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1 Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being. A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. null
2 The art of giving presents is to give something which others cannot buy for themselves. A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. null
3 That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with delight and profit. A. B. Alcott Alcott, Amos Bronson null
4 It is well, when judging a friend, to remember he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality. A. Bennett Bennett, A. null
5 The greatest truths are the most simple; and so are the greatest men. Julius Charles Hare Hare, Julius Charles null
6 People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any act of parliament. Abba Eban Eban, Abba null
7 History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Abba Eban Eban, Abba null
8 Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place. Abigail Van Buren Van Buren, Abigail null
9 Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
10 Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
11 The future belongs to those who believe in their abilities. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
12 A person will be just as happy as they make up their mind to be. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
13 My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
14 No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
15 There is no such thing as chance or accident, the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause. Adam Clarke Clarke, Adam null
16 Man is an animal that makes bargains; no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another. Adam Smith Smith, Adam null
17 To feel much for others, and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfish, and exercise our benevolent affections, constitutes the perfection of human nature. Adam Smith Smith, Adam null
18 There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. Adm. William F. Halsey Jr. Halsey, Adm. William F., Jr. null
19 Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. Admiral Rickover Rickover, Admiral null
20 Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe. Adrienne Rich Rich, Adrienne null
21 Make sure of the bear before you sell his skin. Aesop's Fables Aesop null
22 If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. African Proverb Proverb - African null
23 Surfing is like that. You are either vigorously cursing or else you are idiotically pleased with yourself. Agatha Christie Christie, Agatha null
24 Those persons are happiest in the restless and mutable world who are in love with change; who rejoice in every innovation, and find a strange alert pleasure in all that is, and that has never been before. Agnes Repplier Repplier, Agnes null
25 Edged tools are dangerous to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt. Agnes Repplier Repplier, Agnes null
26 Life on the farm is a school of patience: you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days. Henri Alain Alain, Henri null
27 Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it. Alain Le Sage Sage, Alain Le null
28 We were put to dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off. Alan Bennett Bennett, Alan null
29 Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you think you want to hear. Alan Coren Coren, Alan null
30 Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness. Alan Garner Garner, Alan null
31 If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books. Alan King King, Alan null
32 An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
33 You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having to ask any clear question. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
34 If there is a sin against life, it lies perhaps less in despairing of it than in hoping for another and evading the implacable grandeur of the one we have. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
35 I don't want to be a genius; I have enough problems just trying to be a man. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
36 A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
37 I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
38 I, at any rate, am convinced that God is not playing at dice. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
39 Perfections of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize our age. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
40 The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost, not the acquisition of special knowledge. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
41 My political ideal is democracy. Everyone should be respected as an individual but no one idolized. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
42 Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
43 I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
44 No amount of experimentation can prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
45 I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
46 There is no such thing as modern art. There is art, and there is advertising. Albert Sterner Sterner, Albert null
47 Sometimes it is only a change of viewpoint that is needed to convert a seemingly tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity. Alberta Flanders Flanders, Alberta null
48 We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed. Alberta Hunter Hunter, Alberta null
49 Our ideals, laws, and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on to the future. Alden Whitman Whitman, Alden null
50 Love, the last defense against old age - the last, and for those whose good fortune it is to have some one person to care for, or who have learned the infinitely difficult art of loving all their neighbors, the best. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
51 There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
52 To carry the spirit of a child into old age is the secret of genius. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
53 That life is meaningless may be a lie, so far as the whole of life is concerned. But it is the truth at any given instant. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
54 Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
55 When an artist deserts to the side of the angels, it is the most odious of treasons. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
56 It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness, but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power, so that a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy, and no one can stop him. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr null
57 It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more "manhood" to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Alex Karras Karras, Alex null
58 There should be as little merit in loving a woman for her beauty, as a man for his prosperity, both being equally subject to change. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander null
59 An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander null
60 A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles on the road. Alexander Smith Smith, Alexander null
61 Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr null
62 When looking for a job, tell the man what you can do for him, not how good you are. Alfred A. Montapert Montapert, Alfred A. null
63 Don't discourage the other man's plans unless you have better ones to offer. Alfred A. Montapert Montapert, Alfred A. null
64 Be sincere. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you. Alfred E. Smith Smith, Alfred E. null
65 No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas. Alfred E. Smith, On The New Deal Smith, Alfred E. null
66 In films, murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is, and what a messy thing it is to kill a man. Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock, Alfred null
67 It is only those who have no culture and no belief in culture who resent differences among men and the exploration of the human imagination. Alfred Kazin Kazin, Alfred null
68 A government is free in proportion to the rights it guarantees the minority Alfred Landon Landon, Alfred null
69 Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North null
70 True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North null
71 A rule of men over women remained an established feature of highly civilized societies. It survived as a hangover from barbarism. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North null
72 Each human being is a more complex structure than any social system to which he belongs. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North null
73 Ring out the old, ring in the new, ring, happy bells, across the snow: the year is going, let him go; ring out the false, ring in the true. Alfred, Lord Tennyson Tennyson, Alfred, Lord null
74 I'm just an amiable kindly old thing, as I've always been. I was born a kindly old thing. If anyone takes that seriously, hah! My speciality is detached malevolence. Alice Roosevelt Longworth Longworth, Alice Roosevelt null
75 Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. Alice Walker Walker, Alice null
76 I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for? Alice Walker Walker, Alice null
77 Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful thorns have roses. Alphonse Karr Karr, Alphonse null
78 I hate to spread rumors - but what else can you do with them? Amanda Lear Lear, Amanda null
79 Consul: in American politics, a person who, having failed to secure an office from the people, is given one by the administration on condition that he leave the country. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
80 International arbitration can be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
81 Future: that period of time when our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
82 Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic null
83 The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. Amos Bronson Alcott Alcott, Amos Bronson null
84 There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams, and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy. Amos Bronson Alcott Alcott, Amos Bronson null
85 All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words. Amy Lowell Lowell, Amy null
86 I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. Anais Nin Nin, Anais null
87 There is always a moment when curiosity becomes a sin and the devil is always on the side of the learned. Anatole France France, Anatole null
88 There are very honest people who do not think they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant. Anatole France France, Anatole null
89 If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. Anatole France France, Anatole null
90 The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. Andre Gide Gide, Andre null
91 It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands. Andre Gide Gide, Andre null
92 There is a law in life: when one door closes to us, another one opens. Andre Gide Gide, Andre null
93 We owe to the middle ages the two worst inventions of humanity - gunpowder and romantic love. Andre Maurois Maurois, Andre null
94 Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know. Andre Maurois Maurois, Andre null
95 The only thing experience teaches us is that experience teaches us nothing. Andre Maurois Maurois, Andre null
96 Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. Andre Maurois Maurois, Andre null
97 A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. Andre Maurois Maurois, Andre null
98 You don't love a woman for what she says, but love what she says because you love her. Andre Maurois Maurois, Andre null
99 The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditations on the past. Andre Maurois Maurois, Andre null
100 Don't take a butcher's advice on how to cook meat. If he knew, he'd be a chef. Andy Rooney Rooney, Andrew A. null
101 I'd like to be rich enough so that I could throw soap away after the letters are worn off. Andy Rooney Rooney, Andrew A. null
102 An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them. Andy Warhol Warhol, Andy null
103 We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road: they get run over. Aneurin Bevan Bevan, Aneurin null
104 Do you know anyone who would - secretly, sincerely, in his innermost self - really prefer to return to childhood? Anita Desai Desai, Anita null
105 Kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever. Anita Loos Loos, Anita null
106 She said she always believed in the old adage, "leave them while you're looking good." Anita Loos Loos, Anita null
107 I'm furious about the women's liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept quiet or it ruins the whole racket. Anita Loos Loos, Anita null
108 Washington is a town where more people probably contemplate writing a book than finish reading one. Ann Geracimos Geracimos, Ann null
109 One of the best ways to measure people is to watch how they behave when something free is offered. Ann Landers Landers, Ann null
110 Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. Ann Landers Landers, Ann null
111 Creative minds always have been known to survive any kind of bad training. Anna Freud Freud, Anna null
112 The king has been very good to me. He promoted me from a simple maid to be a marchioness. Then he raised me to be a queen. Now he will raise me to a martyr. Anne Boleyn Boleyn, Anne null
113 I think the dying pray at the last not "please" but "thank you" as a guest thanks his host at the door. Annie Dillard Dillard, Annie null
114 Adolescence is the age when children stop asking questions because they know all the answers. Anon Unknown null
115 The easiest way to get rid of weight is leaving it lie untouched on the plate. Anon Unknown null
116 Say it with jewelry, say it with drink, but always be careful not to say it with ink. Anon Unknown null
117 Vacation: a period of travels and relaxation when you take twice the clothes and half the money you need. Anon Unknown null
118 Computers come in two varieties: the prototype and the obsolete. Anon Unknown null
119 There are two sides to every question and a politician usually takes both. Anon Voter Unknown null
120 A lot of people will be unhappy in heaven when they find out they can't institute any reforms there Anonymous Unknown null
121 There's nothing wrong with the younger generation that the older generation didn't outgrow Anonymous Unknown null
122 One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears, by listening to them Dean Rusk Rusk, Dean null
123 A man is known by the company that keeps him on after retirement age. Anonymous Unknown null
124 Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense and the past perfect. Anonymous Unknown null
125 Many a husband takes all the joy out of a domestic quarrel by refusing to talk back. Anonymous Unknown null
126 The owl is supposed to be wise, but he is not wise enough to get off the night shift. Anonymous Unknown null
127 People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing. Will Rogers Rogers, Will was listed as Anonymous
128 A narrow mind and a wide mouth usually go together. Anonymous Unknown null
129 The smallest good deed is greater than the greatest good intention. Anonymous Unknown null
130 He that is poor, all his kindred scorn him; he that is rich, all are kin to him. Anonymous Unknown null
131 Another change the game of bridge needs is a cross bar under the table. Anonymous Unknown null
132 The first essential for leadership is a group of dumb guys to follow you. Anonymous Unknown null
133 Summer resort: a town where the inhabitants live on your vacation money until next summer. Anonymous Unknown null
134 Of all the ways of paying for a thing, cash is the cheapest. Anonymous Unknown null
135 A hangover you get the morning after comes from not using your head the night before. Anonymous Unknown null
136 Chocolate is cheaper than therapy and you don't need an appointment. Anonymous Unknown null
137 All husbands are alike, but they have different faces so you can tell them apart. Anonymous Unknown null
138 The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does. Anonymous Unknown null
139 Metallurgy: the study of how to keep people from being allergic to metals. Anonymous Unknown null
140 Put a go-getter out on a limb and he will start a branch factory. Anonymous Unknown null
141 Remember that moderate riches will carry you; if you have more, you must carry them. Anonymous Unknown null
142 She's the kind who can marry anyone she pleases. Too bad she doesn't seem to please anyone. Anonymous Unknown null
143 If you look like your passport picture, you're too sick to travel. Anonymous Unknown null
144 If you want everything done yesterday, what will you do tomorrow? Anonymous Unknown null
145 We expect modern youth to be strong, courageous and prepared to pay more taxes than their fathers. Anonymous Unknown null
146 Computers do everything but think, which, we must admit, makes them almost human. Anonymous Unknown null
147 No one need be ashamed of plain dinners if given with a hearty welcome. Anonymous Unknown null
148 Retirement is the period when you exchange the bills in your wallet for snapshots of your grandchildren. Anonymous Unknown null
149 An x-ray reveals a lot about a man, but an ex-wife can reveal much more. Anonymous Unknown null
150 It is difficult to get the weather of any season to live up to the poetry written about it. Anonymous Unknown null
151 A highbrow is a person who can use the word "whom" without feeling self-conscious. Anonymous Unknown null
152 Why are goods sent by ship called cargo while goods sent in a freight car called a shipment? Anonymous Unknown null
153 No matter how great a warrior is, a chief cannot do battle without his Indians. Anonymous Unknown null
154 If you think chickens are dumb, try planting some vegetables. Anonymous Unknown null
155 It's a sign of age if you feel like the day after the night before and you haven't been anywhere. Anonymous Unknown null
156 Married and unmarried women waste a great deal of time in feeling sorry for each other. Anonymous Unknown null
157 Volunteers are unpaid not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless. Anonymous Unknown null
