Willa Sibert Cather Famous Quotes
The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or woman.
"Where there is great love, there are always miracles."
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.
"Writing ought either to be the manufacture of stories for which there is a market demand -- a business as safe and commendable as making soap or breakfast foods -- or it should be an art, which is always a search for something for which there is no market demand, something new and untried, where the values are intrinsic and have nothing to do with standardized values."
"The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always."
That is happiness to be dissolved into something complete and great.
Willa Sibert Cather Quotations
It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
Rene Descartes
"Love truth, but pardon error."
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be able to correct them.
Kimon Nicolaides
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are."
Earl Mac Rauch
"Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins."
Lois McMaster Bujold
"If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room."
Anita Roddick
I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts.
Bethania McKenstry
The covetous man is ever in want.
Horace
Who the hell wants to hear actors talk
Harry Morris Warner
Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement.
Susan S Taylor