The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.

The opinions that the price of commodities depends solely on the proportion of supply and demand, or demand to supply, has become almost an axiom in political economy, and has been the source of much error in that science.

David Ricardo

Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom I should have talked before I dared to write it. I never launch any little essay without the hope and the fear, because the encounter may also be embarrassing that I shall draw a letter that begins, 'Dear Mr. Hitchens, it seems that you are unaware that' It is in this sense that authorship is collaborative with 'the reader.' And there's no help for it: you only find out what you ought to have known by pretending to know at least some of it already.It doesn't matter how obscure or arcane or esoteric your place of publication may be: some sweet law ensures that the person who should be scrutinizing your work eventually does do so.

Christopher Hitchens

As I've gotten older I've occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude, though I realize that's also likely a false nostalgia, as I know there was nothing I wanted more during those periods than to not be alone, whatever that means.

Chris Ware

Beauty doesn't matter because in the end, we all lose our looks and all we have is our heart.

Ann Curry

Class is not defined by our circumstances - it is our reaction to those circumstances that defines who we are.

Jordan Christy

I think I might love you too, Charter help me, but now is-

Garth Nix

Too many locks, not enough keys.

Sarah Dessen

It's like spicy food - sometimes you have to tone it down so more people can enjoy it.

Kenneth Edmonds

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

Washington Irving, The Sketch Bo

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

John Maynard Keynes

It's a very strange thing, love. You can't get rid of it. If you try to give it out, you get more back. If you try to hang onto it, you lose it.

Warren Buffett

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam