Walborn Reservoir Quotes & Sayings

[E]ighty percent of success is just showing up. — Stephen King

The first who attracts the eye, the first in enlightenment, in power and in happiness, is the white man, the European, man par excellence; below him appear the Negro and the Indian. These two unfortunate races have neither birth, nor face, nor language, nor mores in common; only their misfortunes look alike. Both occupy an equally inferior position in the country that they inhabit; both experience the effects of tyranny; and if their miseries are different, they can accuse the same author for them. — Alexis De Tocqueville

It's where my mother hopes to read classic novels again one day when she isn't working nine days a week, — A.S. King

I love words, but I also love finding out that there is a word for something that you've experienced but didn't know there was a word for. Like 'toothpack' - that is a word for when you eat biscuits or cookies and you get that annoying layer of chewed substance on your molars that you kind of have to pick out. — Mary Roach

The Son of God, Jesus Christ, ransom His life to save us all. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. — Solomon

If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied. — Tomas Borge

Images are probably the most important part of the poem. First of all you want to tell a story, but images are what are going to shore it up and get to the heart of the matter. — Anne Sexton

This stream of watching made what was watched wanted. — Jane Alison

But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow. — Aeschylus