Alwyne Estates Quotes & Sayings

What merit there is in my thinking is derived from two peculiarities: (1) My inability to be familiar with anything. I simply can't take things for granted. (2) My endless patience. I assume that the only way to find an answer is to hang on long enough and keep groping. — Eric Hoffer

To achieve originality we need to abandon the comforts of habit, reason, and the approval of our peers, and strike out in new directions. — Marty Neumeier

The very lack of explicit pressure was itself a compelling force, for it created a world in which the expectation of success was simply there, a fact of life as basic as breakfast. — H.W. Brands

The Bible itself is intolerant, and true followers of God's word should be as well. — Bob Jones III

It mattered. They mattered, and whatever it was that had made them not kill each other on Bullfinch beach all those years ago ... mattered. — Laini Taylor

For three years Albert would stay huddled in his den during the day and see almost no one, content to be alone with his books. From time to time, unshaved and sloppily dressed, he would appear in the street to take a meal or perform some errand. Then it was back to his room for more study. — Robert Cwiklik

Comedy has sort of been my life-long obsession. I literally obsessed over comedy. I really didn't play sports - for me it was just comedy, computers and chess club; those were my big things. — Chris Hardwick

I receive really powerful personal letters. I think that always takes the cake. It blows me away ... some of the comments. Someone will come and I sense their whole tone and energy when they're handing me this letter. — Eliza Dushku

When everything is subject to money, then the scarcity of money makes everything scarce, including the basis of human life and happiness. Such is the life of the slave - one whose actions are compelled by threat to survival. Perhaps the deepest indication of our slavery is the monetization of time. — Charles Eisenstein