Stretchable Fabric Quotes & Sayings

It is beyond the power of the human intellect to encompass all the causes of any phenomenon. But the impulse to search into causes is inherent in man's very nature. — Leo Tolstoy

truths. History is concerned solely with the facts; emotions are outside of its realm of interest. In fact, it's considered improper to admit feelings into history. But I look at the world as a writer and not a historian. I am fascinated by people. — Svetlana Alexievich

Sometimes no matter how far off course your ship has sailed in the seas of life ...
it becomes obvious that you must turn around and sail in the right direction. Sometimes it will be a higher calling and mandatory to save your life. — Timothy Pina

Books demand more. You have to be a more active participant. — Paul Auster

The passion to teach, to share deeply
experienced "lessons from life," is embedded in all literature. — Vera B. Williams

It was the union of Franks, Goths, and Roman provincials against these Asiatics that produced the basis for modern France. — Robert D. Kaplan

Poverty will not take you to heaven, just repent of it and get rich, then you'll trek into heaven like a king. — Michael Bassey Johnson

And when one kind of animal overruns an area to the point where many kinds of animal begin to starve, it's up to the predators to thin out the herds before there's nothing left for anyone. That's a simple truth whether you're talking about deer or humans. — Anne Bishop

An unforgettable tale of love, lust, faith, betrayal, and redemption. A powerful, mesmerizing suspense novel-a tour de force! — Judith Kelman

I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones. — Faye Dunaway

We're still getting a lot of the popular conception that's grounded in the one-way, causal image of the genome. The idea that the future of medicine is going to be broadly genetic is a very real danger. — John Dupre

Watcha doin? If you're like me, you're doin nothin, but you're doin it so well that everybody thinks you're doin somethin. — Richard Brautigan

Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness. — Tariq Ramadan