It is He who has subdued the ocean so that you may eat of its fresh fish and bring up from its depth ornaments to wear. Behold the ships plowing their course through it. All this, that you may seek His bounty and render thanks.
—The Qur’an, c. 625
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One form of loneliness is to have a memory and no one to share it with.
—Phyllis Rose, 1991Trade’s proud empire hastes to swift decay.
—Oliver Goldsmith, 1770If the people be the governors, who shall be governed?
—John Cotton, c. 1636Sex and drugs and rock and roll.
—Ian Dury, 1977If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.
—Samuel Beckett, 1951The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.
—Bill Clinton, 1996One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1911The land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
—The BibleNone who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
—Pearl S. Buck, 1943Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. Suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.
—Julie Burchill, 1986Enemies to me are the sauce piquant to my dish of life.
—Elsa Maxwell, 1955