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I don't want anything I don't deserve, [but] if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.
I don't want anything I don't deserve, [but] if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.
The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a read more
The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it.
Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.
Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.
Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope read more
Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it "creative observation." Creative viewing.
It's good to shut up sometimes.
It's good to shut up sometimes.
In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence. - A Letter to Myself.
Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence. - A Letter to Myself.
Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, read more
Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell. - Tremendous Trifles.