Ant Heap Quotes

#1. Because "we human beings are imaginative by nature, we cannot choose to live by the routine of the ant-heap. If deprived of the imagery of virtue" - imaginative depictions of the truly good life - "we will seek out the imagery of vice.

Russell Kirk

#2. A million million worlds that move in peace;A million mighty laws that never cease;And one small ant-heap, hidden by small weeds,Rich with eggs, slaves and store of millet-seeds.They sleep beneath the sodAnd trust in God.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#3. All that I have accomplished ... has been by that plodding, patient, persevering process of accretion which builds the ant heap particle by particle, thought by thought, fact by fact.

Elihu Burritt

#4. The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work of art, and it holds within its communal framework many simpler and more personal forms of art. Mind takes form in the city; and in turn, urban forms condition mind.

Lewis Mumford

#5. In the midst of our lives we must find the One who tends to our scars, mends our hearts, and heals our souls.

Aisha Mirza

#6. For example, the tiny ant, a creature of great industry, drags with its mouth whatever it can, and adds it to the heap which she is piling up, not unaware nor careless of the future.

Horace

#7. Most poetry is very formal, but when a modern poet is formal he gets more attention for it than old poets did.

Robert Lowell

#8. And that was when I knew. I had to kill him.

Kitty Thomas

#9. I like to laze around. I think that's a huge part of creativity. You have to let your mind relax and then another part of your brain suddenly connects with the solution you're trying to find.

David Cronenberg

#10. At some point something must have come from nothing.

Jostein Gaarder

#11. When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.

Chinua Achebe

#12. Encourage a dream Justify failures or setbacks Confirm their suspicions Allay their fears Create a common enemy or opponent

William D. Horton

#13. Every man on the planet Has just as much right as yourself to the road.

John Boyle O'Reilly

#14. I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.

Jamie Dornan

#15. When people wish for harmony, I wish for chaos. I'd rather see imaginative means of self-destruction, than to see laziness and wasted potential.

Lionel Suggs

#16. i can always find you

Jennifer Ashley

#17. I'm fascinated by the people I grew up with and the mistakes I made - and God, I have screwed up. I like writing about where it all went off course.

Pat Conroy

#18. No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by.

George Herbert