"It is interesting sometimes to stop and think and wonder what the place you are currently at used to be like in times past, who walked there, who worked there and what the walls have seen."

-- Patrick Geddes

#Wall Quotes #Past Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, of feeling, of observing. We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome.”
“With Fred McDowell, I just love the way he articulates the notes. I'm hardly unique in that, but there's just something about that that I love.”
“I think there's no doubt that George Washington was the most important American to this time.”

Source : "Interview With Kevin Gutzman On George Washington". "Mike Church Show", www.mikechurch.com. May 1, 2013.
“My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's actually what I aspired to be.”
“Man should bear in mind and ponder over the Greek admonition - Not Too Much, Not Too Little.”
“Do not despise or hate your neighbor because he has been a success; take care of your own case.”
“Actually, when you're doing something you love, even when you're busy and it's hectic you don't feel the need to relax. I never used to take holidays and it would upset ex-wives and girlfriends, but working has me in a better mood than doing nothing.”

Source : Source: www.roland.co.uk
“Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.”

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