Yamhill Quotes & Sayings

The Emperor and his ministers might dance Western dances and even, in violation of traditional Japanese propriety, smile Western smiles. But their underlying and deadly earnest aim was always to wipe the smiles off European faces. — Niall Ferguson

Above all, in comedy, and again and again since classical times, passages can be found in which the level of representation is interrupted by references to the spectators or to the fictive nature of the play. — Paul Watzlawick

Sometimes your light shines so bright that it blinds people from seeing who you really are. — Shannon L. Alder

The force of nonviolence is infinitely more wonderful and subtle than the material forces of nature, like electricity. — Mahatma Gandhi

Because Time has been around for a long time, it often gets bored. In order to briefly relieve its boredom, Time enjoys constructing massively unlikely series of events. If the events are of the romantic kind, they're called Fate, and if they are of the negative kind, we call them Unfortunate Coincidence. — Ben Brooks

I've heard a hundred different variations of instances of unadulterated female victimhood, yet the silence of the feminists is deafening. Where two pieties
feminism and multi-culturalism
come into conflict, the only way of preserving both is an indecent silence. — Theodore Dalrymple

Emily was lucky in many ways. She was lucky in the house she lived in, a house with three balconies, a cupola, banisters just right for sliding down, and the second bathtub in Yamhill County. — Beverly Cleary

Waiting for that big miracle to happen can prevent us from recognizing the small ones that happen every day. — Charles F. Glassman

Dough is like an Indian mother's stress ball. Squeeze, roll. — Rakesh Satyal

The human currency of praise is Monopoly money. It feels great for a moment to collect, but when the game is over, it's worthless. — Yasmin Mogahed

Because infinite growth is impossible with finite resources. Any new corporate model needs to take that into account. Phillip Percival, consultant/director, IC Science — Anonymous

Invent a new language anyone can understand. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details. — John Wooden

The treasures of the heart are most valuable of all. — Nichiren