Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

There are plenty of people out there talking about how difficult it is for some of us to just deal with all the stuff we already have, from packed closets that need organizers to storage spaces to maintenance costs, etc. Lots of people are reevaluating whether or not they need giant garages full of stuff and finding that they don't.

The book must of necessity be put into a bookcase. And the bookcase must be housed. And the house must be kept. And the library must be dusted, must be arranged, must be catalogued. What a vista of toil, yet not unhappy toil!

My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?

If everybody knows where everything is kept you can avoid wasting time looking for things.

I kick it when I kick it, but I definitely take care of business. I make sure everything is tight, my finances are tight, my family is tight, my friends are perfect.

When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets.

As I have got older, I have found myself making friends with the ease and swiftness that other people pick up fuzzballs on their jumpers. And I believe it is probably my lack of longing for 'The One' that makes me so popular.

Better have friends in the market-place than money in your coffer.

There's a difference between being friendly and being friends.

It is always good to make new friends.

I've learned a lot about lockers.

It's going to sound cheesy, but if I have family and friends I don't really care where I am.

I always think if you have friends, you have friends, and it doesn't matter where they are from.

I suppose we all share this pipe-dream of being able to reach out a hand and find anything at will; what is amazing is that we think that good filing could somehow make it comes true. On the contrary: putting a letter into a filing system is like releasing your ferret in the Hampton Court maze.

The youth is better than the old age of friendship.

If I mayn't tell you what I feel, what is the use of a friend?

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

Richard's bookshelves weren't alphabetized. He never had time to alphabetize them. He was always too busy- looking for books he couldn't find.

When you're a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back, until it seems like a luxury, a frivolity, like a bubble bath.

Imagine if you had access to data that allowed you to rank on a scale of overall happiness which people in your life made you the happiest. … Would you make more time for those people?

My greatest talent is in my ability to choose good friends. It's about as important as things get.

All my closest friends are the ones I made while in college or who knew me growing up. They keep me grounded, and I adore that about them.

Relations are errors that Nature makes. / Your spouse you can put on the shelf. / But your friends, dear friends, are the quaint mistakes / You always commit yourself.

Libraries are our friends.