Celia Rees Quotes

There are patterns in everything, in the whole of Nature, from the way the stars turn in the heavens to the whorl of a shell or the petals of a flower and the way leaves arrange themselves about a twig. There are forces, hidden forces. If I can discover what they are, how they operate, I will have my hands upon the levers of creation and can work them myself.

Celia Rees

Quotes to Explore

Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.

Aaron Neville
- Strong
- Band
- Voice
I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.

Dan Gilbert
- People
- Different
- Think
The West hasn't reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but it certainly has evolved out of its warring state phase, which it was in for a couple of centuries.

Samuel P. Huntington
- Couple
- Close
- West
Insults are the business of the court.

Naguib Mahfouz
- Business
- Court
- Insults
Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's education budget. Thousands of teachers have been pulled from classrooms, schools have closed and valuable programs have been canceled. In many places, districts are forced to choose between prekindergarten programs and English, algebra and art.

Wendy Davis
- Art
- Political
- Education
Could it think, the heart would stop beating.

Fernando Pessoa
- Heart
- Think
- Stop