“Liquid sunshine”
What his mother always called pouring rain, according to Bill Clinton while presiding over the dedication of his presidential library in Little Rock, Arkansas in a downpour, quoted in Maclean’s November 29, 2004
“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.”
Doug Larson, quoted on https://www.hound-dog-media.com
“The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.”
Confederate General Richard Ewell quoted in James M. McPherson, Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War & Reconstruction
“A true friend is someone who likes you despite your achievements.”
Arnold Bennett, quoted on www.hound-dog-media.com
“1st Officer Spock: Consider the alternatives, Mr. Scott./ Lt.-Cmd. Scott: We have no fuel! What alternatives?/ Mr. Spock: Mr. Scott, there are always alternatives.”
Star Trek “The Galileo Seven (1967)” quoted on imdb.com
“We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.”
Albert Einstein, quoted in Jon Winokur Zen to Go
“‘Everything is possible for him who possesses courage and activity,’ she said, with a look resembling one of those heroines of the age of chivalry whose encouragement was wont to give champions double valour at the hour of need, ‘and to the timid and hesitating everything is impossible, because it seems so.’”
Sir Walter Scott Rob Roy (the words are spoken by Diana “Die” Vernon to the hero Frank Osbaldistone)
“No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.”
Elizabeth Bowen, quoted in Jon Winokur Zen to Go