English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

[from an entry by her daughter Camille] Organic produce actually delivers more nutritional bang for the buck. These fruits and vegetables are tougher creatures than those labeled "conventional," precisely because they've had to fight off predators themselves.

Barbara Kingsolver

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

John Wooden quote: "A coach is someone who can give correction without causing..."
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden
If Unix could present the same face, the same capabilities, on machines of many different types, it could serve as a common software environment for all of them. Eric S. Raymond
Thomas Leonard quote: "Rise above yourself."
Rise above yourself. Thomas Leonard
Projecting a persuasive image of a desirable and practical future is extremely important to high morale, to dynamism, to consensus, and in general to help the wheels of society turn smoothly. Herman Kahn
Demi Lovato quote: "I don't see myself doing television, but I do see myself..."
I don't see myself doing television, but I do see myself directing. Demi Lovato
People who start a sentence with personally (and they're always women) ought to be thrown to the lions. It's a repulsive habit. Georgette Heyer
James Levine quote: "I can imagine wanting to work with this ensemble and this..."
I can imagine wanting to work with this ensemble and this company always. James Levine
George Henry Lewes quote: "Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but..."
Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men. George Henry Lewes
Franz Kafka quote: "It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things..."
It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical. Franz Kafka
Hugo Claus quote: "My verses stand gawping a bit. I never get used to this...."
My verses stand gawping a bit. I never get used to this. They've lived here long enough. Hugo Claus
Salvador Dali quote: "Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality."
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality. Salvador Dali
At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain, nor how a fire could be made with wet wood-nor that it is best to stick a bayonet in the belly because there it doesn't get jammed, as it does in the ribs. Erich Maria Remarque
Shannen Doherty quote: "For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I..."
For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I was just grocery shopping alone, I'd get self-conscious. Shannen Doherty
Ginny B. Waite quote: "American government was founded on a belief and a faith in God..."
American government was founded on a belief and a faith in God and in doing what is right and just. Ginny B. Waite
We shall see how the counsels of prudence and restraint may become the prime agents of mortal danger; how the middle course adopted from desires for safety and a quiet life may be found to lead direct to the bull's-eye of disaster. Winston Churchill