"Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare."

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Source : Harriet Martineau (1837). “Society in America”, p.176

Harriet Martineau

#Funny Inspirational Quotes #Thinker Quotes #Reader Quotes

“The first thing I think of when I hear the name of Lucille Ball is a Hollywood legend. I have fond memories of growing up at her house, but she was a different person off the set than she was on the set.”
“As a theist I believe that God exists and that God creates.”
“She was lying like a loaf of bread. I said, baby, baby, baby, are you dead?”
“Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.”
“I think it was the beginning of Mrs. Bond's unquestioning faith in me when she saw me quickly enveloping the cat till all you could see of him was a small black and white head protruding from an immovable cocoon of cloth. He and i were now facing each other, more or less eyeball to eyeball, and George couldn't do a thing about it. As i say, I rather pride myself on this little expertise, and even today my veterinary colleagues have been known to remark, "Old Herriot may be limited in many respects, but by God he can wrap a cat.”

Source : James Herriot (2011). “Three James Herriot Classics: All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Wise and Wonderful”, p.877, Open Road Media
“The speeches to be wary of are those that begin with I'm just going to say a few words.”
“In each life there comes at least one moment, which, if recognized and seized, transforms the course of that life forever. Rely, therefore, on radical trust, even though the moment may call for you to leap empty-handed into the void.”
“I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful.”

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