Vernales Quotes & Sayings

But I begin to think the chief difficulty in writing a book must be to keep out what does not belong to it. — George MacDonald

I wanted to figure out how long to cook things. I did some experiments and then wrote a program using Mathematica to model how heat is transferred through food. — Nathan Myhrvold

Accept the limitations of a place, in humility, and the joys that can also be found there may open themselves. — Rod Dreher

I always thought problem solving was greatly overrated - and that the most important thing was problem creation. — Chuck Close

My actions are my only true belongings. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Do what you love. Live fearlessly and take risks. Don't take no for an answer from anyone - go ahead and prove the naysayers wrong. Believe that anything can be possible. — Caroline Leavitt

Love makes men foolish. I speak as a victim myself. We are taken out of our own care and then it remains to be seen only if fate will show to us some share of mercy. Or little. Or none. — Cormac McCarthy

America will never resist abortion until America sees abortion ... The pro-life movement is not primarily a response to Roe vs Wade. It is a response to Jesus Christ. — Frank Pavone

To be powerful, a kiss should make a journey, be its own story
begin with hesitation, move to realization, then melt into bliss. — Shannon Hale

It was always after reading tales such as these that she wondered how on earth it was that some young ladies did not read at all, or declared they had no interest in it. Didn't they know how you could feel so much from a book? Didn't they know how your heart could race and break from words on a page? Had they never read something so wonderful and horrible that they felt as though the very would should stop and pause to acknowledge the depth of feeling it produced? — Margaux Gillis

But don't forget my ideas are only what's been written down in history by the great people of the world who've gone before. All I've done is condense the wisdom of the world into an attitude for athletics. Athletics aren't just running, it's a way of life — Percy Cerutty

Nature indeed plants the seeds of religion--fear and ignorance; kingcraft and priestcraft water and tend it. — W.G. Pogson Smith

That generation really has to fight for a new political language, social movements, and alliances with students from other countries. They have to convince labor, parents, and the general public that the fight over higher education is a fight that benefits everyone in a sustainable democracy and not just faculty and students. — Henry Giroux