Sir Arthur Eddington
“We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong.”
Month: January 2009
Eric Wald
“Did I ever tell you about a nasty habit that flight attendants pick up on the job? We learn to always keep smiling, even when …
Willa Cather
“She used to drag her mattress besider her low window and lie awake for a long while, vibrating with excitement, as a machine vibrates from …
Constantine Peter Cavafy
“You must pray that the way be long, full of adventures and experiences.”
Craig Newmark
“I look at what the phone company does and do the opposite.”
Edmund Wilson
“There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.”
Evelyn Waugh
“It is a curious thing… that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.”
Solomon Short
“Any great truth can — and eventually will — be expressed as a cliche — a cliche is a sure and certain way to dilute …
Margaret Mead
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Nancy Spain
“There are people whom one loves immediately and forever. Even to know they are alive in the world with one is quite enough.”