"Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing."

-- Horace

#Thinking Quotes #May Quotes #Shoulders Quotes

“I can count all the lovers I've had on one hand...if I'm holding a calculator.”
“Always the innocent are the first victims, so it has been for ages past, so it is now.”
“People don't listen to marketplace logic; they listen for meaning and purpose. Attention can't be bought. Before any interaction, ask yourself: 'How do I want to make people feel or act?' Put yourself in their shoes. The role of a leader is to create an experience that will inspire people to take action.”
“I know you did, lass. You're the toughest girl I know." "'Lass'? Where did that come from?" "I don't know. I just felt the urge to call you that.”
“Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept; we don't know if it even exists.”

Source : clifford d. simak (1976). “shakespeare's planet”
“The trick is growing up without growing old.”
“I've spent so long on some paintings that I no longer know what to think of them, and I am definitely getting harder to please; nothing satisfies me...”
“To-morrow! the mysterious, unknown guest, Who cries to me: "Remember Barmecide, And tremble to be happy with the rest." And I make answer: "I am satisfied; I dare not ask; I know not what is best; God hath already said what shall betide.”

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