Land Reclamation Quotes

#1. There is a classic esthetic which romantics often miss because of its subtlety. The classic style is straightforward, unadorned, unemotional, economical and carefully proportioned. Its purpose is not to inspire emotionally, but to bring order out of chaos and make the unknown known.

Robert M. Pirsig

#2. He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan's problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.

Malala Yousafzai

#3. Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#4. What a strange world in which a man cannot remain unique even by taking the trouble to go mad.

G.K. Chesterton

#5. Let's form a committee tasked with exploring why committees are so ineffective. Then we'll stand-back and watch it argue and self-destruct.

Ryan Lilly

#6. The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity.

Dmitri Shostakovich

#7. Jesus washes the feet of the Apostles. Are we ready to serve others like this.

Pope Francis

#8. We're grappling with the same issue facing all advanced economies - how to revive growth and distribute its fruits more fairly. An America that can tackle that problem head-on can perhaps help revive a stagnant global economy.

David Ignatius

#9. Mostly, Texas women are tough in some very fundamental ways. Not unfeminine, nor necessarily unladylike, just tough!

Molly Ivins

#10. Life is too short to drink the house wine.

Helen Thomas

#11. A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on.

Mark Twain

#12. You know, in this business, you don't have any control over what the press says and how they portray things. And that's their prerogative. But I think anybody who looks at it objectively has trouble making the case that somehow this is a bad economy.

Dick Cheney