Microhistory Quotes

#1. They are denied access to the more advanced techniques of releasing the kundalini energy, which bring about quantum leaps in self-awareness.

Frederick Lenz

#2. As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the '70s on that being a public figure presents another aspect of responsibility.

Patti Smith

#3. I do feel very strongly that this is one of the things which people need encouragement to sort out, because I have this very strong feeling that everybody is probably a genius at something, it's just a question of finding this.

Diana Wynne Jones

#4. As you journey through life take a minute every now and then to give a thought for the other fellow. He could be plotting something.

Dik Browne

#5. For the birth of something new, there has to be a happening. Newton saw an apple fall; James Watt watched a kettle boil; Rontgen fogged some photographic plates. And these people knew enough to translate ordinary happenings into something new ...

Alexander Fleming

#6. Some of my favorite media is the still cartoon that you can sit and study. You can get amazing metaphors across really quickly. I'm in awe of a Charles Schulz.

Bob Peterson

#7. Grace is a gift. It's always a gift of love, but it usually comes in an unexpected way.

Kimberly Greene Angle

#8. When your heart is broken, when your heart has cracks in it, it lets the light in.

Ellen DeGeneres

#9. Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.

Abdallah II Of Jordan

#10. The Deering General Store? Look at it. That's not a place to get a battery. That's a place to lose your wallet. Or your virginity.

Maggie Stiefvater

#11. His very presence created a need for more of him.

Chrissy Moon

#12. Throughout the typing pool all the girls began to do the same.

Alice McDermott

#13. Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.

Alex Tan

#14. The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

Denis Waitley