It may seem strange that of all men sailors should be tinkering at their last wills and testaments, but there are no… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“When you engage with people, you build your own insight into what’s being discussed. Someone else’s understanding complements yours, and together you… — Marcia Conner Copy Share Image
We cannot restore traditional American freedom unless we limit the government's power to tax. — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
Before you open the lunch menu or order that cheeseburger or consider eating the cake with the frosting intact, haul out the… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
A God who kept tinkering with the universe was absurd; a God who interfered with human freedom and creativity was a tyrant.… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Hire the best people you can find. This was kind of easy in the early days of foursquare - we hired our… — Dennis Crowley Copy Share Image
I disagree with the followers of Marx and those of Adam Smith: the reason free markets work is because they allow people… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
But we have inherited a vast number of social ills which never came from Nature. They are the complicated products of all… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Keep my eyes fixed on You, Lord. Help me to stop tinkering and realize my total inability to change. I look to… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Love life seems to be that factor which requires the largest quantity of magical tinkering. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
True conformity to the dictates of nature requires reverence for the past and solicitude for the future. 'Nature' is not simply the… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
There are lots of people out there who prefer tinkering to winning - it gives them a good excuse. — Carroll Smith Copy Share Image
I think I was also afraid of the novel. I write line by line, proceeding at snail's pace, rewriting as I go… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
I think progress began to retrogress when Wilbur and Orville started tinkering around in Dayton and at Kitty Hawk, because I believe… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
By all odds, earliest man, so naked to the elements and to deadly enemies, should have existed in a state of constant… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Writing is very improvisational. It's like trying to fix a broken sewing machine with safety pins and rubber bands. A lot of… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Every living thing is an elaboration of a single original plan. As humans we are mere increments - each of us a… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to 'do what the people want,' instead of what the document actually commands, politicians… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
I'm sort of an old man, always tinkering in the backyard. Since I grew up playing outdoors, I still like to plant… — Josh Duhamel Copy Share Image
Had I to give advice to writers (and I do not think they need it, because everyone has to find out things… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Basement?' Hamish cried, then glanced at his brother. 'You hear this fellow? He thinks we can just go on down to the… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
