Joseph Conrad on peace What all men are really after is some form, or perhaps only some formula, of peace. Ray D. Everson on ideas You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them. Eleanor Roosevelt on books-reading The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself. Willie Shoemaker on desire Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete. Joseph De Maistre on despotism Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man. Winston Churchill on uncategorised I am most anxious that in dealing with matters which every Member knows are extremely delicate matters, I should not use any phrase or expression which would cause offence to our friends and Allies on the Continent or across the Atlantic Ocean. Chogyam Trungpa on perception Any perception can connect us to reality properly and fully. What we see doesnt have to be pretty, particularly; we can appreciate anything that exists. There is some principle of magic in everything, some living quality. Something living, something real, is taking place in everything. Jonathan Swift on death It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind. Anita Loos on chemistry Theres nothing colder than chemistry. Oliver Wendell Holmes on rules Young men know the rules, but old men know the exceptions. Share this quote - 2 bookmarks
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