Isabella Bird Quotes

Grapes are grown in such profusion in the Southern and Western States that I have seen damaged bunches thrown to the pigs. Americans find it difficult to understand how highly this fruit is prized in England.

Isabella Bird

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 15, 1831 - October 7, 1904

Topics

FruitFindUnderstandDifficultPigs

Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.

Sonia Sotomayor

FactsChoosePersonalJudgesSee

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

Tony Shalhoub

WorkHealthPeopleMental Health

I'm in no hurry to get anywhere. I don't have any plans. I don't have a map. If you did in this business, you'd destroy yourself.

Colin Farrell

BusinessYourselfYouPlansMapGet

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

Armistead Maupin

ChangePeopleWorldChangesHonest

I think the Mogadishu effect, if I had to define it, is we need to be more careful where we decide to commit US forces, and for what reason, and to make a clear judgment as to what we can and can't do and whether it's in our interests, or we could afford the resources that it would take to make the situation right.

Anthony Zinni

ThinkSituationMoreNeedRight

I hate to play a tournament in which I'm not contending. It's just not any fun for me.

Phil Mickelson

HateFunMePlayJustTournament

I don't care what anybody says. Stick to the spirit of the play and you're doing it right. It's about embracing the spirit of the text instead of noodling some idea about things.

Suzan-Lori Parks

CareDoingYouPlaySpiritRight

One of my favourite scents in the world is the 'Brown' candle from Hotel Costes in Paris. It smells like naughty nights in corners of clubs.

Poppy Delevingne

CandleWorldHotelParisNaughty

Until you separate the speculative behaviour of the financial sector from the real economy and the financing of the real economy, then we are not going to see the kind of stability or the capacity to drive genuine, income-led growth as opposed to debt-fuelled, speculative behaviour.

Sharan Burrow

GrowthDriveFinancialYouGenuine

By early 1971, I had been acting professionally for 18 months - theatre work and my first telly, an episode of 'Dr. Who.'

Tim Pigott-Smith

WorkTheatreEarlyActingFirstWho

A lot of times people's main motives and plan in life is to hurt as many people as they can, but I think there's enough good people that help make the world a good place.

Tina Yothers

LifeGoodPeopleWorldThinkHurt

The amount of times my wife has rolled her eyes at board games is impossible to count.

Rich Sommer

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