Enemies are so stimulating.
—Katharine Hepburn, 1969
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Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
—William Jennings Bryan, 1899God walks among the pots and pans.
—Saint Teresa of Ávila, c. 1582We wish away whole years, and travel through time as through a country filled with many wild and empty wastes, which we would fain hurry over, that we may arrive at those several little settlements or imaginary points of rest which are dispersed up and down in it.
—Joseph Addison, 1711God seems to have left the receiver off the hook, and time is running out.
—Arthur Koestler, 1967Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
—Charles Dickens, 1843Ah! Freedom is a noble thing!
—John Barbour, 1375A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938It’s frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself… it seems unfair. You can’t assume the responsibility for everything you do—or don’t do.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1966We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
—Barbara Ehrenreich, 1991Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 200 BCDo good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
—Alexander Pope, 1738I look for the end of the future, but it never ceases to arrive.
—Zhuangzi, c. 325 BC