Jackdaws Ken Quotes

#1. Now is History as fast as the mind remembers.

Kirby Wright

#2. Not uncommonly one hears some romantic young woman say, 'Oh, I would give anything to be a writer.' But she would not; and 'anything' is not enough. One must give everything.

Isabel Paterson

#3. The United States of America will sound as pompously in the world or in history as The Kingdom of Great Britain.

Thomas Paine

#4. The liver signifieth the element of water, and it is also the water; for from the liver cometh the blood in the whole body into all the members. The liver is the mother of the blood.

Jakob Bohme

#5. For the odd thing about wisdom is the more you use it the more it grows; and the more you share, the more you gain. You'd be amazed how few understand that.

Lloyd Alexander

#6. [On marriage:] It is an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings.

Susan Sontag

#7. Moorehouse and Rogers, one of whom was the legendary Collins Rappaport as second chair. Parisi, as co-counsel to the law firm, would be first chair, and he would be doing hand-to-hand combat with her. Yuki

James Patterson

#8. Perl is like vise grips. You can do anything with it but it is the wrong tool for every job.

Bruce Eckel

#9. Being disabled doesn't have to be a disadvantage.

Oscar Pistorius

#10. For decades, community colleges have been the backbone of American workforce training. Because they are nimble and closely attuned to local community needs, they are inherently positioned to be influential leaders of the movement for a sustainable economy.

Ed Begley Jr.

#11. Listening to the bell I feel the afflictions in me begin to dissolve. My mind becomes calm, my body relaxed, and a smile is born on my lips. Following the sound of the bell, my breath guides me back to the safe island of mindfulness. In the garden of my heart, the flower of peace blooms beautifully.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#12. Accident is design / And design is accident / In a cloud of unknowing.

T. S. Eliot

#13. Success comes to you with luck and a lot of hard work, but it doesn't give you the right to be any better than anybody else.

Nick Nolte