"It is a curious fact that out-of-door nature is to the beginner an enormously overloaded 'property room.' He sees, for instance, the myriad of leaves upon the tree long before he sees the tree at all."

-- John F. Carlson

#Doors Quotes #Long Quotes #Tree Quotes

“I truly feel that if you understand yourself and set goals without the regulations and limitations others put on you, then nothing is impossible.”
“First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.”
“Music taught me how to always be patient and focused, and to train the little concentration in myself.”
“As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing.”

Source : "Implants to make us smarter? An interview with amped author Daniel H.Wilson" by Kathy Ceceri, www.wired.com. June 25, 2012.
“I haven't had sex in two and a half years. A guy I met in San Francisco gave me a sympathy blow job. It didn't really work. I said, "You're just doing this 'cause you feel sorry for me." We stopped in the middle.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
“Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.”

Source : Sir William Temple (1814). “The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart: An essay upon the advancement of trade in Ireland. Of popular discontents. An introduction to the history of England. Of gardening. An essay upon the cure of the gout by moxa. Of health and long life. Of heroic virtue. Of poetry. An essay upon ancient and modern learning. Thoughts upon reviewing that essay. Of the excesses of grief. Of the different conditions of life and fortune. Heads of an essay on conversation. Poetry”, p.125
“It will be most pleasing to O[ur] L[ord] if you husband your strength in order to serve Him better.”
“Listening and being curious and wide-eyed in the world, I think, is what allows us to move forward, progress, evolve and learn and alter our behavior and become more self-aware. I think that listening is kind of what its all about.”

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