Sweets grown common lose their dear delight. More William Shakespeare
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires. More Sandy Gallin
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia. More Alexis Carrel
You can either read something many times in order to be assured that you got it all, or else you can define your purpose and use techniques which will assure that you have met it and gotten what you need. More Peter Kump
I loved them and wanted them to be part of my Fagin too. More Ben Kingsley
You'll be amazed by what they can come up with when they compare the different cultural versions of the same story. They can point out similarities and differences in the characters and plot. More Cindy Williams
The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure. More Cyril Connolly
People want riches; they need fulfillment. More Robert Conklin
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they do today. More Will Rogers
Alexei Sayle: This evening's weeny roast and barbecue has been cancelled due to an avalanche. More Sandy Gallin
We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end. More Woodrow Wilson
Much more frequent in Hollywood than the emergence of Cinderella is her sudden vanishing. At our party, even in those glowing days, the clock was always striking twelve for someone at the height of greatness; and there was never a prince to fetch her back to the happy scene. More Ben Hecht
If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power. More Harriet Martineau
Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. More Walter Bagehot
Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it. More Philip Kindred Dick
I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen. More Henry Miller
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it. More Laozi
The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision. More George Eliot Mary
The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational. More A. N. Wilson