Bilbos Quotes & Sayings

No planet is more earth-like than Earth itself, so if life really does pop up readily in earth-like conditions, then surely it should have arisen many times right here on our home planet? And how do we know it didn't? The truth is, nobody has looked. — Paul Davies

I thought I would run out of paper. It was the pens that ran out. — Yann Martel

Thought ceases in meditation; even the mind's elements are quite quiet. Blood circulation stops. His breath stops, but he is not dead. — Swami Vivekananda

Tomorrow everybody - or practically everybody - will have had the education of the upper class of yesterday, and will expect equivalent opportunities. That is why we face the problem of making every kind of job meaningful and capable of satisfying every educated man. — Peter Drucker

When all hopes of recognition or honor have faded into distant memory, when purity of heart meets sorrow of mind, when all the world seems to walk in blindness and yet a man works without wearying for that which he loves ... only in this moment is passion truly understood — Franz Schubert

I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience. — Elliott Smith

Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it. — Lee Child

Guard your heart, son," Eli said in a hushed voice. "That's what God looks at - your heart. Most folks look at the outside things, like the color of your skin. But God looks at your heart. — Lynn Austin

If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a lot of experience around the world which says this drug has these negative effects. — Thabo Mbeki

How ridiculous that water ran out of your eyes when your heart hurt. Tragic heroines in books tended to be amazingly beautiful. Not a word about swollen eyes or a red nose. "Crying always gives me a red nose," thought Elinor. "I expect that's why I'll never be in any book. — Cornelia Funke

Money is an invention of the marketplace of exchange,
brought into being by traders
who discovered that a reliable medium
could facilitate trades that were more difficult
or even impossible by barter alone. — Lawrence Reed

My dad was Superman to me, and in my mind he always will be. — Artie Lange

We can never be like lillies in the garden unless we have spent time as bulbs in the dark, totally ignored. — Oswald Chambers

A whale has nowhere to hide in a river. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The question for writing then is this: how long are you willing to be unheard? — Peter Elbow