Quotes of John McPhee

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A tympanic resonance, so rich and overpowering that it could give an air of verse to a recipe for stewed hare.

- John McPhee

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“ Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones. ”

- Jeffrey McDaniel

“ When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ Mistakes are not bad; excuses are. ”

- Udai Yadla

“ Awake, my friend! Arise, my friend! Start walking my friend! And do not stop until you bring the change you wish to see in your society! ”

- Abhijit Naskar

“ Perfect is annoying, boring, and impossible to sustain. Knowing how to translate conscientiousness into something beyond the fleeting satisfaction of “me” toward a “we” mindset is the best move you can make. ”

- Kristen Lee

“ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ”

- Helen Keller

“ True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ”

- Erich Segal

“ Close your eyes, take your time and listen. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

“ Love is a panacea for a wound that never stops weeping. ”

- Kilroy J. Oldster

“ Most people never truly live because they never do what they truly love. ”

- Tanner Walling

“ The whole image is that eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions God's infinite love. That's the message we're brought up with, isn't it? Believe or die! Thank you, forgiving Lord, for all those options. ”

- Bill Hicks

“ It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we're wrong is courage, not weakness. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ It’s not bragging if you can back it up. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it. ”

- Joyce Brothers

“ Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ Her footprints are leaving green marks on the desert heart of mine ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. ”

- Jhumpa Lahiri

“ Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ”

- Voltaire

“ Gratitude is not love. Don’t mix the two because they are not the same. ”

- Frank Matobo

“ A heart filled with anger has no room for love. ”

- Joan Lunden

“ Hmm…now that I think about it, housecats are often coddled and petted. You don’t pet me nearly enough. You must be a lax owner. How selfish of you to deprive your cat of attention. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. ”

- Wayne Dyer

“ All my problems bow before my stubbornness. ”

- Amit Kalantri