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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
thumbs-up decision roger
Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don't turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it's all going to end. I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's thumb up my ass. Eddie Murphy
thumbs skeptical
Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion. Ben Casnocha
thumbs littles faces
If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs. Arthur Baer
thumbs thumbprints different
If someone steals your password, you can change it. But if someone steals your thumbprint, you can't get a new thumb. The failure modes are very different. Bruce Schneier
thumbs zero
Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring! Vidya Balan
thumbs too-much
Too much under the thumb of the Iranians. Adam Schiff
thumbs-up giving roles
I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up. Adam Arkin
thumbs spots assault
Thumbs grow into my throat. I wear slaps like a spot of rouge. Anne Sexton
thumbs-up giving humanity
Human behavior is so intriguing. I find myself giving thumbs up signs all the time. I know I look like an absolute dork, but I do it anyway. Anne Heche
slumber virtue villainy
Villainy that is vigilant will be an overmatch for virtue, if she slumber at her post.
slumber watches
He who watches over you will not slumber
slumber earth quiet
wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth. Emily Bronte
slumber delirium graves
In the deepest slumber-no! In delirium-no! In a swoon-no! In death-no! even in the grave all is not lost. Edgar Allan Poe
slumber graves lost
Even in the grave, all is not lost.
slumber
One slumber finds another. George Herbert
slumber backgrounds knows
O who knows what slumbers in the background of the times? Friedrich Schiller
slumber fiction burning
Novels so often provide an anodyne and not an antidote, glide one into torpid slumbers instead of rousing one with a burning brand. Virginia Woolf