Quotables.(Quotation)

"Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor."

Paul Hawken, Environmentalist

"Humor is just another defense against the universe."

Mel Brooks, Actor/Comedian

"Some folks are wise and some are otherwise."

Tobias Smollett, Scottish Writer

"A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

"Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politian

"I cook with wine; sometimes I even add it to the food."

W. C. Fields, Comedian

"It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony."

Benjamin Britten, English Composer

"My buildings will be my legacy ... they will speak for me long after I'm gone. "

Julia Morgan, Architect

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