In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade exchanges, transportation, factory technology and new skills needed for the new industrialised world.

Dad really had little to do with the songs, except to perform them.

Nancy Sinatra

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry.

English Proverb

Anarchy is the ultimate destination of any positively evolving society.

Eric Parslow

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

John Lubbock

Just coffee. Black-like my soul.

Cassandra Clare

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

W. H. Auden

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

Thich Nhat Hanh

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.

Stephen Covey

Endings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth.

Henry Cloud

I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning.

John Barrymore

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.

Wm. Paul Young