Variety Island Quotes & Sayings

I want," said Defarge, who had not removed his gaze from the shoemaker, "to let in a little more light here. You can bear a little more? — Charles Dickens

It's funny how fast a book goes, but how slow the wait appears.
the book may end, but the mind still thinks ... waiting for that book
see? I became a poet! — Nandanie Phalgoo

Philistia had been settled generations earlier when the Mediterranean Sea Peoples had left their habitations in search of new territory and landed on the shores of Canaan. They were not a singular people, but consisted of a variety of Aegean clans; Cherethites, Pelethites, and even Caphtorim, from the island of Caphtor, also known as Crete. These Sea Peoples had quickly established their presence on the coast and immediately launched an invasion of Egypt. They were repelled and so accepted a form of vassalage under the Pharaoh's authority. They became known collectively as Philistines and maintained a profitable control of the access to shipping routes to the rest of the world, including Egypt, for travel and trade. The land route from Canaan to Egypt eventually was called the Way of the Philistines. — Brian Godawa

Discipline yourself and others won't need to. — John Wooden

The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to have proved to him a prolific source of diseases. From the love of splendour, from the indulgences of luxury, and from his fondness for amusement he has familiarised himself with a great number of animals, which may not originally have been intended for his associates.
The wolf, disarmed of ferocity, is now pillowed in the lady's lap. The cat, the little tiger of our island, whose natural home is the forest, is equally domesticated and caressed. The cow, the hog, the sheep, and the horse, are all, for a variety of purposes, brought under his care and dominion. — Edward Jenner

People look down on stuff like geography and meteorology, and not only because they're standing on one and being soaked by the other. They don't look quite like real science. But geography is only physics slowed down and with a few trees stuck on it, and meteorology is full of excitingly fashionable chaos and complexity. And summer isn't a time. It's a place as well. Summer is a moving creature and likes to go south for the winter. — Terry Pratchett

There wasn't much there - just Macy's school texts, various biology and anatomy and nursing tomes. Fascinating stuff, I'm sure. Especially the one on thanatochemistry, whatever the hell that was. — Kelley Armstrong

Every rose is longing for joy and love; every rose know the language of the heart. — Debasish Mridha

You don't need to travel, laughter is an instant vacation — Milton Berle

I love to cook so much. I like to cook everything. I really like to eat my food. — Lea Michele

Menacing lines of black tomorrows on the horizon. — Joris-Karl Huysmans

The curve is more powerful than the sword. — Mae West

You never know when you might be seeing someone for the last time. — Marilynne Robinson

I think our veterans certainly deserve and have earned the best health care in the world. — Phil Roe

Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life. — Aristotle.

As a little boy, my first job was delivering newspapers, and then I had a variety of different jobs. I worked in a butcher shop. I worked in a supermarket. I worked in construction. I dug ditches on the Long Island Expressway in 1954, 1955, 1956. — Kenneth Langone