If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all.

The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil.

Jeff Bezos

Suffering is one of life's great teachers.

Bryant H. McGill

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

William Ellery Channing

In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate.

Simon Newcomb

When I am lonely for boys what I miss is their bodies. The smell of their skin, its saltiness. The rough whisper of stubble against my cheek. The strong firm hands, the way they rest on the curve of my back.

A.M. Harte

Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.

Soren Kierkegaard

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

Brendan Francis

So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my only goal is to make the best music I can make. I've been very lucky. I have great faith that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, and whatever happens is going to be absolutely right for me.

Jane Siberry

Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead.

James Thurber

Given a sufficient number of people and an adequate amount of time you can create insurmountable opposition to the most inconsequential idea.

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I'm most comfortable definitely when I'm on the ice. I love to play. It's something that I just love to do.

Sidney Crosby

I look at my father, who was in many ways an unhappy person, but who, not long before he got sick, said that the greatest source of satisfaction in his life had been going to work in the company of other workers.

Jonathan Franzen