"There is certainly no beauty on earth which exceeds the natural loveliness of woman."

-- Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

#Beauty Quotes #Earth Quotes #Natural Quotes

“Think of the man who first tried German sausage.”
“Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.”
“Space is an environment of emptiness. It offers no possibility for natural adaptation to any living organism - and particularly not to the highly sophisticated creature, man. Yet man has the ability to resolve this paradox through his intellectual power and creative faculties.”
“I still fall asleep with the TV on, because I'm used to falling asleep with people yelling 'Action!' and 'Cut!”
“We were not foolish enough to try to make a currency [backed by] gold of which we had none, but for every mark that was issued we required the equivalent of a mark's worth of work done or goods produced ... we laugh at the time our national financiers held the view that the value of a currency is regulated by the gold and securities lying in the vaults of a state bank.”
“Members of al Qaeda and other affiliated organizations spent a great deal of time blending into the populations of several nations around the world and exploring all aspects of life there.”
“You must walk that tightrope between accident and discipline. Accident by itselfâ€¦so what? Discipline by itself is boring. By walking that tightrope and putting down something on a canvascoming from your guts, you have a chance of making marks that will live longer than you.”
“Only think about the people you enjoy. Only read the books you enjoy, that make you happy to be human. Only go to the events that actually make you laugh or fall in love. Only deal with the people who love you back, who are winners and want you to win too.”

Source : FaceBook post by James Altucher from Nov 26, 2013

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