Stepping Out Of The Forties Quotes & Sayings

There's some human instinct which makes a man treasure what he is not to make any use of, because everybody does not possess it. — Mark Twain

When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom. — James Thurber

Data is like garbage. You'd better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it. — Mark Twain

Tis not for golden eloquence I pray,
A godlike tongue to move a stony heart
Methinks it were full well to be apart
In solitary uplands far away,
Betwixt the blossoms of a rosy spray,
Dreaming upon the wonderful sweet face
Of Nature, in a wild and pathless place. — Frederick Tennyson

He realized that if he didn't leave, it would never be his life. It would be theirs. — Stephen Chbosky

I know of no painless process for giving birth to a picture idea. When I must produce, I retire to a quiet room with a supply of cheap paper and sharp pencils; my brain knows it's going to take a beating. — Norman Rockwell