The woods that I loved as a child are entirely gone. The woods that I loved as a young adult are gone. The woods that most recently I walked in are not gone, but they're full of bicycle trails. Mary Oliver adultbicyclechild Change image and share on social
The woods were a boon; all too often, the forest offered danger and mystery. Yet it could be liberating. If you entered that wild place on its own terms, you might be accorded wisdom. John Burnside accordboondanger Change image and share on social
The Woodstock dove on the iconic poster is really a catbird. And it was originally perched on a flute. Shawn Amos catbirddiveflute Change image and share on social
The wool of a thousand sheep in good pasture at the least ought to yield fifty marks a year, the wool of two thousand one hundred marks, and so forth, counting by thousands. Robert Grosseteste countfiftygood Change image and share on social
The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title. Gene Tierney actressdescriptionjob Change image and share on social
The word 'aerobics' came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we're going to charge $10 an hour, we can't call it Jumping up and down. Rita Rudner aerobiccallcharge Change image and share on social
The word 'aloha,' in foreign use, has taken the place of every English equivalent. It is a greeting, a farewell, thanks, love, goodwill. Aloha looks at you from tidies and illuminations; it meets you on the roads and at house-doors. It is conveyed to you in letters: the air is full of it. Isabella Bird airalohaconvey share on social
The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life. Betty Buckley conceptdefinefeminism Change image and share on social
The word 'Antichrist', to me, is the collective disbelief in god. Marilyn Manson antichristcollectivedisbelief Change image and share on social
The word 'art' interests me very much. If it comes from Sanskrit, as I've heard, it signifies 'making.' Now everyone makes something, and those who make things on a canvas with a frame, they're called artists. Formerly, they were called craftsmen, a term I prefer. We're all craftsmen, in civilian or military or artistic life. Marcel Duchamp artartistartistic share on social