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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV)In context
- Change
- Time
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 9:11 (KJV)In context
- Luck
- Success
Admiration. Our polite recognition of another’s resemblance to ourselves.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1890)In context
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
Josh Billings1818–1885
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thru’ narrow chinks of his cavern.
William Blake1757–1827
I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.
Karen Blixen1885–1962Out of Africa (1937), First lines.
The best of my nature reveals itself in play, and play is sacred.
Karen Blixen1885–1962On Modern Marriage and Other Observations (1986)
Of course I don’t believe in it. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.
Niels Bohr1885–1962
- Luck
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
EBErma Bombeck1927–1996
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
EBErma Bombeck1927–1996
The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
Bonoborn 1960PENN Address (2004)
- Change
- Inspiration
There’s no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one.
Jorge Luis Borges1899–1986“Ibn-Hakim Al-Bokhari, Murdered in His Labyrinth”, in The Aleph (1949); tr. Andrew Hurley, Collected Fictions (1998)