There are a sort of knight-errants in the world, who, quite contrary to those in romance, are perpetually seeking adventures to bring… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I had the good fortune to have Joyce Carol Oates as my writing teacher. She told me… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Envy is a mistake that just keeps on giving. Obviously we suffer a little when some misfortune befalls us, but envy requires… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
When fortune wishes to bring mighty events to a successful conclusion, she selects some man of spirit and ability who knows how… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I've had the good fortune to read a lot of great American writers in translation, and my absolute beloved, for me one… — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
A noble birth and fortune, though they make not a bad man good, yet they are a real advantage to a worthy… — George Lillo Copy Share Image
Of course none of those men was suitable. Half were after your fortune, and as for the other half—well, you would have… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
It is men of desperate fortunes on the one hand, or of aspiring, superior fortunes on the other, who go abroad upon… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
This is the posture of fortunes slave: one foot in the gravy, one foot in the grave. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the next are the bodily advantages of strength and health; but the superlative blessings, in… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
What drives intellectuals and professors crazy is somebody with a high school diploma who made a fortune in business. They agree with… — James Cook Copy Share Image
I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
God is frightful, God is great--you pick. I choose this: God is in the details, the completely unnecessary miracles sometimes tossed up… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and the good fortune to lose him before he… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves. But for those who haven't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Over many generations, fortunes in the business world were made through buying and selling products in physical stores. Internet fortunes have been… — Marc Ostrofsky Copy Share Image
