It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.

History of science is a relay race, my painter friend. Copernicus took over his flag from Aristarchus, from Cicero, from Plutarch; and Galileo took that flag over from Copernicus.

Mehmet Murat ildan

There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation.

James Buchan

Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.

Owen Meredith

I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.

A. N. Wilson

The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration. It is very difficult to write out of because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood.

Susan Sontag

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

Edgar Allan Poe

The more you know the less you need to say.

Jim Rohn

L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.

Lee Child

I had actually been on tour in Japan and I had my own world tour that I was doing. I was used to doing a show for an hour, so I was always learning choreography.

Christina Milian

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Benjamin Disraeli

We are always getting ready to live, but never living.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

English Proverb