Charles Wesley Emerson Quotes

#1. Maturity is humility. It is being big enough to say, "I was wrong." And, when he/she is right, the mature person need not experience the satisfaction of saying, "I told you so."

Ann Landers

#2. My mind swirled with memories of the life I had led. The constant struggle to keep up appearances, the pretenses, the smiles that had been met with tears. The long sleepless nights, the loneliness that cloaked my spirit and turned me into a true ghost.

Anchee Min

#3. The lack of perfection, that's the hardest quality of all, because you're fighting your instincts. You're trained to want to do things perfectly.

Gordon Willis

#4. London! the needy villain's general home, The common sewer of Paris and of Rome! With eager thirst, by folly or by fate, Sucks in the dregs of each corrupted state.

Samuel Johnson

#5. As you know, in most areas of science, there are long periods of beginning before we really make progress.

Eric Kandel

#6. He never treated her as a wife. He wooed her over and over again, with presents, flowers, new pleasures.

Anais Nin

#7. Russia will honour its international commitments. Our country is a reliable borrower, a reliable creditor and a reliable supplier. Sanctions come and go, but business ties, economic interests and the reputation of a state remain

Dmitry Medvedev

#8. Peabody may not have seen the man turn into a grizzly, but he was bright enough to know that Injun Joe was getting set to adjust another relative ass-to-ears ratio.

Jim Butcher

#9. Do not boast because you have beliefs; don't forget that hundreds of absurd beliefs in the history are totally disappeared!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#10. Experience is something you get ... after you need it.

Jill Shalvis