"it is my belief that one should learn patience in a foreign land, for I take it that this is the true measure of travel. If one does not suffer some frustration of the ordinary reflexes, how can one be sure one is really traveling?"

“A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike.”

“Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.”

“With big folks, either people think you look mean or it's more of a jolly Santa Claus, 'Oh, he's just a pudgy little teddy bear pillow.'”

“Peace appeals to the hearts; studies to the brain. Both are needed, indeed indispensable. But equally indispensable is a valid link between brain and heart. And that, in a nutshell, is what peace studies and peace practice are all about.”

“Dark Blue' is ultimately a gritty crime drama, at its core. I don't think that is ever going to change.”

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.”

“They use everything about the hog except the squeal.”

Source : Upton Sinclair (2016). “The Jungle”, p.35, Xist Publishing

“It really gets into your system. All baseball players have this internal clock around February when it starts to kick in and the juices start to flow. I think underestimated how much I was going to miss it.”