George Dana Boardman quote: "The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature."

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GEORGE DANA BOARDMAN

Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the arch...
GEORGE D. BOARDMAN

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder...
GEORGE D. BOARDMAN

You can't aim a duck to death.
GAEL BOARDMAN

You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listen to you if you can make a stat...
GAEL BOARDMAN

Biking is my meditation. I never actually stopped doing anything. The hip made me stop running, so I...
LAUREN BOARDMAN

I think it's tragic that Mr. Willis would stoop to that level. (Race) had nothing to do with the sto...
DAVID BOARDMAN

There seems to be this sense that quality, thorough, vetted information is a God-given right and sho...
DAVID BOARDMAN

We're in a situation now akin to how people feel about Congress; you may hate Congress in general, b...
DAVID BOARDMAN

It made me mature a lot faster than I probably should have. I think I see things in a different pers...
LAUREN BOARDMAN

It's easier to have friends over for longer periods of time, because my parents can't hear and they'...
LAUREN BOARDMAN

I've called every coach of every school I'm interested in to let them know my times.
LAUREN BOARDMAN

I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our min...
DANA CARVEY

We are all one.
DANA PETROVIC

There's always been a confusion about my sensibility. 'Is he kind of edgy, or is he Carol Bu...
DANA CARVEY

When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through...
DANA TORRES

It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to ...
DANA TORRES

I can't dance.
DANA TORRES

I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.
DANA TORRES

As for swimming, I'm now in the pool 5 days a week from 8 to 10 a.m. And I'm in the gym for ...
DANA TORRES

I get out of the pool after a workout and look on my BlackBerry to see if the nanny called and to ma...
DANA TORRES

I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
DANA TORRES

Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.
DANA STABENOW

I would be ecstatic if the very first writer to step foot in a Storyknife cabin was an Alaska Native...
DANA STABENOW

I don't know how many people there are with a million dollars who are inclined to give it to a w...
DANA STABENOW

The first thing my writing ever earned me wasn't an advance on a book; it wasn't a fee for a...
DANA STABENOW

My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Ala...
DANA STABENOW

I've been approached in the past to option my stories for television, but prior to Evergreen, th...
DANA STABENOW

All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certai...
DANA SPIOTTA

I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
DANA SPIOTTA

Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them...
DANA SPIOTTA

I try to write about how we live today, how we use language, technology, our bodies.
DANA SPIOTTA

It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money.
DANA SPIOTTA

I like to buy books for the kids in my family. I guess that's why they call me the 'mean'...
DANA SPIOTTA

Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had t...
DANA SPIOTTA

The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger fo...
DANA SPIOTTA

That was one of the reasons I became a writer - I never really had that many friends. I would read a...
DANA SPIOTTA

There's lots of things that can't make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots...
DANA SPIOTTA

I have to say that movies have as much impact on me as music. And that I learned as much about narra...
DANA SPIOTTA

People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true....
DANA SPIOTTA

I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-a...
DANA SPIOTTA

I locate a great deal of the power of Occupy Wall Street in the name itself, 'Occupy Wall Street...
DANA SPIOTTA

A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and i...
DANA SPIOTTA

My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So...
DANA SPIOTTA

I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that...
DANA SPIOTTA

The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that yo...
DANA SPIOTTA

Although a great restaurant experience must include great food, a bad restaurant experience can be a...
DANA SPIOTTA

I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.
DANA SPIOTTA

Memory is not particularly linear - it is associative, repetitive, subjective and porous. But the wr...
DANA SPIOTTA

Your memories from your early childhood seem to have such purchase on your emotions. They are so con...
DANA SPIOTTA

I just find 'Scooby-Doo' unwatchable. I can't stand it. I like all those other Hanna-Bar...
DANA SNYDER

I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for t...
DANA SNYDER

I know a lot about Jewish comedians.
DANA SNYDER

My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.
DANA SNYDER

I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
DANA SNYDER

The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
DANA SNYDER

I was not put on this earth to listen to meat!
DANA SNYDER

I graduated from the University of Whatever.
DANA SNYDER

I'm greedy, and I have a house to pay for and a wife. She has a job of her own, but I bleed her ...
DANA SNYDER

The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules.
DANA SNYDER

That's when I feel really excited about a painting. When it starts to feel real, when it feels l...
DANA SCHUTZ

I just saw a clip of Maria Bamford. She has a comedy show that was filmed and performed from her bed...
DANA SCHUTZ

I think that's just part of how it is with making art. Sometimes you're just flooded with id...
DANA SCHUTZ

There are a lot of artists in Gowanus, and certain things come into your visual vocabulary from livi...
DANA SCHUTZ

I like the feeling of not knowing where to look when you are only performing for one person or watch...
DANA SCHUTZ

I often use hypothetical situations to generate information and imagery for paintings and to create ...
DANA SCHUTZ

The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With...
DANA SCHUTZ

I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
DANA SCHUTZ

Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get an...
DANA ROHRABACHER

Our State Department is often wrong and timid.
DANA ROHRABACHER

Our marine terminals are invaluable commerce infrastructure, not only to our country but also for th...
DANA ROHRABACHER

