"If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone."

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Source : John McPhee (2000). “Annals of the Former World”, p.127, Macmillan

John McPhee

#Motivational Quotes #Writing Quotes #Marine Quotes

“Imagine how free we would feel and what we could accomplish if we could live without fear.”
“Mario Balotelli is like Marmite, you either love him or hate him. Me? I'm in between.”
“I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools. My main concern is that an over-emphasis on testing and league tables has led to a lack of time and freedom for a true, imaginative and humane engagement with literature.”
“From 50 centuries, we can learn about the close relationship between garden design and urban design, because both arts involve the composition of buildings with paving, landform, water, vegetation and climate.”
“Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.”
“Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets, for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say.”

Source : Sir Henry Taylor (1836). “The Statesman”, p.131
“The clarity of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God's help and being willing to follow it.”

Source : Wayne A. Grudem (2009). “Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine”, p.99, Harper Collins
“Life must be something more than dilettante speculation.”

Source : Anna Julia Cooper, Charles C. Lemert, Esme Bhan (1998). “The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters”, p.194, Rowman & Littlefield

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