#vere

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#discovered #early #early age #god #i

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me. ↗

— Horace

#hate #i #irreverent #keep #me

The Americans as a nation are killing themselves with their vices and high living. As much as a man ought to eat in half an hour they swallow in three minutes gulping down their food like the [dog] under the table which when a chunk of meat is thrown down to it swallows it before you can say 'twice.' If you want a reform carry out the advice I have just given you. Dispense with your multitudinous dishes, and, depend upon it, you will do much towards preserving your families from sickness, disease and death. ↗

— Brigham Young

#compulsive-overeating #death

It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation was not to be medieval in its treatment. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#best way #bringing #discovered #generation #home

Between work and the kids, I never see anyone anymore. I mean, when I first met with ABC last spring, and they asked me what I'd been doing lately, I said: 'Gee, I have two kids. I'm usually covered with food, wrinkled and feel guilty all the time. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#anymore #anyone #asked #been #between

Never forget that God tests his real friends more severely than the lukewarm ones. ↗

— Kathryn Hulme

#friends #god #his #lukewarm #more

The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was that I dodged games for two complete years and was well through the third year before they discovered that I had completely avoided all games. ↗

— John Hume

#achievement #achievements #avoided #before #complete

I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it? ↗

— Evan Hunter

#been #bother #covered #enough #feel

Thirty years ago, we were in a movie theater and thought it was so cool because we were finally delivered from the horrors of stained glass and wooden pews. ↗

— Bill Hybels

#because #cool #delivered #finally #glass

We've discovered that the less we do, the more money we make. ↗

— Eric Idle

#less #make #money #more