1690 Project Quotes

#1. Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that the health of the mind is of far more consequence to our happiness than the health of the body, although both are deserving of much more attention than either of them receive.

Charles Caleb Colton

#2. The subject is said to have the property of making dull men eloquent.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#3. Sometimes the things that make sense in light of eternity don't make sense while we're still walking it out here on earth. Yet we will trust him; yet we will praise him.

Melanie Shankle

#4. We are the only ones who can tell our stories because we are the only ones who have lived them.

Susan Wittig Albert

#5. A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover

Clifton Fadiman

#6. The boy with the dirty face stood up and hugged Coraline tightly. 'Take comfort in this,' he whispered. 'Th'art alive. Thou livest.

Neil Gaiman

#7. I rarely watch TV but I guess I'd watch the weather report since I fly so much.

Fred Schneider

#8. Is this my best team ever? I won't know that for another 20 years or so.

Amos Alonzo Stagg

#9. Why do they believe that?" "Because we are hackers," Csongor said, "and they have seen movies.

Neal Stephenson