John Beach > John's Quotes

“Maria took a seat by the fire.
'My father always said that to tell the story of one man takes a lifetime, and to tell the story of an entire people takes an evening, a handful of memories, a lot of imagination, and the humble awareness that the full story of an entire people cannot be told in that evening.”
― John C. Beach, Secured in Stone

“Ideally, the most common measuring tool would be in abundant supply, and of such nature that it would not be forgotten at home, misplaced, or borrowed by a teammate and never returned. If it could serve other purposes such as swatting a fly, scratching a nose, or digging sand out of an ear, then all the better.”
― John C. Beach, Egyptian Pi