Swensson Farm Quotes & Sayings

Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on. — Oscar Wilde

Some people expect me to be funny all the time, and I'm not necessarily funny all the time. — Denis Leary

What are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil History; Ethics. — Thomas Jefferson

If we are serious about combating the childhood obesity epidemic and improving child nutrition, then everyone must chip in
parents, schools, and yes even Congress. — Tom Harkin

Despite the fact that he's been dead for over seventy years and his prose considered purple and overwrought by many, H.P. Lovecraft's work is still widely read and has remained influential for generations. — Ellen Datlow

I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry. — John Donne

It's good to give some of the kids a chance for playing time and some confidence. It doesn't do any good to leave starters out there just to beat a team by 60-70 points. — Sylvia Hatchell

There are other Annapurnas in the lives of men. — Maurice Herzog

The purpose of education is to fit us for life in a civilised community, and it seems to follow from the subjects we study that the two most important things in civilised life are Art and Science. — Anthony Burgess

Do you know why Albert Camus was so prolific? He wrote to keep from screaming. — Henry Rollins

But let us laugh carelessly like other men.
Let us be timid even among fools.
Let us knot silence around our throats.
For they would surely kill us. — Glenway Wescott

Some of my most neurotically fierce bitterness is the result of realizing how untrue people have become. — Jack Kerouac