The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

He who upholds Truth with all the might of his power, He who upholds Truth the utmost in his word and deed, He, indeed, is Thy most valued helper, O Mazda Ahura!

Zoroaster

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.

William Ellery Channing

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are interesting monologues, that is all.

Rebecca West

I'm turning 22, so I want to start getting into work that reflects where I'm at in life now.

Kimbra

It becomes a giant's task to compute the result when the effect of cross seas, wind at all angles and ever varying force, arched surfaces, head resistance, ratio of weight to area, and the intelligence of the guiding power crop up.

Lawrence Hargrave

Want less, live more

Benny Bellamacina

He just waited until I stopped talking and said, 'Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun, a gut, and three ex-wives. So what's your theory?

John Green

Forgive you? -- Oh, of course, dear, a dozen times a week! We women were created forgiveness but to speak.

Ella Higginson

Every age has its own poetry in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.

Jean-Paul Sartre

I have had this view of the optimization of the electrode design for a long time. Historically we went through various phases in the work and eventually worked on large sheets - very large sheets - of palladium.

Martin Fleischmann

The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education.

James S. Coleman

No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.

Erma Bombeck