158 Laugh and the world laughs with you. Snore and you sleep alone Anthony Burgess Burgess, Anthony null
159 I know coincidence has a long arm, but it's not an octopus. Anthony Gilbert Gilbert, Anthony null
160 Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed. Anthony Powell Powell, Anthony null
161 One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. Anton Chekhov Chekhov, Anton null
162 If you cry, "forward," you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to do that and simply call out the word to a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in precisely opposite directions. Anton Chekhov Chekhov, Anton null
163 Trying to grow up is hurting, you know. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't it hurts even more. Aretha Franklin Franklin, Aretha null
164 He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. Aristotle Aristotle null
165 So poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history. Aristotle Aristotle null
166 We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle Aristotle null
167 Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell, and the secret function of purgatory is to make of heaven an effective reality. Arnold Bennett Bennett, Arnold null
168 To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held a dead fact, the soul grasps a living truth! At moments we are all artists. Arnold Bennett Bennett, Arnold null
169 You are not in charge of the universe; you are in charge of yourself. Arnold Bennett Bennett, Arnold null
170 Women have more imagination than men. They need it to tell us (men) how wonderful we are. Arnold Glasow Glasow, Arnold Henry null
171 An ounce of convention is worth a pound of primaries. Arnold H. Glasow Glasow, Arnold Henry null
172 Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, and four times he who gets his fist in fust. Artemus Ward Ward, Artemus null
173 The chance of bread falling with the buttered side up is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet. Arthur Black Black, Arthur null
174 Old men declare wars because they have failed to solve complex political and economic problems. They then send young men to go fight them. Of course, the old men have to make up patriotic and emotional rationales to justify their stupidity. Arthur Hoppe Hoppe, Arthur null
175 If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, courage. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. null
176 The statesman who is surest that he can divine the future most urgently invites his own retribution. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. null
177 Like every writer, I am asked where my work originates, and if I knew I would go there more often to find more. Arthur Miller Miller, Arthur null
178 My father still reads the dictionary every day. He says that your life depends on your power to master words. Arthur Scargill Scargill, Arthur null
179 To expect a man to retain everything that he has ever read is like expecting him to carry about in his body everything he has ever eaten. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur null
180 All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur null
181 The young should early be trained to bear being left alone; for it is a source of happiness and peace of mind. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur null
182 I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day; I have never had the time for tobacco since. Arturo Toscanini Toscanini, Arturo null
183 I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it. Ashleigh Brilliant Brilliant, Ashleigh null
184 My life has a superb cast, but I cannot figure out the plot. Ashleigh Brilliant Brilliant, Ashleigh null
185 When there is no will, there is no way for the lawyers. Austin O'Malley O'Malley, Austin null
186 Those that think it permissible to tell white lies soon grow colorblind. Austin O'Malley O'Malley, Austin null
187 The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito. Austin O'Malley O'Malley, Austin null
188 A homemade friend wears longer than one you buy in the market. Austin O'Malley O'Malley, Austin null
189 A drunkard is like a whiskey bottle, all neck and belly and no head. Austin O'Malley O'Malley, Austin null
190 If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it. Austin O'Malley O'Malley, Austin null
191 The worst misfortune that can happen to a man is to have an extraordinary father. Austin O'Malley O'Malley, Austin null
192 A wizard is a person who can keep up with the neighbors and the installments too. Author Obscure Unknown null
193 Push is more important than pull, especially if you are going through a revolving door. Author Unknown Unknown null
194 It is a sin against hospitality to open your doors, and shut up your countenance. Author Unknown Unknown null
195 Nowadays every man wants life, liberty and two cars in which to pursue happiness. Author Unknown Unknown null
196 Money is honey, my little sonny, and a rich man's joke is always funny. Author Unknown Unknown null
197 Christmas is the season when all good men and true have presence of mind and presents in mind. Author Unknown Unknown null
198 A hangover is where, having lost your head the night before, you wake up with two heads the morning after. Author Unknown Unknown null
199 Many a man who celebrates the arrival of the new year should celebrate instead the survival of the old. Author Unknown Unknown null
200 Does a kangaroo get irritated when its baby eats his crackers in bed? Author Unknown Unknown null
201 A man as he manages himself, may die old at thirty, or young at eighty. Author Unknown Unknown null
202 Why find fault with yourself, plenty of others will do it for you. Author Unknown Unknown null
203 A book is like a mirror. When a monkey looks in, no apostle can look out. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph null
204 Kangaroo: nature's initial effort to produce a cheerleader. Author Unknown Unknown null
205 About the only thing a nickel is good for nowadays is to make change for a quarter. Author Unknown Unknown null
206 There is only one thing worse than to live without working, and that is to work without living. Author Unknown Unknown null
207 There are two kinds of voters: those who vote for your candidate, and the ignorant, prejudiced fools. Author Unknown Unknown null
208 The exchange of Christmas presents should be reciprocal rather than retaliatory. Author Unknown Unknown null
209 Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever equaled the carnage perpetuated by disciples of altruism? Ayn Rand Rand, Ayn null
210 No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world. Bernard Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. null
211 There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive. B. C. Forbes Forbes, B. C. null
212 All I can tell 'em is I pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it was I hit and I tell 'em I don't know except it looked good. Babe Ruth Ruth, Babe null
213 There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. Bach Bach null
214 In taking revenge a man is equal to his enemy, but in passing it over he is his superior. Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
215 One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity. Baltasar Gracian Gracian, Baltasar null
216 Society, like the Roman youth at the circus, never shows mercy to the fallen gladiator. Balzac Balzac, Honore De null
217 Anyone who has invented a better mousetrap, or the contemporary equivalent, can expect to be harassed by strangers demanding that you read their unpublished manuscripts or undergo the humiliation of public speaking, usually on remote midwestern campuses. Barbara Ehrenreich Ehrenreich, Barbara null
218 Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library. Barbara Tuchman Tuchman, Barbara W. null
219 Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do. Barbara Walters Walters, Barbara null
220 There is no such thing as a difficult dog, only an inexperienced owner. Barbara Woodhouse Woodhouse, Barbara null
221 It is not necessary to believe things in order to reason about them. Beaumarchais Beaumarchais null
222 He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
223 Visit your aunt, but not every day; and call at your brother's, but not every night. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
224 Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
225 Talking and eloquence are not the same. - to speak and to speak well are two things. - a fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. Ben Jonson Jonson, Ben null
226 The covetous man never has money; the prodigal will have none shortly. Ben Jonson Jonson, Ben null
227 Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
228 Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
229 Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of man. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
230 A man who is not a liberal at sixteen has no heart; a man who is not a conservative at sixty has no head. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
231 The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
232 A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
233 To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
234 They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
235 Here comes the orator, with his flood of words and his drop of reason. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
236 When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to you, look on his mouth. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
237 Where there's a marriage without love there will be love without marriage. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
238 If you really want to lose weight, there are only three things to give up: breakfast, lunch and dinner. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
239 There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
240 I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. Bernard Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. null
241 All biological necessities have to be made respectable whether we like it or not. Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
242 After the verb "to love", "to help" is the most beautiful verb in the world. Bertha Von Suttner Suttner, Bertha Von null
243 Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position. Berton Braley Braley, Berton null
244 Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
245 I was born in the wrong generation. When I was a young man, no one had any respect for youth. Now I am an old man, and no one has any respect for age. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
246 There is no reason why, in the ages to come, the sort of man who is now exceptional should not become usual, and if that were to happen, the exceptional man in that new world would rise as far above Shakespeare now rises above the common man. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
247 To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
248 If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
249 As long as hope remains, only the coward will despair. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
250 If you stick to any opinion long enough, it becomes respectable. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
251 In the family of continents, Africa is the silent brooding sister, courted for centuries by knight- errant empires - rejecting them one by one and severally, because she is too sage and a little bored with the importunity of it all. Beryl Markham Markham, Beryl null
252 You can't be beautiful and hate because hate is a corroding disease and affects the way you look. You can't hide it - ever. It shows in your eyes. Bess Myerson Myerson, Bess null
253 We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to. Bette Davis Davis, Bette null
254 Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone, but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding. Bette Davis Davis, Bette null
255 The coffee was so strong it snarled as it lurched out of the pot. Betty MacDonald MacDonald, Betty null
256 You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. Beverly Sills Sills, Beverly null
257 My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't, because parenting can be learned only by people who have no children. Bill Cosby Cosby, Bill null
258 I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. Bill Cosby Cosby, Bill null
259 Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that. Bill Shankly Shankly, Bill null
260 People enjoy doubles more than singles because they have less work to do and a partner to blame. Bill Tilden Tilden, Bill null
261 Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees then names the streets after them. Bill Vaughan Vaughan, Bill null
262 I'm always making a comeback, but nobody ever tells me where I've been. Billie Holiday Holiday, Billie null
263 Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. Billy Connolly Connolly, Billy null
264 Most people think I'm a Republican; actually, I'm a Democrat. Billy Graham Graham, Billy null
265 The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course. Billy Graham Graham, Billy null
266 Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. Billy Sunday Sunday, Billy null
267 A trifle consoles us because a trifle distresses us. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
268 If a soldier or a laborer complains of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
269 If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
270 The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know to stay quietly in his room. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
271 It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
272 We know the truth, not only by reason, but also by the heart. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
273 One can always tell when one is getting old and serious by the way that holidays seem to interfere with one's work. Bob Edwards Edwards, Bob null
274 When I look into a girl's eyes I can tell what she thinks of me. It's pretty depressing. Bob Hope Hope, Bob null
275 The audience was swell. They were so polite. They covered their mouths when they yawned. Bob Hope Hope, Bob null
276 Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half inch course, the space between your ears. Bobby Jones Jones, Bobby null
277 If you can't laugh at yourself, make fun of other people. Bobby Slayton Slayton, Bobby null
278 It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top. Nor should we permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities. Booker T. Washington Washington, Booker T. null
279 I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man. Booker T. Washington Washington, Booker T. null
280 An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband. Booth Tarkington Tarkington, Booth null
281 Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age. Booth Tarkington Tarkington, Booth null
282 Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike and rejoice at what brings you nothing but misfortune. Boris Pasternak Pasternak, Boris null
283 After baseball, America's favorite pastime may be the process of reinventing itself, continuously redefining its identity and searching for its soul. Brenda Payton Payton, Brenda null
284 Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again. Bret Harte Harte, Bret null
285 Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts. Brian Aldiss Aldiss, Brian null
286 Animals feed; man eats. Only the man of intellect knows how to eat. Brillat-Savarin Brillat-Savarin null
287 My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my needs. Brotherton Brotherton null
288 We gotta get out while we're young, 'cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run. Bruce Springsteen Springsteen, Bruce null
289 The way to get on in the world is to make people believe it's to their advantage to help you. Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
290 I think audiences come to hear older musicians like me just to see if we can pick up a horn without falling over. Bud Freeman Freeman, Bud null
291 Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, the greatest of riches; trust the greatest of qualities. Buddha Buddha null
292 Strike from mankind the principle of faith, and men would have no more history than a flock of sheep. Bulwer Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George null
293 A fool flatters himself; the wise man flatters the fool. Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George null
294 Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness. Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George null
295 The shortest night of the year is Christmas Eve; from sundown to son up. Burton Hillis Hillis, Burton null
296 Have you ever noticed that life consists mostly of interruptions, with occasional spells of rush work in between? Buwei Yan Chao Chao, Buwei Yan null
297 No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed. Byron Byron, Lord null
298 Man's love is of man's life a part; it is woman's whole existence. Byron Byron, Lord null
299 In football it is widely acknowledged that if both sides agree to cheat, cheating is fair. C. B. Fry Fry, C. B. null
300 I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. C. Day Lewis Lewis, C. Day null
301 If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it. C. F. Kettering Kettering, Charles F. null
302 The cinema, like the detective story, makes it possible to experience without danger all the excitement, passion, and desirousness which must be suppressed in a humanitarian ordering of society. C. G. Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
303 No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin null
304 A school is not the end but only the beginning of an education. Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin null
305 Few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application. Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin null
306 Have no more doubt of the omnipotence of a free people. Camille Desmoulins Desmoulins, Camille null
307 The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them. Camillo Di Cavour Cavour, Camillo Di null
