quotes about Easy Things

“I am convinced that what has the greatest meaning for us is what we uncover for ourselves.”

“The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.”

“Color exists simultaneously with form. Both elements are constantly associated but color strikes you more - a rose for instance - sometimes form - the human body.”

“The word is important in Native American tradition. You speak the path on which you walk. Your words make the trail.”

Source : Diane Glancy (1996). “Claiming Breath”, p.4, U of Nebraska Press

“I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.”

“Too many people asking too many questions in tennis. Golf is better.”

“Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices.”

Source : "Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality". Book by Jared Diamond, 1997.

“A leader must have a servant's heart. And if he has a servant's heart, he will act like a servant and react like a servant when he is treated like a servant.”

“I think women have brought a lot of life back to the sport-first, because a lot of people doubted women could actually do it well. Two, part of it is that old fascination some people have in watching athletes risk injury to win.”

“Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.”

Source : "Honored literary scholar M.H. Abrams continues his labors (of love)". Interview with Linda Grace-Kobas, news.cornell.edu. June 11, 1999.