"The river is moving. The blackbird must be flying."

-- Wallace Stevens

#Moving Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Flying Quotes

“Time has been used destructively by people of ill will much more than it has been used constructively by those of good will.”
“So I'd rather have a defense that's successful where everyone's comfortable in their positions.”
“You see, money isn't everything - I know it sounds corny but I really mean it - success means a lot more.”
“All such men are, or ought to be, agreed, that simple governments are despotisms; and of all despotisms, a democracy, though the least durable, is the most violent.”

Source : Fisher Ames (1835). “The influences of democracy on liberty, property, and the happiness of society, considered”, p.45
“As I crawled out of the abyss of combat and over the rail of the Sea Runner, I realized that compassion for the sufferings of others is a burden to those who have it. As Wilfred Owen's poem "Insensibility" puts it so well, those who feel most of others suffer most in war.”
“My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.”
“God spreads grace like a 4-year old spreads peanut butter-He gets it all over everything.”
“I've always had stamina. It's a genetic thing. Don't forget, I'm from the era where we played outside, so there was no issue with weight because we were out running around the fields and playing hide and seek.”

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