Benjamin Franklin Autobiography Quotes & Sayings

Life always squashes death. Love always soothes sadness. — Todd Stocker

Birds of a feather really do flock together. — John C. Maxwell

The President must stop gambling with taxpayers' money and get the country back on the path of fiscal sanity. — Tom Harkin

Didn't we talk about this?"
"HAIL!"
"That isn't an answer." I planted my hands on my hips. "Was there a reason for shoving the gummy bears off the counter? Did they tell you they were suicidal? On second thought," I raised a hand, palm out, "don't answer that. If the candy is talking, I don't want to know. — Seanan McGuire

This gave me occasion to observe, that when Men are employ'd they are best contented. For on the Days they work'd they were good-natur'd and chearful; and with the consciousness of having done a good Days work they spent the Evenings jollily; but on the idle Days they were mutinous and quarrelsome, finding fault with their Pork, the Bread, and in continual ill-humour. (Autobiography, 1771) — Benjamin Franklin

May Your Dow Never Jones. — Eric Rasbold

I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap. — R. Lee Ermey

What we contemplate here is more than ecological restoration; it is the restoration of relationship between plants and people. Scientists have made a dent in understanding how to put ecosystems back together, but our experiments focus on soil pH and hydrology - matter, to the exclusion of spirit. We might look to the Thanksgiving Address for guidance on weaving the two. We are dreaming of a time when the land might give thanks for the people. — Robin Wall Kimmerer

Innovation no longer remains a choice but has become an imperative. — Narendra Modi

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN — Benjamin Franklin

My Parents had early given me religious Impressions, and brought me through my Childhood piously in the Dissenting Way. But I was scarce 15 when, after doubting by turns of several Points as I found them disputed in the different Books I read, I began to doubt of Revelation itself. Some Books against Deism fell into my Hands; they were said to be the Substance of Sermons preached at Boyle's Lectures. It happened that they wrought an Effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them: For the Arguments of the Deists which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much Stronger than the Refutations. In short I soon became a thorough Deist.
[Part I, p. 45 of autobiography] — Benjamin Franklin

Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for music, or even for chess, but only a universal genius. The genius is a man who knows everything without having learned it. — Otto Weininger

My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to study music. He and my mum gave away dozens of music scholarships, and my mum opened a school in town, introduced opera to children and created fantastic programmes. — Salma Hayek

I want labor to be the point, because everything in our lives is miraculously made with no idea of how it's done. As an active and critical consumer, and as someone who has attempted to make the flawless and failed, I wanted a transparency of construction here. If we know how it is made and how it falls apart, we will know how to rebuild it. — Tom Sachs

Leaving can't be nearly as hard as being left, Cam. — Ally Carter

Mother had the social restraint of an ambassador. — Robert A. Heinlein

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle.

An apple tree is just like a person. In order to thrive, it needs companionship that's similar to it in some ways, but quite different than others. — Jeffrey Stepakoff