January 30th will be a historic day for the Middle East and the world. The Iraqi people will take th...
DANA ROHRABACHER

In the meantime, we see there are charities that spend much of their scarce resources that should be...
DANA ROHRABACHER

If al Qaeda or any other enemy of our country manages to create a situation or explode a bomb or mur...
DANA ROHRABACHER

I agree with my colleagues, even the one who just preceded me, that marijuana is probably a dangerou...
DANA ROHRABACHER

During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen as...
DANA ROHRABACHER

Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevol...
DANA ROHRABACHER

But also, the guest workers program, it's quite often misused, meaning people could come in as p...
DANA ROHRABACHER

And let us be frank, the security threats that emanate from our ports come from foreign cargo.
DANA ROHRABACHER

If we want more trade in the world, we should establish bilateral trade agreements with other democr...
DANA ROHRABACHER

I support this war on terror and the war on radical Islam.
DANA ROHRABACHER

Businesses should no longer be allowed to depress wages by hiring illegal labor and then falsely cla...
DANA ROHRABACHER

Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing th...
DANA ROHRABACHER

Too often in our communities many families have not even been aware that certain charities exist; an...
DANA ROHRABACHER

Next door to Ethiopia spreading out along the strategic Red Sea coastline is Eritrea, a relatively n...
DANA ROHRABACHER

In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of th...
DANA ROHRABACHER

American POWs from the last Iraq war, who were held prisoner and tortured by Iraq, are now being pre...
DANA ROHRABACHER

And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by t...
DANA ROHRABACHER

Transferring our sovereignty and decisionmaking power to the WTO, to the United Nations, or any othe...
DANA ROHRABACHER

I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitu...
DANA ROHRABACHER

There are many drugs that have many serious side effects and that are harmful to people. Marijuana i...
DANA ROHRABACHER

As a beat reporter covering the CIA and intelligence world after the terrorist attacks of 2001, I co...
DANA PRIEST

The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been strugglin...
DANA PRIEST

My goal, as always, is simply to inform the public about an issue that is nearly impossible for them...
DANA PRIEST

When the Transportation Security Administration adopted body scanners at airports, activists wrote t...
DANA PRIEST

I have been sober for the longest time. Oh, it's over a decade now. No joke.
DANA PLATO

Nobody knows what a woman feels or experiences but another woman. We are the nurturers and there are...
DANA PLATO

I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it...
DANA PLATO

People have an awful lot of problems that society has put on them and a lot to work through because ...
DANA PLATO

I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
DANA PLATO

I'm open-minded. I don't consider myself gay or hetero, I just am. I've had experiences ...
DANA PLATO

I'm okay in my skin, you know... I'm okay with who I am.
DANA PLATO

I'd hopefully work through all my issues with men first so then I'd be okay being with a wom...
DANA PLATO

If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would b...
DANA PLATO

I wanted this to have as wide an audience as possible. I didn't want to get an X rating, because...
DANA PLATO

All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier...
DANA PLATO

I like to go with the energy because when you ignore it that's when you start doing things wrong...
DANA PLATO

I think the whole nerves thing comes into play when we worry about what other people and society wil...
DANA PLATO

In my opinion it's not about gay or straight or bi, we're attracted to spirits, whatever bod...
DANA PLATO

Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thi...
DANA PLATO

I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention...
DANA PLATO

I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.
DANA PLATO

I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that the...
DANA PERINO

Being a conservative has given me clarity; it's given me freedom - my mind is free; therefore, m...
DANA PERINO

Commanders-in-chief make really tough decisions.
DANA PERINO

At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employe...
DANA PERINO

I love road trips. If you haven't been on one in a while, it's time to put a trip on your ca...
DANA PERINO

I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that...
DANA PERINO

Never refuse a breath mint - you don't know why it's being offered.
DANA PERINO

My great-grandmother lived to be 100 years old, so I got to know her. She always sent us birthday ca...
DANA PERINO

I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we ...
DANA PERINO

Young people really want you to give them a road map, and they will follow it to a tee. If you tell ...
DANA PERINO

One of the best ways to deal with the peer pressure of the 'Fear of Missing Out' is to opt-o...
DANA PERINO

The life my grandparents had was thoroughly American. They built a small ranch into a huge operation...
DANA PERINO

We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the...
DANA PERINO

Conservatism by its very nature is compassionate.
DANA PERINO

Once you break someone of the habit of up-talking, they can start to see immediate improvement in th...
DANA PERINO

I don't know if people are born with a worldview or if their thinking is a product of their envi...
DANA PERINO

Inauguration Day is like two ships passing in the night: the new staff moving in while the other wal...
DANA PERINO

Civility is a choice.
DANA PERINO

I think a lot of women, especially ones that want to achieve career goals, tend to worry. I don'...
DANA PERINO

A lot of people think that public speaking means that you are standing at a podium giving a speech, ...
DANA PERINO

