"There was no hostility at the court when I arrived."

-- Sandra Day O'Connor

#Court Quotes #Hostility Quotes

“Beyond all explanations which a good brain can give, why do we choose the worse and not the better, why hate rather than love, why greed and not generosity, why self-centred activity and not open total action? Why be mean when there are soaring mountains and flashing streams? Why jealousy and not love? Why?”
“One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.”
“You may be whatever you resolve to be - determine to be something in the world and you will be something. " I cannot," never accomplished anything. "I will try" has worked wonders.”
“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families. The Amor Patriae love of ones country is both a moral duty and a religious duty. It comprehends not only the love of our neighbors but of millions of our fellow creatures, not only of the present but of future generations. This virtue we find constitutes a part of the first characters of history.”
“Either you will determine truth by your feelings or truth will determine your feelings. Be careful following feelings alone.”
“I don't believe anything, but I have many suspicions.”

Source : "Happy Maybe Day" by John Higgs, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2009.
“In most novels, the landscape, or the place, in which the story takes part is simply a backdrop to the human action.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Every plant has its fitness and must be placed in its proper surroundings so as to bring out its full beauty. Therein lies the art of landscaping.”

Source : Jens Jensen (1990). “Siftings”, p.115, JHU Press

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