Biographer Ludwig Quotes & Sayings

What is work? Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first one is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid. — Bertrand Russell

The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood. — John Burroughs

In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door. — David Steindl-Rast

I did not mind stepping out of the shadows, did not mind even being in the shadows to begin with, so long as he was with me. My friend through so many dangers - who had fought for me when no one else would, even myself. — Sarah J. Maas

Today, more than ever, we need political leaders who can see the big picture, who understand the relationship between the economy and its environmental support systems. — Lester R. Brown

If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years. — Robert Ballard

But the law is made, generally, by one man, or by one class of men. And as law cannot exist without the sanction and the support of a preponderating force, it must finally place this force in the hands of those who legislate. This — Frederic Bastiat

Everybody goes through obstacles and problems and issues and turn their backs on people that we are fond of and love just because we hurt; and everybody goes through that. — Boris Kodjoe