Tripods For Spotting Quotes & Sayings

And so it happened again, the daily miracle whereby interiority opens out and brings to bloom the million-petalled flower of being here, in the world, with other people. Neither as hard as she had thought it might be nor as easy as it appeared. — Zadie Smith

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive. — Donald Rumsfeld

Having your work in a museum is something we as artists aspire to, but I don't think that's something we need to worry about while we're alive. — Eric Drooker

[T]here is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists ... an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness. — George Washington

An old woman with a mutch sat in an arm-chair behind the counter. She looked up at me over her spectacles and smiled, and I took to her on the instant. She had the kind of old wise face that God loves. — John Buchan

He turned back to Harry. You'll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong — J.K. Rowling

Love nothing so much you cannot leave it at the bargaining table. — Peter V. Brett

I have found that most of the things I want from living I must get from people. — Robert Conklin

If it could save a person's life, could you find a way to save ten seconds off the boot time? If there were five million people using the Mac, and it took ten seconds extra to turn it on every day, that added up to three hundred million or so hours per year people would save, which was the equivalent of at least one hundred lifetimes saved per year. — Steve Jobs

So you wake up this morning and find you're president of the United States. Pretty cool, no? Helicopters and a 747 at your disposal; courtside seats at any NBA playoff game of your choice; everyone stands up and the band plays when you come into the room. — Jeff Greenfield

Is there anyone worth admiring in the world? Or does everyone let you down eventually? — Matthew Quick