308 In my opinion, a man's ability to recognize his errors proves him greater than successful avoidance of them. Cardinal De Retz Retz, Cardinal De null
309 The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a talk-show nation, in which public discourse is reduced to ranting and raving and posturing. Carl Bernstein Bernstein, Carl null
310 The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed garbage. Carl Bernstein Bernstein, Carl null
311 No matter what the world thinks about religious experience, the one who has it possesses a great treasure. Where is the criterion by which you could say that such a life is not legitimate, that such an experience is not valid? Carl G. Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
312 We make progress if, and only if, we are prepared to learn from our mistakes. Sir Karl R. Popper Popper, Sir Karl R. null
313 I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes. Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl null
314 I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way. Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl null
315 A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl null
316 Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world. Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas null
317 At least I got out of a bad situation. It was a mixed marriage: I'm human, he's a Klingon. Carol Leifer Leifer, Carol null
318 Nobody ever was - or again will be - as green as I was the day I landed in New York. That shade has been discontinued. Carolyn Kenmore Kenmore, Carolyn null
319 A canner can can anything he can, but a canner can't can a can, can he? Carolyn Wells Wells, Carolyn null
320 The earth has rolled around again and harvest time is here, the glory of the seasons and the crown of all the years. Carolyn Wells Wells, Carolyn null
321 There's no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now, I might as well take a nap." Carrie Fisher Fisher, Carrie null
322 You put me in here a cub, but I will go out a roaring lion, and I will make all hell howl. Carry Nation Nation, Carry null
323 Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits. Casey Stengel Stengel, Casey null
324 You gotta lose 'em sometimes. When you do, lose 'em right. Casey Stengel Stengel, Casey null
325 The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new. Cato Cato null
326 The wise man does no wrong in changing his habits with the times. Cato Cato null
327 We cannot control the evil tongues of others, but a good life enables us to disregard them. Cato Cato null
328 Remember you are a star. Never go across the alley even to dump garbage unless you are dressed to the teeth. Cecil B. DeMille, To Paulette Goddard DeMille, Cecil B. null
329 It's far more enjoyable pretending to be a doctor than actually being one. Cedric Hardwicke Hardwicke, Cedric null
330 Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de null
331 A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de null
332 There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair. Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de null
333 Make it your business to know yourself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de null
334 By the street of by-and-by one arrives at the house of never. Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de null
335 In some cases, non-violence requires more militancy than violence. Cesar Chaves Chaves, Cesar null
336 No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first. Cesare Pavese Pavese, Cesare null
337 April is the month when the green returns to the lawn, the lilac, and the IRS. Changing Times Changing Times null
338 Civilization is the upward struggle of mankind, in which millions are trampled to death that thousands may mount on their bodies. Charles Balfour Balfour, Charles null
339 [Victor] Hugo, like a priest, always has his head bowed - bowed so low that he can see nothing except his own navel. Charles Baudelaire Baudelaire, Charles null
340 Even if God did not exist, religion would still be holy and divine. God is the only being who, in order to reign, need not even exist. Charles Baudelaire Baudelaire, Charles null
341 Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
342 None are so fond of secrets as those who do not keep them. Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
343 Prose is words in their best order; poetry is the best words in the best order. Charles Coleridge Coleridge, Charles null
344 It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine. Charles Darwin Darwin, Charles null
345 A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends. Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle, Charles null
346 Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism, are all very good words for the lips; especially prunes and prism. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
347 Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many: not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
348 Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. Charles Dudley Warner Warner, Charles Dudley null
349 To enjoy baseball, you do not need violence in your heart. Charles Einstein Einstein, Charles null
350 We not only praise individual liberty but our constitution has the unique distinction of ensuring it. Charles Evans Hughes Hughes, Charles Evans null
351 We have a lot of people revolutionizing the world because they've never had to present a working model. Charles F. Kettering Kettering, Charles F. null
352 Beauty in music is too often confused with something that lets the ears lie back in an easy chair. Charles Ives Ives, Charles null
353 In many ways ideas are more important than people - they are much more permanent. Charles Kettering Kettering, Charles F. null
354 People are very open-minded about new things; as long as they're exactly like the old ones. Charles Kettering Kettering, Charles F. null
355 The difference between intelligence and education is this: intelligence will make you a good living. Charles Kettering Kettering, Charles F. null
356 We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there. Charles Kettering Kettering, Charles F. null
357 We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. Charles Kingsley Kingsley, Charles null
358 The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth. Charles Kingsley Kingsley, Charles null
359 Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door. Charles Lamb Lamb, Charles null
360 The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a schoolboy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it. Charles Lamb Lamb, Charles null
361 I never knew an enemy to puns who was not an ill-natured man. Charles Lamb Lamb, Charles null
362 Method actors give you a photograph. Real actors give you an oil painting. Charles Laughton Laughton, Charles null
363 An essayist is a lucky person who has found a way to discourse without being interrupted. Charles Poore Poore, Charles null
364 The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement. Charles Schwab Schwab, Charles M. null
365 No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right. Charles Simmons Simmons, Charles null
366 I had to face the facts. I was pear shaped. I was a bit depressed because I hate pears. 'Specially their shape. Charlotte Bingham Bingham, Charlotte null
367 A limited fortune is no excuse for a deficiency in neatness. Charlotte Gilman Gilman, Charlotte Perkins null
368 If you indicate willingness to be friendly, men are bound eventually to reciprocate by manifesting a spirit of friendliness. Chas. Gow Gow, Charles null
369 Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress. Chester Himes Himes, Chester null
370 I wasn't kissing her, I was just whispering in her mouth. Chico Marx Marx, Chico null
371 He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
372 The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
373 Patience is power; with time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes silk. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
374 Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
375 He that is without money might as well be buried in a rice tub with his mouth sewed up. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
376 If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
377 If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
378 He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years. Chinese Saying Proverb - Chinese null
379 Even the best pilots are willing to take advice from their passengers in bad weather. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
380 The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he comes down to human affairs. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
381 No man who depends on the caprice of the ignorant rabble can be accounted great. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
382 As if anything were so common as ignorance! The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
383 Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
384 All right, so I spend money. Can you name one other extravagance I have? Cindy Adams Adams, Cindy null
385 I think women see me on the cover of magazines and think I never have a pimple or bags under my eyes. You have to realize that's after two hours of hair and makeup, plus retouching. Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford. Cindy Crawford Crawford, Cindy null
386 History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history Clarence Darrow Darrow, Clarence S. null
387 Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. Clarence Darrow Darrow, Clarence S. null
388 People don't very much like things that are beautiful - they are so far from their nasty little minds. Claude Debussy Debussy, Claude null
389 If you're not English, you're a foreigner, so you must be sexy. It's an old British film cliche. Claudia Cardinale Cardinale, Claudia null
390 Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. Clement Attlee Attlee, Clement null
391 The latest definition of an optimist is one who fills up his crossword puzzle in ink. Clement King Shorter Shorter, Clement King null
392 I've always had the ability to say to the audience: "Watch this if you like it and if you don't - take a hike." Clint Eastwood Eastwood, Clint null
393 When you're not interested in trying new things, that's when you should start hitting golf balls. Clint Eastwood Eastwood, Clint null
394 Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. Clint Eastwood Eastwood, Clint null
395 Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity. Coco Chanel Chanel, Gabrielle "Coco" null
396 Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed. Coleman Cox Cox, Coleman null
397 Turning thirty-five isn't that traumatic for me, because I didn't hit puberty until I was thirty. The key is to pace yourself. Conan O'Brien O'Brien, Conan null
398 The people may be made to follow a course of action, but they may not be made to understand it. Confucius Confucius null
399 Virtue is like the polar star, which keeps its place, and all stars turn toward it. Confucius Confucius null
400 It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great. Confucius Confucius null
401 Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or stars. Confucius Confucius null
402 When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself. Confucius Confucius null
403 He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it. Corneille Corneille null
404 The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people. Count Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
405 Love matches are formed by people who pay for a month of honey with a life of vinegar. Countess Of Blessington Countess Of Blessington null
406 He tried to explain gambling by saying that it was the difference between walking through an abandoned orchard with a gun and a dog, looking for grouse, and just walking. Craig Nova Nova, Craig null
407 No matter what your age, you are one day younger than you will be tomorrow. Cullen Hightower Hightower, Cullen null
408 I have never met a woman who, deep down in here core, really believes she has great legs. And if she suspects that she might have great legs, then she's convinced that she has a shrill voice and no neck. Cynthia Heimel Heimel, Cynthia null
409 Woman is frequently praised as the more "creative" sex. To call a child a poem may be a pretty metaphor, but it is a slur on the labor of art. Cynthia Ozick Ozick, Cynthia null
410 Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turning before we have learnt to walk. Cyril Connolly Connolly, Cyril null
411 He could not blow his nose without moralizing on the state of the handkerchief industry. Cyril Connolly Connolly, Cyril null
412 I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty but I am too busy thinking about myself. Dame Edith Sitwell Sitwell, Dame Edith null
413 Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth. Dame Rebecca West West, Dame Rebecca null
414 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. that is why so many persons don't fool with it. Don Kidney Kidney, Don null
415 On cable TV they have a weather channel; twenty-four hours of weather. We had something like that where I grew up. We called it a window. Dan Spencer Spencer, Dan null
416 All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. Daniel Boone Boone, Daniel null
417 I look to a time when brotherhood needs no publicity; to a time when a brotherhood award would be as ridiculous as an award for getting up each morning. Daniel D. Mich Mich, Daniel D. null
418 Constant employment and well-paid labor produce, in a country like ours, general prosperity, content, and cheerfulness. Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel null
419 If you divorce capital from labor, capital is hoarded, and labor starves. Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel null
420 The most important thought I ever had was that of my individual responsibility to God. Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel null
421 Let our object be our country, our whole country and nothing but our country. Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel null
422 He knows the water best who has waded through it. Danish Adage Proverb - Danish null
423 Though the bird may fly over your head, let it not build its nest in your hair. Danish Saying Proverb - Danish null
424 It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. Darrin Weinberg Weinberg, Darrin null
425 I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. Dave Barry Barry, Dave null
426 Both of your socks should always be the same color, or they should at least both be fairly dark. Dave Barry Barry, Dave null
427 I want to be a Frank Sinatra figure. And I will succeed. David Bowie Bowie, David null
428 Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so. David Grayson Grayson, David null
429 The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe. David Hare Hare, David null
430 They do not even need a medical certificate. They need not be sound either in body or mind. They only require a certificate of birth - just to prove that they are first of the litter. David Lloyd-George, On The House Of Lords Lloyd-George, David null
431 Children think not of what is past nor what is to come, but they enjoy the present, which few of us do. De La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
432 Strength and beauty are the blessings of youth; Temperance, however, is the flower of old age. Democritus Democritus null
433 In general, the more a people is civilized, refined, the less its morals are poetic; everything weakens and turns mild. Denis Diderot Diderot, Denis null
434 When I was fifteen I had my own comedy act - even played a strip joint once until my mother found out. I remember a girl took off her clothes to "The Theme from Romeo and Juliet." Dennis Quaid Quaid, Dennis null
435 Let a king recall that it is better to improve his realm than to increase his territory. Desiderius Erasmus Erasmus, Desiderius null
436 If men had to have babies, they would only ever have one each. Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales null
437 The person who knows "how" will always have a job; the person who knows "why" will always be his boss. Diane Ravitch Ravitch, Diane null
438 The test of morality of a society is what it does for its children. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffer, Dietrich null
439 Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower. Dinah Shore Shore, Dinah null
440 Over the door of a library in Thebes is the inscription, "Medicine For The Soul". Diodorus Siculus Diodorus Siculus null
441 Aristotle said that education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. Diogenes Diogenes null
442 Actors have always been a suspect breed. Socially, I find myself more admissible now in England because I've written books. Dirk Bogarde Bogarde, Dirk null
443 Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
444 The wisdom of the wise and the experience of ages may be preserved by quotation. Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
445 Lots of women buy just as many wigs and makeup things as I do; they just don't wear them all at the same time. Dolly Parton Parton, Dolly null
446 I'm actually a thin, serious person, but I play fat and funny, but only for the movies. Dom Deluise Deluise, Dom null
447 A belief is made religious, not so much by its content, as rather by the way it is held. Don Cupitt Cupitt, Don null
448 I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version. Don Delillo Delillo, Don null
449 There is the challenge of self-control, of calculating coolness and unshakability in the face of wildly fluctuating fortunes and the mercilessness of chance. Gambling, more than any other test of "grace under pressure" besides actual combat - puts it on t Don Ethan Miller Miller, Don Ethan null
450 A humorist is a man who feels bad but who feels good about it. Don Herold Herold, Don null
451 Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust. Don Herold Herold, Don null
452 I say let's banish Bridge: let's find some pleasanter way of being miserable together. Don Herold Herold, Don null
