"The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant."

-- Samuel Richardson

#Republic Quotes #Letters Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun.”
“Remember, machines don't forgive.”
“Michael Jordon may have been the best basketball player in history, but he couldn't have won six NBA titles without a team.”

Source : "Why You Should Not Stop Taking Your Vitamins" by Mark Hyman, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 18, 2011.
“You have five minutes to call someone, anyone, I don't care who, and order me the finest blend of coffee that rat hole town has, and a dozen beers. If it's not sitting on this table..." a slender finger pointed furiously at the table in question,"... in one hour, you die" - Faith telling Jacob”
“I guess there's a sort of cycle with writing books. There's all the researching and then the imagining and writing - which is the real job - and then there's always a period when the book comes out and you have to lift your head and venture out.”
“We can all learn to live jubilantly. We can all learn to alter our attitudes so that we can better realize our dreams.”

Source : Joan Lunden (2001). “Wake-up calls”, McGraw-Hill Companies
“The first law of economics is that when the price goes up, consumption comes down. This is a divine law.”
“I can go wherever, to Kuala Lumpur or wherever, and if somebody will ask me where I'm from and I say I'm from Iceland, they say, "Yeah, BjÃ¶rk." And that makes me very proud, and that makes me proud to be an Icelandic artist.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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