Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Earl Sidney Weaver: (August 14, 1930 – January 19, 2013). American professional baseball manager, author, and television color commentator. Weaver played in minor league baseball as a second baseman from 1948 to 1960. He began his managerial career in 1956, serving as a player–manager for five seasons before he stopped playing to concentrate on managing,… Lees verder Earl Weaver

Stephen Colbert: (Washington D.C., 13 May 1964). American actor, comedian, producer and author. He is best known for his years as a correspondent on Jon Stewart’s television programme The Daily Show and as host of his own programme, The Colbert Report. Since 2015, he has presented the talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert… Lees verder Stephen Colbert

I love that feeling when you talk stuff out with someone and you both become aware that neither of you were wrong. You just saw the scenario differently. Talking really should be about seeing things from their perspective, rather than the need to be right.

Sarah Dessen: (born June 6, 1970). American novelist who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Born in Illinois, Dessen graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996. She has since published more than a dozen other novels and novellas. In 2017, Dessen won the Margaret Edwards… Lees verder Sarah Dessen

Ann Morton Voskamp: (Listowel (Ontario), 10 August 1973). Canadian psychologist and writer. She writes Christian-inspired books targeting women in particular. Her best-known publication is A Thousand Thanks. I have lived pain, and my life can tell, I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks to the heavy perfume of… Lees verder Ann Voskamp

Louise Bennett Weaver: Born: 10 January 1889 Flandreau South Dakota, US Died: November 1971, Newton, Masschusetts, US.      American writer best known for her cookbooks, most notably A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband with Bettina’s Best Recipes (1917), which she co-wrote with Helen Cowles LeCron. The book blends recipes with a fictional narrative,… Lees verder Louise Bennett Weaver

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom. A false conclusion once arrived at and widely accepted is not easily dislodged; and the less it is understood, the more tenaciously it is held.

Robert C. Christie Hunter: (1941-2019) American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator and poet, best known for his work with the Grateful Dead. He joined the Grateful Dead in autumn 1967, arriving at a rehearsal just in time to write the first verse of their classic “Dark Star” Hunter wrote lyrics for many of their most famous songs… Lees verder Robert Hunter

John Ray: (Black Notley (Braintree, Essex), 29 November 1627 – there, 17 January 1705). British botanist. Ray was the son of the village blacksmith. He went to study in Cambridge at St Catharine ’s College and taught Greek and mathematics. He published important works on plants, animals and natural theology. His classification of plants in… Lees verder John Ray

Joanna Franklin Bell: Born, Baltimore, The United States. American writer and blogger. Genre: Fiction, Contemporary, Memoir. But here I am in July, and why am I thinking about Christmas pudding? Probably because we always pine for what we don’t have. The winter seems cozy and romantic in the hell of summer, but hot beaches and… Lees verder Joanna Franklin Bell