"Kings and philosophers defecate, and so do ladies."

-- Michel de Montaigne

#Kings Quotes #Philosopher Quotes

“You will not be stuck forever. The trick is to know there are no tricks. There is, in fact, no easy way. There is only the work.”
“For whatever life holds for you and your family in the coming days, weave the unfailing fabric of God's Word through your heart and mind. It will hold you strong, even if the rest of life unravels.”

Source : Gigi Graham Tchividjian (2000). “Weatherproof Your Heart”, Spire
“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.”

Source : Quoted in People, 26 Dec. 1977. Although now associated with Tomlin, this saying appears anonymously in Robert Reisner, Graffiti (1971), in the form "Remember, even if you win the rat race - you're still a rat." Rosalie Maggio, in New Beacon Book of Quotations by Women, states that William Sloane Coffin said "Even if you win the rat-race, you're still a rat" as a chaplain at Williams College or Yale University in the 1950s or 1960s.
“It was absolutely thrilling to meet Laurel and Hardy, they were so nice.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Creativity doesn’t come from glancing quickly at your Twitter feed while in line at Starbucks. It comes from deep thought. It comes from voraciously reading books—long books that require focused attention. It comes from meaningful discourse with other intellectually curious people. It comes from listening and asking good questions.”
“Stop looking for your purpose. BE it!”
“This awareness instills a fierce desire to protect that heritage and - in doing so - to educate Americans in the meaning and importance of our pivotal documents.”
“Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you.”

Source : "Beerbohm Tree" by Hesketh Pearson, (p. 110), 1956.

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