1666 Minutes Quotes & Sayings

I do not claim to have perfected an art but to have commenced one, the limits of which it is not possible at present exactly to ascertain. — Henry Fox Talbot

He never complicates a desire by overthinking it, unlike Mirabelle, who spins a cocoon around an idea until it is immobile. — Steve Martin

I have two older sisters and one older brother and hold them largely responsible for the trouble I got into growing up. I believe as the youngest child, that is my right. — Suzanne Collins

Yasunari Kawabata wrote: "When speaking of those who take their own lives, it is always most dignified to use silence or at least restrained language, for the ones left most vulnerable and most deeply hurt by such an occurrence can feel oppressed by the louder assertions of understanding, wisdom and depth of remorse foisted upon them by others. One must ask: Who is best served by speculation? Who is really able to comprehend? Perhaps we must, as human beings, continue to try and comprehend, but we will fall short. And the falling short will deepen our sense of emptiness. — Howard Norman

Unless some effective supranational government can be set up and brought quickly into action, the prospects of peace and human progress are dark and doubtful. — Winston Churchill