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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!
differences rome atheism
Charles Caleb Colton Sir Richard Steele has observed, that there is this difference between the Church of Rome and the Church of England: the one professes to be infallible, the other to be never in the wrong.
differences law grace
Charles Stanley Relationship is the difference between grace and law.
differences galaxy
Alan Watts Where-so-ever beings exist throughout all galaxies, it doesn't make any difference - you are all of them....and when they come into being, that's you coming into being.
differences people making-a-difference
Chris Bohjalian A single, ordinary person still can make a difference - and single, ordinary people are doing precisely that every day.
differences people crafts
Chloe Grace Moretz I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference.
differences dresses language
Edward Gibbon The difference of language, dress, and manners . . . severs and alienates the nations of the globe.
differences shining up-to-you
David Viscott There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It's up to you to find it, and you can.
differences years journalism
David Remnick I understand the difference between journalism and scholarship that comes 20 years later.
differences long mind
David Ricardo It appears to me that one great cause of our difference in opinion on subjects which we often discuss is that you have always in mind the immediate and temporary effects of particular changes, whereas I put these effects quite aside, and fix my whole attention on the long-term effects that will result from them.
acting theatre nerves
Alan Rickman Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.
acting actors doe
Al Pacino Whether he's doing great acting or not, you're seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor. What he does with it, that's something else, but he's got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that's why he has endured.
acting dies
Al Pacino Either I act or I die.
acting actors crafts
Al Pacino I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
acting i-realized
Al Pacino It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
acting firsts disguise
Antony Sher What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.
acting retiring great-things
Denzel Washington We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.
acting weird-things knows
Denzel Washington You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.
acting film good-things
Denzel Washington One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.