“The origins and travels of our purchases remain matters of indifference, although to the more imaginative at least a slight dampness at the bottom of a carton, or an obscure code printed along a computer cable, may hint at processes of manufacture and transport nobler and more mysterious, more worthy of wonder and study, than the very goods themselves.” MayMatterProcessWonderStudyComputerBottomVery GoodWorthyMysteriousCodeIndifferenceGoodsObscureImaginativeCablesPrintedHintsTransport Author:Alain de Botton
“Ada came from Lwów. She was a very good looking girl who was studying mathematics at the University of Geneva. For a few years I had an off-and-on romance with her.” YearsRomanceGirlStudyMathematicsUniversityVery GoodLooking GoodGenevaAdaStudying Mathematics Author:Stanislaw Ulam
“Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. I'm very interested in studying cultures and social issues, but as an academic I don't think I would have been too successful.” ThinkingWritingHas BeensCultureSocialStudyIssuesSuccessfulVery GoodAcademicSocial IssuesScreenplaysGood Writers Author:George Lucas
“I have known some good men who have been so addicted to their study, that they have thought the last day of the week sufficient to prepare for their ministry, though they employ all the rest of the week in other studies. But your business is to trade with your spiritual abilities. ... A man may preach a very good sermon, who is otherwise himself; but he will never make a good minister of Jesus Christ, whose mind and heart are not always in the work. Spiritual gifts will require continual ruminating on the things of the Gospel in our minds.” MenMindHeartMayHas BeensLastsSpiritualJesusChristAbilityBusinessKnownStudyWeekJesus ChristTradeVery GoodMinistersSufficientGood ManMinistryHeart And MindSermonsLast DayDays Of The WeekSpiritual Gifts Author:John Owen
“One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue.” WayPhilosophyStudyIssuesMoralityTenVery GoodCommandmentsCelestialGood WayTen CommandmentsDictation Author:Christopher Hitchens
“The best penance is to have patience with the sorrows God permits. A very good penance is to dedicate oneself to fulfill the duties of everyday with exactitude and to study and work with all our strength.” StudyDutySorrowEverydayVery GoodOneselfPermitHaving PatiencePenanceExactitudeStudy And Work Author:Peter Damian
“In school, I wasn't a very good student - I was very irresponsible and never did the studying but always liked to get the laugh.” SchoolLaughingStudyStudentsVery GoodIrresponsibleGood Students Author:Ray Romano