#stain

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #stain




Can we actually suppose that we are wasting, polluting, and making ugly this beautiful land for the sake of patriotism and the love of God? Perhaps some of us would like to think so, but in fact this destruction is taking place because we have allowed ourselves to believe, and to live, a mated pair of economic lies: that nothing has a value that is not assigned to it by the market; and that the economic life of our communities can safely be handed over to the great corporations. (from 'Compromise, Hell!' published in the November/December 2004 issue of ORION magazine)


Wendell Berry


#economics #lies #sustainability #beauty

He was like a shattered stained-glass window: something beautiful that's broken; a million colours fallen on the ground where no light can get through.


Glenda Millard


#colours #light #stained-glass #beauty

Create the change you seek in the world. Be an ecopreneur. Launch your dream green business.


John D. Ivanko


#green-business #social-sector #sustainable-living #business

Honestly," he said with a grin, "how would that have worked? Oh, hello dream lover. Would you drink some of my blus so I won't murder you in front of all these nice people?"


Delilah S. Dawson


#dreams

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.


Sophocles


#noble #speech #stain

Are you saying that was real magic?" I said. "That's crazy." "Well, let's see. Are you telling me you just saw the past in a vision. That a monkey in a top hat was trying to murder my chief costumer and head accountant with the most powerful poison in existence using her makeup jar? If so, perhaps I'm not the crazy one here.


Delilah S. Dawson


#humor #tish #humor

I don't think there's anything wrong with the way you are," I said shyly. "I just don't want to mess up, and you're much better at this sort of thing than I am." "Don't worry. You'll enjoy playing along. You'll have to be haughty, and I'll have to act beaten down, when we're in public." "That sounds kind of fun." I said. "Just don't forget that it's a ruse, love," he said. "Because once we're outside the walls again, you'll be entirely in my power. And I'd hate to have to spank you.


Delilah S. Dawson


#love

...I'm innocent still -inside me are stained glass windows that have never been broken- and when I see your light it stains my soul with color ...


John Geddes


#innocence #light #love #poetry #soul

Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve's other mandate objectives of maximum sustainable employment and moderate long-term interest rates.


Ben Bernanke


#also #attaining #central #employment #federal

Indeed, in general, healthy investment returns cannot be sustained in a weak economy, and of course it is difficult to save for retirement or other goals without the income from a job.


Ben Bernanke


#course #difficult #economy #general #goals