Vriesea Quotes & Sayings

Now, John, I don't know anything about politics, but I can read my Bible; and there I see that I must feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and comfort the desolate; and that Bible I mean to follow. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

What words cannot convey ... the mind can read. — Stephen Richards

He used to call her Poppens out of fun. — James Joyce

Reckless haste makes poor speed. — Benjamin Franklin

If negative meant positive we'd be heroes. — Daniel Johns

Are you sure you're a girl?"
I shrugged, "Most of the time. — Gwen Hayes

I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace. — Peter Senge

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational. — Larry Niven

Austen is a moralist, but, as John Lauber has put it, she is not a "punitive" moralist. Sometimes her villains receive no more serious punishment than to achieve their desires. Often that is punishment enough. — Peter J. Leithart

Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing
characteristic. — Oscar Wilde

In 2008 I didn't take it all in enough. I was so wrapped up in just the competition that I missed what was going on around me. If I am given that opportunity again to go to the Olympics and be an athlete I want to take it all in because I feel like this is my last shot and I want to feel the team spirit. I want to really live and breathe the USA. — Shawn Johnson

There is an instinct in a woman to love most her own child - and an instinct to make any child who needs her love, her own. — Robert Breault