Logo
Quote by Samuel Butler
Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he

Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it. – Samuel Butler

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide. – Samuel Butler

Category:
Understanding
Author
Samuel Butler
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Excess
category

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. – Samuel Butler

Category:
Excess

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends — it gives a lovely light! – Edna St. Vincent Millay

Category:
Excess

Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything. – Benjamin Franklin

Category:
Excess

Riches are for spending. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Excess

Random Quotes

I understand why people went nuts for The Artist. We use words so much, its nice to be able to explore a different way of communication, to be able to express silently what someone – or something – is thinking or feeling. – Andy Serkis

Category:
communication

The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we make snap judgments about them, about who they are and why we wouldnt necessarily sit with them or why we would or whats cool or not cool. – Max Cannon

Category:
cool

So my father was a person who never lied to me. If I had a question, he answered it. I knew a lot of things at a young age because I was intrigued. – Nick Cannon

Category:
dad

I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design. – Alexander McQueen

Category:
design