Wadhams Quotes & Sayings

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth. — Henry Ward Beecher

I serve."
"Serve who?"
"Heaven. Or the divine in nature. The memory of my fathers past. My fellow man. Myself. All pieces of the same thing. — Jim Butcher

Greed is the seed of corruption
as much as virtue is the seed of justice.
Wisdom is the seed of success
as much as vice is the seed of destruction. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Food cost rather than the absolute absence of food can often be the key factor in shortages and possible starvation. During the height of the Irish Potato Famine in 1845, Ireland was actually exporting food to England. The peasants starved because they could not afford to buy food at the local prices, enhanced by the loss of the potato crop. There was enough food, in absolute terms, to keep everyone alive; they died because they had no money to buy it. — Peter Wadhams

The trivial round, the common task,Would furnish all we ought to ask. — John Keble

In the end, it will just melt away quite suddenly. It might not be as early as 2013 but it will be soon, much earlier than 2040. — Peter Wadhams

And the lady beheld the secret fruits of their union and kissed them and tried to love them. But they were only a piece of her boy. She wanted all of him or none of him.
As she had given him his story, she gave him his children.
She had nothing left to live for, then, and so lived no longer. — Cassandra Clare

I actually think it's harder to play vulnerability, because you're having to delve deeper into portions of your own psyche, what it is that makes you human. — Ron Perlman

'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible. — E. O. Wilson