"A cruel critic has never made anything; his glibness is a way of inflicting his emptiness on others."

“Never underestimate a clown with a book.”

Source : Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival: A Novel”, p.141, W. W. Norton & Company

“A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is in fact the gestation of a soul.”

“A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.”

Source : Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.79

“Preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life.”

Source : Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 31, 2013.

“Every head turned to see two more security guards appear, each holding a Bagshaw by the back of the neck (which might have been considerably less conspicuous had the Bagshaws not been dressed as chimney sweeps). Kat turned back to Hale. 'The Mary Poppins?' 'Seemed like a good idea at the time.”

“Cliches are what make you understand something.”

“Human nature, essentially changeable, as unstable as the dust, can endure no restraint; if it binds itself it soon begins to tear madly at its bonds, until it rends everything asunder, the wall, the bonds, and its very self.”

“If we did not have a patent system, it would be irresponsible, on the basis of our present knowledge of its economic consequences, to recommend instituting one. But since we have had a patent system for a long time, it would be irresponsible, on the basis of our present knowledge, to recommend abolishing it.”

Source : "An Economic Review of the Patent System". Book by Fritz Machlup, U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, Study No. 15, p. 79-80, 1958.