100 Famous Quotes by Nicholas Sparks

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Although he doesn't call himself a romance novelist, he has touched millions of readers with his work that portrays romance as we ideally wish it could be. Nicholas Sparks takes us to this world where love seems perfect, although not easy. This article presents to you a collection of 100 famous quotes by Nicholas Sparks that make us look at love and life as it should ideally be, or so we hope.
Nicholas Spark's tip to future writers!
❝Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.❞
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The beauty of Nicholas Spark's writing lies in the way he treats the sensitivity of relationships with such strong and irrevocable feelings. He surely includes some arduous testing phases in an otherwise-loving union, be it death, disease, distance? But that's just to make his readers understand that no matter what, if you are willing to make it work, it will work. Although his characters and story line is completely fictional, it still reflects some reality, or should we say, reality that could have been if people really understood the meaning of love.

While all may not agree with these thoughts, but for many of us, Nicholas Spark's stories have sort of rekindled the fading hope of finding love. Even though it may come in with its own set of challenges and pain, but then what is life if we haven't 'truly', 'sincerely', and 'devotedly' loved anyone with 100% commitment! The following quotes are for those who love the idea of being in love, to be truly, madly, deeply committed to the one who controls the beat of their hearts. Yes, these lines sound mushy, every word of them, but then, that's what love and romance is ... and we LOVE it!

100 Amazing Quotes by Nicholas Sparks on Love and Life

Quote on true love by Nicholas Sparks from Message in a Bottle

1. True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning.
― Message in a Bottle

2. I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.
― Dear John

3. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever.

4. Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.
― A Walk to Remember

5. Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.
― The Last Song

6. My daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.
― The Notebook

7. The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over.
― Nights in Rodanthe

8. I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.

9. You have to love something before you can hate it.
― The Last Song

10. But love, I've come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.
― The Wedding

Quote on finding love by Nicholas Sparks from Message in a Bottle

11. Someday you'll find someone special again. People who've been in love once usually do. It's in their nature.
― Message in a Bottle

12. Dreams are always crushing when they don't come true. But it's the simple dreams that are often the most painful because they seem so personal, so reasonable, so attainable. You're always close enough to touch, but never quite close enough to hold and it's enough to break your heart.
― Three Weeks With My Brother

13. And I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered. But most of all, I learned that life is about sitting on benches next to ancient creeks with my hand on her knee and sometimes, on good days, for falling in love.

14. Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.

15. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.
― Dear John

16. The scariest thing about distance is that you don't know whether they'll miss you or forget you.
― The Notebook

17. Everyone is always going through tough things, the irony in it is that everyone thinks what they're going through is just as hard as what you are. Life isn't about surviving this, it's about understanding this.

18. I don't think that we're meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith.
― A Walk to Remember

19. Life, I've learned, is never fair. If they teach anything in schools, that should be it.
― A Walk to Remember

20. When people cared about each other, they always found a way to make it work.
― True Believer

Quote on the right girl by Nicholas Sparks from Message in a Bottle

21. If you like her, if she makes you happy, and if you feel like you know her―then don't let her go.
― Message in a Bottle

22. Emotions come and go and can't be controlled so there's no reason to worry about them. That in the end, people should be judged by their actions since in the end it was actions that defined everyone.
― The Last Song

23. Love means to see the one you love happy.
― Dear John

24. Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.
― Safe Haven

25. There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.
― A Walk to Remember

26. Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether it's been full of sorrow or anger, or even when you're questioning why terrible things have to happen.
― The Last Song

27. You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.
― The Rescue

28. Nothing that's worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that.
― Message in a Bottle

29. Mom says it's because she has PMS.
Do you even know what that means?
"I'm not a little kid anymore. It means pissed-at- men syndrome."
― The Last Song

30. I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea.
― The Notebook

Quote by Nicholas Sparks from The Notebook

31. So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.
― The Notebook

32. Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.
― Safe Haven

33. Love is a wonderful thing. It makes life worthwhile. I love being in love.
― The Choice

34. I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?
― The Last Song

35. Life, he realize, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.
― The Last Song

36. It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief . . . lessens. It may not go away completely, but after a while it's not so overwhelming.
― Dear John

37. Without suffering, there'd be no compassion.
― A Walk to Remember

38. Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.
― Safe Haven

39. Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.
― The Wedding

40. EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES, EVEN THE PERSONS WE LOVE.
― The Last Song

Quote by Nicholas Sparks from The Lucky One

41. She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people...
― The Lucky One

42. That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.
― Safe Haven

43. Loving once and only once is possible - anything is possible.

44. I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.
― The Notebook

45. Being around someone who accepts and supports you will remind you to accept and support yourself.
― The Lucky One

46. Poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that overwhelms logic and common sense. That's what it was like for me. I didn't plan on falling in love with you, and I doubt if you planned on falling in love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of use could control what was happening to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has happened only once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory.
― The Notebook

