B. J. Porter Quotes
The wages of sin are the hardest debts on earth to pay, and they are always collected at inconvenient times and unexpected places.
Childhood is the fiery furnace in which we are melted down to essentials and that essential shaped for good.
the friend in need is the one who is the friend in deed; ... if people were not friends in need, there was every likelihood that they never would be friends again in any conditions that might obtain.
Love must be learned again and again... Hate needs no instruction, but waits only to be provoked.
A story is like something you wind out of yourself. Like a spider, it is a web you weave, and you love your story like a child.
Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.
Those who give the orders are not the ones to die The people who are doing the work and the fighting and the dying, and those who are doing the talking, are not all the same people.
we know by the odour that occasionally we are visited by skunks, which are not poetic but very beautiful.
I do not know why it is the fate of the world always to want something different from what life gives them.
Do you know that being a stranger is the hardest thing that can happen to any one in all this world?
We never know the timber of a man's soul until something cuts into him deeply and brings the grain out strong. You've the making of a mighty fine piece of furniture.
It really seems as if failure and hardship make more of a human being of folks than success.
Oh, yes; the game was to just find something about everything to be glad about—no matter what 'twas
Every place is a place to practice. Every time is a time to practice. Zen is concerned with the thought we have this moment rather than with rituals or rules of behavior
One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.
Beware of the danger signals that flag problems: silence, secretiveness, or sudden outburst.
The world admits bears in pits do it, Even Pekingeses at the Ritz do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love.
I've learned ruthless concentration. I can write under any circumstances...street noises, loud talk, music, you name it.
Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of a healthy human race and even very likely for its survival.
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences Don't fence me in
Technology has given us this wonderful opportunity to have low energy costs. We have to seize that, rather than keep debating and discussing and fighting over it.
I do not photograph for ulterior purposes. I photograph for the thing itself - for the photograph - without consideration of how it may be used.
Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to- to live.
I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.
Could she fall so low? No, there were limits, and she believed she still knew where some of them were.
I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.
Some Argentines, without means, do it, People say, in Boston , even beans do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love .
Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them.
It isn't given to us to see ends. We can only attend to the beginnings and make them right.
For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.
I hate reality shows like Big Brother and I'm A Celebrity. I'd rather watch a goldfish bowl.