Patchwork – Quotes

A patchwork solution of

A patchwork solution of provincial targets is an admission of defeat and a statement that we have failed our children and grandchildren. Elizabeth May

If you look globally you see a patchwork of jurisdictions (nations, states, provinces, cities) that have taken aggressive action on climate change, and a patchwork of jurisdictions that have not. These various policies reflect the politics of each jurisdiction and the values of its citizens. Dale Jamieson

We lawyers are always

We lawyers are always curious, always inquisitive, always picking up odds and ends for our patchwork minds, since there is no knowing when and where they may fit into some corner. Charles Dickens

You’re not the only

You’re not the only piece of patchwork birds can pull worms from. Buddy Wakefield

For we know that

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. Barack Obama

When you look at

When you look at how American national freight systems are connected, it’s a bit of a patchwork. When you look at how even road systems and rail systems work across state lines, it’s a bit of a patchwork. Anthony Foxx

Mine was a patchwork

Mine was a patchwork God, sewn together from bits of rag and ribbon, Eastern and Western, pagan and Hebrew, everything but the kitchen sink and Jesus. Anne Lamott

Now I am in

Now I am in the place I call this wide wide Heaven because it includes all my simplest desires but also the most humble and grand. The word my grandfather uses is comfort. So there are cakes and pillows and colors galore, but underneath this more obvious patchwork quilt are places like a quiet room … Read more

So there are cakes

So there are cakes and pillows and colors galore, but underneath this more obvious patchwork quilt are places like a quiet room where you can go and hold someone’s hand and not have to say anything. Alice Sebold

When we are young,

When we are young, we think life will be like a supo: one fabric, one weave, one grand design. But in truth, life turns out to be more like the patchwork cloths-bits and pieces, odds and ends-people, places, things we never expected, never wanted, perhaps. Alan Brennert