453 Before the advent of the radio, there were advantages in being a shut in. Don Herold Herold, Don null
454 Babies are such a nice way to start people. Don Herold Herold, Don null
455 A "gracious living" sign on a new high rent apartment means only one thing; "no children" Don Kidney Kidney, Don null
456 Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues; always insist on it in your subordinates. Don Marquis Marquis, Don null
457 The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll outgrow it. Doris Day Day, Doris null
458 Laughter is by definition healthy. Doris Lessing Lessing, Doris null
459 Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back into the shell. Dorothy Fisher Fisher, Dorothy Canfield null
460 Never serious be, nor true, and your wish will come to you - and if that makes you happy, kid, you'll be the first it ever did. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy null
461 The movie business is the only business in the world where the assets go home at night. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy null
462 The two most beautiful words in the English language are "check enclosed." Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy null
463 This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy null
464 Oh, don't worry about Alan (her ex-husband). Alan will always land on somebody's feet. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy null
465 I admit it is more fun to punt than to be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Dorothy Sayers Sayers, Dorothy L. null
466 Man survives where swine perish, and laughs where gods go mad. Dostoyevsky Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich null
467 The three leading reasons for going to a warmer climate are December, January, and February. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
468 If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
469 Earth is here so kind that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. Douglas Jerrold Jerrold, Douglas null
470 Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. Dowden Dowden null
471 Wholesome food and drink is cheaper than doctors and hospitals. Dr. Carl C. Wahl Wahl, Dr. Carl C. null
472 Democracy has the only approach to human relationships that you can make for a free flow of life forces. Dr. Frank Kingdon Kingdon, Dr. Frank null
473 Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Dr. M. L. King Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
474 Leaders think. They think because they are leaders. They are leaders because they think. Dr. Paul Parker Parker, Dr. Paul null
475 Some people are willing to work only if they can start at the top and work up. Dr. Robert Anthony Anthony, Dr. Robert null
476 Others can stop you temporarily. Only you can do it permanently. Dr. Robert Anthony Anthony, Dr. Robert null
477 Your enemy might become your friend, if you allow him to become who he is. Dr. Robert Anthony Anthony, Dr. Robert null
478 Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author. Dr. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
479 A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
480 The true slogan of a true democracy is not "let the government do it" but rather, "let's do it ourselves." This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves - and one another. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
481 The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
482 There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another. E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks null
483 An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write. E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks null
484 If a man is foolish enough to reveal his thoughts, the least he can do is conceal his whereabouts. E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks null
485 I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. e. e. cummings cummings, e. e. null
486 The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves. E. M. Forster Forster, E. M. null
487 Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger. E. M. Forster Forster, E. M. null
488 It will be generally admitted that Beethoven's fifth symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man. E. M. Forster Forster, E. M. null
489 There's nothing wrong with nursery food now that we are grown up and can have a glass of wine with it. E. Ray Ray, E. null
490 I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely. E. V. Lucas Lucas, E. V. null
491 People who are late are often much jollier than the people who have to wait for them. E. V. Lucas Lucas, E. V. null
492 If you want to know how old a woman is, ask her sister-in-law. E. W. Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
493 People with goals succeed because they know where they're going. Earl Nightingale Nightingale, Earl null
494 In scandal, as in robbery, the receiver is always as bad as the thief. Earl Of Chesterfield Chesterfield, Earl Of null
495 I have a great diet. Eat anything you want, but you must eat it with naked fat people. Ed Bluestone Bluestone, Ed null
496 The average man's judgement is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it. Ed Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
497 The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it. Ed Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
498 A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person. Ed Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
499 One of the surprising things of this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself. Ed Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
500 When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time. Ed Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
501 I know one star in Hollywood who hasn't been spoiled by success and that is Mickey Mouse. Eddie Cantor Cantor, Eddie null
502 The two most common causes of divorce? Men and women. Eddie Cantor Cantor, Eddie null
503 I can give you a six word formula for success: think things through, then follow through. Eddie Rickenbacker Rickenbacker, Edward null
504 Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. Eddie Rickenbacker Rickenbacker, Edward null
505 The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. Eden Phillpotts Phillpotts, Eden null
506 Of puns it has been said that those most dislike them who are least able to utter them. Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan null
507 Everybody has talent at twenty-five. The difficult thing is to have it at fifty. Edgar Degas Degas, Edgar null
508 When turkey's on the table and good things I may scan, I'm thankful that I wasn't made a vegetarian. Edgar Guest Guest, Edgar null
509 A highbrow is a man who has found something more interesting than women. Edgar Wallace Wallace, Edgar null
510 There is no better indication of what the people of any period are like than to plays they go to see. Edith Hamilton Hamilton, Edith null
511 For a woman to get a rewarding sense of total creation by way of the multiple monotonous chores that are her daily lot would be as irrational as for an assembly line worker to rejoice that he had created an automobile because he tightened a bolt. Edith Mendel Stern Stern, Edith Mendel null
512 My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. Edith Sitwell Sitwell, Dame Edith null
513 I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. Edith Wharton Wharton, Edith null
514 There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton Wharton, Edith null
515 A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund null
516 The people have been in the wrong, frequently and outrageously, both in other countries and in this. But I do say, that in all disputes between them and their rulers, the presumption is at least upon a par in favor of the people. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund null
517 There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income. Edmund Wilson Wilson, Edmund null
518 I always warn aspiring reporters to observe three basic rules: 1. Never trust an editor; 2. Never trust an editor; 3. Never trust an editor. Edna Buchanan Buchanan, Edna null
519 True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway. Edna Buchanan Buchanan, Edna null
520 To enjoy walking merely as walking was, and is, considered an eccentricity in the United States. Edna Ferber Ferber, Edna null
521 Everyone who observes vigilantly and observes steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius. Edward Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George null
522 There is a strange and mighty race of people called the Americans who are rapidly becoming the coldest in the world because of this cruel, man-eating idol, lucre. Edward Dahlberg Dahlberg, Edward null
523 Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is wise it is nothing that the river horse does not know, and most of his creations are the result of accident. Edward Dahlberg Dahlberg, Edward null
524 I am the only one, but still I am one; I cannot do everything but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. Edward Everett Hale Hale, Edward Everett null
525 My English test is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the obscurity of a learned language. Edward Gibbon Gibbon, Edward null
526 Skill in education consists in taking off the newness of the next step in growth, by drawing those instincts into activity in an earlier stage, which are to function more strongly in a later one. Edwin Diller Starbuck Starbuck, Edwin Diller null
527 If people knew as much about painting as I do they would never buy my pictures. Edwin Landseer Landseer, Edwin null
528 Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment. Edwin Percy Whipple Whipple, Edwin Percy null
529 It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
530 Repartee: any reply that is so clever that it makes the listener wish he had said it himself. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
531 No one needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
532 Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
533 Living in the public eye accustoms one to accept criticism. One learns gradually to take it objectively and to try to think of it as directed at somebody else and evaluate whether it is just or unjust. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
534 Peace, like freedom, is elusive, hard to come by, harder to keep. It cannot be put into a purse or a hip pocket and buttoned there to stay. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
535 The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
536 It sometimes happens, even in the best families, that a baby is born. This is not necessarily cause for alarm. The important thing is to keep your wits about you and borrow some money. Elinor Goulding Smith Smith, Elinor Goulding null
537 Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here. Elizabeth Arden, To Her Husband Arden, Elizabeth null
538 The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Stanton, Elizabeth Cady null
539 Sometimes I think we're the only two lawyers who trust each other. Elizabeth Dole, To Bob Dole Dole, Elizabeth null
540 Popular magazines multiply while the library shelves remain undisturbed. Elizabeth Marbury Marbury, Elizabeth null
541 Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. Elizabeth Stone Stone, Elizabeth null
542 Give us that grand word "woman" once again and let's have done with "lady"; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen: and one's a word for lackeys. Ella Wheeler Wilcox Wilcox, Ella Wheeler null
543 I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls, and they say, "because it's such a beautiful animal." There you go. Well, I think my mother's attractive, but I have photographs of her. Ellen Degeneres DeGeneres, Ellen null
544 My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is. Ellen Degeneres DeGeneres, Ellen null
545 Today Washington is our Hollywood, the Senate our Warner Brothers, the White House our Beverly Hills. People who never read a line of a movie magazine deal with the lives of leaders as if they were Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Ellen Goodman Goodman, Ellen null
546 I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate. Elsa Maxwell Maxwell, Elsa null
547 Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being boring. Elsa Maxwell Maxwell, Elsa null
548 Fashion is born by small facts, trends, or even politics, never by trying to make little pleats and furbelows, by the shortening or lengthening of a skirt. Elsa Schiaparelli Schiaparelli, Elsa null
549 Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other. Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
550 Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world. Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
551 Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail. Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
552 Rings and jewels are not gifts but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of yourself. Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
553 After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash. Emily Carr Carr, Emily null
554 To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
555 Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand. Emily Kimbrough Kimbrough, Emily null
556 Woman accepted cooking as a chore, man has made of it a recreation. Emily Post Post, Emily null
557 I may be arrested, I may be tried and thrown into jail, but I never will be silent. Emma Goldman Goldman, Emma null
558 Marriages stop. Marriages change. People are always saying that a marriage "failed." it's such a negative way of putting it. Failure is terribly important. Perhaps that's why I'm saying: the notion that failure is a negative thing is wrong. Emma Thompson Thompson, Emma null
559 It is something other than a coexistence of a multitude of humans, or a participation in new and complex laws imposed by the masses. Society is the miracle of moving out of oneself. Emmanuel Levinas Levinas, Emmanuel null
560 Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments Emmons Emmons null
561 He that boasts of his ancestors confesses he has no virtue of his own. English Proverb Proverb - English null
562 A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. English Proverb Proverb - English null
563 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. English Proverb Proverb - English null
564 Watermelon, it's a good fruit. You eat, you drink, you wash your face. Enrico Caruso Caruso, Enrico null
565 And have you not received faculties which will enable you to bear all that happens to you? Have you not received greatness of spirit? Have you not received courage? Have you not received endurance? Epictetus Epictetus null
566 If any one speak ill of thee, consider whether he hath truth on his side; and if so, reform thyself, that his censures may not affect thee. Epictetus Epictetus null
567 People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
568 The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, man's greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
569 Intolerance is the "do not touch" sign on something that cannot bear touching. We do not mind having our hair ruffled, but we will not tolerate any familiarity with the toupee which covers our baldness. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
570 Handling people need not be so difficult - all you need is inexhaustible patience, unfailing insight, unshakable nervous stability, an unbreakable will, decisive judgment, infrangible physique, irrepressible spirits, plus unfeigned affection for all peopl Eric Webster Webster, Eric null
571 Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the catholic church. America gets Hollywood. Erica Jong Jong, Erica null
572 My ideal of a writer's life is Colette's; to chronicle all the ages of woman; to take risks, try different kinds of expression - from novels to plays to journalism - and to steadfastly refuse to be trapped in a single persona. Erica Jong Jong, Erica null
573 She ate lots of chocolate but never got fat - a sure sign of demonic possession. Erica Jong Jong, Erica null
574 Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality. Erich Fromm Fromm, Erich null
575 My father, a good man, told me, "Never lose your ignorance; you cannot replace it." Erich Maria Remarque Remarque, Erich Maria null
576 I get very disgusted with the younger generation of women. We had a torch to pass, and they are just sitting there. They don't realize it can be taken away. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma null
577 In general, my children refused to eat anything that hadn't danced on TV. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma null
578 People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow room to grow. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma null
579 If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma null
580 Limousines used to be reserved for the ruling class, or, on special occasions, for the working class. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma null
581 Today, limousines are like taxicabs with the door handles still intact. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma null
582 If you go long enough without a bath even the fleas will let you alone. Ernie Pyle Pyle, Ernie null
583 It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming up of themselves like grass. Eudora Welty Welty, Eudora null
584 The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. Eugene Delacroix Delacroix, Eugene null
585 Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other. Eugene Field Field, Eugene null
586 One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers. Eugene O'Neill O'Neill, Eugene null
587 Collecting is the only socially commendable form of greed. Eugene Schwartz Schwartz, Eugene null
588 Save your money, dress better, and catch a better husband. Evelyn Waugh, To Nancy Mitford Waugh, Evelyn null
589 Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost degree. Ezra Pound Pound, Ezra null
590 Conduct is the great profession. Behavior is the perpetual revealing of us. What a man does, tells us what he is. F. D. Huntington Huntington, F. D. null
