Stanforth Electric Columbus Quotes & Sayings

Quoting Kipling, I never got over the wonder of a people who, having extirpated the aboriginals of their continent more completely than any modern race had ever done, honestly believed they were a godly little New England community, setting examples to mankind. — Sarah Vowell

On the wall of his rehabilitation room was a picture of the space shuttle blasting off, autographed by every astronaut now at NASA. On top of the picture it says, "We found nothing is impossible." That should be our motto. — Christopher Reeve

Don't let the things you think you need to do keep you from doing the things you actually need to.
Okay? Fight for the things that matter - don't waste your energy on the rest. — Nicole Williams

I'm not the damsel in distress. I'm the villain. It's only a matter of time before he realizes this. — Stacey Trombley

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft. — Henri Matisse

Nothing bad is going to happen to us. If we get fired, it's not failure; its a midlife vocational reassessment. — P. J. O'Rourke

The Mushrooms. He rubbed himself with them and then whamo! Grumpy glows. He wouldn't come anywhere near this place without his mushroom rubdown, and let me tell you, that was disturbing to watch. The sounds he made, his face..." Leo shuddered. "He really needs to do that in private. — Shea Berkley

Adam said, "You were smart to figure it out."
"Oh, I don't know," Gansey replied, but it was clear he was proud. Adam felt like he had helped a bird hatch from an egg. — Maggie Stiefvater

The love of God is no mere sentimental feeling; it is redemptive power! — Charles Clayton Morrison

You will face many troubles. But the Lord will deliver you each time. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Everything in moderation - that's what I live by. — David Gilmour

That disillusionment, moreover, like all other vogues, having had its beginning in the higher strata of society, had descended to the lower, where it was being worn threadbare, and that, now, those who were really and truly bored strove to conceal their misfortune as if it were a vice. — Mikhail Lermontov

It may well be that the chemist or physiologist is right when he decides that he will become a better chemist or physiologist if he concentrates on his subject at the expense of his general education. But in the study of society exclusive concentration on a speciality has a peculiarly baneful effect: it will not merely prevent us from being attractive company or good citizens but may impair our competence in our proper field - or at least for some of the most important tasks we have to perform. The physicist who is only a physicist can still be a first class physicist and a most valuable member of society. But nobody can be a great economist who is only an economist - and I am even tempted to add that the economist who is only an economist is likely to become a nuisance if not a positive danger. — Friedrich Hayek

Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced. — Harper Lee