William H McNeill Famous Quotes
My job is to bore you and let the hardness of your seat and the warmth of your robe prepare you for what is to come.
William H McNeill Quotations
"In a country as big as the United States, you can find fifty examples of anything."
Jeffery F Chamberlain
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
Emily Dickinson
"I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn."
Henry David Thoreau
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."
Jean Paul
You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.
Tove Jansson
"Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy."
Jim Hightower
A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
Aldous Huxley
We are born to action and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.
Charles Horton Cooley
Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson