The search after the great men is the dream of youth and the most serious occupation of manhood.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way and they are so stupid never moving and never doing anything but obtrude themselves.
David Herbert Lawrence
Not only does God play dice but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Stephen Hawking
Does the Eagle know what is in the pit / Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? / Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod / Or Love in a golden bowl?
William Blake
The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.
Clint Eastwood
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
Fran Lebowitz
No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.
Kin Hubbard
Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.
Kin Hubbard
No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.
George Washington Carver
Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.
Desmond Tutu
