Shalome Jenkins Quotes & Sayings

I am probably afraid that some spectator will not understand my photography - therefore I proceed to make it really less understandable by writing defensibly about it. — Ansel Adams

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted. — Malcolm Gladwell

Washington State has a strong tradition of a positive relationship - positive working relationship between labor and management, whether in the private sector or the public sector. It needs to continue to be that way. — Rob McKenna

Fate, or some mysterious force, can put the finger on you or me, for no good reason at all. — Martin Goldsmith

Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England. — Stephen Gardiner

The right use of color can make any composition work. — Fairfield Porter

Ritual consists of the external practices of spirituality that help us become more receptive and aware of the closeness of our lives to the sacred. Ritual is the act of sanctifying action - even ordinary action - so that it has meaning. I can light a candle because I need the light or because the candle represents the light I need. — Christina Baldwin

Juvenile crime is not naturally born in the boy, but is largely due either to the spirit of adventure that is in him, to his own stupidity, or to his lack of discipline, according to the nature of the individual. — Robert Baden-Powell

The war on drugs is not being won, and it continues to threaten stability and democracy not only in the Andes but throughout the Caribbean as well, where tiny police and military forces are outclassed by the sophisticated equipment in the hands of traffickers passing through the region on the way to their market in this country. — Elliott Abrams

We've got to alter our fossil fuel dependence and go to other energy sources. — Sylvia Earle

Adela you are as smart as a boy." This remark stung, because if it meant that I was as smart as my brothers, I was still destined for idiocy. — Anonymous

Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time. — Mason Cooley

Sudden I stopped. I was out of breath. I asked myself, "What is this all about? What is the meaning of this ceaseless rush? This is ridiculous!" Then I declared independence, and said, "I do not care if I go to dinner. I do not care whether I make a talk. I do not have to go to this dinner and I do not have to make a speech." So deliberately and slowly I walked back to my room and took my time about unlocking the door. I telephoned the man downstairs and said, "If you want to eat, go ahead. If you want to save a place for me, I will be down after a while, but I am not going to rush any more." So I removed my coat, sat down, took off my shoes, put my feet up on the table, and just sat. Then I opened the Bible and very slowly read aloud the 121st Psalm, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help." I closed the book and had a little talk with myself, saying, "Come on now, start living a slower and more relaxed life," and then I affirmed, "God is here and His — Norman Vincent Peale