591 For a statesman - any schoolchild knows that hot air rises to the top. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott null
592 One thing I know about march - whether it storms or shines, it is the key to spring. Faith Baldwin Baldwin, Faith null
593 Nearly every man is a firm believer in heredity until his son makes a fool of himself. Famous Anonymous Unknown null
594 It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. Fannie Hurst Hurst, Fannie null
595 The reason the All-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that the All-American boy can see better than he can think. Farrah Fawcett Fawcett, Farrah null
596 Choose not your friends by outward show, for the feather floats where the pearl lies low. Faye Fullmer Fullmer, Faye null
597 True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success; the glorious inequality of talent, of genius - for inequality, not mediocrity, and individual superiority, not standardization, is the measure of the progress Felix E. Schelling Schelling, Felix E. null
598 Advertising is nothing more than a technique to keep people in a state of perpetual dissatisfaction with what they possess and in a permanent state of itchy acquisitiveness. Felix Greene Greene, Felix null
599 Frequently a big advantage can be gained by knowing how to give in at the right moment. Fenelon Fenelon null
600 A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if he knew the facts of the case. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
601 People tell me to be frank but how can I when I don't dare to know myself? Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
602 No man can be a sound lawyer who is not well-read in the laws of Moses. Fisher Ames Ames, Fisher null
603 There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. Flannery O'Connor O'Connor, Flannery null
604 It is not the correct thing to invite many people who like to monopolize conversation; one of this kind will be found amply sufficient. Florence Howe Hall Hall, Florence Howe null
605 Fundamentalism, with its born-again regression, its pink-and-gold concept of heaven, its literal-mindedness, its rambunctious good cheer, its anti-intellectualism, its puerile hymns, and its faith-healing are made to order for King Kid America. Florence King King, Florence null
606 Scientists are rarely to be counted among the fun people. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
607 When someone asks, "Why do you think he's not calling me?" there's always one answer - "He's not interested." There's not ever any other answer. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
608 Salad is not a meal. It is a style. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
609 Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
610 Never allow your child to call you by your first name. He hasn't known you long enough. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
611 Men who are deaf to the claims of mercy, and oblivious to the demands of justice, can feel when money is slipping from their pockets. Frances Watkins Harper Harper, Frances Watkins null
612 Knowledge itself is power. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
613 The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
614 It is in life as it is in ways. The shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
615 I knew one that when he wrote a letter he would put that which was most material in the postscript, as if it had been a bymatter. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
616 In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. Francis Darwin Darwin, Francis null
617 A hospital should also have a recovery room adjoining the cashier's office. Francis O'Walsh O'Walsh, Francis null
618 No Santa Claus! Thank God, he lives and he lives forever. Francis P. Church Church, Francis P. null
619 The man who questions opinion is wise; the man who quarrels with facts is a fool Frank A. Garbutt Garbutt, Frank A. null
620 A "new thinker," when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought. Frank L. Colby Colby, Frank L. null
621 Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions. Frank Lloyd Wright Wright, Frank Lloyd null
622 To produce an income tax return that has any depth to it, any feeling, one must have lived, and suffered. Frank Sullivan Sullivan, Frank null
623 Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble. Frank Tyger Tyger, Frank null
624 I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano null
625 A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano null
626 New ideas can be good or bad, the same as always. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano null
627 Anybody who finds it easy to make money on the horses is probably in the dog food business. Franklin P. Adams Adams, Franklin P. null
628 In the order named, these are the hardest to control: wine, women, and song. Franklin P. Adams Adams, Franklin P. null
629 Quietness is indeed a sign of strength. But quietness may also help one to achieve strength. Franz Kafka Kafka, Franz null
630 If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
631 I like long walks. Especially when they're taken by people who annoy me. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
632 Was she old? When they lit the candles on her birthday cake, six people were overcome by the heat. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
633 Drive out prejudices through the door, and they will return through the window. Frederick II Frederick II null
634 All religions must be tolerated, for every man must get to heaven in his own way. Frederick The Great Frederick The Great null
635 If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers. Frederick The Great Frederick The Great null
636 One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it. French Proverb Proverb - French null
637 When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. French Proverb Proverb - French null
638 Children have more need of models than of critics. French Proverb Proverb - French null
639 Try to reason about love and you will lose your reason. French Proverb Proverb - French null
640 Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. French Proverb Proverb - French null
641 Forty is the old age of youth. Fifty is the youth of old age. French Proverb Proverb - French null
642 The mind is an iceberg; it floats with only one-seventh of its bulk above water. Freud Freud, Sigmund null
643 Lightning can light up the world, but it can't warm up a stove. Friedrich Hebbel Hebbel, Christian Friedrich null
644 It's incredible how much intelligence is used in this world to prove nonsense. Friedrich Hebbel Hebbel, Christian Friedrich null
645 The atomic bomb in the hands of a Francis of Assisi would be less harmful than a pistol in the hand of a thug; what makes the bomb dangerous is not the energy it contains, but the man who uses it. Fulton J. Sheen Sheen, Bishop Fulton J. null
646 Too high a price is asked for harmony, and so I hasten to give back my entrance ticket. It's not God that I don't accept, only I most respectfully return him the ticket. Fyodor Dostoevsky Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich null
647 So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship. Fyodor Dostoevsky Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich null
648 If a woman rebels against high heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat. G. B. Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
649 He knows nothing; he thinks he knows everything - that clearly points to a political career. G. B. Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
650 You see things and say "Why?" but I dream things that never were and I say "Why not?" G. B. Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
651 Spy and the world spies with you; get caught and you're on your own. G. Brown Brown, G. null
652 That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim. G. C. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph null
653 You can make a better living in the world as a soothsayer than as a truthsayer. G. C. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph null
654 If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve. G. C. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph null
655 Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character. G. D. Boardman Boardman, G. D. null
656 Farmers ought to learn to make better fences; why not establish a fencing school for their benefit? G. D. Prentice Prentice, George Dennison null
657 A man bitten by a dog, no matter if the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself. G. D. Prentiss Prentice, George Dennison null
658 The great consulting room of a wise man is the library. G. Dawson Dawson, G. null
659 One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to be for a man. G. Fordyce Fordyce, G. null
660 Character is built out of circumstances. - from exactly the same materials one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels. G. H. Lewes Lewes, George Henry null
661 Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
662 Honor is a luxury for aristocrats, but it is a necessity for hall porters. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
663 Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
664 A vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
665 The telescope makes the world smaller; it is only the microscope that makes it larger. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
666 Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump. You may be freeing him from being a camel. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
667 There are no uninteresting things, only uninteresting people. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
668 The only people who seem to have nothing to do with the education of the children are the parents. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
669 Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
670 Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up. James A. Garfield Garfield, James A. null
671 Brilliance is like four-wheel drive: it enables a person to get stuck in even more remote places. Garrison Keillor Keillor, Garrison null
672 Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome. Garrison Keillor Keillor, Garrison null
673 An enemy is a successful person whose views oppose your own. Gary Wright Wright, Gary null
674 When the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress. Gelett Burgess Burgess, Gelett null
675 When a person visits you, remember he's your guest; receive him very kindly, and be sure he has the best. Gelett Burgess Burgess, Gelett null
676 No one in the whole world knows all a man's bignessses and all his littlenesses as his wife does. Gene Stratton Porter Porter, Gene Stratton null
677 The measure of the progress of civilization is the progress of the people. George Bancroft Bancroft, George null
678 Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
679 It is assumed that the woman must wait, motionless, until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
680 No man is bad enough to tell the truth about himself. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
681 The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
682 I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
683 The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
684 Do not try to live forever, you will not succeed. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
685 Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
686 What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
687 Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. George Burns Burns, George null
688 There were twelve kids in my family, and my mother's idea of liberation was to get into the kitchen. George Burns Burns, George null
689 You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. George Burns Burns, George null
690 When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights. George Burns Burns, George null
691 I've watched so much Olympics that when Barbara asked me to move a piece of furniture, I asked her, "What's the degree of difficulty?" George Bush Bush, George H. W. null
692 I saw a sign that said, "coming soon - a 24-hour restaurant." and I thought, "well, that's unusual. At least try it for a week or two, and see if you can build a clientele." George Carlin Carlin, George null
693 As grown-ups, we never get to "wave bye-bye." I think it would be fun. "Steve, the boss is sailing for Europe; we're all going down to the dock to wave bye-bye." George Carlin Carlin, George null
694 My parents chose what, at the time, was the very latest method of childbirth. You've heard of Lamaze? This was La Paz. The mother receives powerful narcotics, the father is sent to Bolivia, and the nurse does all the screaming. George Carlin Carlin, George null
695 The only thing that continues to give us more for our money is a weighing machine. George Clark Clark, George null
696 Opinions: men's thoughts about great subjects. Taste: their thought about small ones: dress, behavior, amusements, ornaments. George Eliot Eliot, George null
697 As to memory, it is known that this frail faculty naturally lets drop the facts which are less flattering to our self-love - when it does not retain them carefully as subjects not to be approached, marshy spots with a warning flag over them. George Eliot Eliot, George null
698 I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. George Eliot Eliot, George null
699 He is like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. George Eliot Eliot, George null
700 Football combines two grim features of American life, violence and committee meetings. George F. Will Will, George F. null
701 To be an intelligent fan is to participate in something. It is an activity, a form of appreciating that is good for the individual's soul, and hence for society. George F. Will Will, George F. null
702 Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault and truth discourtesy. George Herbert Herbert, George null
703 Knowledge is but folly unless it is guided by grace. George Herbert Herbert, George null
704 I hold that companionship is a matter of mutual weakness. We like that man or woman best who has the same faults we have. George Jean Nathan Nathan, George Jean null
705 A man may be said to love most truly that woman in whose company he can feel drowsy in comfort. George Jean Nathan Nathan, George Jean null
706 An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out. George Jean Nathan Nathan, George Jean null
707 I'm hoping that a twelve-year-old boy or girl will enjoy it. But I'm not dumbing it down. I think I'm making it with enough credibility so that anybody can watch it. George Lucas, On "Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace" Lucas, George null
708 A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. George Moore Moore, George null
709 The existence of good bad literature - and the fact that one can be amused or excited or even moved by a book that one's intellect simply refuses to take seriously - is a reminder that art is not the same thing as cerebration. George Orwell Orwell, George null
710 You are noticed more if you stand on your head than you are if you are the right way up. George Orwell Orwell, George null
711 Forgiveness is the fragrance of the violet that clings fast to the heel that crushed it. George Roemisch Roemisch, George null
712 Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain. George Sand Sand, George null
713 Liszt said to me today that God alone deserves to be loved. It may be true, but when one has loved a man it is very difficult to love God. It is so different. George Sand Sand, George null
714 To be made evident, truth must be sought for; for of itself it is slow to appear, and between ourselves and God the obstacles are so many! George Sand Sand, George null
715 Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm; it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument. George Sand Sand, George null
716 The soul is the voice of the body's interests. George Santayana Santayana, George null
717 A man's memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past, according to his interests in the present. George Santayana Santayana, George null
718 Animal optimism is a great renovator and disinfectant in the world. George Santayana Santayana, George null
719 The minute you start talking about what you are going to do if you lose, you have lost. George Shult Shult, George null
720 The essence of life consists in longing for more life. George Simmel Simmel, George null
721 Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promises. George Washington Washington, George null
722 Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively. Gerald Ford Ford, Gerald R. null
723 The American people want a dialogue between them and their president. And if we can't have that opportunity of talking with one another, seeing one another, shaking hands with one another, something has gone wrong in our society. Gerald R. Ford Ford, Gerald R. null
724 Did you ever see a giraffe? It is like seeing something from between the regions of truth and fiction. Geraldine Jewsbury Jewsbury, Geraldine null
725 Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark. In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed. Germaine Greer Greer, Germaine null
726 There is no eel so small that it does not hope to become a whale German Proverb Proverb - German null
727 I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich. Gertrude Stein Stein, Gertrude longer version from Fall 2012 replaced short one
728 In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is. Gertrude Stein Stein, Gertrude null
729 If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him, you will always remember. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
730 Tradition does not mean that the living are dead but that the dead are living. Gilbert Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
731 A cat is, by and large, sophisticated and complex, and capable of creating three-act plays around any single piece of action. Gladys Taber Taber, Gladys null
