Plowlands Quotes

#1. Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature. Why, then, may not landscape painting be considered as a branch of natural philosophy, of which pictures are but the experiments?

John Constable

#2. Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.

Baruch Spinoza

#3. I've developed a much greater respect for our politicians and every high-tech CEO. It's very easy to read about the things they did that you, of course, would have avoided in hindsight.

Michael J. Saylor

#4. Since time immemorial wise people have been saying that all comparisons are odious. When we compare, we set up a winner-loser dynamic. If my crisis is greater than yours, then yours is belittled and insignificant. I say that's nonsense. Each crisis has its own power, its own unique reality.

Tavis Smiley

#5. Building a professional relationship on respect as opposed to affection is a very good idea. Running your art projects the way you'd run a dry-cleaning business is also a really good idea. You shouldn't go into work like you're going on a date, like you're hanging out with friends.

Penn Jillette

#6. As every lord giveth a certain livery to his servants, charity is the very livery of Christ. Our Saviour, Who is the Lord above all lords, would have His servants known their badge, which is love.

Hugh Latimer

#7. A standard sitcom ... is a very standard idea, like these people falling in love and living with each other, and all these people living with each other. It's like, okay, we hooked them up in episode 15, how do we bust that, how do we find a new kernel in it?

Dave Finkel

#8. It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.

A.W. Tozer

#9. The sun rose on the flawless brimming sea into a sky all brazen-all one brightening for gods immortal and for mortal men on plowlands kind with grain.

Homer

#10. You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.
It's really funny.

Brandon Sanderson

#11. At the end of the day, your relationships with the people in your life will be greater assets than any material things. Take time. Be present. You'll thank yourself for it later.

Vironika Tugaleva

#12. Optimism is the staunchest worshipper of life.

Kedar Joshi

#13. Not too many players try to bluff me. If there's going to be bluffing or stealing going on, I'm going to be the one doing to it.

Johnny Chan

#14. There are powers that can counterfeit almost everything in the Christian life.

David Lloyd-Jones