"Music is in all growing things; And underneath the silky wings Of smallest insects there is stirred A pulse of air that must be heard; Earth's silence lives, and throbs, and sings."

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Source : George Parsons Lathrop (1875). “Rose and Roof-tree: Poems”, p.16

George Parsons Lathrop

#Air Quotes #Wings Quotes #Silence Quotes

“Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall, and that has been since time immemoriam in New York, that people are not party-oriented in New York.”

Source : "Joe Lhota: The Daily News Sitdown". Interview with Celeste Katz, www.nydailynews.com. January 18, 2013.
“Lindsay Lohan's collaboration was a disaster. I am furious but I can't do anything about it. That happens to a lot of designers. We were the creators and patrons, responsible for the creation and destiny of our houses. But when we gave up our houses, we gave up our souls.”
“Baseball is about homecoming. It is a journey by theft and strength, guile and speed, out around first to the far island of second, where foes lurk in the reefs and the green sea suddenly grows deeper, then to turn sharply, skimming the shallows, making for a shore that will show a friendly face, a color, a familiar language and, at third, to proceed, no longer by paths indirect but straight, to home.”

Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1998). “A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti”, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
“You can't control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.”
“Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.”
“Money cannot be converted into houses or trained teachers or hospitals at the touch of a magic wand. There are limitations to our physical and intellectual resources.”

Source : Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (p. 51), February 26, 1964.
“Define your times. Treasure your calling. Pray without ceasing. The terrors of the age are less than the grandeur of the Christ within you.”

Source : Calvin Miller (2011). “Letters to a Young Pastor”, p.8, David C Cook
“A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.”

Source : "The Interplay of Influence: Mass Media and Their Publics in News, Advertising, Politics (Wadsworth series in mass communication)". Book by Kathleen Hall Jamieson and‎ Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, 1982.

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