Alvin And Brittany Quotes & Sayings

A self-denial, no less austere than the saint's, is demanded of the scholar. He must worship truth, and forgo all things for that,and choose defeat and pain, so that his treasure in thought is thereby augmented. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dead is the cradle of everything. — Antoni Lange

One would think that an unsuccessful volume was like a degree in the school of reviewing. One unread work makes the judge bitter enough; but a second failure, and he is quite desperate in his damnation. I do believe one half of the injustice - the severity of 'the ungentle craft' originates in its own want of success: they cannot forgive the popularity which has passed them over ... — Letitia Elizabeth Landon

I've done a lot of Broadway plays, and I'm fortunate they've all been so successful. — John Benjamin Hickey

And he who pursues pleasure will not abstain from injustice, and this is plainly impiety. — Marcus Aurelius

A man who wants to find out who he really is should try watching the woman he loves as she dances the tango with a maestro. — Clive James

Like all other modern people, the English are in process of being numbered, labelled, conscripted, 'coordinated'. But the pull of their impulses is in the other direction, — George Orwell

His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations. — Elias Canetti

I like boring golf. That's kind of what butters my bread. — Zach Johnson