Swamps Quotes - Page 8

• Surely one may as profitably be soaked in the juices of a swamp for one day as pick his way dry-shod over sand. Cold and damp ? are they not as rich experience as warmth and dryness?

  Henry David Thoreau

  One Day, Experience, Juice

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.661, Simon and Schuster

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• But I have no desire for fame and power anymore. I crawled out of the swamp and I'm not crawling back in.

  George W. Bush

  Desire, Fame, Crawling

  "Bush: '8 years was awesome'". www.politico.com. July 17, 2012.

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• Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment's torture.

  Ayn Rand

  Philosophy, Goal, Joy

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.711, Hamilton Books

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