Patrick Geddes Quotes
Yet the leaf is the chief product and phenomenon of Life: this is a green world, with animals comparatively few and small, and all dependent on the leaves. By leaves we live. Some people have strange ideas that they live by money. They think energy is generated by the circulation of coins. Whereas the world is mainly a vast leaf colony, growing on and forming a leafy soil, not a mere mineral mass: and we live not by the jingling of our coins, but by the fullness of our harvests.
Patrick Geddes
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I end up pleading my case to alternative programmers - you're telling me that my music is too dark for pop, too pop for alternative, and urban radio won't touch it - so we have a record that doesn't fit in. And what is more alternative than that?
Halsey
I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
Taylor Sheridan
Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
Ted Yoho
Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
Dan Gertler
A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
Pat Conroy
Genetically, I'm like my mum, and she looked great right up until her death in 1989.
Olivia Newton-John
It's probably one of our biggest concerns, with his groin. It'll probably be later in the week before we get a report on that.
Joe Gibbs
We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.
Abdoulaye Wade
I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me.
Charles Dickens
I realise I am stepping into the shoes of a hugely respected editor in the shape of Alexandra Shulman, someone who has chosen to leave at the top of their game with a legacy of 25 years of success.
Edward Enninful
Alas, 'tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people.
Vittorio Alfieri
Yet the leaf is the chief product and phenomenon of Life: this is a green world, with animals comparatively few and small, and all dependent on the leaves. By leaves we live. Some people have strange ideas that they live by money. They think energy is generated by the circulation of coins. Whereas the world is mainly a vast leaf colony, growing on and forming a leafy soil, not a mere mineral mass: and we live not by the jingling of our coins, but by the fullness of our harvests.
Patrick Geddes
