Neat Quotes

. . . these are the times of dreamy quietude, when beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember, that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang. - Herman Melville

. . . I would stand,
If the night blackened with a coming storm,
Beneath some rock, listening to notes that are
The ghostly language of the ancient earth,
Or make their dim abode in distant winds.
Thence did I drink the visionary power;
And deem not profitless those fleeting moods
Of shadowy exultation: not for this,
That they are kindred to our purer mind
And intellectual life; but that the soul,
Remembering how she felt, but what she felt
Remembering not, retains an obscure sense
Of possible sublimity. . . . - William Wordsworth

(Wolff) took a touch inside and I slid with my left foot and I thought I had it right underneath me but somehow it popped out, unfortunately right to his feet and he was in. I was trying to catch up and, you know, I gave him a little tug to try and get him a little off balance before he took a shot but as soon as he felt it he just went down. - Michael Parkhurst

(The monk) is said to close or move unattended books. Though no one ever sees the neat servant of good, his knack for tidiness certainly makes itself known. - Thomas D'Agostino

(The extra headroom) gives us easy access to clean the dust, grain particles and fines from underneath the drying floor. It also helps to keep insects out during storage. - Clay Mitchell

(As for) these-- their reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them, and excellent is the reward of the laborers. - Quran