Splintering Hardwood Quotes & Sayings

Pixar started as a company that sold a special computer for doing digital animation; it took a while till they got into the moviemaking business. Similarly, Starbucks originally sold only coffee beans and coffee equipment; they hadn't planned to sell coffee by the cup. — Reid Hoffman

For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals. — Michael Rostovtzeff

Love is not some tool for manipulation. Love is a gift - love is from God. Love means everything. — Siri Mitchell

The clothes may vary, but the person is the same. — Idries Shah

I'm ready for the 'gotcha' questions and they're already starting to come ... — Herman Cain

Her first impression had been that he was ugly - huge and gangly with eerie transparent eyes. But when he'd smiled at her, lights danced across those blue eyes like sparkles on a river, and she'd seen beauty in his unfamiliar features. How could anyone with a smile that warm be evil or untrustworthy? After she got over her initial fear, she even found the man's size appealing and powerfully masculine. Fireflies flitted and glowed in her stomach whenever their eyes met. — Bonnie Dee

With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. — Henry Ford

An older child, one who possesses a conscience, will be troubled with self-reproaches and feelings of shame for his naughtiness, even if he is not discovered. But our two-year-olds and our three-year- olds experience guilt feelings only when they feel or anticipate disapproval from the outside. In doing this, they have taken the first steps toward the goal of conscience, but there is a long way ahead before the policeman outside becomes the policeman inside. — Selma Fraiberg

Creativity is more than mere imagination. It is imagination inseparably coupled with both intent and effort. — Alex Faickney Osborn

If you're trying to reassure me, don't make it sound like you want to eat me." Tarn leaned in farther, letting the long twists of his hair fall to brush Gard's cheek. Then he murmured, putting a little growl into it, "I do want to eat you. I like the way you taste. — Amy Rae Durreson

Morality and immorality are not defined by man's changing attitudes and social customs. They are determined by the God of the universe, whose timeless standards cannot be ignored with impunity. — James Dobson

I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. We are the Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him? — Jeffrey R. Holland

I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality. — Emily Dickinson

It doesn't matter who a man's father is. Your parents made a child, but it's up to you to make the man you'll be. — Robin Hobb