Humor Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“A world in the hand is worth two in the bush.”

“This outlook, one that said that American history must be the history of nature speaking through men, not of men shaping nature, became the single most powerful force in American intellectual life in the nineteenth century and shaped some of America's greatest works of literature, such as Moby Dick, Leaves of Grass and Walden, as well as generating an American school of philosophy , to be furthered by William James and John Dewey.”

“There are all degrees of proficiency in the use men make of this instructive world where we are boarded and schooled and apprenticed. It is sufficient to our present purpose to indicate three degrees of progress.”

“It is not the length of life, but the depth.”

“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”

“So nigh is grandeur to our dust,”

“Tut, Tut, looks like rain”

“the [coat] rack above his head like a javelin.”

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”

“Coach Hedge came pounding up the stairs with Hazel at his hooves.”

“You just noticed? You're slow...”

“Damien has died and gone straight to gay boy heaven,' Shaunee said...”