"It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire."

-- Robert Louis Stevenson

#Destiny Quotes #Taste Quotes #Shells Quotes

“Human creativity is unlimited. It is the capacity of humans to make things happen which didn't happen before. Creativity provides the key to solving our social and economic problems.”
“I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.”
“Ignorance is a cure for nothing.”
“Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery.”
“I'm not a comedian so I'll probably get crucified for saying this, but I think with a lot of comedy the impetus behind it is: I've been rejected so many times and I'm bitter and now I'm going to talk about it.”
“...He was just scraps of words and dislocated phrases.”
“There's no getting blood out of a turnip.”

Source : Frederick Marryat (1857). “Japhet, in Search of a Father ... A new edition”, p.13
“I decided I'd never do a series again, but I was offered a pilot for a series through Eddy Murphy Productions, and that was the gig that got me Parker Lewis.”

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