47. Then we'll find a way to work through all this together because I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
― Safe Haven

48. You've gotten so caught up in being alone that you're afraid of what might happen if you actually find someone else that can take you away from it.
― Message in a Bottle

49. Trust people, until they give you a reason not to. And then never turn your back.
― The Longest Ride

50. Don't think there are no second chances. Life always offers you a SECOND CHANCE...
It's called TOMORROW.

Love quote by Nicholas Sparks from The Notebook

51. You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.
― The Notebook

52. I hadn't done any of the things that I normally did with girls, yet somehow I'd fallen in love.
― A Walk to Remember

53. They didn't agree on much. In fact, they didn't agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other.
― The Notebook

54. if you put your trust in God, you'll be all right in the end.
― A Walk to Remember

55. The truth is, the world isn't easy for any of us. It never has been and it never will be.
― The Best of Me

56. It's never too late to do the right thing.
― Safe Haven

57. There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they're pathetic; and the latter, frankly are hard to find.
― The Last Song

58. Every girl is beautiful. Sometimes it just takes the right guy to see it.
― The Notebook

59. When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.
― Three Weeks With My Brother

60. Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy.
― The Best of Me

Inspiring quote by Nicholas Sparks from At First Sight

61. Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.
― At First Sight

62. I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours.
― The Notebook

63. You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same.
― The Best of Me

64. Love wasn't possible in just a couple of days. Love could be set in motion quickly, but true love needed time to grow into something strong and enduring. Love was, above all, about commitment and dedication and a belief that spending years with a certain person would create something greater than the sum of what the two can accomplish separately.
― True Believer

65. Love is fragile. And we're not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope this fragile thing survives against all odds.
― The Last Song

66. Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.
― The Rescue

67. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other... I know I've spent each life before this one searching for you. Not someone like you but you, for your soul and mine must always come together.
― The Notebook

68. It is at moments like these that I know my what my purpose is in life. I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you. I am here to learn from you and to receive your love in return.I am here because there is no other place to be.
― Message in a Bottle
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69. Life was messy. Always had been and always would be and that was just the way it was, so why bother complaining? You either did something about it or you didn't, and then you lived with the choice you made.
― The Best of Me

70. I know the Lord has a plan for us all, but sometimes, I just don't understand what the message can be.
― A Walk to Remember

Cute love quote by Nicholas Sparks from The Notebook

71. If you're a bird... I'm a bird...
― The Notebook

72. She was my dream. She made me who I am, and holding her in my arms was more natural to me than my own heartbeat. I think about her all the time. Even now, when I'm sitting here, I think about her. There could never have been another.
― The Notebook

73. It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.
― The Notebook

74. I may be irresponsible but I am a good irresponsible.
― A Walk to Remember

75. But even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was intelligent, he could sense that right away, and confident, too, as if she were able to move through life on her own terms. To him, these were the things that really mattered. Without them, beauty was nothing.
― Message in a Bottle

76. A person can get used to anything if given enough time.
― The Notebook

77. What are we after all our dreams, after all our memories?
― The Notebook

78. Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants. Stop thinking
about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want?
― The Notebook

79. If you simply ignored the feeling, you would never know what might happen, and in many ways that was worse than finding out in the first place. Because if you were wrong, you could go forward in your life without ever looking back over your shoulder and wondering what might have been.
― Message in a Bottle

80. The problem isn't finding out where you are gonna go-its figuring out what you are gonna do once you get there that is!
― A Walk to Remember

Quote by Nicholas Sparks on choice from The Guardian

81. You always have a choice. It's just that some people make the wrong one.
― The Guardian

82. You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.
― The Notebook

83. Because he's no better than a spoiled child. You were his toy, and even though he's got new toys, it doesn't mean he wants anyone to play with his old toys.
― The Lucky One

84. And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever.
― Dear John

85. It's funny, but have you ever noticed that the more special something is, the more people seem to take it for granted? It's like they think it won't ever change. Just like this house here. All it ever needed was a little attention, and it would never have ended up like this in the first place.
― The Wedding

86. As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In the real world, however, men like that simply didn't exist.
― Message in a Bottle

87. I am lost without you. I am soulless, a drifter without a home, a solitary bird in a flight to nowhere. I am all these things, and I am nothing at all. This, my darling, is my life without you. I long for you to show me how to live again.
― Message in a Bottle

88. There are moments when mental overload can render words impossible.
― The Choice

89. In times of grief and sorrow I will hold you and rock you and take your grief and make it my own. When you cry I cry and when you hurt I hurt. And together we will try to hold back the floods to tears and despair and make it through the potholed street of life.
― The Notebook

90. Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever.
― Dear John

Quote by Nicholas Sparks on healing from At First Sight

91. The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it...
― At First Sight

92. Their fingers seemed to fit together in just the right way- effortlessly clasped,like perfect complements.

93. Our lives can't be measured by our final years, of this I am sure.
― The Notebook

94. Women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if they're not being truthful, more often than not it's because they think truth might hurt your feelings. But it doesn't mean they don't love you.
― At First Sight

95. I call it God Light, because it reminds me of heaven. Every time the light shines through the window we built or any window at all, you'll know I'm right there with you, okay? That's going to be me. I'll be the light in the window.
― The Last Song

96. A story about family, first loves, second chances, and the moments in life that leads you back home.
― The Last Song

97. It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible.

98. Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different now. It wasn't easy for me to accept this simple truth, because there was a time when our stories were the same, but that was six years and two lifetimes ago.
― Dear John

99. Women want the fairytale. Not all women, of course, but most women grow up dreaming about the kind of man who would risk everything for them, even knowing they might get hurt.
― True Believer

100. Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming.
― Three Weeks With My Brother
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Didn't these quotes sort of take us all back to the days where summer was the time to find love, love that was innocent and pure, love that was one of a kind? That sort of love wasn't childish, nor was it mature. If we think of it, that was how love was supposed to be in the first place. Free from all the logic, rights, wrongs, pros, cons! Irrespective of whether or not do we find that kind of love in our lives, the books written by this man, serve very well to find a safe haven when the world tends to seem so out of love. Call it escapism for all we care, if these writings take us to our ideal picture of love and dreams, so be it.

Understanding a Run-on Sentence with Examples

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The sentence "he ran she walked" may make sense when read out loud. However, it may not seem so when written down. It is a classic example of a run-on sentence. To help you understand the concept in a better way, this article presents more examples of a run-on sentence.
Run-on sentence example
Using It in Style!
Though it is considered as incorrect grammar, there are numerous run-on sentence examples in literature. For example, James Joyce used long and unpunctuated sentences in his novel Ulysses.
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We all know how important grammar is when using a language. It is like the rail tracks keeping the sentence balanced and making it easier to understand. In some cases, ungrammatical sentences may make sense. For example, in the sentence "he ran she walked", we know who carries out which action. However, the exact relation between them is unclear, it being a run-on sentence.

What is a Run-on Sentence?

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a run-on sentence means, a sentence containing two or more clauses not connected by the correct conjunction or punctuation.

Run-ons are often thought to be merely long sentences. However, they are fused sentences, which contain too many ideas in the form of independent clauses.

What is an Independent Clause?

There are always three components in a sentence: subject, verb, and object. For example, Jim eats an apple. A sentence that has all these three or in some cases, at least a subject and a verb can be called an independent clause as independent clauses can stand on their own to make their own sentences.

In a run-on sentence, two or more independent clauses are joined together. There is always a lack of correct punctuation or an appropriate coordinating conjunction in a run-on sentence. It is generally considered as a stylistic error. The question is how to correct such a sentence to add more sense to it.

How to Fix a Run-on Sentence

• Adding a semicolon or a dash

He ran; she walked.
He ran―she walked.
» Add either a semicolon or a long dash between two independent clauses. It would make the sentence grammatically correct.

• Making it into two separate sentences
He ran. She walked.
» Add a period between two independent clauses to turn them into two separate sentences. However, this might disconnect them and the meaning may be lost.

• Adding a coordinating conjunction with a comma
He ran, but she walked.
He ran, and she walked.
» Adding a subordinating conjunction with a comma will correct the run-on sentence.

• Making one clause dependent
As he ran, she walked.
He ran because she walked.
» Another way to correct the run-on sentence is to make one of the two independent clauses into dependent.

Solving an Example

Adding punctuation marks or coordinating conjunctions makes the relationship between two clauses firmer. By choosing the appropriate punctuation or conjunctions, you can give the desired meaning to the sentence. Let us look at another example.

Run-on sentence: It is half past five we can't reach home before dark.

The sentence can be rewritten as follows to fix it:

◆ It is half past five; we can't reach home before dark.
◆ It is half past five. We can't reach home before dark.
◆ It is half past five, so we can't reach home before dark.
◆ Because it is already half past five, we can't reach home before dark.

There are several ways to correct run-on sentences. All you need to do is choose the appropriate method to do it.

Run-on Sentence and Comma Splice

Comma splices are sometimes considered as a form of a run-on sentence. A comma splice can be defined as the use of a comma between coordinating main clauses not connected by a conjunction.

In a comma splice, a comma separates two independent clauses. However, a comma is not strong enough to form a relationship between the two complete sentences. Therefore, it needs a coordinating conjunction to support it. For example:

Comma Splice: People were mingling, everyone seemed happy.
When Corrected: People were mingling, and everyone seemed happy.

By adding the conjunction "and", the comma forms a relationship between two independent clauses.

