Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up... a lot of people don't have the courage to do it.

The lounge of the main hotel is full of jollity, with large comfortable men sitting in braces; the bar is packed with talkative intellectuals, full of witty disloyalties. The next week the main hotel is suddenly full of dinner-jackets and large hats. The girls are dressed as if for a weekend in the country. When one of the great men of the party comes through, the crowd edges respectfully away, murmuring loyal noises.

Anthony Sampson

After all, it's the future of business communication that we're looking toward.

Jim Barksdale

If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.

Barney Oliver

Advertising is the principal reason why the business person has come to inherit the earth.

James R. Adams

Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free.

Charles Mackay

The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.

Michel de Montaigne

Once we open our eyes to the infinite magic that the universe has in abundance, we are sure to be enthralled by what we see and this miraculous creation gets us closer to our dreams and to the world as a whole.

Stephen Richards

I have to learn that the aim in life is God's, not mine. God is using me from His great personal standpoint, and all He asks of me is that I trust Him, and never say -- Lord, this gives me such heart-ache.... He simply asks me to have implicit faith in Himself and in His goodness.

Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For H

I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own family's involvement with the armed forces.

Carolyn Murphy

But for me, being naked out of doors and in the water is one of the best ways I have ever found to restore my sense of blissful innocence. It takes me back to that place of my almost forgotten childhood, where I got to run around undressed without anyone telling me I had to cover up or be embarrassed.

Elizabeth Rosner, Notes on NudeB

The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.

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Prose is architecture and the Baroque age is over.

Ernest Hemingway