732 The important thing in acting is to be able to laugh and cry. If I have to cry, I think of my sex life. If I have to laugh, I think of my sex life. Glenda Jackson Jackson, Glenda null
733 America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people. Gloria Steinem Steinem, Gloria null
734 What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get married. Gloria Steinem Steinem, Gloria null
735 All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year. Gloria Swanson Swanson, Gloria null
736 Writing the story of you own life, I know now, is an agonizing experience, a bit like drilling your own teeth. Gloria Swanson Swanson, Gloria null
737 When I die my epitaph should read "She paid the bills." Gloria Swanson Swanson, Gloria null
738 We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in the little things is what we are seldom equal to. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
739 Love is an ideal thing. Marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
740 Deprive the average man of his illusions and you will rob him of his happiness. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
741 We do not become free by refusing to acknowledge something above us, but by respecting something above us. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
742 If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
743 Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
744 Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
745 Life is a quarry out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
746 It is as though eternal harmony were conversing with itself, as it may have happened in God's bosom shortly before he created the world. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, On Hearing Bach's Organ Works Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
747 Nothing in life just happens. You have to have the stamina to meet the obstacles and overcome them. Golda Meir Meir, Golda null
748 People like Brigitte Bardot can speak with their bodies. I guess I speak with my face. Goldie Hawn Hawn, Goldie null
749 To make a fine gentleman several trades are required, but chiefly, a barber. Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver null
750 The best cure for hypochondria is to forget about your body and get interested in somebody else's. Goodman Ace Ace, Goodman null
751 Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. Gore Vidal Vidal, Gore null
752 Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin. Grace Hansen Hansen, Grace null
753 Excellence resides in quality not quantity; the best is always few and rare; much lowers value. Gracian Gracian, Baltasar null
754 He (Fred Astaire) is the nearest we are ever likely to get to a human Mickey Mouse. Graham Greene Greene, Graham null
755 Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share. Graham Greene Greene, Graham null
756 The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other. Greek Proverb Proverb - Greek null
757 I wish I could tell you my age, but it's impossible. It keeps changing all the time. Greer Garson Garson, Greer null
758 It could be so beautiful here if the Americans themselves had not made it so ugly with their big buildings, their millions of cars, and noise. Greta Garbo Garbo, Greta null
759 Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it. Greta Garbo Garbo, Greta null
760 Nature didn't make us perfect so she did the next best thing. She made us blind to our faults. Grit Grit null
761 I don't have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. They're upstairs in my socks. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
762 Pardon me, ma'am, I thought you were a guy I know in Pittsburgh. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
763 She got her good looks from her father; he's a plastic surgeon. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
764 I was so long in writing the review that I never got around to reading the book. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
765 Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it and misapplying the wrong remedies. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
766 The ship of democracy, which has weathered many storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard. Grover Cleveland Cleveland, Grover null
767 A man cannot know everything, but everyone has to have something he knows thoroughly. Gustav Freytag Freytag, Gustav null
768 Unless the job means more than the pay, it will never pay more. H. Bertram Lewis Lewis, H. Bertram null
769 The origin of civilization is man's determination to do nothing for himself which he can get done for him. H. C. Bailey Bailey, H. C. null
770 Democracy is based on the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people. H. E. Fosdick Fosdick, Harry Emerson null
771 The man who wins may have been counted out several times, but he didn't hear the referee. H. E. Jansen Jansen, H. E. null
772 Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. null
773 Oratory: the art of making deep noises from the chest that sound like important messages from the brain. H. I. Phillips Phillips, H. I. null
774 I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a drink after dark. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
775 Most philosophical treatises show the human cerebrum loaded far beyond its plimsoll mark. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
776 The talk of small boys among themselves consists almost entirely of boasting. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
777 Love is based on a view of women that is impossible to those who have had any experience with them. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
778 Every man sees in his relatives a series of grotesque caricatures of himself. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
779 Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
780 High-toned humanitarians constantly overestimate the sufferings of those they sympathize with. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
781 Some politicians, if their constituents were cannibals, would promise them missionaries for dinner. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
782 Metaphysics: an attempt to prove the incredible by an appeal to the unintelligible. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
783 If you see a snake, just kill it. Don't appoint a committee on snakes. H. Ross Perot Perot, H. Ross null
784 The worst bankrupt in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm. H. W. Arnold Arnold, H. W. null
785 A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the nation itself. H. W. Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
786 Fear is a kind of bell ...it is the soul's signal for rallying. H. W. Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
787 Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things. H. W. Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
788 Our life is but a new form of the way men have lived from the beginning. H. W. Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
789 Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of. H. W. Shaw Shaw, Henry Wheeler null
790 Rumors are like bees; the more you fight with them the more you don't get rid of them. H. W. Shaw Shaw, Henry Wheeler null
791 Take the humbug out of this world and you haven't much left to do business with. H. W. Shaw Shaw, Henry Wheeler null
792 Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma. H. W. Van Loan Van Loan, H. W. null
793 Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father. H. Wade Wade, H. null
794 There is no gilding of setting sun or glamour of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers' wives. Hamlin Garland Garland, Hamlin null
795 Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up. Hannah Arendt Arendt, Hannah null
796 The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded. Hannah More More, Hannah null
797 I'd rather be a host than a guest. As Beerbohm observed, a happy host is a sad guest. Harold Acton Acton, Harold null
798 When you're abroad you're a politician; when you're at home you're just a politician. Harold MacMillan MacMillan, Harold null
799 Whoever kindles the flames of intolerance is lighting a fire underneath his own home. Harold Stassen Stassen, Harold null
800 A ring on the finger is worth two on the phone. Harold Thompson Thompson, Harold null
801 The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. Harper Lee Lee, Harper null
802 Work is something you want to get done. Play is something you just like to be doing. Harry Leon Wilson Wilson, Harry Leon null
803 Sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality. Harry Overstreet Overstreet, Harry A. null
804 Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all. Harry S. Truman Truman, Harry S. null
805 There are only eighteen inches between a pat on the back and a kick in the rump. Hattie McDaniel McDaniel, Hattie null
806 One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take. Havelock Ellis Ellis, Havelock null
807 Melody is the main thing. Harmony is useful only to charm the ears. Haydn Hayden, Robert null
808 Should one person tell you you have donkey ears, take no notice, should two tell you so, procure a saddle for yourself. Hebrew Proverb Proverb - Hebrew null
809 The wedding march always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle. Heinrich Heine Heine, Heinrich null
810 The men of action are, after all, the uncommon instruments of the men of thought. Heinrich Heine Heine, Heinrich null
811 A picture that is beautiful, or that comes off, or that works, looks as if it was all made at one stroke. Helen Frankenthaler Frankenthaler, Helen null
812 We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
813 Before marriage, a man will lie awake thinking about something you said; after marriage, he'll fall asleep before you finish saying it. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen null
814 It's as hard to get a man to stay home after you've married him as it was to get him to go home before you married him. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen null
815 Marriage is like twirling a baton, or eating with chopsticks; it looks so easy till you try it. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen null
816 A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen null
817 The honeymoon is not actually over until we cease to stifle our sighs and begin to stifle our yawns. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen null
818 I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. Helene Hanff Hanff, Helene null
819 If at first you don't succeed - so much for skydiving. Henny Youngman Youngman, Henny null
820 Have I got a mother in law! She's so neat she puts paper under the cuckoo clock. Henny Youngman Youngman, Henny null
821 Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent propaganda. As far as lies in its power, it tends to transform the universe and humanity into its own image. Henri Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic null
822 Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. Henri Frederic Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic null
823 A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. Henrik Ibsen Ibsen, Henrik null
824 The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone. Henrik Ibsen Ibsen, Henrik null
825 A statesman's final test is whether he has made a contribution to the well-being of mankind. Henry A. Kissinger Kissinger, Henry A. null
826 Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. Henry Adams Adams, Henry Brooks null
827 I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls. Henry D. Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
828 The memory of some past moments is more persuasive than the experience of present ones. There have been visions of such breadth and brightness that these motes were invisible in their light. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
829 The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
830 What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
831 There will never be a free and enlightened state until the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
832 I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
833 Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
834 Read the best books first or you may not have a chance to read them at all. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
835 It is not worthwhile to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
836 I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
837 I'm not really Henry Fonda. Nobody could have that much integrity. Henry Fonda Fonda, Henry null
838 Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind. Thinking without constructive action becomes a disease. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
839 Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it; if you are sick you shouldn't take it. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
840 Some day the ethics of business will be universally recognized, and in that day business will be seen to be the oldest and most useful of all the professions. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
841 An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
842 Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason so few engage in it. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
843 It is easy to give alms; it is better that we work to make the giving of alms unnecessary. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
844 Art among a religious race produces relics among; a military one, trophies, among a commercial one, articles of trade. Henry Fuseli Fuseli, Henry null
845 What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character? Henry James James, Henry null
846 Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided; more often it is a crisis invented. Henry Kissinger Kissinger, Henry A. null
847 Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. Henry Kissinger Kissinger, Henry A. null
848 The gentle wind, a sweet and passionate wooer, kisses the blushing leaf. Henry Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
849 Human beings make a strange fauna and flora. From a distance they appear negligible; close up they are apt to appear ugly and malicious. Henry Miller Miller, Henry null
850 One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life. Henry Miller Miller, Henry null
851 Man will debauch himself with ideas, he will reduce himself to a shadow if for only one second of his life he can close his eyes to the hideousness of reality. Henry Miller Miller, Henry null
852 Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. Henry St. John St. John, Henry null
853 The conservation of natural resources is, and has been for half a century, the paramount domestic issue before the American people. Henry Steele Commager Commager, Henry Steele null
854 And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares, that infest the day, shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, and as silently steal away. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
855 The soul is audible, not visible. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
856 If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
857 Conceit is the most incurable disease that is known to the human soul. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
858 I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
859 In this world, often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
860 Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. Herbert Henry Asquith Asquith, Herbert Henry null
861 Peace is not made at the council table, or by treaties, but in the hearts of men Herbert Hoover Hoover, Herbert Clark null
862 Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty. Herbert Hoover Hoover, Herbert Clark null
863 His joints creaked like those of an old weather beaten wooden farm gate. Herbert Prochnow Prochnow, Herbert V. null
864 Self-confidence: a personal trait that is closely related to conceit. Herbert Prochnow Prochnow, Herbert V. null
865 He was as polished, and as hard, as the brass plate upon which his name was etched. Herbert Prochnow Prochnow, Herbert V. null
866 Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom. Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert null
867 A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities. Herman Melville Melville, Herman null
868 If marriage is to be a success one should obviously begin by marrying the right person. Hermann Keyserling Keyserling, Hermann null
869 I got all the schooling an actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contracts. Hermione Gingold Gingold, Hermione null
870 I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart that can be cured only with gold. Hernando Cortes Cortes, Hernando null
871 Almost nobody means precisely what he says when he makes the declaration, "I'm in favor of free speech." Heywood Broun Broun, Heywood Hale null
872 All our artists and cultural institutions are an integral part of what we call America, and we must work very hard not only to preserve and nurture, but to love them, because of the impact they make on our lives. Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton, Hillary Rodham null
873 They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing. Hindu Proverb Proverb - Hindu null
874 In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. Honore De Balzac Balzac, Honore De null
875 And if you include me among the lyric poets, I'll hold my head so high it'll strike the stars. Horace Horace null
876 Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; riches take wing; the only certainty is oblivion. Horace Greeley Greeley, Horace null
877 The object of punishment is prevention from evil: it never can be made impulsive to good. Horace Mann Mann, Horace null
878 In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind, but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them. Horace Walpole Walpole, Horace null
879 Son, you have to guard against speaking more clearly than you think. Howard Baker's Father Baker, Howard's Father null
880 People forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it. Howard W. Newton Newton, Howard W. null
