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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!
interesting challenges trying
Alan Rickman You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.
interesting challenges trying
David Brin But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.
interesting say-anything hard
Ben Whishaw I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
interesting people guy
Beau Bridges On the other side, if Im playing a good guy, then he has some problems too. Thats what makes people interesting, in life and in fiction.
interesting visitors normal
Denzel Washington When you make a movie it's always interesting, because you end up in places you never would as a normal visitor or tourist.
interesting rays india
Deepa Mehta The most interesting part of IIFA is that I get to meet filmmakers from India. I just attended a symposium on Satyajit Ray with Rituparno Ghosh and others. It was just so satisfying
interesting commencement commencement-speech
Bill Nye Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.
interesting giving important
Bertrand Russell This illustrates an important truth, namely, that the worse your logic, the more interesting the consequences to which it gives rise.
interesting stories truth-is
Cecily von Ziegesar Who has time to make up stories when the truth is so much more interesting?
matter
Audrey Hepburn To be happy - that's all that matters.
matter time
Lucio Tan No matter how busy I am, I find time to read, day and night.
matter single
Michael Franti It doesn't matter if you're black, white, gay, straight, come from different countries, different language... every single person is significant and is meaningful.
matter structure over-confidence
Cass Gilbert Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure.
matter playoffs seems
Carl Crawford Whatever happened in the regular season seems to not matter in the playoffs.
matter easy-route routes
Charles de Lint There's never an easy route to the things that matter.
matter very-good feels
Chen Guangcheng No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future.
matter world kind
Chantal Kreviazuk I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of all that really matters to me.
matter no-matter-what criticize
Benjamin Netanyahu Some will criticize me no matter what I do.