Zimske Zenske Quotes & Sayings

At the turn of the century, Edwin Binney and his nephew, C. Harold Smith, who were in the paint business, thought there might be a market for colored wax sticks and began experimenting with beeswax and some of the newer petroleum-based varieties. In 1903, they produced the first rainbow box of eight wax crayons, which they sold successfully to schools. Alice Binney, Edwin's wife, christened them "Crayolas" by joining the French word craie, or chalk, with "ola," short for "oleaginous," or oily. Many — Holley Bishop

To understand Homo sapiens' primary wish list, go back to mythology. We endowed the gods with the abilities we wished we had ourselves: immortality and eternal youth, flight, resplendent beauty, total power, climate control, ultimate weapons, delicious banquets minus the cooking and washing up - and artificial creatures at our beck and call. — Margaret Atwood

If you let something go for a good reason, you'll get a better thing in return. iA. — Aishah Madadiy

The Arctic and the Antarctic are melting quickly. We may have waited too long to get started. But this is a day for optimism because the battle is fully joined, and the idea that big oil is unbeatable is no longer true. — Bill McKibben

Painting can be like poetry but as somebody who creates both I feel the necessity for both so they cant be that similar. Sometimes I think it's as basic as not wanting to get dirty. — Danny Fox

Second, the origin of evil is not the Creator but the creature's freely choosing sin and selfishness. — Peter Kreeft

I don't want any more murdered women in my family, Raphael." It came out a painful rasp. "I've had enough. — Nalini Singh

Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys. It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life. — Adelaide Anne Procter

Prayer is the expression of your heart's sincere desires poured out to God. — Elizabeth George

It's such a little thing to weep -
So short a thing to sigh -
And yet - by Trades - the size of these
We men and women die! — Emily Dickinson