881 Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother in law. Hubert H. Humphrey Humphrey, Hubert H. null
882 Hatred is never anything but fear - if you feared no one, you would hate no one. Hugh Downs Downs, Hugh null
883 Never under any circumstances write comedy for laughs. This is as ruinous as believing that your wife means it when she says, "Tell me all about her. I swear I don't mind." Hugh Leonard Leonard, Hugh null
884 Without frugality few would be rich, and with it, few would be poor. Ignatius Ignatius null
885 A lot of people say, "how does it feel to be in the rock and roll hall of fame?" I don't feel nothing, I was just doing something I like doing. Ike Turner Turner, Ike null
886 The only suitable gift for the man who has everything is your deepest sympathy. Imogene Fey Fey, Imogene null
887 I always wanted to do comedies but nobody discovered this until my old age. They think all Swedes are like Garbo. Ingrid Bergman Bergman, Ingrid null
888 Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck. Iris Murdoch Murdoch, Iris null
889 The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent. Irving Berlin Berlin, Irving null
890 By the time a man finds greener pastures, he also finds he can't climb the fence. Irving Scheel Scheel, Irving null
891 We must find methods of maintaining a healthy ecological balance on earth. If there is any spare effort left over from these absolute necessities, we can put them into other projects - otherwise not. Isaac Asimov Asimov, Isaac null
892 I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one goes around worrying about are of no importance whatsoever. Isak Dinesen Dinesen, Isak null
893 The flamingos are the most delicately colored of all the African birds, pink and red like a flying twig of an oleander bush. Isak Dinesen Dinesen, Isak null
894 We fight to great disadvantage when we fight with those who have nothing to lose. Italian Proverb Proverb - Italian null
895 Of three things the devil makes a stew: lawyers' tongues, lovers' promises and ungrateful children. Italian Proverb Proverb - Italian null
896 If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything, is ready we shall never begin. Ivan Turgenev Turgenev, Ivan null
897 Any woman who has a career and a family automatically develops something in the way of two personalities, like two sides of a dollar bill, each different in design. Her problem is to keep one from draining the life from the other. Ivy Baker Priest Priest, Ivy Baker null
898 Toil and be strong. By toil the flaccid nerves grow firm, and gain a more compacted tone. J. Armstrong Armstrong, J. null
899 Any young man with good health and a poor appetite can save up money. J. Bailey Bailey, J. null
900 A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman of the next generation. J. F. Clarke Clarke, J. F. null
901 Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. James F. Stephens Stephens, James F. null
902 That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures. J. G. Holland Holland, J. G. null
903 A man always has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason. J. P. Morgan Morgan, J. P. null
904 If you can count your money, you are not really a rich man. J. Paul Getty Getty, J. Paul null
905 It is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about his country as about his sweetheart. J. R. Russell Russell, J. R. null
906 My best feature's my smile. And smiles - praise heaven - don't get fat. Jack Nicholson Nicholson, Jack null
907 You say, "Let's get it done real," but acting is just one version of the unreal after another. Jack Nicholson Nicholson, Jack null
908 Without everybody embracing what we want to do, we haven't got a prayer. Jack Welch Welch, Jack null
909 Don't finesse the numbers; tell it like it is, address the harsh realities of your situations. Jack Welch Welch, Jack null
910 Self-confidence is the fuel of productivity and creativity, decisiveness and speed. Jack Welch Welch, Jack null
911 A coward flees backward, away from new things. A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things. Jacques Maritain Maritain, Jacques null
912 The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions. James A. Garfield Garfield, James A. null
913 Nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim. James A. Garfield Garfield, James A. null
914 A man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind. James Adams Adams, James null
915 We live in an age when silence is not only criminal but suicidal. If they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night. James Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur null
916 Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart, for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. James Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur null
917 The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. James Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur null
918 Why is the king of hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache? James Branch Branch, James null
919 The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. James Branch Cabell Cabell, James Branch null
920 Medicine: the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence. James Bryce Bryce, James null
921 A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has its boots on. James Callaghan Callaghan, James null
922 Slogans are both exciting and comforting, but they are also powerful opiates for the conscience. James Conant Conant, James null
923 I had a terrible nightmare. I dreamed that all the truths were known. James Feibleman Feibleman, James K. null
924 Help a man in trouble and he will remember you when he's in trouble again. James Feibleman Feibleman, James K. null
925 Every time we see Hamlet in a new and improved version, it almost seems as though we have lost him. James Feibleman Feibleman, James K. null
926 Adults have trouble opening the safety cap on aspirin bottles but children can do it easily. James Feibleman Feibleman, James K. null
927 Contract bridge was invented to save people the embarrassment of having to talk to each other. James Feibleman Feibleman, James K. null
928 The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails. James Joyce Joyce, James null
929 Riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and environs. James Joyce Joyce, James null
930 Every book has a strong individual character, like a leader among men. James K. Feibleman Feibleman, James K. null
931 Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will bring about right results. James L. Allen Allen, James L. null
932 A little flattery will support a man through the great fatigue. James Monroe Monroe, James null
933 They are slaves who fear to speak for the fallen and the weak. James R. Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
934 Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. James Robinson Robinson, James Harvey null
935 He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson of statecraft. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
936 What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
937 Democracy is a form of government that gives every man a right to be his own oppressor. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
938 It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
939 Life is not any use at all unless we find a laugh here and there. James F. Stephens Stephens, James F. null
940 If your husband ceases to call you "sugarfoot" or "candy eyes" or "cutie fudge pie" during the first year of your marriage, it is not necessarily a sign that he has come to take you for granted or that he no longer cares. James Thurber Thurber, James null
941 Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy and dead. James Thurber Thurber, James null
942 No man who has wrestled with a self adjusting card table can ever be quite the man he once was. James Thurber Thurber, James null
943 All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. James Thurber Thurber, James null
944 He and I should not in the least agree of course, in our ideas of nobels and heroines; pictures of perfection as you know make me sick and wicked. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
945 One man's way may be as good as another, but we all like our own best. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
946 After all, what is reality anyway? Nothing but a collective hunch. Jane Wagner Wagner, Jane null
947 Hint to farmers: what ought to be done today, do it, for tomorrow it may rain. Jared Eliot Eliot, Jared null
948 Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. Jean Cocteau Cocteau, Jean null
949 Sarcasm is the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. Jean De La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
950 Next to sound judgement, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world. Jean De La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
951 The Montreal Olympics can no more have a deficit than a man can have a baby. Jean Drapeau Drapeau, Jean null
952 No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets truth. Jean Giraudoux Giraudoux, Jean null
953 Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left. Jean Kerr Kerr, Jean null
954 Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them. Jean Kerr Kerr, Jean null
955 Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost. Jean Rousseau Rousseau, Jean-Jacques null
956 Avarice is like a pig which seeks its food in the mud, without caring where it comes from. Jean Vianney Vianney, Jean null
957 To age well it helps to have two things: fame and money. Jeanne Moreau Moreau, Jeanne null
958 Man must be invented each day. Jean-Paul Sartre Sartre, Jean-Paul null
959 You are free, therefore choose - that is to say, invent. No rule of general morality can show you what you ought to do. Jean-Paul Sartre Sartre, Jean-Paul null
960 Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm. Jelly Roll Morton Morton, Jelly Roll null
961 If you don't have good stories to tell on your deathbed, what good was living? Jennifer Tilly Tilly, Jennifer null
962 Music is almost as dangerous as gunpowder; and it maybe requires looking after no less than the press, or the mint. 'Tis possible a public regulation might not be amiss. Jeremy Collier Collier, Jeremy null
963 Enjoy the blessings of the day if God sends them: and the evils bear patiently and sweetly; for this day only is ours: we are dead to yesterday, and not born to tomorrow. Jeremy Taylor Taylor, Jeremy null
964 The greatest evils are from within us; and from ourselves also we must look for the greatest good. Jeremy Taylor Taylor, Jeremy null
965 I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house. Jerome K. Jerome Jerome, Jerome K. null
966 It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. Jerome K. Jerome Jerome, Jerome K. null
967 I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. Jerome D. Salinger Salinger, Jerome D. null
968 A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor - for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. Jessamyn West West, Jessamyn null
969 She is a gray cat, but around her eyes the fur is black, so that she looks a little like those fifteen-year-olds who believe that being Cleopatra is mostly a matter of mascara. Jessamyn West West, Jessamyn null
970 Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. Jesse Jackson Jackson, Jesse null
971 America is not like a blanket - one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt - many patches, many pieces, many colors many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread. Jesse Jackson Jackson, Jesse null
972 I'm strong, powerful, and artistic. But I have my doubts as much as anyone. And there are so many more things to life than skating - I hope. Jill Trenary Trenary, Jill null
973 Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake in the afternoon. Jilly Cooper Cooper, Jilly null
974 The lawyer and the doctor and other professional men have often a touch of civilization. The banker and the merchant seldom. Jim Tully Tully, Jim null
975 Golf cart: a method of transporting clubs that has one big advantage; it can't count. Joachim Heinrich Heinrich, Joachim null
976 The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one. Joan Baez Baez, Joan null
977 As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists. Joan Gussow Gussow, Joan null
978 I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them. Joan Rivers Rivers, Joan null
979 I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes, and six months later you have to start all over again. Joan Rivers Rivers, Joan null
980 It doesn't take intelligence to be an actor. Jodie Foster Foster, Jodie null
981 A goal is nothing more than a dream with a time limit. Joe L. Griffith Griffith, Joe L. null
982 The most popular labor saving device today is still a husband with money. Joey Adams Adams, Joey null
983 He who is firm and resolute in will molds the world to himself. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
984 Man is an imitative creature, and whoever is foremost leads the herd. Johann Von Schiller Schiller, Johann Friedrich von null
985 Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing. John Andrew Holmes Holmes, John Andrew null
986 Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. John Andrew Holmes Holmes, John Andrew null
987 The trouble with this life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time. John Barrymore Barrymore, John null
988 Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so... And moreover my mother taught me as a boy (repeatingly) "ever to confess you're bored means you have no inner resources." John Berryman Berryman, John null
989 A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. John Burroughs Burroughs, John null
990 War destroys men but luxury destroys mankind; at once it corrupts the body and mind. John Crowne Crowne, John null
991 Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. John Dewey Dewey, John null
992 What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child that must the community want for all its children. John Dewey Dewey, John null
993 Failure is instructive. The person who thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. John Dewey Dewey, John null
994 One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it. John Dryden Dryden, John null
995 Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies. John Dryden Dryden, John null
996 A beautiful woman is one I notice; a charming woman is one who notices me. John Erskine Erskine, John null
997 Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
998 The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
999 In essence the renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters. John Fowles Fowles, John null
1000 Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven. John French Sloan Sloan, John French null
1001 I like the hair upon your shoulders, falling like water over boulders. I like the shoulders, too; they are essential. Your collar-bones have great potential, I'd like all your particulars in folders marked confidential. John Fuller Fuller, John null
1002 Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang. John Galsworthy Galsworthy, John null
1003 There, I guess King George will be able to read that. John Hancock Hancock, John null
1004 If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by a spectacular error. John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth null
1005 Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth null
1006 A wrong decision isn't forever; it can always be reversed. The losses from a delayed decision are forever; they can never be retrieved. John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth null
1007 One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know. John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth null
1008 Those in the cheap seats clap, the rest of you rattle your jewelry. John Lennon Lennon, John null
1009 How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington D. C. as a city that goes around in circles. John Mason Brown Brown, John Mason null
1010 At school I never minded the lessons. I just resented having to work terribly hard at playing. John Mortimer Mortimer, John null
1011 A dose of poison can do its work only once, but a bad book can go on poisoning people's minds for any length of time. John Murray Murray, John null
1012 If two angels were sent down from heaven, one to conduct an empire, and the other to sweep a street, they would feel no inclination to change employments. John Newton Newton, John null
1013 I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong. John Osborne Osborne, John null
1014 I can scarcely recollect a single instance of success to anything that I ever undertook. Yet, with fervent gratitude to God, I confess that my life has been equally marked by great and signal success which I neither aimed at nor anticipated. John Quincy Adams Adams, John Quincy null
1015 Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions. John Randolph Randolph, John null
1016 Your railroad, when you come to understand it, is only a device for making the world smaller. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
1017 Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or he will certainly misunderstand them. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
1018 Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
1019 Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet. John Selden Selden, John null
1020 Facts don't lie - not if you've got enough of 'em. John Stephen Strange Strange, John Stephen null
1021 All good things which exist are the fruits of originality. John Stuart Mill Mill, John Stuart null
1022 The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. John Stuart Mill Mill, John Stuart null
1023 The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion. God is the self projected onto reality by our natural and necessary optimism. He is the not-me personified. John Updike Updike, John null
1024 Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, and the problem is that I don't know which half. John Wanamaker Wanamaker, John null
