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“No matter what happens, there is always the business of the world to attend to.”
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“The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!”
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“There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.”
Source : Ralph Moody (1991). “Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers”, p.177, U of Nebraska Press
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“Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought.”
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“Diamonds are intrinsically worthless, except for the deep psychological need they fill.”
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“As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them.”
Source : Louis Bromfield (1946). “A Few Brass Tacks”
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“Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit.”
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“The gift moves towards the empty place. As it turns in its circle it turns towards him who has been empty-handed the longest, and if someone appears elsewhere whose need is greater it leaves its old channel and moves toward him. Our generosity may leave us empty, but our emptiness then pulls gently at the whole until the thing in motion returns to replenish us. Social nature abhors a vacuum.”
Source : Lewis Hyde (2009). “The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World”, p.29, Vintage
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“But those who cannot write, and those who can, All rhyme, and scrawl, and scribble, to a man.”
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“Many a painter has lived in affluence, in high esteem, who lacked the divine spark, and who is utterly forgotten to-day.”