More Examples

Here are a few more examples of run-on sentences to help you understand the concept better:

1. My editor read my article she said it was brilliant.

When Corrected:
◆ My editor read my article; she said it was brilliant.
◆ My editor read my article. She said it was brilliant.
◆ My editor read my article, and she said it was brilliant.

2. My favorite spread is hummus it is very garlicky in taste.

When Corrected:
◆ My favorite spread is hummus; it is very garlicky in taste.
◆ My favorite spread is hummus. It is very garlicky in taste.
◆ Because it is very garlicky in taste, my favorite spread is hummus.

3. John is a sweet boy he loves animals.

When Corrected:
◆ John is a sweet boy; he loves animals.
◆ John is a sweet boy. He loves animals.
◆ John is a sweet boy, and he loves animals.

4. It was muddy everywhere it rained yesterday.

When Corrected:
◆ It was muddy everywhere as it rained yesterday.
◆ Because it rained yesterday, it was muddy everywhere.

5. The sun is high put on some sunblock.
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When Corrected:
◆ The sun is high, so put on some sunblock.

Structure and Function of Triacylglycerol (Triglyceride)

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Triacylglycerols, better known as triglycerides, are a type of fat that serve to meet the energy needs of the body as well as protect internal organs from traumatic injuries. The following Buzzle article elaborates more on the triaglycerol structure and function.
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Did You Know?
Triglycerides are an integral part of our bloodstream and having more than 200 mg/dl in the blood is defined as elevated triglyceride levels.
Triacylglycerols (triglycerides) are lipids, a type of fat, and their level in the blood is considered to be a measure of an individual's heart health. The dietary fat is synthesized in the liver, and moreover, can be obtained from food, particularly that which is derived from animal-based sources. Monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and saturated fats that we get from our diet are also considered as triglycerides.

Structure
A triglyceride molecule is made up of 3 molecules of fatty acids that are connected to a glycerol molecule. While a glycerol molecule is made up of 3 carbon molecules with an OH bond on each, the fatty acid molecule is made up of a long chain of carbon and hydrogen (hydrocarbon) atoms with a carboxyl (-COOH) group at one end.



Triacylglycerol (Triglyceride) Function

Protects Internal Organs
If there were no triglycerides, our body would have had a tough time protecting its internal organs. Triglycerides form the adipose tissue, which lies below the skin. Also referred to as subcutaneous fat, the adipose tissue acts as a primary fat storage site. The fat in the adipose tissue is primarily present in the form of triglycerides. This fatty tissue covers the internal organs and protects them from physical 'trauma' or 'shock'. Organs such as the heart, liver, and the kidneys are encased within the adipose tissue that acts as a cushion against shock, jarring and sudden movement of the body. It provides a kind of padding to prevent damage to internal organs from trauma.

Provides Heat Insulation
The adipose tissue, that is essential made up of triglycerides and located below the skin, acts as the body's thermal insulator. The connective tissue plays a key role in minimizing dissipation of heat through the skin. It helps maintain the temperature of the body, which is necessary for optimal functioning of internal organs. The fatty tissue helps keep our body warm, particularly during the cold months of winter.

Act as an Energy Source
Triglycerides act as secondary energy reserves for the body. Our body primarily depends on carbohydrates for its energy requirements. However, when there is increased demand for energy, triglycerides are broken down into fatty acids to generate energy. For instance, during prolonged physical activity or fasting, oxidation of fatty acids takes place to meet the increased energy demands of the body.

Promotes Nutrient Absorption
Without triglycerides, the body finds it difficult to absorb certain nutrients―the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K. Adequate amounts of dietary fat are crucial to facilitate absorption of fat soluble vitamins. So when blood triglyceride levels fall, it can considerably minimize your ability to absorb these vitamins. This may eventually lead to vitamin deficiency.
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Yes, triacylglycerols (triglycerides) perform various important functions to maintain our health but they can be dangerous when present in excess amounts. Abnormally high levels of triglycerides have been linked to a wide range of cardiovascular problems including atherosclerosis and heart attack. So, maintaining healthy triglyceride levels is necessary so that it remains our ally and does not turn into an enemy in our body.

Understanding Excess Capacity with Examples

In simple terms, excess capacity is the situation where there is more capacity to produce than the requirement, and there are idle resources. When does excess capacity occur? This article helps you understand the concept better.
Did You Know?
Currently, the Chinese economy is facing the problem of excessive capacity.
Capacity is the 'ability' to do something. In business and economics, capacity means the ability to produce. Thus, the definition of excess capacity is the ability to produce more than there is demand. Similar to manufacturing, it also applies to the service industry. If you see idle human resources, it implies that the firm has excess capacity; however, the demand is comparatively lesser.

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Excess capacity = Potential Output - Actual Output

As mentioned above, we see news reports that China's industry is facing the problem of excess capacity. Many industries no longer require any capital for expansion plans, and have to bear the increasing labor costs too. Thus, having overcapacity can prove harmful to the economy.

