Ploutarhos Quotes & Sayings

Books open and broaden our minds allowing us to challenge ourselves to become more than we are, by setting positive goals for ourselves, and overcoming doubts about our ability to receive the education we want to achieve. — Ellen J. Barrier

I can feel the possibility between us. — Carrie Ryan

I try to look after the really small things and the really big things, and delegate the stuff in between, — Graydon Carter

I can't believe that people really prefer to go to the concert hall under intellectually trying, socially trying, physically trying conditions, unable to repeat something they have missed, when they can sit at home under the most comfortable and stimulating circumstances and hear it as they want to hear it. I can't imagine what would happen to literature today if one were obliged to congregate in an unpleasant hall and read novels projected on a screen. — Milton Babbitt

The female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist. — Charles Bukowski

When I grew up in the early '90s, the new World Wide Web felt like a gimmick, and I had no idea of the changes in store. In the summers, I'd backpack through Europe, follow the Grateful Dead. I had a car and a tent and traveled around the Great Lakes and out West. Jack Kerouac was my guiding light, his 'On the Road' a sacred text. — Tony D'Souza

I never thought I'd hear myself say it, but safety first! — J.K. Rowling

What do you say? There really are no words for that. There really aren't. Somebody tries to say, 'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.' People say that to me. There's no language for it. Sorry doesn't do it. I think you should just hug people and mop their floor or something. — Toni Morrison

I'm sick of people imposing cultural references and influences on me, but I'm not sick of people talking about my age. — Xavier Dolan

The words you can't find, you borrow. — Gabrielle Zavin

Now, it is sometimes said that medical care is too important to be left to the market, and that it is immoral to profit from the illnesses of others. I say medical care is too important to be left to the failed central plans of the political class. And as for profiting from providing medical care, we can never be reminded enough that in a free society, a profit is a signal that valuable services are being rendered to people on a voluntary basis. — Llewellyn Rockwell

When courtesy fails, be nasty, brutish, and short. — Mason Cooley

A jealous wife is like a hornets' nest in your mattress — Robert Jordan

Kris," Leonard Scott looked at her from across the table, "we are hiring a group of people who will take part in helping the U.S. achieve the most radical change it has ever seen. This is not just change you can believe in, it's change you can touch and see and feel. We are ready to make you a part of this team, if you are ready to join us. — Alexandra Swann

A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld