Margaret Fuller The Great Lawsuit Quotes & Sayings

Some writers maintain arithmetic to be only the only sure guide in political economy; for my part, I see so many detestable systems built upon arithmetical statements, that I am rather inclined to regard that science as the instrument of national calamity. — Jean-Baptiste Say

I see only reminders that nothing lasts forever, not even greatness."
"Some things last."
I faced him. "Really? And just what would that be?"
"The things that matter. — Mary E. Pearson

Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave. — Alexander Pope

You are such a cheering influence, Michael. Take yourself off to bed, there to dream of the end of the world or whatever gives a nice Catholic boy comfort on a long and cold night. — Grace Burrowes

Monday morning and there's one less donut than there should be.
Keen observers note the reduced mass straightaway but stay silent, because saying, 'Hey, is that only six donuts?' would betray their donut experience. It's not great for your career to be known as the person who can spot the difference between six and seven donuts at a glance. — Max Barry

the brain cannot do its most important job of organizing sensory messages. — Carol Stock Kranowitz

Almost nothing is as dull as guys who pretend to be soccer experts, they're almost as dull as the poetry ones. All this crazy talk about 'soccer strategies' its just a silly ballgame. Hardly any strategy possible. You either put 4 or 5 guys in the middle of the field, that's about it. And yet they talk about it as if it the most complex philosophical problem ever invented. — Martijn Benders

My enemies are everywhere, and my friends are fools. — George R R Martin

The English are, I think the most obtuse and barbarous people in the world — Stendhal

Wonder is our need today, not information. — Elia Kazan

Obviously I have a bit of an awareness because I go to the internet like everybody else but I don't get too involved in the details of those conversations just because it can hurt you if you stumble on something that's not nice. — Alice Eve