(672 quotes found)
“The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are seldom read: one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or ''pure English, undefiled'' wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought.”
Washington Irving
“If the flight attendants either collectively or individually engage in some activity, it's going to be much more difficult to operate the airline.”
John Fossum
“A wise man makes what he learns his own, the other shows he is but a copy or a collection at most . . .”
William Penn
“I have a Rolex collection and a diamond collection. I'd like to find the biggest goddamn diamond I could find, eat it and pick it out of my shit the next day.”
Mike Dirnt
“I'm definitely, besides the guys collecting cans, the poorest guy here.”
Herculez Gomez
“That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public”
John Stuart Mill
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”
Albert Einstein
“The biggest attraction in Britain is Britain - the whole package. Our heritage is not just a collection of ornaments scattered across the country, it is Britain itself and makes us gloriously distinguishable from any other country.”
Bill Bryson
“For me, starting each collection is always about what I really want, what I really need, and I was personally dying for sensual comfort. I think when you think of Donna Karan, you think of sensuality, but it's a different kind of sensuality. A kind of comfort sensuality that is one with your body and the way clothes feel (when they're) on.”
Donna Karan
“If anyone thinks auctions are merely a collection of single sellers, they're mistaken,”
Whit Andrews