One time, on Marine One, the president asked me my opinion. I had a flashback to being at the kitche...
DANA PERINO

Good governance, safety, a chance to grow economically and professionally - those are important thin...
DANA PERINO

I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grac...
DANA PERINO

Sarcasm is like cheap wine - it leaves a terrible aftertaste.
DANA PERINO

It's my dream, my goal to be good at Olympics, anywhere they are in the world.
DANA HUSSEIN

Despite all these obstacles and bad security situation, I have the energy and the resolve to train, ...
DANA HUSSEIN

I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.
DANA HUSSEIN

If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.
DANA HUSSEIN

Life must continue, even with the security situation so bad, because I have ambitions. I love this s...
DANA HUSSEIN

As long as I have ambition, maybe I can achieve something for my country.
DANA HUSSEIN

I'm very ambitious, despite all the challenges I face in the streets.
DANA HUSSEIN

Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
DANA HUSSEIN

To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.
DANA HUSSEIN

I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but...
DANA HILL

Now that I'm more mature, in a funny way, I can even appreciate that I've bad to become more...
DANA HILL

I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medic...
DANA HILL

My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is ...
DANA HILL

I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so m...
DANA HILL

I'm a normal teen-ager except for my size.
DANA HILL

I know all the critics.
DANA HILL

I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but...
DANA HILL

I love TV. I know all the theme songs from the shows I watch. I'm not one of those who'd rat...
DANA HILL

People are never quiet. It's go, go, go. I'm a go-getter, but you need rest and silence, jus...
DANA HILL

I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college ...
DANA HILL

Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary fo...
DANA GOODYEAR

I love trying new restaurants.
DANA GOODYEAR

I'm a total foodie.
DANA GOODYEAR

Ultimately, taste is so niche and so personal.
DANA GOODYEAR

I think for diners, it is about crafting an identity around food which we have not really had in a m...
DANA GOODYEAR

I find that people in the food world are amazingly willing to talk about what they are doing, even w...
DANA GOODYEAR

I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems...
DANA GOODYEAR

I was terrified of taking the G.R.E.
DANA GOODYEAR

For me, it makes sense to address shocking experiences through poems because of the way poems also h...
DANA GOODYEAR

There's something about the shape that a poem takes in my mind before I write it that has to do ...
DANA GOODYEAR

I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.
DANA GOODYEAR

Los Angeles is a good city in which to be a reporter. Always entertaining, always an incubator.
DANA GOODYEAR

Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
DANA GOODYEAR

Los Angeles is a city of few hard targets. Its iconic buildings are private spaces, mostly residenti...
DANA GOODYEAR

My relationship to food is that of an acrophobe to a bridge. Unease masks a desire to jump.
DANA GOODYEAR

The food being presented at the most expensive restaurants, by the most sophisticated chefs, was not...
DANA GOODYEAR

I developed my taste for coffee at five, staying with my grandmother in Connecticut.
DANA GOODYEAR

Like the rest of the city, LAX is coming of age.
DANA GOODYEAR

Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city&...
DANA GOODYEAR

Food is a lens for culture.
DANA GOODYEAR

Christmas cookies can't help but be retro - they are memory first, sugar-flour-egg-redhot-gumdro...
DANA GOODYEAR

If this is the end of the world, give me a fork and a knife.
DANA GOODYEAR

It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for ...
DANA FOX

Audiences know exactly what's coming and they know from the beginning of the movie that everythi...
DANA FOX

I won't say, 'I have two degrees; I shouldn't be getting your latte.' Because I paid...
DANA FOX

My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's go...
DANA FOX

I'm a believer in paying your dues.
DANA FOX

I had amazing stuff happen right off the top. I thought this was how it worked. Hollywood is awesome...
DANA FOX

It's harder and harder to make a well-done romantic comedy these days because the conventions ha...
DANA FOX

I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me....
DANA FOX

I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure ...
DANA DELANY

I've reached a place with my work where I'm ready to concentrate more on life.
DANA DELANY

I like people who are still actively creating in their life, who aren't set, I don't feel li...
DANA DELANY

We all know that television is better for women as they get into their 40s. You could be more three-...
DANA DELANY

If you put Willem Dafoe, Liam Neeson and James Woods in a room together, there wouldn't be room ...
DANA DELANY

I'm the worst rider. I'm a terrible rider. Me and horses are not a good mix. For some reason...
DANA DELANY

Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many chan...
DANA DELANY

I have faith in my imperfections!
DANA DELANY

I've been dating younger men since my 20s, When I was 29, I dated someone 21... younger men are ...
DANA DELANY

In Europe the parents are included as with children. All three generations are together. I'm thi...
DANA DELANY

I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easil...
DANA DELANY

I'm the kind of person that if I see someone else crying, I cry too. I take on that emotion.
DANA DAVIS

I think that 'Heroes' really is about family. I mean, sure, it's this surreal story, and...
DANA DAVIS

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.

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George Dana Boardman

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.

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