Ben Franklin Aphorism Quotes & Sayings

One of the greatest problems people have with failure is that they are too quick to judge isolated situations in their lives and label them as failures. Instead, they need to keep the bigger picture in mind. — John C. Maxwell

Racist people, interestingly, are never as polite as smokers. Have you noticed that? Smokers always go, Do you mind if I smoke? Oh, you do? Okay, I'll go outside and have a cigarette. — Eddie Izzard

All is forgotten in the stone halls of the dead. These are the rooms of ruin where the spiders spin and the great circuits fall quiet, one by one ... — Stephen King

In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case. — Patricia Cornwell

Our globe discovers its bidden virtues, not only in heroes and arch-angels, but in gossips and nurses. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Since the mathematicians have grabbed hold of the theory of relativity, I myself no longer understand it. — Walter Isaacson

I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days. — Ike Barinholtz

I'm John Morrison, and if God have 2 sons i would be the better looking one. — John Morrison

The story about Bessie Goldberg that I heard from my parents was that a nice old lady had been killed down the street and an innocent black man went to prison for the crime. Meanwhile
unknown to anyone
a violent psychopath named Al was working alone at our house all day and probably committed the murder. In our family this story eventually acquired the tidy symbolism of a folk tale. Roy Smith was a stand-in for everything that was decent but utterly defenseless. Albert DeSalvo, of course, was a stand-in for pure random evil. — Sebastian Junger

1989 was such a very, very important year in Europe. The wall fell, the Soviet Union was crumbling, and so many things happened - in 15 minutes, the world changed. — Per Petterson

Having delivered the expected daily miracle, Floote stood in his usual stance and warily watched the Templars work. — Gail Carriger

On an unknown path, every foot is slow.' Take your time, — Hazel Gaynor

Self-sabotage is when we say we want something and then go about making sure it doesn't happen. — Alyce Cornyn-Selby

The more improbable the message, the less "compressible" it is, and the more bandwidth it requires. This is Shannon's point: the essence is its improbability. — William Poundstone