Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

Publilius Syrus

The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.

Edward George BulwerLytton

My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection.

Michael Jackson

A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.

Terry Pratchett

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

William Shakespeare

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.

Martin Luther King Jr.

When I dream, I am ageless.

Elizabeth Coatsworth

Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man.

Charles Caleb Colton

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

Voltaire

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road.

James Thurber

Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.

Lord Chesterfield

Appreciation is a combination of understanding, quiet amazement, and gratitude. Appreciating something permits its experience and integration.

Harry Palmer, The Collected Wisd