, will be," said Mrs. Rachel gloomily, "and what isn't to be happens sometimes. — L.M. Montgomery

Since that time, war had literally been continuous, though strictly speaking it had not always been the same war. — George Orwell

I try and open a few doors to the mind, encourage people to embrace change and to stretch their capabilities. — Max Walker

If there is any one secret of success," said Henry Ford, "it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own. — Anonymous

Darkest of all Decembers ever has my life known, Sitting here by the embers, stunned, helpless, alone. — Mary Boykin Chesnut

I took it for granted that there must be a few men left in the world who had that kind of strength. I assumed that those men would also be looking for women with principle. I did not want to be among the marked-down goods on the bargain table, cheap because they'd been pawed over. Crowds collect there. It is only the few who will pay full price. You get what you pay for. — Elisabeth Elliot

I live my life in gratitude. — Olivia Newton-John