Jane Eyre Themes Quotes & Sayings

The only time I've ever taken out a loan is for the building work I had done at our house and I did that by extending the mortgage. — Andrea McLean

Apologies only account for that which they do not alter. — Benjamin Disraeli

Liberty and security are often in direct confrontation and must be balanced in a way that protects us without destroying what is worth protecting. — Charles B. Rangel

I listen a lot to how people speak. I've read a great many good books in my life. I had some excellent English teachers. Surely, those things were helpful. — Anthony Bourdain

Science at best is not wisdom; it is knowledge. Wisdom is knowledge tempered with judgment. — Peter Ritchie Calder

I was a pretty happy kid, I had to fake it. I had to get into this miserable character before I wrote poems. — Billy Collins

All of us have worries. We worry because we are intelligent beings. Intelligence predicts, that is its essence; the same intelligence that allows us to plan, hope, imagine, and hypothesize also allows us to worry and anticipate negative outcomes. (164) — Norman Doidge

The joy of suddenly learning a former secret and the joy of suddenly discovering a hitherto unknown truth are the same to me - both have the flash of enlightenment, the almost incredibly enhanced vision, and the ecstasy and euphoria of released tension. — Paul Halmos

The million-dollar marital Band-Aid, never a wise idea. — Marisha Pessl