Calthorpe Estates Quotes

#1. Let us suppose, that the Old and New worlds were formerly but one continent, and that, by a violent earthquake, the ancient Atalantis [sic] of Plato was sunk ... The sea would necessarily rush in from all quarters, and form what is now called the Atlantic ocean.

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon

#2. Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a Country. As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes & effects providence punishes national sins, by national calamities.

George Mason

#3. The entire world is now a rival to Silicon Valley. No country, state, region, nor city has a lock on innovation in technology anymore.

Fred Wilson

#4. He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes in the heart of a woman.

Jacopo Sannazaro

#5. She wondered, briefly, if she was beautiful, decided she was and blew a kiss to her reflection

Kerry Greenwood

#6. What God wills, will happen; thou canst not hurry it, thou canst not alter it; therefore wait; and be patient

Mark Twain

#7. Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.

Dallas Willard