“Galileo was the first to point out the pretty obvious fact that our language capacity has infinite scope. He described the alphabet as being the greatest invention that had ever been made, because it enables us with 25 letters to express any thought that might come to our mind.”
Noam Chomsky - Language Use and Design: Conflicts and Their Significance
“If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.”
Peter Hamilton
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
Bil Keane
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
Jane Austen
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
Mark Twain
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”
Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”
Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets