Nathan Hodson > Nathan's Quotes

“The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.”
― H.G. Wells

“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”
― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

“Apollo!!!”
― Neil Armstrong

“A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller.”
― Paul Klee

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
― Truman Capote

“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”
― John F. Kennedy

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
― Lao Tzu

“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.”
― Dorothy Parker

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Socrates

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
― Winston S. Churchill