Virginiana Magnolia Quotes & Sayings

One of the great myths about war is that there is a ground zero, a center stage, where the terrible forces unleashed by it can be witnessed, recounted, and replayed like the launching of a rocket. War is a human activity far too large to be contained in the experience of a single reporter in a single place and time in any meaningful way. When it comes, it happens to everyone. Everything is in its path. Yet this is the allure of war reporting, the chance of acquiring some personal mother lode of truth to beam back to the living rooms of a waiting nation. The fear that comes from reporting on a war is as much a fear of missing this mother load as it is of being injured or killed in battle, and it sets reporters apart from the people who have to fight wars. Soldiers have their own agonies to think about as a battle approaches. Missing the war is not generally one of them. — John Hockenberry

Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side. — Alain-Rene Lesage

I shall either find a way or make one. — Hannibal

You should recognize that criticism is not always a put down. If you take it to heart, maybe it will guide the way you ought to be going. — Joseph H. Flom

My mother used to read to me every night when I was little. We got through most of the major fantasy books of that time. The Narnia books by C.S. Lewis were my favorites and, later, Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. I started making dolls to fill in the gaps of the dolls I had. Obviously we couldn't buy centaurs and fauns and elves and fairies, so I made them to play with the normal dolls I had. I must have been about six years old when I started making fantasy dolls. — Wendy Froud

Our treasures trifles seem, and all our life is dreaming, and the dreams themselves are dreams. — Pedro Calderon De La Barca

Beware of those who try to sell you simple answers to complex questions. — Scott Adams

You live in a single moment. I live in a thousand. — Leigh Bardugo

It cannot be good to tax the Americans ... You will lose more than you gain. — Thomas Hutchinson

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written. — Arlen Specter

Wolves eat coyotes," Gordon said[ ... ] If he weren't an old man, I had some rude things I could have said to that.
"Yes," observed Adam blandly. "I do."
Yep. That was the one that came to mind. And he didn't even blush when he said it. Maybe Gordon would miss the double entendre. But he grinned cheerfully at Adam. — Patricia Briggs

You can't win without being patient. You know why? Success comes when you value time by using it profitably. It comes over time; delay is not denial! — Israelmore Ayivor

My god will wipe this country (America) from the face of the earth. — Louis Farrakhan

I am too impatient to wait for temptation to come to me. — Mason Cooley