I feel no doubt whatever that the parish laws of England have contributed to raise the price of provisions and to lower the real price of labour.

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.

I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.

The world's population will multiply more rapidly than the available food supply.

The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race.

Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity.

A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted.

The perpetual struggle for room and food.

Malthus married in 1804 and beat three children with his wife

Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.

The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.

What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.

Work Hard Until You No Longer Have To Introduce Yourself.

I want to be your lover. Burn your list, Jane. Let me be the one.

Branding is simply pattern recognition, established across multiple tiers of application and fueled by the energy of money.

To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled.

I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives.

When you become angry at someone, your anger will actually have a power. You can hit somebody in a non-physical way and it can injure that being.

I'm a pretty bad liar, and I'm not very good at keeping secrets. I'm one of those people who is like, "Let me tell you what happened today. You're never going to believe it!"

The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.

Motown was the mecca. It was every writer's dream to work there.