Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties. Comte de Lautreamont balancefacultyfundamental Change image and share on social
The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt as in those in contemplation. James Monroe contemplationeffectfelt Change image and share on social
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are. Charles Caleb Colton bookmanstudy Change image and share on social
I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other. Josephine Baker colorelovepeople Change image and share on social
My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything. Shane MacGowan controldadresponsibility Change image and share on social
My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay. Zubin Mehta bombayfamilyfill Change image and share on social
The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching. Jeffrey Eugenides actdailyday share on social
Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. David Hume attainbeliefconception Change image and share on social
'Stand By You' is about sticking by the person you love not only when things are easy, but being there for them during trials and letting them know they aren't alone. Rachel Platten easyletlove Change image and share on social
My grandfather was Jacques Cousteau, a pioneer of ocean exploration and the co-inventor of scuba diving. Back in the 1940s when he tested out his invention which allowed humans to swim freely in the ocean with a portable air source for the first time in history, very little of the ocean had been explored let alone captured on film. 1940sairallow share on social