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“It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there.”

Mitch Albom (1958) American author

“Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor.”

Oscar Wilde book The Soul of Man under Socialism

“Anger, intelligence, and wit are ultimately more seductive than zero percent body fat.”

Maria Raha (1972) American journalist

“You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”

Bob Hope (1903–2003) American comedian, actor, singer and dancer

“Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.”

Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672) Anglo-American poet

“We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.”

Hayao Miyazaki (1941) Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka

“Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.”

Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) English poet

“I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.”

Jimmy Buffett (1946) American singer–songwriter and businessman

“I love round tables. They suit me so much better than a square.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

“… status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth.”

Mohsin Hamid book The Reluctant Fundamentalist

“You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.”

Max Lucado (1955) American clergyman and writer

“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States

“I thought we were celebrating being richer and cleverer than everyone else!”

Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

“Really, becoming a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice.”

Shannon Hale (1974) American fantasy novelist

“there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.”

Brad Meltzer book The Inner Circle

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”

Coretta Scott King (1927–2006) American author, activist, and civil rights leader. Wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

“There's nothing more aggravating in the world than the midnight sniffling of the person you've decided to hate.”

Shannon Hale book Book of a Thousand Days

“There are no more thorough prudes than those who have some little secret to hide.”

George Sand (1804–1876) French novelist and memoirist; pseudonym of Lucile Aurore Dupin