Concentrative Quotes

#1. The genius of reading and of gardening are antagonistic, like resinous and vitreous electricity. One is concentrative in sparks and shocks: the other is diffuse strength; so that each disqualifies its workman for the other's duties.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#2. There have been five great kisses since 1642 B.C ... (before then couples hooked thumbs.) And the precise rating of kisses is a terribly difficult thing, often leading to great controversy ... Well, this one left them all behind.

William Goldman

#3. A Darwinian nation of economic fitness abhors idleness, dependence, non-productivity.

Simone De Beauvoir

#4. You smell pretty tasty.
Just what every girl wants to hear.

Caitlin Kittredge

#5. Not everyone gets a happily every after. Life is real and sometimes it's ugly and you just have to learn how to cope.

Colleen Hoover

#6. A wizard, o' course," said Hagrid, sitting back down on the sofa, which groaned and sank even lower, "an' a thumpin' good'un, I'd say, once yeh've been trained up a bit. With a mum an' dad like yours, what else would yeh be? An' I reckon it's abou' time yeh read yer letter.

J.K. Rowling

#7. The problem with a job is that relying on others to give you a living is the biggest risk of all.

Robert Kiyosaki

#8. I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

John Ashbery