For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that – is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? – Thomas Carlyle
Reform is not pleasant, but grievous no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. – Thomas Carlyle
Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong. – Thomas Carlyle
For man is not the creature and product of Mechanism; but, in a far truer sense, its creator and producer. – Thomas Carlyle
Ive got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something isnt going to happen, you make a choice whether or not the friendship is worth it. And it usually is. Then you can laugh about the fact that you used to have a crush on him or he had one on you. – Courteney Cox