“The fold is that place where He keeps His flock shut behind the hurdle...” — Sabine Baring-Gould Quote

“The fold is that place where He keeps His flock shut behind the hurdles of the Ten Commandments. Every now and then, a sheep leaps one of these hurdles or pushes his way between them and runs away into forbidden pastures. Then the Good Shepherd goes after the erring sheep and brings it back.”

“The universal practice of closing the eyes of the dead may be thought to have originated in the desire that he might be prevented from seeing his way.”

“It is somewhat remarkable that Cornwall has produced no musical genius of any note, and yet the Cornishman is akin to the Welshman and the Irishman.”

“The stream of civilisation flows on like a river: it is rapid in mid- current, slow at the sides, and has its backwaters. At best, civilisation advances by spirals.”

“The prime feature in Cornish geology is the upheaval of the granite, distorting, folding back, and altering the superincumbent beds.”

“I really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings you the most joy will also probably bring you the most pain. Always a price to pay.”

“The subjectivization of the universal in art brings the universal downward on one hand, while on the other it helps raise the individual toward the universal.”

“I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.”

“Why do you do science? In this particular case, we don't have a very good reason to be doing this except for the knowledge that it brings. This research is especially important to young people. We all want to know what's going on in the universe.”

“The definition of winning has become distorted. If winning the rights to a property brings with it hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, what have you won? When faced with the prospect of heavy financial losses, we have consistently walked away and have done so again.”

“A lot of companies think sales is, like, a necessary evil. Sales is really the most noble part of the business because it's the part that brings the solution together with the customer's need.”