A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.
I'm not sure who I am. That's why I keep saying I'm an adventurer that goes out.
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels, who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks.
There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won t.
In the 19th century, we didn't much like the loud annexationist voices south of the border or American support for Sinn Fein adventurers who thought, by seizing the Canadian colonies, they could force Britain out of Ireland.
The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.
Prime Minister Maliki, released from American restraint, acted on his worst instincts, creating enormous distrust in Iraq's Kurdish population and deeply embittering Sunnis in western Iraq's Al Anbar, who lost any confidence in a Baghdad government they saw as adversarial.
An adversarial family law system raises the stakes unnecessarily high, exacerbates the antagonism of the couples concerned, and is directly responsible for making it impossible for couples who would otherwise have reconciled to do so.
We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.
I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries.
Anthony Weiner is a crafty and worthy adversary - an unrepentant lefty who is usually a savvy media player.
I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn't be adverse to doing one with Coldplay or U2 - anyone who sells 50 million albums.
There are a lot of people who came out of adverse situations and made it. Use it as motivation. Use it to drive you.
I'm not the sort to back away from a fight. I don't believe in shrinking from anything. It's not my speed; I'm a guy who meets adversities head on.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds.
