"The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Country Quotes #Heart Quotes #Men Quotes

“The sixteen hundred dairies in Californiaâ€™s Central Valley alone produce more waste than a city of twenty-one million people-thatâ€™s more than the populations of London, New York, and Chicago combined.”

Source : Gene Baur (2008). “Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food”, p.114, Simon and Schuster
“More than anything, one is struck by the light. Light everywhere. Brightness everywhere. Everywhere, the sun.”

Source : Ryszard Kapuscinski (2016). “The Beginning: Collision, Ghana, 1958”, p.6, Vintage
“Once I have something that I think I can work with, then I'll go in and make it on the computer. I'll try to recapture the sound that I had in my head when I was thinking about it. That's usually how I do it.”
“Effective metaphor does more than shed light on the two things being compared. It actually brings to the mind's eye something that has never before been seen. It's not just the marriage ceremony linking two things; it's the child born from the union.”

Source : Rebecca Mcclanahan (2000). “Word Painting”, p.90, Writer's Digest Books
“Surrender to sensuality paralyzes the powers of the moral person.”
“Why, what a temper you are in!”
“Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.”
“We need to take responsibility for the effect of our environment on our nervous systems, and particularly the nervous systems of our children. No wonder so many of them are diagnosed with all the stuff they're diagnosed with today. Modern technology is a blessing to be sure, but it's also a curse if we allow it to pull us out of our spiritual center. A 24 hour electronic onslaught comes at the expense of our deep humanity and our deepest relationships.”

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