Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world. — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
“It was the first time the features and formative processes of the desert had made me pause and absorb just how small… — Aron Ralston Copy Share Image
I grew up in Palm Springs, California, which is a suburb like a desert town, and I love it. — Alia Shawkat Copy Share Image
The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Often undecided whether to desert a sinking ship for one that might not float, he would make up his mind to sit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I abstract it in my photographs: I like large planes and spaces, areas of texture and light, like deserts or oceans or… — Herb Ritts Copy Share Image
Nature is neutral. Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom. There… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
A writer once said to me, If you ever go to America, go either to the East Coast or the West Coast:… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
I will fill myself with the desert and the sky. I will be stone and stars, unchanging and strong and safe. The… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
She wanted to eat my heart and be lost in the desert with what she'd done, she wanted to fall on her… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
Broadway is another monster. I've been touring since I was 12 years old and I love being on the road - one… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
Absolute peace in our world is an unattainable goal. But it is one towards which we must continue to journey, our eyes… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
A poet is a poet, whether he rides in a Ford or on a donkey; a sage is a sage, whether he… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share Image
In this glare of brilliant emptiness, in this arid intensity of pure heat, in the heart of a weird solitude, great silence… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The living ocean drives planetary chemistry, governs climate and weather, and otherwise provides the cornerstone of the life-support system for all creatures… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
“You must love no-thingness, You must flee something, You must remain alone, And go to nobody. You must be very active And… — Jessica Shirvington Copy Share Image
It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“Yet I wondered fancifully if he had seen more clearly than they did, had sensed the threat which my presence implied –… — wilfred thesiger Copy Share Image
Finnick:" Good to see you, Peeta." Peeta:" You be nice to her, Finnick. Or I might try and take her away from… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The names of the cerros and the sierras and the deserts exist only on maps. We name them that we do not… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
It's strange how deserts turn us into believers. I believe in walking in a landscape of mirages, because you learn humility. I… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“Desert which is immense and from above light brown or red vast rivulets of sand with no human life. As the only… — Leslie Scalapino Copy Share Image
“Within minutes my 115-mile walk through the desert hills becomes a thing apart, a disjunct reality on the far side of a… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Deserts look beautiful and green fields look beautiful too. Nature is genius because it knows how to look beautiful in every way. — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
In a couple of days, it will be 40 days, 40 hours, 40 years in the desert - 40 is fraught with meaning and symbolism. — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“And I knew that I could not bear the thought of never hearing that laughter any more. For me, it was like… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made. — Alexander Haig Copy Share Image
I've been on camels before, lumbering slowly through the desert - not hugely exciting, but I enjoyed the 'Lawrence of Arabia' vibe. — Fiona Bruce Copy Share Image
My heart was a desert You planted a seed And this is the flower This hour of sweet fulfillment — Leo Robin Copy Share Image
To say nothing is out here is incorrect; to say the desert is stingy with everything except space and light, stone and… — William Least Heat-Moon Copy Share Image
I would be content with any job, however thankless, in any quarter, however remote, if I had the chance of making a… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
“To picture the desert as a place where trees are capable of growing is an act of faith.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The Mojave is a big desert and a frightening one. It’s as though nature tested a man for endurance and constancy to… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Greece is a bleak, unsmiling desert, without agriculture, manufactures or commerce, apparently. What supports its poverty-stricken people or its Government, is a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When corruption is visited upon the cities of men, the mountains and the deserts await him. The cities are for money but… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I wanted to go everywhere. I would have started on a day's notice for the North Pole or the South, to the… — Roy Chapman Andrews Copy Share Image
Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears: Pause where we may upon the desert road, Some… — John Keble Copy Share Image
Going up north with the redwoods and driving along the coast, it's got everything, man. It's got the desert, the mountains, and… — Chad Smith Copy Share Image
