(852 quotes found)
“Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with from people , stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks. Historians are pessimists because they ignore the banks for the river.”
Will Durant
“There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies. The war has begun.”
Alison Lurie
“When at last we are sure, You've been properly pilled, Then a few paper forms, Must be properly filled. So that you and your heirs, May be properly billed.”
Dr. Seuss
“A wet sheet and a flowing sea, / A wind that follows fast / And fills the white and rustling sail / And bends the gallant mast.”
Allan Cunningham
“I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.”
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“One thought fills immensity.”
William Blake
“So for you people who are filled with fear that I might someday be released: breathe easy, I don't see it happening.”
Charles Manson
“Fill all thy bones with aches.”
William Shakespeare
“Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable.”
George Washington Carver
“Moderate profits fill the purse.”
Italian Proverb
