Happy Hump Day Photo Quotes & Sayings

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. — Romain Gary

One common abbreviation used in Roman letters was SPD, which was short for salutem plurimam dicit, or "sends many greetings." This served as a greeting at the beginning of a letter, to indicate the sender and the receiver, as in "Marcus Sexto SPD" ("Marcus sends many greetings to Sextus"). Another popular acronym was SVBEEV, which was short for si vales, bene est, ego valeo ("if you are well, that is good, I am well"). Such abbreviations saved space and time, just as acronyms (BTW, AFAIK, IANAL) do today in Internet posts and text messages. — Tom Standage

A writer without a reader doesn't exist. — Harlan Coben

I'm very fond of classical music, especially Mozart. I find it relaxes me and helps me concentrate. — Guler Sabanci

As anyone who follows me on Twitter will know, I'm fairly robust in my views on there. I get next to nothing in the way of trolling. Most women I know who regularly come close to expressing an opinion get trolled constantly. This is a men-on-women issue. Guys are pretty much doing it to the girls. — John Niven

We call 'Ain't No Mountain' the golden egg that landed us at Motown. — Nickolas Ashford

When we put his kippah into the museum, everyone was talking about how much money it was worth and the embroidery by some famous artist and how it was a national relic, and all this -- but I was just thinking of Shabbat, and seders, and -- and it didn't mean any of those things to me. It meant lighting candles. It meant he'd hid the afikomen in the palace for me and joking with his advisors as he waited around for me to find it so he could give me a new book. National treasure? I--' She blinked away new tears, but this time the look on her face was one of indignation. — Shira Glassman

I realized that anything to do with Fermat's Last Theorem generates too much interest. — Andrew Wiles

When I need some striking inspiration about deep depression for my new painting, I just need to go to check my bank account ... — Hiroko Sakai

Writing is really a way of thinking
not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet. — Toni Morrison

Seeing one face continually in crowds is one of the minor annoyances of being in love. — Elizabeth Taylor

The world runs on strangers coping. — David Mitchell