In business, excess capacity means a firm has more capacity to supply than its demand. A very common phenomenon observed is at some restaurants, where you find empty chairs and the staff being idle. What does this indicate? It indicates that the restaurant has capacity to accommodate more guests. However, the demand is not equivalent to its capacity.

What is Excess Capacity in Microeconomics?
A situation of excess capacity arises usually in the scenario of a monopolistic competition.

Monopolistic competition: It is that market, wherein, all manufacturers are selling products that are unique and not perfect substitutes of one another. In this market, any new firm is freely able to enter the fray. They tend to have excess capacity in order to provide for a future growth in demand. It implies that a firm is operating at a level that is below that level of output where the cost is minimum.

There is excess capacity always in a monopolistic competition, in the long run. Efficient sale is achieved at a point where 'Marginal Cost' is equal to 'Actual Cost'. Profit maximization occurs when 'Marginal Revenue' is equal to 'Marginal Cost', implying that there is an excess capacity left at the disposal of the firm. Thus, the difference between both the quantity levels is the excess capacity. The AC curve is downward sloping, which gives the firm an opportunity to produce more output at the same level than the actual production.

Monopolistic competition: graph indicating excess capacity



MC = Marginal Cost Curve
AC = Average Cost Curve
AR = Average Revenue or Demand Curve
MR = Marginal Revenue Curve

Profit maximization is the level at which Marginal Cost = Marginal Revenue. Thus, the firm produces OQ level of output. However, the cost-minimization level is at OQ1. Hence, there is excess capacity. Thus, the difference between OQ and OQ1 is the excess capacity of the firm.

What is Excess Capacity in Business?
This means that the capacity to supply is more than the demand. If there is too much excess capacity, it may lead to the industry or factory getting converted into a sick unit.

➥ You may have more raw materials and factors of production than what is required. In that case, you will have excess capacity to produce. As a solution to this problem, the Just-in-Time (JIT) was developed to ensure that only the requisite raw materials were ordered as per production requirements. This also saves on the costs of storage.

➥ Empty chairs in a restaurant indicate that the capacity to supply is more than the demand.

➥ Idle salesmen, workers at a factory, idle machinery, etc., all indicate that there is excess capacity.

➥ There is new showroom for home décor and furnishing that has been set up in your locality. However, it faces threat from an old-known face in the market, that has its goodwill established over a period of time. Till the new firm penetrates itself into the market, it will have excess capacity. Until and unless customers approach the new showroom, its human personnel will also remain idle.

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Having too much excess capacity can be harmful for an economy. Thus, though excess capacity indicates a sign of healthy growth, it also indicates that there is less demand for that product. Causes of excess capacity can also vary from incorrect prediction of market demand to inefficient allocation of resources. The management has to stay vigilant and consider divesting or any other strategy in this case.

30 Quotes about Being a Pisces

Being the last in the zodiac chart, Pisces happens to be the most mysterious and compassionate signs of all. This is possibly due to the fact that it has a little bit of every other sign in astrology. This Buzzle article has a collection of 30 quotes about being a Pisces that will make you all the more proud of being born as one!
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If you're a Pisces, you share your zodiac sign with ...
♓ Albert Einstein
♓ Elizabeth Taylor
♓ Justin Bieber
♓ Will I Am
♓ Steve Jobs

Consider yourself blessed, because you, my dear, are born in the most powerful and enriching zodiac signs of all, at least when we see it in a spiritual way. Being the last sign of the zodiac, Pisces is believed to possess the traits of all the other signs that come before it. Being born under this constellation is a journey of the soul, that begins from the first sign, moves on to the next, and then the next. It learns by experiencing being a part of all the eleven signs, and finally enters that last level that makes its karmic journey complete in the true sense of the word.

Being a Piscean is an experience quite unique in itself. You can understand things that seem most non-understandable. You are receptive to not only the ripples that occur in your own boundary of waters, but anywhere in the entire ocean. The famous astrologer, Linda Goodman calls a Pisces individual an 'old soul', a soul that has lived many lives, accumulated many experiences, and has mastered the lessons learned by the first eleven signs of the zodiac chart. The following section consists of some inspirational-yet-in-depth quotes that define the mysticism of this sign quite remarkably.

