Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
-Socrates
If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
-George Bernard Shaw
If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.
-Ernest Hemingway
Harness the power of today. Seize the blessings of today! Make something happen, enhance your life, make someone laugh, help a friend, love, love, love!
A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.
-Charles Edward Montague
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
-George Bernard Shaw