#treasure

I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time at university. And I started to notice then how unresolved some things were. Later, I realised that Stevenson was interested in sequels, and I wondered whether he would have gone back to it had he lived longer. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#first #first time #gone #had #how

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#being #honey #insects #knowledge #lies

The scientist should treasure the riddles he can't solve, not explain them away at the outset. ↗

— Roberto Unger

#explain #outset #riddles #scientist #should

Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#american #american lives #any #lives #more

Poison." he said, deadpan. "That's an unusual name to give your child. You must love her very much." She's a treasure." Bram agreed, blithely ignoing the sarcasm. .... Then went a few dozen feet in silence, until they were out of eaarshor of the gaurd. She's a treasure." Poison mimicked, and Bram burst out laughing. ↗

— Chris Wooding

#laughing #poison #treasure #funny

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. ↗

— William Penn

#man #treasure #wise #wise man

If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#experience #must #other #our #own

Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#communist #contract #escape #expand #government

I've gotten to know a number of readers from being online, and really treasure the time I've spent with them. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#gotten #i #know #number #online

Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured. ↗

— Walter Anderson

#good #like #listeners #precious #treasured