Henry David Thoreau Quotes
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at.
Henry David Thoreau
Quotes to Explore
I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
Florence Welch
Florence and the Machine
Obviously, I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
Kaley Cuoco
Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.
Patricia Riggen
As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.
Veerappa Moily
I know that, as a comedian, I've made great strides because I've worked as hard as a person can work at being at least wildly amusing.
T. J. Miller
When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
Warren Christopher
Laughter and bitterness are often the veils with which a sore heart wraps its weakness from the world.
H. Rider Haggard
Yeah, 'Requiem for a Dream' - it'll put you off a lot of things, that film, that's for sure.
Douglas Booth
God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.
Elizabeth I
I do think that metaphysical exploration is like scientific exploration, in the sense that philosophers and scientists are both developing models of reality, and furthermore that we all rely to a significant extent on the idea that models which provide elegant, simple and satisfying explanations are more likely to be true.
L.A. Paul
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at.
Henry David Thoreau
