Scribendi Editing Quotes

#1. Take winter as you find him, and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow; with no nonsense in him, which is a great comfort in the long-run.

James Russell Lowell

#2. Pious Jews saw heaven as a vast library, with the Archangel Metatron as the librarian: the books in the shelves there pressed themselves together to make room for a newcomer.

Paul Johnson

#3. To be sure, we should all eat right, brush our teeth, and cut down on sweets, but that will hardly help us if we're born with a condition that requires expensive treatment.

Thomas Frank

#4. So are we going to continue glaring angrily at each other while we pose in our tough stances? Or use our time to work out a plan that hopefully doesn't end with our mutual deaths? (Acheron)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#5. Prayer has comforted us in sorrow and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead.

George W. Bush

#6. Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody's under the frightful necessity of becoming first a thief and then a corpse.

Thomas More

#7. Do not make an effort to impress others. When you come from the self, your expression is perfect and your impression lasts for ages.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#8. What is the difference between a prostitute and a wife? One is a temporary arrangement, the other is a little more permanent. Marriage is a permanent kind of prostitution; deep down, it is not different. Hence marriage and prostitution have both existed together.

Rajneesh

#9. The search for knowledge requires effort.

Sunday Adelaja

#10. I always said I wanted to be scientist, but I didn't really have the staying power.

Nina Conti