Anything free costs twice as much in long run or turns out worthless.
– from The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress book by Robert A. Heinlein
Think your idea’s that valuable? Then …
Think your idea’s that valuable? Then go try to sell it and see what you get for it. Not much is probably the answer. Until you actually start making something, your brilliant idea is just that, an idea. And everyone’s got one of those.
– from Rework book by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
Love comes like lightning, and disappears …
Love comes like lightning, and disappears the same way. If you’re lucky, it strikes you right. If not, you’ll spend your life yearning for a man you can’t have. I advise you to forget about love, princess. Pleasure is simpler, and duty more important. Learn to be satisfied with them.
– from The Palace of Illusions book by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
What could be better, really, than …
What could be better, really, than to sit by the fire in the evening with a book, while the wind beats against the windowpanes, and the lamp burns?
– from Madame Bovary book by Gustave Flaubert
Live long enough, you realize some …
Live long enough, you realize some folks can be handed a problem and some tools, and they’ll sort it out. And I never think twice about hiring that sort of fellow.
– from Legends & Lattes book by Travis Baldree
Work hard, make the most of …
Work hard, make the most of your opportunities, and grow, grow, grow.
– from Big Magic book by Elizabeth Gilbert
I actually like dance. A lot …
I actually like dance. A lot. I like moving my body, it gets me out of my head.
– from I’m Glad My Mom Died book by Jennette McCurdy
If you are careful, if you …
If you are careful, if you use good ingredients, and you don’t take any shortcuts, then you can usually cook something very good. Sometimes it is the only worthwhile product you can salvage from a day: what you make to eat. With writing, I find, you can have all the right ingredients, give plenty of time and care, and still get nothing. Also true of love. Cooking, therefore, can keep a person who tries hard sane.
– from The World According to Garp book by John Irving
Entrepreneurs are problem solvers. They look …
Entrepreneurs are problem solvers. They look at something complex, study it, simplify it, and ultimately find a way to solve it.
– from Your Next Five Moves book by Patrick Bet-David
Some men are born mediocre, some …
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
– from Catch-22 book by Joseph Heller