Spheeris Isle Quotes & Sayings

We had been assured by our elders that intelligence was a family trait. All my kin and forebears were people of substantial or remarkable intellect, thought somehow none of them had prospered in the world. Too bookish, my grandmother said with tart pride, and Lucille and I read constantly to forestall criticism, anticipating failure. If my family were not as intelligent as we were pleased to pretend, this was an innocent deception, for it was a matter of indifference to everybody whether we were intelligent or not. People always interpreted our slightly formal manner and our quiet tastes as a sign that we wished to stay a little apart. This was a matter of indifference, also, and we had our wish. — Marilynne Robinson

The ability to lead a happy life is made, not found — Martin Luther King Jr.

This is your first time and you'd love her to provide you with a to-do list and also any information you might not think of. She — Kate White

Anytime you make something a secret, it becomes a big deal. — Kasie West

The cure might be worse than the problem — Audrey Niffenegger

If you wait long enough, something will happen - there has never been a time when nothing happened. — Aleksandar Hemon

Though times have changed, it's a nice surprise to see that youthful feeling of anti-war sentiment returning once more to the cobbled main streets of Europe. — Cat Stevens

I was busy thinking about the mystery of expanding network of seemingly unasawerable questions. — Patti Smith

When we serve the great, they are our destiny. — Mary Renault

Because of what Jesus has done, I love and accept myself. — Joyce Meyer

The afternoon was dragging towards its mellow hour. The sun was deepening the gold of its lances, the bees were going home and the birds were flying past less often. — Frances Hodgson Burnett

What our world most requires now is the kind of education that foster love for humankind, that develops character-that provides an intellectual basis for realization of peace and empowers learners to contribute to and improve society. — Daisaku Ikeda

Imaginary' universes are so much more beautiful than this stupidly constructed 'real' one; and most of the finest products of an applied mathematician's fancy must be rejected, as soon as they have been created, for the brutal but sufficient reason that they do not fit the facts. — G.H. Hardy