8282 Form Quotes & Sayings

He stood and nodded at the great whitening sky. We're sure small, wouldn't you say? Takes the onus off, somehow. — Leif Enger

The most effortful forms of slow thinking are those that require you to think fast. — Daniel Kahneman

How did one begin an adventure? Almost any road you took would lead there, if only you went on far enough. — Barbara Newhall Follett

The wisest man I have ever known once said to me: 'Nine out of every ten people improve on acquaintance,' and I have found his words true. — Frank Arthur Swinnerton

Franklin's inquisitive mind craved stimulation, consistently gravitating toward whatever community of intellects asked the most intriguing questions; his expansive temperament sought souls that resonated with his own generosity and sense of virtue. In five years in England he had found more of both than in a lifetime in America. "Of all the enviable things England has," he told Polly Stevenson, "I envy most its people. Why should that petty island, which compared to America is but like a stepping stone in a brook, scarce enough of it above water to keep one's shoes dry; why, I say, should that little island enjoy in almost every neighbourhood more sensible, virtuous and elegant minds than we can collect in ranging 100 leagues of our vast forests?" He left such people reluctantly and, he trusted, temporarily. — H.W. Brands

Philosophy is so interesting that it makes you feel boring. — Debasish Mridha