over half QUOTES

1 " The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book. "

― James Boswell , The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2

2 " It’s been easier to convince people to hand over half their income, their children to war, and their freedoms in perpetuity, than to engage them in seriously considering how roads might function in the absence of taxation. "

― Stefan Molyneux

3 " Now, over half of us live in an urban environment. My home, too, is here in the city of London. Looking down on this great metropolis, the ingenuity with which we continue to reshape the surface of our planet is very striking. It’s also very sobering, and reminds me of just how easy it is for us to lose our connection with the natural world.
Yet it’s on this connection that the future of both humanity and the natural world will depend. And surely, it is our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth. "

― David Attenborough

4 " Silence is the invisibility of talking. I'd take half an argument over half a silence any day. And I'd take peace and quiet over a full-blown argument any other day, unless it's Tuesday. "

― , Nothing is here...

5 " Today, the majority of poor renting families in America spend over half of their income on housing, and at least one in four dedicates over 70 percent to paying the rent and keeping the lights on. "

― Matthew Desmond , Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

6 " And this man, who had sailed round Europe and navigated the Great Northern Route, leaned happily over half a ladleful of thin oatmeal kasha, cooked entirely without fat - just oats and water. "

― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

7 " The sparrow that is twittering on the edge of my balcony is calling up to me this moment a world of memories that reach over half my lifetime, and a world of hope that stretches farther than any flight of sparrows. "

8 " The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. "

9 " I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year. "