Swettenham Nature Quotes & Sayings

The expedition of Messrs. Lewis & Clarke for exploring the river Missouri, & the best communication from that to the Pacific ocean, has had all the success which could have been expected. — Thomas Jefferson

I'm a feminist at heart, and I'm totally aware of why people have an issue with this show. — Jamie Dornan

What the printing press is to Christianity in the 16th century, that's what the Internet is doing to Islam now. It has opened up the monopoly over the interpretation of Islam that used to solely belong to the religious class. — Reza Aslan

He was a vampire now. He was supposed to have eternity. But what he had was days. — Cassandra Clare

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. — Peter F. Drucker

Humor implies a sure conception of the beautiful, the majestic and he true, by whose light it surveys and shape s their opposites. It is a humane influence, softening with mirth the ragged inequities of existence, prompting tolerant views of life, bridging over the space which separates the lofty from the lowly, the great from the humble. — Edwin Percy Whipple

Please don't talk into the middle of other people's crotch! — Nakata Yumi

In an idealized world, we would all be able to do what our English teachers told us to do, which is to write beautiful prose where enthusiasm is conveyed by word choice and grammar. — Will Schwalbe

All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three centuries ago. — Peter Warlock

I'm here as a product of process of evolution, which doesn't make very many exceptions. And which rates life relatively cheaply. — Christopher Hitchens

I feel at times that I'm making up these little people and I've lost my mind. — Carolyn Chute

What I'm interested in is happiness with a full awareness of the tragedy of life, the potential tragedy that lurks around every corner and the tragedy that actually is life. — Wolfgang Tillmans

White shouldn't be the default any more than straight should be the default. There shouldn't even be a default. — Becky Albertalli

Rub wiped his nose on his sleeve. "I just wisht - " "What?" Rub sighed. Where to begin? "That I'd be nicer to you?" He shrugged again, but this was the gist of it, Sully could tell. "I wish I would, too," he said, and for some reason this seemed to cheer Rub up. — Richard Russo