“Most convicted felons are just people who were not taken to museums or Broadway musicals as children.” Quote by Paul Rudnick
“We of the third sphere are unable to look at Europe or at Asia as they may survey each other. Wherever we go, across Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre.' Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else.” LooksMayTravelEuropeThirdsSurpriseSpheresAsiaBizarreSimilarityPacificSurveys Author:Mary Ritter Beard
“The interactions of business and culture, one upon the other, form one of the least explored phases of history. For such a study, no city would appear better fixed than Florence, so richly dowered with both economic and spiritual vitality.” SpiritualFormCultureCitiesStudyEconomicFixedInteractionPhasesVitalityFlorence Author:Mary Ritter Beard
“The economic interpretation of history does not necessarily mean that all events are determined solely by economic forces. It simply means that economic facts are the ever recurring decisive forces, the chief points in the process of history.” MeanDoeFactsForceProcessHistoryEconomicEventsDeterminedChiefsInterpretationRecurring Author:Eduard Bernstein
“Have you ever started a path? No one seems willing to do this. We don't mind using existing paths, but we rarely start new ones. Do it today. Start a path. Even if it doesn't lead anywhere” IfsMindSeemsTodayPathWilling Book:Napalm & Silly Putty Source: Napalm & Silly Putty
“One of finest evocations of life in Western America in recent memory... Powerful and profoundly moving.” AmericaMovingMemoriesPowerfulWesternFinest Author:William Kittredge
“The Ploughmen is part inspired fever-dream, part adventure story, a lyric parable of not just goodand evil but of the vast and beautiful and often lonely country in-between. Kim Zupan is a wonder.” CountryStoriesDreamBeautifulEvilWonderAdventureLonelyInspiredFeverKimParables Author:Rick Bass
“There are times I think I am not sure of something which I absolutely know.” ThinkingKnowsKnowledgeNot Sure Author:Mongkut
“Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics towards which we can be indifferent.” ChildrenOur ChildrenStatisticsIndifferentGrandchildrenChildren And Grandchildren Author:John F. Kennedy