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World Quotes - Page 255

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

"A long walk to freedom" by Duncan Campbell, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2001.

Better to be a spirit with the earth beneath you than a corpse pinned tight by the weight of the world.

Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 2: Solitary”, p.46, Faber & Faber

The more stitches, the less riches.

Aldous Huxley (1933). “Retrospect: an omnibus of Aldous Huxley's books”

To act intelligently in human affairs is only possible if an attempt is made to understand the thoughts, motives, and apprehension of one's opponent so fully that one can see the world through their eyes.

Albert Einstein (2000). “Albert Einstein in his own words in two complete books: Relativity-the special and general theory; Out of my later years-the scientist, philosopher and man portrayed through his own words”

A divided heart loses both worlds.

A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers

But if you want to change the world, don't be afraid of the circuses.

William H. McRaven's Commencement Address at the University of Texas at Austin, news.utexas.edu. May 16, 2014.

Mercy, pity, and peace, Are the world's release.

William Blake (1885). “The Poems: With Specimens of the Prose Writings, of William Blake”

Many stock options in the corporate world have worked in exactly that fashion: they have gained in value simply because management retained earnings, not because it did well with the capital in its hands.

Lawrence A. Cunningham, Warren E. Buffett (2013). “The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (Third Edition)”, p.48, Carolina Academic Press