Louise Erickson quotes

“Gardening requires lots of water... most of it in the form of perspiration.”
-- Louise Erickson

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“The things that have made America great are being subverted for the things that make Americans rich.”
-- Louise Erickson

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“We will all be better citizens when voting records of our Congressmen are followed as carefully as scores of pro-football games.”
-- Louise Erickson

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“It's been the same since caveman days, this game of love - they just changed the trumps from clubs to diamonds.”
-- Louise Erickson

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“Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking.”
-- Louise Erickson

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“"We may talk what we please," he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, "of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles, in fields d'or or d'argent; but, if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms."”

“A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden.”

“In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production of cotton. This was truly revolutionary. The cotton manufacturers created a whole new class of people - the urban proletariat. The structure of society itself would never be the same.”

“If a big wave came at the wrong moment, it would sweep me off into forty-eight-degree water, where I might last twenty minutes. Drowning quickly might be better.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.126, Thomas Nelson Inc

“It would be easier for the Devil to go to church and cross himself with holy water than for these people to comprehend the ideas which are accepted facts to us today.”

“As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.”

“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”

“I like the freedom of podcasting. With podcasting you can really mess around with the form and the format. You can do as much time as you like without having to pause for commercials.”

“As far as unwed mothers on welfare are concerned, it seems to me that they must be capable of some other form of labor.”

“Rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love.”