Rowboats Near Quotes & Sayings

The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work. — Calvin Trillin

I think maybe it's the things we don't want to talk about that are the things people most want to hear. — Julie Murphy

And so Mr. Brown came to be respected even by the clan, because he trod softly on its faith. — Chinua Achebe

Every human being, he believed, must do one of three basic things during his lifetime: leave something living, create something lovely, or make something better. — Renee Manfredi

Very little changed fundamentally, except that the proud German soldier had turned into a defeated bundle of misery and the great German army had disintegrated. — George Grosz

I was struck by - Einstein's a fascinating figure who didn't have any instruments that he used, he didn't use telescopes, he used his mind to try to understand the universe. — Jonathan Nolan

Why the hell is he standing there looking so God damned hot that I want to mount his face. — Tara Sivec

Naturally, this country can't stand truth. — Lewis H. Michaux

["Ambition has been so strong as to make very miserable men take comfort that they were supreme in misery; — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The most important duty of a person is to love himself wholeheartedly. — Debasish Mridha

An ill deede cannot bring honour. — George Herbert

There is something gratuitous about creation, an unnecessary abundance of beauty, and through its blossoms and pleasures we can revel in the sheer largesse of the Father. — Michael Reeves

One thing should be clear to you now. Money-making is aggression. That's the whole thing. The functionalistic explanation is the only one. People come to the market to kill. They say, 'I'm going to make a killing.' It's not accidental. Only they haven't got the genuine courage to kill, and they erect a symbol of it. The money. They make a killing by fantasy. — Saul Bellow