Matt Ridley Rational Optimist Quotes & Sayings

The more I see of life the more I perceive that only through solitary communion with nature can one gain an idea of its richness and meaning. — Cyril Connolly

I was looking through a newspaper and it was an audition for 'Kids Say the Darndest Things,' so I tried out. One thing led to another and I appeared on 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show' and 'Oprah.' — Jojo

I'm drawn, Icarus to the sun. I've been burned already, and yet here I am again. — E.L. James

You have to practice success. Success doesn't just show up. If you aren't practicing success today, you won't wake up in 20 years and be successful, because you won't have developed the habits of success, which are small things like finishing what you start, putting a lot of effort into everything you do, being on time, treating people well. — Michelle Obama

At a time when opportunism is everything, when hope seems lost, when everything boils down to a cynical business deal, we must find the courage to dream. To reclaim romance. The romance of believing in justice, in freedom, and in dignity. For everybody. — Arundhati Roy

I see by the papers that they are going to do away with all the nuisance taxes. That means that a man can get a marriage license for nothing. — Will Rogers

In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists. — Eric Hoffer

She had decided that because she couldn't love her body, she would try to love what she put on it. — Kate Scelsa

No animal needs to die in order for me to live. And that makes me feel good. — Howard Lyman