I do value my work awfully; but in reality only consider this: all this world of ours is nothing but a speck… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
When I stand in a library where is all the recorded wit of the world, but none of the recording, a mere… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Among gardeners, enthusiasm and experience rarely exist in equal measures. The beginner dreams of home-grown bouquets and baskets of ripe fruit, the… — Roger Swain Copy Share Image
If we address frankly what is evoked by cheese, I think it becomes clear why so little is said. So what does… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
You talk of the scythe of Time, and the tooth of Time: I tell you, Time is scytheless and toothless; it is… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Life appears: a complex dampness, destined to an intricate future and charged with secret virtues, capable of challenge and creation. A kind… — Roger Caillois Copy Share Image
As you deal with thumb-crossings, or fingerings for the F-sharp-minor scale, or chromatic scales in double thirds, it is hard to accept… — Jeremy Denk Copy Share Image
I'll tell you truly: I value my thought and work terribly, but in essence - think about it - this whole world… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I am in favor of deliberately spreading methodically prepared bacteria among people and animals -- mildew ... to destroy the harvests, anthrax… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
In the process of making the record, I was just so bored all the time working whatever stupid job. I felt like… — Josh Jones Copy Share Image
Do not let the bread of the hungry mildew in your larder! Do not let moths eat the poor man's cloak. Do… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
