All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose permits something not to be poisonous.
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
You have this thing called a life. Its only you that gets to live it and you only get to do it one time
She could strive for perfection only in certain, few things; beyond that, it was important only to be tidy.
The basic thing is that I want to do the best work possible, and I can only do that if I'm relaxed and have a lot of energy. And that can only come from taking time off.
I seem to only write New York stories because it's the only thing that inspires or interests me.
Doing a thing by law, or according to law, is only carrying the law into execution. And punishing a man by, or according to, the sentence or judgment of his peers, is only carrying that sentence or judgment into execution.
Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things I love.
The only thing I hated about the agency business was a lot of business travel. It was the only part of my job that I did not like. I found it very tedious and wearing.
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.
The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.
The only thing that ever came close to tugging my heart strings is music. I know this because that is the only time I've felt them move.
The thing of it is though that's the only way people know you, they see you in that roll and they see you in person and they only know the perception of what you are.
You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.
Does this story have a happy ending?" Bobby asked. "There is no such thing as an ending," she said. "Good things come out of bad things and bad things come out of good things, but it always continues. It's as in life. Books are life. There is just th...
Not that the incredulous person doesn't believe in anything. It's just that he doesn't believe in everything. Or he believes in one thing at a time. He believes a second thing only if it somehow follows from the first thing. He is nearsighted and met...
Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean ...
The earth will always be the same - only cities and history will change, even nations will change, governments and governors will go, the things made by men's hands will go, buildings will always crumble - only the earth will remain the same, there w...
The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.
There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
