#end

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#always #compound #drafts #draws #due

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#fear #more #often #pretend #really

The interval allowed was only five minutes, at the end of which I resumed the lecture; but so refreshing was the effects of the brief rest and, above all, the admission of pure air, that during the second hour the attention was as completely sustained as during the first. ↗

— George Combe

#admission #air #allowed #attention #brief

If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#end of the tunnel #light #looking #see #tunnel

Two quarters doesn't make a trend, but it's a heck of a lot better than none. ↗

— Phil Condit

#heck #lot #make #none #quarters

Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of you need a certain amount of ego, a certain amount of arrogance to be able to play well and to push yourself and trick yourself into thinking you're better than you really are. ↗

— David Cone

#amount #arrogance #better #career #certain

The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord." Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#gender-stereotypes #men-and-women #funny

I think I would spend the first 30 weeks not writing, just clearing my head and seeing parts of the world I haven't seen and going back to places I have seen and love. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#clearing #first #going #haven #head

I had a tremendous horror of going into the Army. That is probably why I went to college for so long. ↗

— Bruce Conner

#college #going #had #horror #i

I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality. ↗

— Sean Connery

#achieving #always #been #believe #distance