"Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought."

-- Alexander Hamilton

#Lying Quotes #Science Quotes #Night Quotes

“Life turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act.”
“Putting on a beautifully designed suit elevates my spirit, extols my sense of self, and helps define me as a man to whom details matter.”
“The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.”

Source : William Kent Krueger (2014). “Ordinary Grace: A Novel”, p.307, Simon and Schuster
“You always be like, I hope I'm ready.”
“The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.”

Source : John Stilwell Jenkins, Andrew Jackson (2011). “Life and Public Services of Gen. Andrew Jackson, Seventh President of the United States: Including the Most Important of His State Papers”, p.168, New Leaf Publishing Group
“I've had the fame and the joy of getting laughter - those are gifts.”

Source : "Mary Tyler Moore's Lifetime of Challenges". Interview with Kevin Sessums, parade.com. March 22, 2009.
“Why is it that so many people start to value money so much that they trade in most of the hours and years of their life in order to get it?”

Source : Mabel Osgood Wright (1901). “The garden of a commuter's wife”
“Life is sweet, life is also very short.”

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