Quote #21746
Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one’s...
Quote #16746
Self-denial is not a virtue it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.
Quote #11190
A good resolution is like an old horse, which is often saddled but rarely...
Quote #6841
There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them,...
Quote #7100
Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
Quote #28705
To St. Paul, stripes, stones, shipwrecks, and thorns in the flesh were religious experiences...
Quote #1900
Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble...
Quote #10850
It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline....
Quote #8313
The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the...
Quote #14464
Mars is essentially in the same orbit… Mars is somewhat the same distance from...