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Worldly Quotes (page 535)

For in the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as the tie of their cravats, there is always a good number who once meant to shape their own deeds and alter the world a little. The story of their coming to be shapen after the average and fit to be packed by the gross, is hardly ever told even in their consciousness; for perhaps their ardour in generous unpaid toil cooled as imperceptibly as the ardour of other... George Eliot
Frank McCourt quote: "It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the..."
It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head. Frank McCourt
Thus is Man that great and true Amphibium, whose nature is disposed to live, not onely like other creatures in divers elements, but in divided and distinguished worlds: for though there be but one to sense, there are two to reason, the one visible, the other invisible. Thomas Browne
I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, I can't do anything to change events anyway. Anne Frank
Now everyone dreams of a love faithful and true, But you and I know what this world can do. So let's make our steps clear so the other may see. And I'll wait for you... should I fall behind wait for me. Bruce Springsteen
Alistair Cooke quote: "New York is the biggest collection of villages in the world."
New York is the biggest collection of villages in the world. Alistair Cooke
The Bibliotheque du Roi then gives you the closest thing that currently exists to God's understanding of the world."And yet with a bigger library we could come ever so much closer. Neal Stephenson
If our sex life were determined by our first youthful experiments, most of the world would be doomed to celibacy. In no area of human experience are human beings more convinced that something better can be had only if they persevere. P. D. James
Perceiving the world as well designed and thus the product of a designer, and even seeing divine providence in the daily affairs of life, may be the product of a brain adapted to finding patterns in nature. (38) Michael Shermer
Kate DiCamillo quote: "Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin..."
Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light. Kate DiCamillo
... active wisdom--an entire cohort with something new to offer to the world as years of experience combined with continuing health. [p. 52] Mary Catherine Bateson
The blessing hands of Christ are like a roof that protects us. But at the same time, they are a gesture of opening up, tearing the world open so that heaven my enter in, may become "present" within it. Joseph Ratzinger
By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept. Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those heroes... Ralph Waldo Emerson
John W. Gardner quote: "The world loves talent but pays off on character."
The world loves talent but pays off on character. John W. Gardner
Charles Dickens quote: "I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the..."
I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything Charles Dickens

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