"It is not wise for a man who can get seasick in a rowboat on a mill-pond to attack a Japanese dinner just after a seventeen days voyage across the Pacific."

-- John Fox, Jr.

#Wise Quotes #Men Quotes #Ponds Quotes

“I have still the best comforts of life - books and friendships - and I trust never to lose my relish for either.”

Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1872). “Letters of Mary Russell Mitford: 2d Ser”, p.232
“Painting is a mosaic of colors weaved into a seamless whole.”
“There was a rock in front of my hut, a tall, gray rock. By its looks it seemed to be well-disposed toward me...”
“It's about doing something larger than yourself. It's about serving this world, helping others.”
“One plus one equals three. When a man and woman marry they become one never two.”

Source : "Eddie Griffin: Freedom of Speech". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. 2008.
“There have been at least three other cases in which federal agencies have succeeded in placing fake news reports on television during the Bush presidency. It was a really good tour. It seemed maybe about a week too long.”
“Henke sensed her terrifying aptitude for destruction as never before. Henke had feared for her sanity; now she knew the truth was almost worse than that. Honor wasn't insane - she simply didn't care. She'd lost not only her sense of balance but any desire to regain it.”

Source : "Field of Dishonor". Book by David Weber, 1994.
“Wilderness is a necessity ... They will see what I meant in time. There must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls. Food and drink is not all. There is the spiritual. In some it is only a germ, of course, but the germ will grow.”

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