Tamang Parinig Quotes & Sayings

In merging nature and culture the most successful cities combine such universal needs as maintaining or restoring contact with the cycles of nature, with specific, local characteristics. — Sally A. Kitt Chappell

I must give myself permission not to like myself. It's ok. Plenty of other people don't like me either. And I have much higher standards. — Quentin R. Bufogle

Just as I can't see a clear brook without at least stopping to dangle my feet in it, I can't see a meadow in May and simply pass by. There is nothing more seductive then such fragrant earth, the blossoms of clover swaying above it like a light foam, and the petal-bedecked branches of the fruit trees reaching upward, as if they wanted to rescue themselves from this tranquil sea. No, I have to turn from my path and immerse myself in this richness ...
When I turn my head, my cheek grazes the rough trunk of the apple tree next to me. How protectively it spreads its good branches over me. Without ceasing the sap rises from its roots, nuturing even the smallest of leaves. Do I hear, perhaps, a secret heartbeat? I press my face against its dark, warm bark and think to myself: homeland, and am so indescribably happy in this instant. — Sophie Scholl

When they finished laughing they were on their way to being not just friends, but the dearest of friends, the sort of friends whose lives are shaped by the friendship. — Robin McKinley

In the end, it is because the media are driven by the power and wealth of private individuals that they turn private lives into public spectacles. If every private life is now potentially public property, it is because private property has undermined public responsibility. — Terry Eagleton

We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20? — Arthur C. Clarke

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed. — Johann Caspar Lavater

My music is best understood by children and animals. — Igor Stravinsky

It hurt to think that a boy would not have him at his value of himself. — Richard Llewellyn

I believe in the greatness of our democracy. — Chen Shui-bian

She had a different kind of boldness, a strength that did not defy that of men so much as ignore it, or take its place without question beside it - Urdda wanted some of that boldness. — Margo Lanagan

Sing the song in your heart! — Tasha Dunagan

Art-making was part of my daily life from a very young age, and I still love that kind of everyday art-making. — Eula Biss

My boyfriend likes to fuck my brains out on our kitchen island. Which tile would you recommend for that? — Alice Clayton