30 Awesome Pisces Quotes and Sayings



1. No one is more romantic, more imaginative, more creative, than Pisces.
― Lynn Hayes

2. Pisces is an era of storms and of wholesale disintegration.
― Dane Rudhyar, The Pulse of Life

3. We Pisces, we're a special breed.
― Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home

4. Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed.
― Julius Erving

5. On the one hand, you have a wonderfully caring, magnetic personality that draw people in close. On the other hand, you come across as standoffish, even reclusive. While both personalities are, in fact, who you are, at any one moment which side you show to the world depends on who you are with and the circumstances you are in.
― Rosemary Breen

6. To realize the full glory and truth of love, the Fish can, if he or she chooses, call on the innocence of Aries, the patience of Taurus, the awareness of Gemini, the perception of Cancer, the nobility of Leo, the discrimination of Virgo, the judgment of Libra, the penetration of Scorpio, the honesty of Sagittarius, the wisdom of Capricorn - and the humanitarianism of Aquarius.
― Linda Goodman

7. Pisces will always forgive you. It will follow an intense cold shoulder attack.
― Author Unknown

8. Pisces are the great chameleons of the Zodiac. They often survive through the art of camouflage. Well, doesn't Water do that? Bodies of water take on the qualities and characteristics of their surroundings, the climate zone, etc.
― Genevieve Vierling, The Enigma of Pisces

9.You've heard that Pisceans are very old souls. I've told you that myself, many times. It's true. They are. They've come through the purifying deluge of many incarnations, and they understand everything and everybody - except themselves.
― Linda Goodman

10.Pisces was born tired. It's little wonder that the Fish is a trifle spiritually fatigued, considering all he's seen throughout so many incarnations .. . all the power and the glory, the ugly and the beautiful, the horrifyingly unspeakable - and the ecstatically indescribable. It's exhausting.
― Linda Goodman



11. You might not know what love is until you've been loved by a Pisces.
― Author Unknown

12. I'm a Pisces, and people say that Pisces make the best the best lovers. That's because Pisces are fish, and it's like my grandpa always used to say, "The next best thing to making love to a mermaid, is having sex with a fish."
― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not FOR SALE

13. There is another side to the Pisces nature and that is the brutal honesty that can catch others off guard.
― Rosemary Breen, Pisces: Horoscope Compatibility

14. Pisceans may get their feelings hurt easily because to them, there are no emotional boundaries. They feel practically everything.
― Author Unknown

15. Chances are, while you can come across as introverted, the real reason for your apparent reserve is you're happy to be the life of your own party (be it in your head or in your own space) rather than follow the crowd.
― Rosemary Breen, Pisces: Horoscope Compatibility

16. With Pisces, one is all, and all is love.
― Lynn Hayes

17. There is nothing "weak" about a Pisces. They have the heart of a soldier and when it comes to family and friends, they would do anything.
― Author Unknown

18. Pisces men just never sound very convincing when they say things like "Shut up, and listen."
― Linda Goodman

19. You possess a unique, innate ability to see most aspects of most situations all at once!
― Rosemary Breen

20. Fact.
Pisces is THE most wobbly sign of the Zodiac.
― Mary English



21. Start describing the ocean and you're getting closer to describing Pisces. Words like vast, deep, powerful, ever-changing come to mind perhaps.
― Genevieve Vierling, The Enigma of Pisces

22. A Pisces can go from caring deeply to being very detached easily; fish are skittish.
― Author Unknown

23. True Pisces don't need weed to get high. We were born this way.
― Author Unknown

24. She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak.
I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks.
― Nirvana, Heart-Shaped Box

25. Pisces are some of the BEST motivational speakers but it's a different story when it's time to deal with their own problems.
― Author Unknown

26. Sometimes, a Piscean's emotions are so deep and so powerful words cannot express them.
― Author Unknown

27. The world you are forced to inhabit does not match up to the world.
― Rosemary Breen

28. To the Pisces man, love is just another dream, in which he, the dreamer, joyfully controls the world he's created in his imagination through his intuitive sense perceptions colored with muted pastels, fragile and changeable.
― Linda Goodman

29. The Pisces woman has a completely different view of time. She feels that it's inexhaustible - there's always more of it tomorrow if any of it slips away from her today. And she believes one of the nicest ways to spend it is doing nothing. Especially after she's depleted her energies with a thousand and one duties of service to others, and her normally cheerful spirit is sagging at the seams. Time is best spent when possible, she feels, in just being herself, simply existing in the cool, green Pisces waters of calm contemplation. It refreshes her soul.
― Linda Goodman

30. I'm a Pisces - emotional.
― Rob Kardashian

These quotes efficaciously brush through the multifaceted aspects that comes along with being born as a Piscean. While Rob Kardashian speaks of the emotional realm of this sign, Jarod Kintz, on the other hand, uses his witty sense of humor and gives a funny twist to the notion of Pisces being considered as the best lovers of the zodiac, which they invariably are!

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Right from scientists to actors to writers to singers to painters, Pisceans are the ocean of art and talent. Yes, they are moody, yes they can feel lost at times, but their vulnerability is the very source of their innate strength that turns the inner ripples into violent storms. If others tell you that you are weak because you're a Piscean, tell them that being emotional ain't being weak, in fact, it is nothing but strong emotional energy that paves way for some legendary achievements in life. To all the Pisceans of the world―be proud of being one!

