it is the brevity of life which makes it tolerable; its experiences have value because they have an end. — Winifred Holtby Copy Share Image
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that… — Francis Pharcellus Church Copy Share Image
This world, such as it is, is not tolerable. Therefore I need the moon, or happiness, or immortality, I need something which… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
There is no existence so content as that whose present is engrossed by employment, and whose future is filled by some strong… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war. Of my… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
While legislation can stimulate and encourage, the real creative ability which builds up and develops the country, and in general makes human… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You're just naked. You put yourself in harm's way… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
Science says: 'We must live,' and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable,… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
I have spent too long with too many people who have lost loved ones to healthcare-associated infections not to be determined to… — Andrew Lansley Copy Share Image
But if it's tolerable mediocrity, and you're like, 'Well, you know it could be worse. At least I'm getting paid.' Then you… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Blessed be the inventor of photography! I set him above even the inventor of chloroform! It has given more positive pleasure to… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
Capitalism is at least tolerable, which cannot be said of Socialism or Communism — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
It is often hard to secure unanimity about the borders of legislative power, but that is much easier than to decide how… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Growth is a substitute for equality of income. So long as there is growth there is hope, and that makes large income… — Henry Wallich Copy Share Image
A frozen daiquiri of a scorching afternoon is soothing. It makes living more tolerable. — Tallulah Bankhead Copy Share Image
The New Yorker has always dealt with experience not by trying to understand it but by prescribing the attitude to be adopted… — Robert Warshow Copy Share Image
The revelatory or visionary is the province of the 'private' artist, who in order to render his personal world comprehensible or even… — Kenneth Coutts-Smith Copy Share Image
People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it,… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Just as a royal rule, if not a mere name, must exist by virtue of some great personal superiority in the king,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When you've only got few days of rehearsal before you're in the studio, it's wonderful to start off with people that you… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
The good society is marked by a high degree of order, justice, and freedom. Among these, order has primacy: for justice cannot… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
