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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.
race cells organization
If the human race develops an electronic nervous system, outside the bodies of individual people, thus giving us all one mind and one global body, this is almost precisely what has happened in the organization of cells which compose our own bodies. We have already done it. [...] If all this ends with the human race leaving no more trace of itself in the universe than a system of electronic patterns, why should that trouble us? For that is exactly what we are now! Alan Watts
race faces smile-on-my-face
There's a smile on my face for the whole human race. Alan Jay Lerner
race conversation made
As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself. What is considered sane in writers is made for the rest of the human race. Alan Ayckbourn
race people
I love all people, whatever race they are. Alain Robert
race balloons curtains
That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons. Al McGuire
race soul done
Free market capitalism has done more for the soul of the human race than any other system - it's created the highest standard of living. Chris Chocola
race ideas america
Kiddies, Graphic Design, if you wield it effectively, is Power. Power to transmit ideas that change everything. Power that can destroy an entire race or save a nation from despair. In this century, Germany chose to do the former with the swastika, and America opted for the latter with Mickey Mouse and Superman. Chip Kidd
race knows
I know that my race must change. Chief Joseph
race racism waiting
The Indian race are waiting and praying.
bores-you heaven worship
If worship bores you, you are not ready for heaven. Aiden Wilson Tozer
bores-you actors scene
If the scene bores you when you read it, rest assured it WILL bore the actors, and will then bore the audience, and we're all going to be back in the breadline. David Mamet
bores-you boredom thrill
You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you. Andy Warhol
bores-you annoyed literature
The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. Andre Gide
bores-you effective-listening listening-to-others
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. Ambrose Bierce
bores-you boredom laziness
Only those who want everything done for them are bored. Billy Graham
bores-you amusement ease
If God bores you, tell Him that He bores you, that you prefer the vilest amusements to His presence, that you only feel at your ease when you are far from Him. Francois Fenelon
bores-you stories bills
A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience. O. Henry
bores-you boredom controlled
To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do. Heraclitus