"There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply."

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"When he finished, he drank from the cup. Everyone else did too, so I followed suit.And nearly choked to death.It was like fire in liquid form. It took every ounce of strength I had to swallow it and not spray it on those around me."Wh...what is this?" I asked, coughing.Viktoria grinned. "Vodka."I peered at the glass. "No, it isn't. I've had vodka before.""Not Russian vodka."Apparently not."

Richelle Mead, American Author

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"Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience."

Benjamin Cardozo, American Judge

Experience, Poor, Prophecy

"As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself."

Richard Thompson, British Musician

Experience, Song, Writer, Writing

"I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Experience, Comedy, Romantic

"You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past - whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Experience, Past

"Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience."

John Updike, American Novelist

Experience, Ecstasy, Existence

"At least we're getting the kind of experience we need for the next war."

Allen Dulles, American Public Servant

Experience, War

"When I started working, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, in that I was just wandering around, hoping that I could succeed. Then after I got a little under my belt, it took me about 25 years to feel like I knew what I was doing."

James Garner, American Activist

Experience, Succeed, Years

"Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Experience, Name, Words, Novelist

"What happens to you during Life may seem out of your control; how you perceive each experience, however... good or bad... is totally up to you."

Donald L. Hicks, American Author

Experience, Control, Perception, Choice

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"Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience."

"As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself."

"I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy."

"You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past - whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever."

"Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience."

"At least we're getting the kind of experience we need for the next war."

"When I started working, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, in that I was just wandering around, hoping that I could succeed. Then after I got a little under my belt, it took me about 25 years to feel like I knew what I was doing."

"Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words."

"What happens to you during Life may seem out of your control; how you perceive each experience, however... good or bad... is totally up to you."

Explore more quotes by Josh Billings

"Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves."

"Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does."

"About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment."

"I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry."

"There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it."

"It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient."

"There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't."

"Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel."

"Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined."

"A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug."