Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine; nay, which would make me their miserable bondsman.

Quote by George Gissing

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Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.

Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it...

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it...

Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious...

Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious...

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing...

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing...

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be...

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be...

Have the courage of your desire.

Have the courage of your desire.

Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice.

Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice.

It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand...

It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand...

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest...

The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

The economics of emotions will not allow a man to remain in love for too...

The economics of emotions will not allow a man to remain in love for too...

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain...

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain...

'Why do we have to listen to our hearts?' 'Because, wherever your heart is, that...

'Why do we have to listen to our hearts?' 'Because, wherever your heart is, that...

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not...

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not...

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown...

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown...

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring...

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring...

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Human beings are full of emotion, and the teacher who knows how to use it...

Human beings are full of emotion, and the teacher who knows how to use it...

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them...

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them...