Rules to Play the Bullshit Card Game

Cheating and lying aren't necessarily bad things when it comes to the Bullshit card game. With Buzzle, find out what are the game rules in order to master it.
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Did You Know?
The Bullshit card game is known by different names such as Cheat, Liar, Bluff, Challenge and BS. It is known as the I Doubt It card game as well.

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Honesty is the best policy is what is often preached to us. Well, the same thing cannot be followed when you play a game where you need to bluff. The game is called 'Bullshit.' It is a game where you need to practice putting on a poker face, and if anyone catches your lie, you are in for big trouble! Are you intrigued by its description? Read further to know how to play the Bullshit card game.

Objective
The objective of the game it to get rid of all the cards in your hand.

What All You Need
► One or more deck of cards
► 3 - 8 Players
► A flat surface
► And ... putting up the best poker face ever!

Instructions
► Sit around a flat surface like a tabletop to play the game.

► Choose a deal among the players to shuffle the cards.

► Take one deck of cards if there are between 3 to 5 players. However, if the players are more than that, take another deck of cards. Shuffle both the decks together.

► Let the dealer deal the cards equally amongst all the players.

► Choose a player to begin the game. The player can be chosen randomly or the player sitting on the left side of the dealer can start the game. A person with an ace of spade can also start the game.

► The first player will place either one or more than one card in the middle, face-down. While placing the cards, he tells the others what are the cards he/she has placed. For example, when the first player places an ace, he says "one ace." If the player places more than one ace cards, he says "two aces" out loud.

► The player on the left of the first player continues the game by playing 2s. He can place one or even more cards of 2s.

► The game continues clockwise as players add cards in the ascending order, from aces to kings, in a pile.

► The game stops momentarily if someone calls out "Bullshit" and accuses a player.

Once the accusation is cleared, the game continues same as above.

► The first player to get rid of all the cards in his hand wins the game.

Calling Bullshit
► As the cards are divided among the players, not everyone will have all the needed cards to play. This means that a player may be lying when he places cards on his turn. Other players need to point out the lie.

► When a player gets the feeling that a certain player has lied about his recently placed cards, he says "Bullshit" aloud. Then, the player who is challenged has to show the cards that he has placed face down.

► If the cards aren't the ones he claimed while placing them on the pile, then he has certainly lied. He then takes the whole pile of cards and adds it to his hand.

► However, if the cards are the same ones he claimed while adding them to the pile, then he is wrongly accused. In this case, the accuser takes the pile. If there are more than one accusers, the pile is divided among them.

Strategies
◆ You will not always have all the necessary cards that you are planning to place in the middle. In such a case, you can add different cards discreetly in the cards that you are going to place in the pile. For example, if you want to place three sevens, but you have only two, then you can place a different card with the two sevens face down and still call it three 7s.

◆ While cheating, you will need to keep your face straight. Place the wrong cards with confidence. Otherwise, other players can sniff out your lie and call out "Bullshit".

◆ However, see to it that you do not cheat in every turn. Once caught, all the players will tend to call a "Bullshit" on you every time.

◆ Cheat when the game is in its initial stage and the cards in the pile are manageable. In this way, even if you get caught, only smaller amount of cards are added in your hand.

◆ Challenge other players when you are sure that they are lying. For example, if you have the card that they are claiming to have, you can call a "Bullshit" on them. However, remember that if your accusations are false, you get the pile of cards as a punishment.

◆ The best strategy will be to play the game honestly. Do not cheat while playing the cards. Even if you are accused, it will be your accuser who gets the punishment.

Variations
◆ The cards can be placed in the descending order as well. For example, after aces are placed, the next player can place kings, queens, and so on.

◆ In another variation, players can place any cards as they like. There is no need to follow any order. For example, if a player places two 3s, the next player can place 3 queens on them.

◆ Players can add to the rank of cards that are already played. For example, if a player has played two 8s, the next player can place another one eight on the cards. It becomes tricky as players keep adding to the ranks. As the game moves on, it becomes hard to guess exactly who is lying.

◆ A player has the choice to say pass if he does not have appropriate cards. If all the members pass their turn without anyone calling out "Bullshit", that round ends. Another round of the game can begin with the person who gives the last pass.

◆ In some variations, joker cards are also included in the game. They can be called "wild cards," which can be used in place of others. For example, if a player plays three kings, but he has only two, he can play a joker card as the third king card. No one can question the joker card.

◆ In another variation of the game, only the previous or next player can challenge the player who has played his cards. Not all the players will be eligible to challenge the player.

◆ This party game can be turned into an awesome party drinking game as well. The game is played as per the above-given instructions. When the accusations are made, it is real fun. If the accusations made are true, then the accused drinks the amount of beer that equals the cards in the pile as a punishment. In addition, he takes the cards and adds them in his hand as well. However, if the accusations are false, then the accuser will drink the beer and take the cards. This drinking version of the game can be challenging as drinking and lying is a deadly combination.

