A. Merlocks > A.'s Quotes

“Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

“There is no act of treachery or mean-ness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour”
― Benjamin Disraeli

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
― Mark Twain

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”
― Helen Keller

“The more you read, the better you get at it.”
― James Patterson

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

“A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.”
― Samuel Johnson, Works of Samuel Johnson. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, A Grammar of the English Tongue, Preface to Shakespeare, Lives of the English Poets & more [improved 11/20/2010]

“Twenty years is, after all, a long time. We are not the same people we were. Old friends, lovers, even family members: they are strangers who happen to wear a familiar face. We have no right to claim to know anyone after such a distance.”
― Graham Joyce, Some Kind of Fairy Tale