Year: 2009

Henry Beston

“The seas are the heart’s blood of the earth.” Henry Beston quotes

Thomas Pickering

“In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known.” Thomas Pickering quotes

Jacob Bronowski

“The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.” Jacob Bronowski quotes

Mortimer Adler

“Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.” Mortimer Adler quotes

William Kent

“All gardening is landscape painting.” William Kent quotes

Starline X. Hodge

“Just because it’s only ‘stuff’ doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate it while I have it.” Starline X. Hodge quotes

Marie Curie

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear …

Max Muller

“The spring of love becomes hidden and soon filled up.” Max Muller quotes

Carolus Linnaeus

“Nature does not proceed by leaps and bounds.” Carolus Linnaeus quotes

George Edward Woodberry

“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” George Edward Woodberry quotes

James M. Barrie

“Life is a long lesson in humility.” James M. Barrie quotes

Zelda Fitzgerald

“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.” Zelda Fitzgerald quotes

Peter Ustinov

“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.” Peter Ustinov quotes

Princess Diana

“If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.” Princess Diana quotes

Martin Kippenberger

“Entertainment is in art like color in pictures.” Martin Kippenberger quotes

Salvador Dali

“Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.” Salvador Dali quotes

Edward Hopper

“What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.” Edward Hopper quotes

Chief Joseph

“The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.” Chief Joseph quotes

Orison Swett Marden

“It is like the seed put in the soil – the more one sows, the greater the harvest.” Orison Swett Marden quotes

Marcel Proust

“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust quotes

Steve Martin

“I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.” Steve Martin quotes

Agatha Christie

“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just …

Nicholas Culpeper

“Waters are distilled out of Herbs, Flowers, Fruits, and Roots.” Nicholas Culpeper quotes

R. D. Laing

“We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already …

Michael Patrick King

“I always like a good math solution to any love problem.” Michael Patrick King quotes

Tertullian

“The entire fruit is already present in the seed.” Tertullian quotes

George Iles

“Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student.” George Iles quotes

Gustav Mahler

“With the coming of spring, I am calm again.” Gustav Mahler quotes

Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes

Ovid

“Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.” Ovid quotes

Ronald Reagan

“Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.’ And ever since he told me that, I …

Robert Pante

“If you look good and dress well, you don’t need a purpose in life.” Robert Pante quotes

Aldous Huxley

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” Aldous Huxley quotes

Henry Timrod

“Spring is a true reconstructionist.” Henry Timrod quotes

Winston Churchill

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” Winston Churchill quotes

Henry David Thoreau

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” Henry David Thoreau quotes

John Burroughs

“It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.” John Burroughs quotes

C. P. Snow

“The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it.” C. P. Snow quotes