Maybe happiness was an hourglass already running out, the…

These joys were so trifling as to be as imperceptible as grains of gold among the sand, and in moments of depression she saw…

— Leo Tolstoy

I'm a film guy. I love it. When I read the screenplay, I knew that there would be no HD camera that could achieve…

— Deon Taylor

The grain of real knowledge is concealed in a vast deal of esoteric chaff.

— Alfred Rupert Hall

Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider…

— Richard Cecil

While traveling, I love granola bars, trail mix nuts, dry cereal and fruit for on-the-go snacks. I also try and start the day with…

— Christie Rampone

Where is the subject that does not branch out into infinity? For every grain of sand is a mystery; so is every daisy in…

— William Mountford

I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense…

— John Calvin

If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.

— Martin Luther

I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.

— Wyclef Jean

Write against patterns. Go against the devils. Write what you never write. Lie. Validate what you don’t validate. Indulge what you don’t like. Wallow…

— Deena Metzger

It's all about salsa with grain chips, tofu, turkey slices, hummus, and coconut water.

— Laurieann Gibson

“Throw your grain into the see and it will come back to you”

— Thabiso Monkoe

You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.

— Philip Massinger

The pious farmer, who ne'er misses pray'rs, With patience suffers unexpected rain; He blesses Heav'n for what its bounty spares, And sees, resign'd, a…

— Mary Wortley Montagu

I always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.

— Bernard Hopkins