Tosches Milford Quotes

#1. There is no object that we see, no action that we do, no good that we enjoy, no evil that we feel of fear, but we may make some spiritual advantage of all.

Anne Bradstreet

#2. He had been taught by his uncle that his prayers were more acceptable to God if he said them in his nightshirt than if he waited till he was dressed. This did not surprise him, for he was beginning to realize that he was the creature of a God who appreciated the discomfort of his worshipers.

W. Somerset Maugham

#3. The only way we find out what we're capable of is by getting into a little trouble.

Penelope Douglas

#4. Our minds are information vacuums. Either we fill them with thoughts of our choosing or someone else will.

Ray A. Davis

#5. It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you can't find anyone who disagrees with you.

Tony Benn

#6. The damage that the human body can survive these days is as awesome as it is horrible: crushing, burning, bombing, a burst blood vessel in the brain, a ruptured colon, a massive heart attack, rampaging infection. These conditions had once been uniformly fatal.

Atul Gawande

#7. A British traveler remarked, 'There are [fashions in Guatemala] which it would require more than common charity to speak of with respect ... '
FILL IN YOUR OWN GRIPES! ;-)

Paul Theroux

#8. The warrior of Light perseveres in his desire, but knows he must wait for the best moment.

Paulo Coelho

#9. I'm not a good flyer. Because I do it so much, I think the odds of something going wrong are not in my favour.

Peter Hook

#10. Day and night. Give and take. But never to die. Each have their time.

Zechariah Barrett

#11. As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form.

Avicenna

#12. When you grumble about a taxi being dirty, people your own age will absolutely agree with you, whereas younger people say, 'You should be so lucky to have a taxi - I walk to work!' So I have lots of young friends, who fortunately don't treat me as a guru, a person that knows all the answers.

Ian McKellen

#13. That in the human plan nothing is worth the making if it does not make the man.

Edwin Markham