#fort

Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance. ↗

— Thomas Moore

#allowance #double #forty #him #i

From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune. ↗

— Tecumseh

#fortune #i #i am #maker #my own

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. ↗

— William Temple

#forth #friends #glass #good #humor

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#comfort #help #i #i think #obviously

I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it. ↗

— Van Morrison

#comfortable #doing #feel #hate #i

We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon. ↗

— Kary Mullis

#childhood #desks #drop #fortunate #had

Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are. ↗

— Dinah Maria Mulock

#feeling #having #inexpressible #just #measure

War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing. ↗

— Louis Mumford

#get #magic #nothing #something #war

A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#fortunate #his #lifetime #maybe #novels

I couldn't lie to get myself fame and fortune. ↗

— Dave Pelzer

#fortune #get #i #lie #myself