Siege Of Petersburg Quotes & Sayings

The mechanisation of the world could never proceed very far while taste, even the taste-buds of the tongue, remained uncorrupted, because in that case most of the products of the machine would be simply unwanted. — George Orwell

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart. — Mahatma Gandhi

Not the "not" but the "not yet. — Marcus Aurelius

We fired pie filling. That was the Faroes. When they tried to board us, we hit them with forty-five gallon shots of custard and banana creme. — Paul Watson

In our culture it is seen as a sign of weakness to actually seek help from someone else. And yet, as Christians, God designed us to need each other - He designed us to lean upon the body of Christ for support, prayer, wisdom, and even practical help. — Leslie Ludy

The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function. — Aristotle.

Writing has been challenging at times but that's where all the growth is. I know I'm in the right place if it's difficult. Something a British writer said to me once was: "If the project doesn't make him wobble, he doesn't take it." You have to be uncomfortable to grow. — Geoff Thompson

The most dangerous distractions are the ones you love, but that don't love you back. — Warren Buffett

Every symbiosis is in its degree underlain by hostility, and only by proper regulation and often elaborate adjustment, can the state of mutual benefit be maintained. Even in human affairs, partnerships for mutual benefit are not so easily kept up, in spite of men being endowed with intelligence and so being able to grasp the meaning of such a relation. But in lower organisms, there is no such comprehension to help keep the relationship going. Mutual partnerships are adaptations as blindly entered into and as unconsciously brought about as any others. — H.G.Wells

America knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions to the world economy. — Gordon Brown

The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience. — Oswald Chambers

The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter. — John Bright

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty. — Sophia Loren

Just when I thought my feelings could not be hurt any worse. It was one thing to be betrayed. It was another thing to be considered less important than a diapered fruit spirit. — Rick Riordan