Athonite Fathers Quotes & Sayings

I've been more places by accident than most people have been on purpose. — Alberta Hunter

When I started writing 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid,' I was trying to write the type of book you might enjoy, put back on your shelf, and rediscover a few years later. I hope that the book finds its way into the bathroom of every kid in America. — Jeff Kinney

Of the various kinds of intelligence, generosity is the first.

Gienka Home from the Ball Bearing Plant (1943) — John Surowiecki

Great writers leave us not just their works, but a way of looking at things. — Elizabeth Janeway

Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed. — Townsend Harris

Finding the right subject is the hardest part. — Mary Ellen Mark

We are what we think about. When we stay fixed on one person, thought or situation, we get caught in the grip of self-centered thoughts. The more we give attention to that which is upsetting, the more strength it has to rule our lives. — Brenda Shoshanna

There was no recourse, were no laws but the ones rewritten every day. — Colson Whitehead

The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it. — Mark Weiser

Bond didn't defend the practice. He simply maintained that the more effort and ingenuity you put into gambling, the more you took out. — Ian Fleming