“It's a good thing [James] Dean died when he did. If he'd lived, he'd never have been able to live up to the publicity.” Quote by Humphrey Bogart
“Default is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” StarsTragedyFaultsAstrologyGood LuckSonnetDefaultJuliusFault In Our StarsCassiusConspiratorsHave A Good NightGood Night And Good LuckModern EnglishIdes Of March Author:Paul Krugman
“We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.” WritingNamesWaveSand Author:Augustus
“Everything alive must die. Every building built to the sky will fall. Don't try to tell me my everlasting love is a lie.” TryingLyingDiesFallLove IsAliveSkyBuildingBuiltEverlastingLasting LoveEverlasting Love Author:Jeff Tweedy
“The capitalist culture of consumption... does not provide meaningful sustenance for large numbers of people.” PeopleDoeCultureNumbersMeaningfulCapitalistConsumptionLarge NumbersSustenance Book:The Cornel West Reader Source: The Cornel West Reader
“When I think of anything properly describable as a beautiful idea, it is always in the form of music. I have written and printed probably 10,000,000 words in English but all the same I shall die an inarticulate man, for my best ideas beset me in a language I know only vaguely and speak only as a child.” ThinkingKnowsMenChildrenIdeasBeautifulFormDiesSpeakLanguageWrittenPrintedInarticulate Author:H. L. Mencken
“If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.” IfsWantFirstsHeartSpeakSilencePrayingClean HeartSilence Of The Heart Author:T. S. Eliot
“Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity.” FineIntensityDuration Author:Aristotle
“Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.” KnowsHelpingFunnyAnimalPostsFenceBlack HistoryAlexTurtlesFence Post Author:Alex Haley
“The difference between smartphones and cigarettes is this: a cigarette robs 10 minutes from your lifespan, but at least has the decency to wait and withdraw all that time in bulk as you near the end of your life - whereas a smartphone steals your time in the present moment, by degrees. Five minutes here. Five minutes there. Then you look up and you're 85 years old.” YearsLooksEndsMomentsWaitingDifferencesFiveMinutesDegreesStealingLook UpPresent MomentCigaretteFive MinutesDecencySmartphones Author:Charlie Brooker