Platter Of Figs Quotes

#1. Then love of pleasure sways each heart, and we From that no more than from ourselves can fly. Blameless when govern'd well. But where it errs Extravagant, and wildly leads to ill, Public or private, there its curbing pow'r Cool reason must exert.

John Armstrong

#2. I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing.

Manuel Puig

#3. You're not born with a walk like that. You have to earn it.

Donna Ball

#4. We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom.
... Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls.

Peggy Noonan

#5. With an accelerated schedule of launch in just two months, NASA and contractor launch and support teams labor steadily with six-day work weeks by day and night shifts

Martha Lemasters

#6. Routine and predictable days are the breeding grounds for complacency.

Wayde Goodall

#7. He understands that creating a meal means creating your own reality ...

Alice Waters

#8. Just be. Let your true nature emerge. Don't disturb your mind with seeking.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

#9. The more boldly a man dares, the more richly his land bears

Yu Hua