Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled, and served with mustard and cayenne pepper excites the appetite; whereas a slice of cold friend with currant jelly is but a sickly, unrelishing meat.

Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life.

Teri Garr

If then the power of speech is as great as any that can be named,

John Henry Newman, Idea of a Uni

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.

Ella Maillart

Outer space is no place for a person of breeding.

Violet Bonham Carter

If I imagine my soul, as I do when I pray, it's shaped like Stapafel. No change of place or religion can alter that. I lived beneath Stapafel from the hour I was born until I was sixteen. I've never seen it since, but that doesn't matter. My soul is in the likeness of a jagged peak with a rock like a man standing on its summit, and snags of rock shaped like trolls along its spine. Screes defend it, although it's not quite inaccessible if you know the way up.

Margaret Elphinstone

The right of bearing arms for a lawful purpose is not a right granted by the Constitution; neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence.

U.S. vs Cruikshan

When handling a customers complaint, remember: If you can't fix it, don't drop it.

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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

Henry David Thoreau

We all know that Americans love their statistics - in sport, obviously. And in finance too.

Evan Davis

The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.

W. E. B. Du Bois

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

Oprah Winfrey