Waterville Famous Quotes & Sayings

So, the scholars are tedious, the experts never see the whole truth of things, still they have their role to play. — Tom Robbins

We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination. — Muammar Al-Gaddafi

In eternity this world will be like Troy, I believe, and all that has passed here will be the epic of the universe, the ballad they sing in the streets. — Marilynne Robinson

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason. — Charles Curtis

I try to shield my children as far as possible from the public glare. I want them to have a normal childhood like we had. We went to school by the school bus, had school food ... There was no special treatment given to us. The same applies to my children as well. — Karisma Kapoor

We can't simply blame the engineers when things go wrong because, no matter how well they plan, things don't always go according to plan. — Henry Petroski

I was born and raised in a small town in Maine, Waterville. I enjoyed living there - still do - and my goal in life was a fairly specific and focused one of practicing law in Maine. — George J. Mitchell

Life is an act and we are all actors in the arena of life. We all do act each day from dawn to dusk. Some act well but some act to cover their acts — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I went to Colby College in Waterville, ME and did picture it when I was writing 'Cum Laude.' So many of the physical details were included, like the loop where people jogged. The story of the chapel is also borrowed from Colby ... but the students and cast of characters are fictional. — Cecily Von Ziegesar

I want to interpret the natural world and our links to it. It's driven by the belief of many world-class scientists that we're in the midst of an extinction crisis ... This time it's us that's doing it. — Frans Lanting

Each body a lion of courage, and something
precious to the earth. — Mary Oliver