Arthur J. Lamb famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country.

  • On the contrary, there is a considerable body of evidence that these fossil traces, known as 'dino-fuzz', have nothing to do with bird feathers... I, and many others, do not find any credible evidence that those structures represent protofeathers.

  • In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.

  • Fortunately, however, birds don't understand pep talks. Not even St. Francis'. Just imagine, he went on, preaching sermons to perfectly good thrushes and goldfinches and chiff-chaffs! What presumption! Why couldn't he have kept his mouth shut and let the birds preach to him?

  • You've built your homeyou've fledged your birdsyou've beaten the windwith your bonesyou've finished alonewhat no one began

  • In my case dust has become Gold

  • Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.

  • On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom.

  • He has a heart of gold - only harder.

  • In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.

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