American Colonists Quotes

#1. The first and most natural way of lighting the houses of the American colonists, both in the North and South, was by the pine-knots of the fat pitch-pine, which, of course, were found everywhere in the greatest plenty in the forests.

Alice Morse Earle

#2. The American Colonists under King George III had it pretty good compared to us. They would wonder why we haven't taken up arms and seceded yet.

Lewis Goldberg

#3. The same highly unlikely thing never happens to the same person twice.

Cecelia Ahern

#4. In Zen we do everything perfectly. We feel that our outer actions are a reflection of our inner state. We call it mindfulness.

Frederick Lenz

#5. Basketball would have been the natural sport to play, but it's a little too aggressive for me, so instead I dabbled in volleyball and some good old-fashioned Roller Derby.

Jessica Williams

#6. More than half the colonists who came to the North American shores in the colonial period came as servants.

Howard Zinn

#7. Happiness is the final and perfect fruit of obedience to the laws of life.

Helen Keller

#8. You have to have fear to take risks - and I want to at least try.

Seann William Scott

#9. In your thoughts, you need to be selective. Thoughts are powerful vehicles of attention. Only think positive thoughts about yourself and your endeavors, and think well of the endeavors of others.

Frederick Lenz

#10. If you want to write and can't figure out how to do it, try this: Pick an amount of time to sit at your desk every day. Start with twenty minutes, say, and work up as quickly as possible to as much time as you can spare. Do you really want to write? Sit for two hours a day.

Ann Patchett

#11. We mistakenly assume that if our partners love us they will react and behave in certain ways - the ways we react and behave when we love someone.

John Gray

#12. God is love and love is everywhere, however you need to see it or experience it, whatever name you have for it.

Kevin Daniels

#13. Grass [marijuana] probably helped me as much as it hurt me. Especially as a performer. When you're high, it's easy to kid yourself about how clever certain mediocre pieces of material are. But, on the other hand, pot opens windows and doors that you may not be able to get through any other way.

George Carlin

#14. Now, at peace, Jordan has few resources but is full of plans. Mohammed Noufal observed with a smile, All we need is Israel's technology, Egypt's workers, Turkey's water, and Saudi Arabia's oil, and I am sure we can build a paradise here.

Mark Kurlansky

#15. Fuckin' Mother Teresa of the MC world, Horse," Ruger chimed in. "Brings a tear to my eye.

Joanna Wylde

#16. We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms of the colonists.

Patrick Henry

#17. We must start now to provide additional stimulus to the modernization of American industrial plants I shall propose to the Congress a new tax incentive for businesses to expand their normal investment in plant and equipment.

John F. Kennedy

#18. Young warriors are always eager for battle. Old warriors know better.

Robert Ferrigno