Emma Woodhouse Independent Quotes & Sayings

Nowadays not even the villains smoke. Now smoking really is an expression of the rebel spirit - it's virtually sodding illegal! Yet what are we without our addictions? Insipid. Flavorless. — David Mitchell

It is nice to know that the computer understands the problem. But I would like to understand it too. — Eugene Wigner

I just want some space to myself every now and then. Every time I'm with you I have this sense that you want something from me. — Junot Diaz

Man is a rational animal - so at least I have been told. ... Aristotle, so far as I know, was the first man to proclaim explicitly that man is a rational animal. His reason for this view was ... that some people can do sums. ... It is in virtue of the intellect that man is a rational animal. The intellect is shown in various ways, but most emphatically by mastery of arithmetic. The Greek system of numerals was very bad, so that the multiplication table was quite difficult, and complicated calculations could only be made by very clever people. — Bertrand Russell

Because being able to touch is an even more joyful thing! — Sakura Tsukuba

To her, writing is making stock and reading is sipping broth, but only the spoken word is the full roasted chicken. — Yann Martel