Walden Chapter 5 Solitude Quotes & Sayings

I swear ... to hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture. — Hippocrates

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows. — Socrates

High expectations is the key to everything. — Sam Walton

I want to give the audience what they want, but not at all costs. I want to leave them with something. I try to do that with every single movie I make. — Ruba Nadda

She was already dead, but we were starved for followers and stupefied by the elixir of our own heroism, and so we pretended words could resurrect her. — Walter Kirn

People don't talk to each other. You're alone with your television set or internet. But you can't have a functioning democracy without what sociologists call "secondary organizations," places where people can get together, plan, talk and develop ideas. You don't do it alone. — Noam Chomsky

I was very fortunate in the '70s to work with the best actors, the best directors, the best cinematographers. — James Caan

Seeing is in some respect an art, which must be learnt. — William Herschel

Holy fuck,' Corcoran said, leaning back against the wall. 'I am going home and drinking a whole bottle of Bacardi. Someone can pour the Coke into me after I pass out. — M.R. Carey

It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action. — Vanessa Diffenbaugh

I got a signed document from Bullock's saying that they had such-and-such drawings on consignment. Of course, nobody bought any of them, but otherwise, I was a big success: I had my drawings on sale at Bullock's! — Richard P. Feynman

If God is vast and boundless as the ocean, how can a tiny drop like man imagine what He is? — Mahatma Gandhi

The sound of a crackling fire going in the fireplace, a nice warm blanket and a good book is just about heaven for me. — E.L. Grimm

The new Rwanda is about building an economy that delivers prosperity and opportunity for our citizens based on a robust private sector. Foreign adventures would be costly and counterproductive distractions from these challenging objectives. — Paul Kagame

Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of knowing how the future will turn out, of a time in the future when we'll be ceaselessly happy and never have to fear negative emotions again. But in chasing all that, we close down the very faculties that permit the happiness we crave. — Oliver Burkeman