Newspapers Ben Franklin Quotes & Sayings

Civilizations in decline are consistently characterized by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity. — Arnold Toynbee

Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot. — Barbara Kingsolver

I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions. — Michel De Montaigne

Sometimes it rained, but mostly it was just dull, a land without shadows. It was like living inside Tupperware. — Bill Bryson

I remember one day, when things were going frightfully well, I went to buy myself a really smashing car. I asked them to show me a Porsche with an automatic gearbox, and the salesman called over all the other salesmen, and they stood around absolutely roaring with laughter. — Mary Quant

My father shared the ethos of many of the beat writers and was a friend of Allen Ginsberg. Probably for 25 years of my father's life, He had been an itinerant piano player and so traveled the road with bands and that sort of thing. — Anne Waldman

Brandon Sanderson is the real thing-an exciting storyteller with a unique and powerful vision. ELANTRIS is one of the finest debuts I've seen in years. — David Farland

Not all truths are explicable, Julia," he said. "And not all explicable things are true. — Jan-Philipp Sendker

Love not what you are but only what you may become. — Miguel De Cervantes

We can transform the government and the economy, as well as democracy, in Malaysia. — Najib Razak