I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes crowd cushion pumpkin
Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men. Henry David Thoreau mannoblenobleman Change image and share on social
Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day. Henry David Thoreau daynightprofane Change image and share on social
The language of friendship is not words but meanings. Henry David Thoreau friendshiplanguagemeaning Change image and share on social
It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations and to borrow and lend too much in relation to their capital, in effect reducing the effectiveness of the potential capital cushion. Evan Davis bankborrowcapital share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
When I was a kid, Halloween was strictly a starchy-vegetable-only holiday, with pumpkins and Indian corn on the front stoop; there was nothing electric, nothing inflatable, nothing with latex membranes or strobes. Susan Orlean cornelectricfront share on social