By : Khalil Gibran 0 Likes
It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one's uses.
By : Sarah Orne Jewett
I think retirement's for old people. I'm still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I'm enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can.
By : Harrison Ford
Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!
By : William Hazlitt
In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments.
By : Rutherford B. Hayes
I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.
By : Harold Ford
In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.
By : Edward Hoagland
Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare.
By : William Vickrey
When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life.
By : Monica Bellucci
Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested.
By : Anthony Doerr