Quotes About Yosemite Park

#1. The coniferous forests of the Yosemite Park, and of the Sierra in general, surpass all others of their kind in America, or indeed the world, not only in the size and beauty of the trees, but in the number of species assembled together, and the grandeur of the mountains they are growing on.

John Muir

#2. Yosemite Park is a place of rest, a refuge from the roar and dust and weary, nervous, wasting work of the lowlands, in which one gains the advantages of both solitude and society ...

John Muir

#3. Yosemite Park ... None can escape its charms. Its natural beauty cleans and warms like a fire, and you will be willing to stay forever in one place like a tree.

John Muir

#4. Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.

Herbert Spencer

#5. Take my will, and make it Thine, It shall be no longer mine; Take my heart, it is Thine own; It shall be Thy royal throne.

Frances Ridley Havergal

#6. She knew her mother was likely to blow her top like a geyser in Yosemite National Park, but Mary had stopped giving a damn one way or another.

William Mann

#7. No choice maxims - we Stoics don't practice that kind of window dressing.

Seneca The Younger

#8. I am a theist. I live life between that "a" and the "t." It's a vast little space.

Kevin Sessums

#9. We take too much of our heritage for granted. Harriman State Park is not Mt. Vernon. Nor is it Yosemite. But heritage cannot be measured on a scale...

Mary E. Reed

#10. Life begins when we get tired of our own bullshit. We must all get bloody tired of our own bullshit, in order for our lives to begin.

C. JoyBell C.

#11. I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.

Jim Henson

#12. At the Ahwahnee Lodge in Yosemite National Park. Built in the 1920s, the Ahwahnee is a sprawling pile of stone, concrete, and timber designed in a style that mixed Art Deco, the Arts and Crafts movement,

Walter Isaacson

#13. Surprise is the practice of accepting the unexpected interruption, and the practice of leaving enough space in the day for something to happen that isn't on the list. Surrendering to surprise is the practice of balancing structure and openness.

Christina Baldwin

#14. I love Steven Wright. I was in high school in the '80s, and there was a lot of stand up on television.

Demetri Martin

#15. The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or whether it be obscured or disfigured, as is the case with sinners; or whether it be clear and beautiful as is the case with the just.

Thomas Aquinas

#16. In my opinion,' he said, 'the nineteenth century is passing for everyone except us.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#17. I love food and I love everything involved with food. I love the fun of it. I love restaurants. I love cooking, although I don't cook very much. I love kitchens.

Alma Guillermoprieto