Quotes by Oasis But neither Europe nor Africa can show any such desolation as America. The proudest, stubbornest, bitterest peasant of deserted Spain, the most primitive and superstitious Arab of the remotest oases, are a little more than kin and never less than kind at their worst; whereas in the United States one is almost always conscious of an instinctive lack of sympathy and understanding with even the most charming and cultured people. Aleister Crowley oasis europe america Every year, thousands of Californians flee that populous paradise for tax-eased small government oasis of America's red states. Allen West oasis government america Running is ultimately a personal experience. It is a revival of the spirit, a private oasis for the thirsty mind. Yet, its healing power only increases in the presence of others. Run together and the oasis grows cooler and more satisfying. Amby Burfoot oasis healing running Of asking nothing of the reader - but offering a still, quiet oasis in the cybersphere to go vertical with God. An island of stillness to know that He is God. Ann Voskamp oasis offering islands I did not vote Labour because they've heard of Oasis and nobody is going to vote Tory because William Hague has got a baseball cap. Ben Elton oasis vote baseball Saddam Hussein is Hitler like Oasis was The Beatles. Bill Maher saddam oasis hussein I grew up in California, which was not - at least in the '50s and '60s - a cultural oasis by any means. Certainly not Orange County, anyway. Bob Gunton oasis california mean Colorado is an oasis, an otherworldly mountain place. I've played so many shows in Colorado that I think I'm the Colorado house band. Brandi Carlile oasis house thinking I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis Brian May including oasis thinking An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom. Charles Baudelaire oasis boredom desert Oasis were like the bullies I had to put up with at school. Damon Albarn oasis bully school One of the things I've realized in my decades on this planet is that the world goes on no matter what, and if we are to survive with any amount of grace we all need little oases of tranquility and sanity in our lives. For me, an evening of wine in good company is just such a place. Dave Chambers oasis wine grace And that, quite simply, is the issue. We live in a finite world with finite resources. Although it may sometimes seem quite big, earth is really very small - a tiny blue and green oasis of life in a cold universe. David Suzuki oasis issues blue Too frequently we think we have to do spectacular things. Yet if we remember that the sea is actually made up of drops of water and each drop counts, each one of us can do our little bit where we are. Those little bits can come together and almost overwhelm the world. Each one of us can be an oasis of peace. Desmond Tutu oasis sea thinking Each one of us can be an oasis of peace. Desmond Tutu oasis There is perhaps no surer road to peace than the one that starts from little islands and oases of genuine kindness, islands and oases constantly growing in number and being continually joined together until eventually they ring the world. Dominique Pire oasis kindness islands What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended for them to do....We can, to a certain extent, change the world; we can work for the oasis, the little cell of joy and peace in a harried world. We can throw our pebble in the pond and be confident that its ever widening circle will reach around the world. We repeat, there is nothing that we can do but love, and, dear God, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as well as our friend. Dorothy Day oasis cells heart Phoenix, Arizona: an oasis of ugliness in the midst of a beautiful wasteland. Edward Abbey phoenix oasis beautiful I created the OASIS because I never felt at home in the real world. I didn't know how to connect with the people there. Ernest Cline oasis real home The Pacific coral reef, as a kind of oasis in a desert, can stand as an object lesson for man who must now learn that mutualism between autotrophic and heterotrophic components, and between producers and consumers in the societal realm, coupled with efficient recycling of materials and use of energy, are the keys to maintaining prosperity in a world of limited resources. Eugene Odum oasis keys men 12345»