"The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise."

“If you do things by the job, you are perpetually driven: the hours are scourges. If you work by the hour, you gently sail on the stream of Time, which is always bearing you on to the haven of Pay, whether you make any effort, or not.”

“Lovely chatting with you, darling, but I've got to run. Face it, you're always more content when you're chasing me than when you have me locked up. I think we're going to have a lot of fun.”

Source : Chelsea Cain (2015). “The Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell Series”, p.723, Macmillan

“Why was it that cheering expressions were invariably so infuriating?”

Source : Lauren Willig (2012). “The Garden Intrigue: A Pink Carnation Novel”, p.51, Penguin

“Irrigation, unscientifically conducted, would not give us such truly wonderful mathematical fitness [as we observe in the Martian canals]. . . . A mind of no mean order would seem to have presided over the system we see-a mind certainly of considerably more comprehensiveness than that which presides over the various department of our own public works.”

“Sincerity doesn't mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.”

Source : Edward Albee, Philip C. Kolin (1988). “Conversations with Edward Albee”, p.12, Univ. Press of Mississippi

“The best way to improve economic prospects for women is to improve job prospects for the men in their lives, even if that means increasing the so-called pay gap.”

Source : Phyllis Schlafly (2015). “Phyllis Schlafly: Volume I”, p.60, Creators Publishing

“One of the outstanding ironies of history is the utter disregard of ranks and titles in the final judgments men pass on each other. The final estimate of men shows that history cares not an iota for the rank or title a man has borne, or the office he has held, but only the quality of his deeds and the character of his mind and heart.”

“It’s dead obvious that creationism isn’t science, or even bad science. It’s nonsense. But I’ve long stated it’s also bad religion, because it doesn’t just take faith, it also takes a phenomenal disregard of reality.”