Sarah Orne Jewett Quotes
the mysterious moment of death proves to be a moment of waking. How one longs to take it for one's self!
Quotes to Explore
-
My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
-
Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
-
I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
-
I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
-
What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
-
At its very best, the Western model speaks for itself. It's the model that put food on the table. It's the refrigerators. It put a man on the moon.
-
The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
-
At 14 and 15, I used to listen to Tito Puente, Dave Valentine and everything that was happening with American jazz. I love it.
-
A lot of people see a Nissan ad and they see a finished product in a record store or on iTunes and that's the face of the band.
-
To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.
-
If you care about the news and write what you want to read - not just what you think Google search wants to read - there are people out there who want to read it.
-
As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving.
-
You come to me and it's my job to make you look the best you can look. From an image point of view, would I prefer to dress Jude Law instead of Rolf Harris? Of course. But it's my job to make them both look great.
-
He who knows himself is enlightened.
-
If John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan could negotiate with the Soviet Union, then surely a strong and confident America can negotiate with less powerful adversaries today.
-
Investing in people is the single most important thing in the knowledge economy. Traditionally, wealth was defined by land and natural resources. Today the most important resources is between our ears.
-
Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap.
-
We talk about issues, but I'm not his adviser, I'm his wife... I find that it's really best not to give your spouse a lot of advice. I don't want a lot of advice from him.
-
As far as is possible under the ruthless tyranny the organized labor of Soviet Russia is everywhere in a state of full revolt.
-
There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable.
-
A man must always have the final choice in life and in death. Anything else can be taken from him, but never that.
-
A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross.
-
the mysterious moment of death proves to be a moment of waking. How one longs to take it for one's self!
