"It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile."

-- Roger Bannister

#People Quotes #Broken Quotes #Climbing Mount Everest Quotes

“It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.”
“I am so busy doing nothing... that the idea of doing anything - which as you know, always leads to something - cuts into the nothing and then forces me to have to drop everything.”
“The human mind is generally far more eager to praise or dispraise than it is to describe and define.”
“Success is living up to your potential. That's all. Wake up with a smile and go after life... Live it, enjoy it, taste it, smell it, feel it.”
“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”
“The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pessimism. Shadows seem to be closing in. The final conclusion isn't that life is wonderful and everything is bright and cheery and in the garden.”
“The older we get the less afraid we are.”
“Liberalism does not preclude an organisation of the flow of money in which some channels are used in decision making while others are only good for the payment of debts”

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