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“Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living.”
Source : Gilbert Parker “The Complete Works of Gilbert Parker”, Library of Alexandria
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“As an Orthodox Jew I must acknowledge that a society can only be successful if it adheres to God's basic plan. By recognizing that a battle is raging and that, right now, Christian conservatives are leading the side I believe is morally, historically, and intellectually correct, I find myself linking arms with those so many of my coreligionists vilify.”
Source : Rabbi Daniel Lapin (2012). “America's Real War”, p.120, Multnomah
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“I fervently believe in research as a necessity for good design, and I teach it that way.”
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“At the same time, one of the things I noticed was that the moment there was any kind of audio attached to virtual reality, it really improved the experience, even though the audio didn't feel like a sound engineer or composer had been anywhere near it.”
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“A lot of comedies are based on the reaction shot. You have one person doing something stupid and one person is generally the straight man, and the laughs generally come on the reaction of the straight man to the funny thing the other person has done.”
Source : Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. June 3, 2011.
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“If you embrace moderation, eat whole foods instead of junk, live within your physical, monetary, and environmental budget rather than constantly exceeding it, you will lose weight, tread more lightly on the planet, and gain satisfaction from these things.”
Source : Mark Bittman (2008). “Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes”, p.79, Simon and Schuster
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“It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.”
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“Has science ever retreated? No! It is Catholicism which has always retreated before her, and will always be forced to retreat.”