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book knowledge men
Charles Caleb Colton 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.
book reading writing
Charles Caleb Colton 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
Charles Caleb Colton 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
Charles Caleb Colton It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb.
book names want
Charles Caleb Colton 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
Charles Caleb Colton 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
Charles Caleb Colton Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
book reading fire
Charles Dickens 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!
wire
Josh Byrnes We're going to take it right down to the wire to make that decision.
wired
David Stevenson They?re pretty much wired into these kids? heads.
wire shields fans
Donal Logue I'm a huge fan of things like The Wire and The Shield.
wire shields shows
Shemar Moore But there are still good shows like 24, Boomtown and the Wire, the Shield.
wire riding-a-bicycle talent
Mignon McLaughlin It's awesome to realize that if your greatest potential talent is for riding a bicycle upside down on a high wire, you will somehow discover it.
wire levels oppressed
Michael K. Williams If you've ever felt oppressed on any level, there's something from 'The Wire' that you can take and identify with.
wire film failing
Chris Pine The great thing about theater is that you have so much time to prepare, and to fail, before presenting it to the public. In film, the high-wire act seems to be that much farther up, and the net seems to be less there.
wire littles height
Isaac Newton If I have seen a little further, it is because of the height limit and absence of overhead wires.
wire want tvs
Eminem I stopped watching TV because of 'The Wire.' Like, 'The Wire' ruined everything for me because I don't even want to watch anything else now.
age way young
Charles Dickens I am not old, but my young way was never the way to age.
age waste excess
Charles Caleb Colton The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age.
age matter fairytale
Charles Dickens In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected.
age pay time-is-money
Charles Stross I've reached an age at which I'd rather pay more for something that "just works" than roll up my sleeves, reach for a spanner, and make it work. Time is money, and the older we get the less of it we've got left.
agents very-good turns
Alan Rickman I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that.
age towns my-family
Alan Jackson Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
age golden golden-rule
Alan Alda Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.
age church baptists
Al Sharpton My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
age purpose dies
Al Sharpton Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.