John Sterling
John Sterling
self denial worst
The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.
laughter self tears
Enthusiasm is grave, inward, self-controlled; mere excitement, outward, fantastic, hysterical, and passing in a moment from tears to laughter.
self intuition natural-instinct
Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.
allow books books-and-reading difficult media provide reporters situation
The situation is so complex, and books allow reporters and analysts and participants to go deeper, to provide an edification that's difficult for other media to do.
advance book break good great hearing word
Doctorows book is possible, ... Im hearing very good advance word on that one. It would be great to see something break through.
near sharks swimming uncommon
It's not uncommon that sharks are all over the place and we're swimming right near them and we don't even know.
book fiction literary people strong turned waiting year
Everyone is still waiting for the book that everyone greets as the big literary book. People thought it would be a strong year for fiction but it hasn't turned out that way.
continue efforts incident increases resolve sad tragic ultimate
This is a sad and tragic day for all of us. This incident increases our resolve to continue their efforts to ultimate success.
It is high, it is far, it is....GONE!
hands superstitions bows
Superstition moulds nature into an arbitrary semblance of the supernatural, and then bows down to the work of its own hands.
beautiful thinking honor
I could honor Carmen Electra. I think she's beautiful.
giving receiving life-is
Be busy in trading, receiving, and giving, for life is too good to be wasted in living.
truth truth-is whole
Knowledge, or more expressively truth,--for knowledge is truth received into our intelligence,--truth is an ideal whole.
truth patents scales
An unproductive truth is none. But there are products which cannot be weighed even in patent scales, nor brought to market.