"For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books."

-- Herman Melville

#Book Quotes #Men Quotes #Literature Quotes

“The mind maketh good or ill, wretch or happy, rich or poor.”
“I'd love to adopt, but having a daughter, Daisy, who's in the middle of her teens, I'm now thinking: Is this a time to start all over again or is this a time to realise those child-rearing years are over?”

Source : "Joely Richardson wants to adopt but not like Madonna". The Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2008.
“Over the years I must have spent thousands of hours silently brushing on the liquid coatings, preparing each sheet in anticipation of reaching the perfect print.”

Source : Irving Penn, Virginia Heckert, Anne Lacoste, J. Paul Getty Museum (2009). “Irving Penn: Small Trades”, p.18, Getty Publications
“There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it.”
“Thenewno2 is sort of my little prototype band, really.”
“If I am an angry man, it is my duty to pray for charity, which suffereth long and is kind.”
“Backs dialogue for solving disputes and not military power and threats.”
“There may be luck in getting a good job-but there's no luck in keeping it.”

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