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Choose from different versions of the Bullshit card game, and enjoy some fun time with your family and friends!

What Does an Egalitarian Marriage Mean?

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Changing trends in society always come across through changed patterns of lifestyle. Egalitarian Marriage is one such change of pattern in the way a married couple interacts. This article sheds some light on this style of living together.
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The Nordic countries of Finland, Norway, and Sweden follow best practices regarding parental leave policy, with Norway offering 35 weeks of FTE (Full Time Employment) paid leave, the maximum for fathers among the richer countries.
As they say, marriages are made in heaven; not sure if they really are, but making a marriage turn into something close to heaven is certainly not impossible. Marriage is special to everyone. Not that we all know how a marriage would turn out to be in the long run, but the concept of egalitarian marriages work out to find a golden mean for couples struggling to balance their careers and family lives.
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Definition and Meaning

An ideal marriage involves a husband and wife (or and kids) sharing their responsibilities (financial earning, household work and looking after kids) as equal partners. Stemming from the belief in equality between all human beings, egalitarian marriages basically underline the principle of sharing everything as equal partners; be it the odd jobs or perks. Though the idea of egalitarianism in marriage may seem to be adding an ideological perspective to one's life, couples who live in such relationships have not deliberately chosen to practice equality of sexes as a remarkable 'principal of equality'. It is rather the need of the hour and an easy arrangement for them to live happily and support each other along the way. Looking at it from a practical point of view makes it a lot easier to understand.

An egalitarian marriage ...
✦ should not be confused with the kind, where women work part-time and add to the family income, but the husband is the head of the family.

✦ is rather, where both husband and wife are employed full time and earn for the family.
✦ works with a common understanding that both have agreed to take care of the house (or and kids) together.
✦ is where roles (or who does what work) are not decided merely because of the person's gender.
✦ allows both partners to make important financial, personal, family-related decisions as equals.

Example of an Egalitarian Marriage

Consider a family of four (husband, wife, and two kids), where both parents spend equal time away from home, at the workplace. How does a plan distributing equal share of work between all family members work here? Cooking dinner for every evening may thus, be a responsibility of the one who reaches home early. One of the kids may help the parent in setting up the table and doing the dishes later on. The other spouse may be meanwhile, engage in helping the children with their studies or other chores like, putting the washed clothes back to the respective closets and getting the next laundry batch sorted. Something like a parent-teacher meeting, going to the bank, buying grocery for the week are some other errands both husband and wife can divide among themselves, according to their time schedule and priorities.

Going out for a movie together, or watching a match followed by a dinner at a favorite restaurant once in a while also then pays off equally for everyone. This picture may change with different countries or cultures. However, the basic idea of a family member being one among equals stays the same.

Gender Roles as a Couple

Gender roles can be referred to as the patterns of behavior, value systems, attitudes, traditionally accepted as a 'given' by any culture. In an egalitarian marriage, these traditional aspects imbibed in a culture are challenged to some extent.

✦ Behavioral: Unlike the role only of women, roles of men and women together, have transformed into a responsive dynamism. It is not just the financial independence of a woman that has changed her as a wife, but also the man's response to her changing role that has led to the evolution of egalitarianism in marriages. Also, value systems have just been broader and more assimilating, it is not either the husband or wife who is more powerful but, both.

✦ Family head: The concept of a family head has two main aspects to it, one being the earning head and other being the decision maker. This has now generally shifted to women actively taking part into both these aspects, which also reflects in egalitarian marriages.

✦ Decision-making: How to run the family, whether to move to a new place or not, and other such issues may not always be decided by the person with a higher salary. It also depends on factors like the kind of employment they are engaged in, their age, if they have kids, and needs of the kids according to their age, etc.

✦ Parenting: Fathers taking a paternity leave from the workplace is an example. For a father, it could be helping his daughter with her homework, taking her to dance class or sitting by her side the whole night when she is unwell. Thus, bringing up a child is not just the mother's domain anymore.

✦ Household work: Cleaning the parking space or garage, mowing the lawn, fixing the broken letterbox, etc., are not tasks to be done only by the husband, a wife would do it as well. Similarly, cooking and washing dishes is something either or both can do.

This kind of lifestyle is looked upon as a way of adding quality to the relationship as it breaks away from the traditional patriarchal (or authoritative) types of marriage relationships. Also, as is commonly understood, it is not always that both partners work full time because they are career oriented. It is also their need for more earnings that makes it necessary for the husband and wife, both, to work.
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Changing gender roles today have impacted marriages a lot. Advantageous or not, they definitely have changed the structure of the family as a sociological unit. Whether these interchange of roles help marriages last longer is a matter of research today. The best part although is that, there is no confinement of roles, sticking to a particular activity meant for the husband, wife, or parent.