"He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade."

-- Samuel Johnson

#Sunshine Quotes #Shade Quotes #Brightness Quotes

“It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.”
“Death is a distant rumor to the young.”
“Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.”
“The soul enjoys silence and peace, not by many reasonings, but by simply contemplating the truth.”
“The tours are campaigns.”
“A photographer is responsible for creating a climate in which they can do their best work.”
“The Inexhaustible Resource of Spirit is equal to every demand. There is no reality in lack. Abundance is here and now manifest.”
“I turned against the left wing because they don't like genetics, because genetics implies that sometimes in life we fail because we have bad genes. They want all failure in life to be due to the evil system.”

Source : "James Watson: What I've Learned" by John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. October 19, 2007.

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