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... our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good. Madeleine L'Engle
Dan Brown quote: "Forgiveness is God's greatest gift"
Forgiveness is God's greatest gift Dan Brown
Thomas Carlyle quote: "The greatest university of all is a collection of books."
The greatest university of all is a collection of books. Thomas Carlyle
A person of your century: Great persons are of their time. Not all were born into a period worthy of them, and many so born failed to benefit by it. Some merited a better century, for all that is good does not always triumph. Fashions have their periods and even the greatest virtues, their styles. But the philosopher, being ageless, has one advantage: Should this not prove the right century, many to follow will. Baltasar Gracian
Steve Jobs thus became the greatest business executive of our era, the one most certain to be remembered a century from now. History will place him in the pantheon right next to Edison and Ford. More than anyone else of this time, he made products that were completely innovative, combining the power of poetry and processors. With a ferocity that could make working with him as unsettling as it was inspiring, he also built the world's most creative company. And he was able to infuse into its... Walter Isaacson
Bill Blass quote: "My dogs. Bill Blass, after being asked "Who or what is the..."
My dogs. Bill Blass, after being asked "Who or what is the greatest love of your life?" by Vanity Fair magazine Bill Blass
It makes me very nervous and poorly, to be thwarted so in my own family, and to have neighbours who think of themselves before anybody else. However, your coming just at this time is the greatest of comforts, and I am very glad to hear what you tell us, of long sleeves. Jane Austen
...there are no secrets unless you keep them to yourself, and this was the greatest secret I had ever had to keep in my life so far. Roald Dahl
C. S. Lewis quote: "You all know," said the Guide, "that security is mortals'..."
You all know," said the Guide, "that security is mortals' greatest enemy. C. S. Lewis
There’s a whole psychological reason for those cartoons about good against evil. We have "Superman" and all those other hero people, so that we can go out into life and try to be something. I’ve got most of Disney’s animated movies on video-tapes, and when we watch them. Oh, I could just eat it, eat it. […] Jimmy Cricket, Pinocchio, Mickey Mouse – these are world-known characters. Some of the greatest political figures have come to the United States to meet them. Michael Jackson
Most of the big shore places were closed now. And there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of the ferryboat across the sound. And as the moon rose higher, the inessential houses began to melt away till gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailor? eyes, A fresh green breast of the new world. Its vanished trees had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams. For a transitory, enchanted moment man must have... F. Scott Fitzgerald
I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope - an impotence, in short; and that to despise all effort is the greatest effort of all. John Fowles
Socrates quote: "Man's greatest privilege is the discussion of virtue" Socrates..."
Man's greatest privilege is the discussion of virtue" Socrates in The Apology. Socrates
Herbert Hoover quote: "Children are our greatest natural resource."
Children are our greatest natural resource. Herbert Hoover
The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn from the entire planet and from all our history, to instruct us without tiring, and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species. I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how... Carl Sagan

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