“Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.” YearsOrderShareYears AgoLettersBuffettWarren Buffet Author:Sam Wyly
“A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given an A for adultery; today she would rate no better than a C-plus.” YearsTodayGivenHundredYears AgoLettersRatePlusAdulteryScarlet Book:Reuben, Reuben: A Novel Source: Reuben, Reuben: A Novel
“This project started nearly twenty years ago as an assignment in my typography class at art school. Students were encouraged to see letters beyond their dull, practical functionality. We played with their unique shapes and tinkered with their infinite possibilities. The challenge was hard, so the reward of “cracking” a word felt great. This became a lifelong project for me.” YearsArtHardSchoolFeltChallengesClassPossibilityStudentsShapesProjectsUniqueYears AgoLettersTwentiesInfiniteRewardsPracticalsDullLifelongAssignmentsArt SchoolInfinite PossibilitiesTypographyFunctionality Author:Ji Lee
“There was no escape from the letter-writer who, a hundred or a hundred and twenty-five years ago, captured a coveted correspondent. It would have been as easy to shake off an octopus or a boa-constrictor.” YearsHas BeensEasyFiveHundredYears AgoLettersTwentiesFive YearsShakesCapturedTwenty FiveOctopus Book:A Happy Half-century: And Other Essays Source: A Happy Half-century: And Other Essays
“Culture is already there and the church will continue to be even more irrelevant when it quotes letters from two thousand years ago as their best defense. When you have in front of you flesh and blood people who are your brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, co-workers and neighbors and they love each other and they just want to go through life with someone.” PeopleWantYearsTwoCultureChurchBloodFrontsBrotherThousandYears AgoLettersWorkersDefenseNeighborFleshThousand YearsUnclesIrrelevantBrothers And SistersAuntLove Each OtherYour BrotherFlesh And BloodCo WorkerAunts And UnclesChurch Bells Author:Rob Bell
“To aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible, easily. If you think about it, even ten years ago or twenty years ago, there was a middle man, there was a publisher, there were studios, there was this world of rejection letters. Now, we're in a place where we have the technology and the ability to go shoot our own movies or to put stuff on YouTube or a blog, if you're a writer, or self-publish.” IfsThinkingMenWorldYearsSelfAbleStuffAbilityTechnologyWonderfulMiddleThis WorldTenYears AgoLettersTwentiesStudiosRejectionVisiblePublishersPublishBlogsYoutubeWonderful TimesAspiring WritersRejection Letters Author:Diablo Cody
“Iran should write us yet another letter saying thank you very much, because Iran, as I said many years ago, Iran is taking over Iraq, something they've wanted to do forever, but we Americans have made it so easy for them.” ShouldWritingYearsMadeSaidWantedEasyForeverYears AgoLettersIraqMade ItIranSaying Thank You Author:Donald Trump
“So many things I had thought forgotten Return to my mind with stranger pain: Like letters that arrive addressed to someone Who left the house so many years ago.” YearsMindPainHouseLeftReturnYears AgoLettersForgottenStranger Author:Philip Larkin
“My shoulders sagged. Really, is it too much to ask that I be able to come home from a long day of work and relax? Oh, no. I have to come home and read a bunch of letters written to the love of my life by his fiancée, who, if I am correct, had him killed a hundred and fifty years ago. Then, as if that is not bad enough, he wants me to explain the Vietnam War.” IfsWantYearsLongWarEnoughHomeAbleAsksToo MuchWrittenHundredYears AgoLettersShouldersBunchFiftyRelaxComing HomeVietnamWant MeVietnam WarLove Of My LifeLong DayHe Wants Me Book:The Mediator #4: Darkest Hour Source: The Mediator #4: Darkest Hour
“If a little less time was devoted to the translation of letters by Julius Caesar describing Britain 2000 years ago and a little more time was spent on teaching children how to describe (in simple modern English) the method whereby ethylene was converted into polythene in 1933 in the ICI laboratories at Northwich, and to discussing the enormous social changes which have resulted from this discovery, then I believe that we should be training future leaders in this country to face the world of tomorrow far more effectively than we are at the present time.” IfsWorldShouldYearsBelieveChildrenLittlesCountryFacesScienceI BelieveSocialSimpleLeaderHistoryTeachingModernTomorrowFutureTrainingResearchDiscoveryYears AgoLettersMethodEnormousBritainMore TimeDevotedSocial ChangeTranslationsLaboratoryDescribingDiscussingPresent TimeTeaching ChildrenJuliusFuture LeadersModern English Author:Ronald Sydney Nyholm