“You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in people's bonnets. Then one day I realized that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that—” PeopleYearsMy OwnFlowerAmountOne DayOrdinaryYears AgoDecidedI RealizedBeesOwn BusinessSpellingPart TimeAdeptBonnetsMinding My Own Business Book:The phantom tollbooth Source: The phantom tollbooth
“Restraining, saving, assuring your checkbook balance...what does all taht amount to? If I go broke one day I'll just take out loans” IfsDoeAmountBalanceOne DaySavingBrokeLoanRestraining Author:Novala Takemoto
“I'm self-centered, inconsiderate, and what was the third adjective? Oh, yes, and I have this infantile fantasy that one day I'll amount to something as an actress.” SelfFantasyAmountOne DayThirdsYeahActressesSelfishnessSelf CenteredAdjectivesInfantileInconsiderate Author:Jay Presson Allen
“It will never be the case that people won't eat meat. I think it could conceivably be the case one day that people eat very small amounts of it. That it's a special thing, rather than reach for it because it's cheap or reach for it because it's convenient, that it becomes something festive or something celebratory, once a week, and that could actually be achieved on small farms if we really changed our habits.” PeopleIfsThinkingCasesWeekSpecialChangedAmountHabitOne DayMeatFarmsConvenientSmall AmountsFestiveSpecial Things Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“I have a low opinion of books; they are but piles of stones set up to show coming travelers where other minds have been, or at best signal smokes to call attention. No amount of word-making will ever make a single soul to know these mountains. As well seek to warm the naked and frostbitten by lectures on caloric and pictures of flame. One day's exposure to mountains is better than cartloads of books.” KnowsMindWellsHas BeensBookSoulShowsAttentionOpinionAmountOne DayMountainLowsStonesWarmNakedSmokeFlamesTravelerSignalsExposureLectures Book:The Wilderness World of John Muir Source: The Wilderness World of John Muir
“It was kind of unexpected, to wake up one day and realize that the things that you've worked so hard to accomplish, you've accomplished in so little an amount of time.” KindLittlesHardRealizingAmountOne DayWake UpAccomplishAccomplishedUnexpected Author:Colton Haynes
“I went to bed last night utterly dejected; I thought I was never going to amount to anything, and that you had thrown away your money for nothing. But what do you think? I woke up this morning with a beautiful new plot in my head, and I've been going about all day planning my characters, just as happy as I could be. No one can ever accuse me of being a pessimist! If I had a husband and twelve children swallowed by an earthquake one day, I'd bob up smilingly the next morning and commence to look for another set. ~Jershua Abbott” IfsThinkingLooksChildrenCharacterLastsBeautifulNightNextMorningAmountOne DayBedHusbandPlanningThrownPlotTwelveBobLast NightEarthquakesPessimistDejected Book:Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated Source: Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated