Cclxiv Quotes & Sayings

Without always knowing what we were doing we were constantly adjusting to the arbitrariness by which we were surrounded. — V.S. Naipaul

Holden thought he had probably been a very good scientist. Thrilled by small victories, undeterred by setbacks. — James S.A. Corey

A German merchant of the fifteenth century asked an eminent professor where he should send his son for a good business education. The professor responded that German universities would be sufficient to teach the boy addition and subtraction but he would have to go to Italy to learn multiplication and division. Before you smile indulgently, try multiplying or even just adding the Roman numerals CCLXIV, MDCCCIX, DCL, and MLXXXI without first translating them. — John Allen Paulos

I don't really relax. When I sleep, I relax. — Bryan Cranston

I'm not greedy. I just want one person. The world is so big and there are so many people. But I only want one. — Elise Valmorbida

Thinking ahead, what really happens to us will depend on how many people we have who are of the great and sober and dynamic middle-class - the strivers, the planners, the ambitious ones. — Robert Menzies

look almost as swanky as my little brother. — Matthew Quick

To young mind, work seemed to be the price that was gladly paid for the privilege of living so closely with the earth. Work was a real conversation with the landscape. It was not an abuse or raiding of the landscape. It was amazing to learn how to work in this context. — John O'Donohue

We remember a few people who've been enlightened. We build churches and edifices in their name. But few people, if any, feel that they could ever be like that; and if that's how they feel - that's how it will be. — Frederick Lenz

I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot. — Michael Nutter

You brought nothing into this world; you will take nothing from it, but please, leave us with something — Bangambiki Habyarimana