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book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. Charles Dickens
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book easy easy-to-get
It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb.
book names want
If a book really wants the patronage of a great name, it is a bad book; and if it be a good book, it wants it not.
book writing mirrors
That an author's work is the mirror of his mind is a position that has led to very false conclusions. If Satan himself were to write a book it would be in praise of virtue, because the good would purchase it for use, and the bad for ostentation.
book healing good-friend
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
book reading fire
It can't be supposed," said Joe. "Tho' I'm oncommon fond of reading, too." Are you, Joe?" Oncommon. Give me," said Joe, "a good book, or a good newspaper, and sit me down afore a good fire, and I ask no better. Lord!" he continued, after rubbing his knees a little, "when you do come to a J and a O, and says you, 'Here, at last, is a J-O, Joe,' how interesting reading is!
airplane pilots way
When you're a pilot, and you know all the ways to survive an airplane crash and how low the chances are, you feel safer. Chloe Grace Moretz
airplane praying ambulance
The only times I'm consistent about praying are when I'm on an airplane or when an ambulance goes by. China Chow
airplane player finest
Players are spoiled by charter airplanes, the finest hotels, a big per diem every day. Chick Hearn
airports human-life found
All human life can be found in an airport. David Walliams
air tv-shows risk
I don't have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And I'm willing to risk quite a lot - as a comedian, you're always risking a lot. You're risking failure, especially if you're improvising and going on TV shows trying to make comedy out of thin air. That is quite a risky business.
air water gold
Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods. David Ricardo
air listening world
This is the ultimate cruelty, isn't it? That I can talk and talk and to anyone listening, it's only air--too rich a diet to be swallowed by a mundane world. David Henry Hwang
air people victory
Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation maintained without vehemence, without interruption, without eagerness for victory, and without any airs of superiority. David Hume
air differences fabric
When I shall be dead, the principles of which I am composed will still perform their part in the universe, and will be equally useful in the grand fabric, as when they composed this individual creature. The difference to the whole will be no greater betwixt my being in a chamber and in the open air. The one change is of more importance to me than the other; but not more so to the universe.
ipads joy letters
I have got an iPad, what a joy! Van Gogh would have loved it, and he could have written his letters on it as well. David Hockney
ipads iphone thumbs
On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger.
ipads frustrated trying
With Windows 8, Microsoft is trying to gain market share in what has been dominated by the iPad-type device. But a lot of those users are frustrated. They can't type. They can't create documents. Bill Gates
ipads people facts
Dell Computers announced they're releasing a competitor for the iPad. Now it is, in fact, a great alternative for people who already have an iPad, but are fed up with it working all the time. Craig Ferguson
ipads excited
I'm so excited about the new iPad, I just iPeed my iPants.
ipads words-with-friends
I have the iPad and I love Words With Friends. Billy Bush
ipads cafeteria cameras
Using iPads as cameras, for example, is like taking pictures with a cafeteria tray. Brian Williams
ipads apples reason-why
The iPad remains Apple's second bestselling product - all the more reason why the iPad Pro needs to be "big" in every sense of the word. Tim Cook
ipads ipods iphone
We have three post-PC devices: the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad, the revolutionary device that defined a whole new categoryit's outstripping the wildest of predictions.