“A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor”
Charles Reade
“He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.”
James Allen
“The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressure into passive receptacles.”
William Osler
“And that's the world in a nutshell - an appropriate receptacle”
Stan Dunn
“On comparing the seed and the receptacle ,of the seed , the seed is declared to be more important, for the offspring of all created beings is marked by the characteristics of the seed.”
Guru Nanak
“The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.”
Garson Kanin