1025 There are fewer things more painful than to recognize one's own faults in others. John Wells Wells, John null
1026 Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. John Wooden Wooden, John null
1027 No experiment is ever a complete failure. It can always be used as a bad example. Johnny Carson Carson, Johnny null
1028 It is worth a thousand pounds a year to have the habit of looking on the bright side of things. Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1029 When the missionaries arrived, the Africans had the land, and the missionaries had the bible; they taught us to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the bible. Jomo Kenyatta Kenyatta, Jomo null
1030 No new Planet Hollywoods are opening, which has caused a one-hundred percent decline in opportunities for Bruce Willis to play the harmonica. Jon Stewart Stewart, Jon null
1031 One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan null
1032 She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a pitchfork. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan null
1033 The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb. Jorge Luis Borges Borges, Jorge Luis null
1034 Yesterday's idea does not influence that of today. It influences a man who reacts with a new idea. Jose Ortega y Gasset Gasset, Jose Ortega y null
1035 What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. They are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph null
1036 Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish, that when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens all the water about him, till he becomes invisible. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph null
1037 It is ridiculous for any man to criticize the works of another if he has not distinguished himself by his own performances. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph null
1038 We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph null
1039 The departure from the world is regarded not as a fault, but as the first step into that noble path at the remotest turn of which illumination is to be won. Joseph Campbell Campbell, Joseph null
1040 The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph null
1041 All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upwards on the miseries or credulities of mankind. Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph null
1042 The intention of every other piece of prose may be discussed and even mistrusted; but the purpose of a cookery book is one and unmistakable. Its object can conceivably be no other than to increase the happiness of mankind. Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph null
1043 You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough. Joseph E. Levine Levine, Joseph E. null
1044 Within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we will live. Joseph Epstein Epstein, Joseph null
1045 Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour. Joseph Hall Hall, Joseph null
1046 For every bad there might be a worse; and when one breaks his leg let him be thankful it was not his neck. Joseph Hall Hall, Joseph null
1047 Whatever makes for dealing with others exhilarates; whatever makes for dealing with oneself depresses. Joseph Joubert Joubert, Joseph null
1048 Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it. Joseph Russell Lynes Jr. Lynes, Joseph Russell, Jr. null
1049 As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines. Joseph Wood Krutch Krutch, Joseph Wood null
1050 Better that a girl has beauty than brains, because boys see better than they think. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1051 Solitude: a good place to visit, but a poor place to stay. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1052 About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1053 As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1054 Most people repent of their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1055 Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1056 Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing well those cards you hold. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1057 There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1058 There are people so addicted to exaggeration they can't tell the truth without lying. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1059 If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1060 The road to ruin is always kept in good repair, and the travelers pay the expense of it. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1061 Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1062 Genuine grief is like penitence, not glamorous, but subdued. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
1063 Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living. Josiah Royce Royce, Josiah null
1064 Hard labor: a redundancy, like "working mother." Joyce Armor Armor, Joyce null
1065 Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality. Joyce Carol Oates Oates, Joyce Carol null
1066 The greatest assassin of life is haste, the desire to reach things before the right time, which means overreaching them. Juan Ramon Jimenez Jimenez, Juan Ramon null
1067 A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. Judith Martin Martin, Judith null
1068 Losing is the price we pay for living. It is also the source of much of our growth and gain. Judith Viorst Viorst, Judith null
1069 A ship, to run a straight course, can have but one pilot and one steering wheel. Jules Ormont Ormont, Jules null
1070 The relation of genius to talent is the same as that of instinct to reason Jules Renard Renard, Jules null
1071 There are moments when everything turns out right. Don't let it alarm you; they pass Jules Renard Renard, Jules null
1072 The reward of great men is that long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead. Jules Renard Renard, Jules null
1073 Noodles are not only amusing but delicious. Julia Child Child, Julia null
1074 How much easier it is to be generous than just! Men are sometimes bountiful who are not honest. Junius Junius null
1075 If it is a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
1076 Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
1077 You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
1078 The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace. Kate Chopin Chopin, Kate null
1079 I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true. Katharine Hepburn Hepburn, Katharine null
1080 In the next year or so, my signature will appear on sixty billion dollars of united states currency. More important to me, however, is the signature that appears on my life - the strong, proud, assertive handwriting of a loving father and mother. Katherine D Ortega Ortega, Katherine D. null
1081 I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out. Katherine Dunn Dunn, Katherine null
1082 February is just plain malicious. It knows your defenses are down. Katherine Paterson Paterson, Katherine null
1083 It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you. Katherine Paterson Paterson, Katherine null
1084 I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get any work done. Katherine Whitehorn Whitehorn, Katherine null
1085 A food is not necessarily essential because your child hates it. Katherine Whitehorn Whitehorn, Katherine null
1086 Life is easier to take than you'd think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable. Kathleen Norris Norris, Kathleen null
1087 Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. Kathleen Norris Norris, Kathleen null
1088 The memory of having been read to is a solace one carries through adulthood. It can wash over a multitude of parental sins. Kathleen Rockwell Lawrence Lawrence, Kathleen Rockwell null
1089 The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence. Kathleen Turner Turner, Kathleen null
1090 Who cares if the early bird gets the worm? I'll take cinnamon toast and coffee served by a handsome man at noon. Kathy Shaskan Shaskan, Kathy null
1091 One of the first things a bridge player learns is to take it on the shin. Kay Ingram Ingram, Kay null
1092 The most exciting moment of my life was appearing on the stage with Little Richard. Keith Richards Richards, Keith null
1093 Come along... We'll see if tea and buns can make the world a better place. Kenneth Grahame Grahame, Kenneth null
1094 Acting has always been holy to me. When I act I don't get caught lying very often. Kevin Costner Costner, Kevin null
1095 I hear computers basically break down to a bunch of ones and zeros. I don't know how that means I can see naked women on my screen, but God bless you people. Kevin James James, Kevin null
1096 One good thing about living on a farm is that you can fight with your wife without being heard. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1097 Some folks can look so busy doing nothin' that they seem indispensable. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1098 The hardest thing is writing a recommendation for someone we know. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1099 The worst sensation I know of is getting up at night and stepping on a toy train of cars. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1100 An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1101 It is going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1102 The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1103 It would be a swell world if everybody was as pleasant as the fellow who is trying to skin you. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1104 Don't a fellow feel good after he gets out of a store where he nearly bought something. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1105 Classical music is the kind we keep hoping will turn into a tune. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1106 Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1107 Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1108 There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1109 It seems the less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1110 I don't know anything as willing, and that seems to enjoy its work, as a revolving door. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
1111 TV cameras seem to add ten pounds to me. So I make it a point never to eat TV cameras. Kitty Carlisle Carlisle, Kitty null
1112 You are at last officially full-grown men and women - what you were biologically by age fifteen or so. I am sorry as I can be that it took so long and cost so much for you to at last receive licenses as grown-ups. Kurt Vonnegut, Commencement Address Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. null
1113 It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that a man can always solve his problems. This is so untrue that it makes me want to laugh - or cry. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. null
1114 It was one of those wet, miserable evenings, gratis copies distributed by November through the year. L. E. Landon Landon, L. E. null
1115 We might be more eager to accept advice if it didn't continually interfere with our plans. L. L. Levinson Levinson, Leonard Louis null
1116 An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves. L. M. Child Child, Lydia M. null
1117 It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it? L. M. Montgomery Montgomery, Lucy Maud null
1118 How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares were there any danger of their coming true? L. P. Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall null
1119 The majority of men employ the first portion of their life in making the other portion miserable. La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
1120 Greater qualities are necessary to bear good fortune than bad. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
1121 It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold than of the office which one fills. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
1122 Self-interest, though made responsible for all our crimes, often deserves the credit of our good actions. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
1123 The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
1124 What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
1125 The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
1126 Passion often makes fools of the ablest men, and able men of the most foolish. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
1127 If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
1128 Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes. Lady Blessington Blessington, Lady null
1129 The pretty fellows you speak of, I own, entertain me sometimes, but is it possible to be diverted with what one despises? Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley null
1130 It isn't the common man at all who is important; it's the uncommon man. Lady Nancy Astor Astor, Lady Nancy null
1131 The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it. Laurence Sterne Sterne, Laurence null
1132 Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other. Laurence Sterne Sterne, Laurence null
1133 I don't call it gossip. I call it "emotional speculation." Laurie Colwin Colwin, Laurie null
1134 You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad. Lavater Lavater, Johann Kaspar null
1135 The manner of giving shows the character of the giver more than the gift itself. Lavater Lavater, Johann Kaspar null
1136 I love to feel events overlapping each other, crawling over one another like wet crabs in a basket. Lawrence Durrell Durrell, Lawrence null
1137 Some sense of security is necessary to happy or healthful living, but you cannot get it by refusing to take chances any more than a country can get it by living behind walls. Lawrence Gould Gould, Lawrence null
1138 Speak when you're angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Various Authors are credited - see https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/05/17/angry-speech/ Unknown null
1139 You have riches and freedom here but I have no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love? Lech Walesa, In Paris Walesa, Lech null
1140 Freud found guilt the core, the center, and the censor of civilization. The repression of our instinctual demands makes human society possible. Guilt is our helmsman and our scourge. Leo Rosten Rosten, Leo null
1141 You can understand people better if you look at them - no matter how old or important or impressive they may be - as if they are children. For most men never mature; they simply grow taller. Leo Rosten Rosten, Leo null
1142 First-rate people hire first rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people. Leo Rosten Rosten, Leo null
1143 Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
1144 Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. Leon Suenens Suenens, Leon null
1145 If we had more time for discussion, we should probably have made many more mistakes. Leon Trotsky Trotsky, Leon null
1146 I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin. Leonard Cohen Cohen, Leonard null
1147 You never know how dirty your hands are until you peel a hard cooked egg or go into politics. Leonard L. Levinson Levinson, Leonard Louis null
1148 People who live in stone houses should never throw glasses. Leonard Louis Levinson Levinson, Leonard Louis null
1149 If at first you don't succeed, you're doing about average. Leonard Louis Levinson Levinson, Leonard Louis null
1150 A bird is an instrument working according to mathematical law, which instrument it is within the capacity of man to reproduce with all its movements. Leonardo Da Vinci da Vinci, Leonardo null
1151 I'm in real trouble. First my laundry called and said they lost my shirt, then my broker said the same thing. Leopold Fechtman Fechtman, Leopold null
1152 People who talk of outlawing the atomic bomb are mistaken. What needs to be outlawed is war. Leslie Richard Groves Groves, Leslie Richard null
1153 Should a single disappointed hope make us so hostile toward the world? Lessing Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim null
1154 The trouble with being punctual is that no one's there to appreciate it. Lettice Philpots Philpots, Lettice null
1155 Curtsy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time. Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis null
1156 Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes. Lewis Grizzard Grizzard, Lewis null
1157 Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph null
1158 Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than in any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty. Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian null
1159 God forgives those who invent what they need. Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian null
1160 If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library? Lily Tomlin Tomlin, Lily null
1161 Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. Lin Yutang Yutang, Lin null
1162 If men rule the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck? Linda Ellerbee Ellerbee, Linda null
1163 Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity, and difficulty. Lionel Trilling Trilling, Lionel null
1164 A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself. Lisa Kirk Kirk, Lisa null
1165 Avarice and luxury, those pests which have ever been the ruin of every great state. Livy Livy null
1166 She made voluptuousness a common American commodity, as accessible as chewing gum. Lloyd Morris, On Theda Bara Morris, Lloyd null
1167 When they come downstairs from their ivory towers, idealists are apt to walk straight into the gutter. Logan P. Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall null
1168 People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall null
1169 Be still sad heart and cease repining, behind the clouds the sun is still shining. Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
1170 Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought. Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
1171 Lay aside the best book whenever you can go into the best company; and depend upon it, you change for the better. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
1172 Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
1173 He who has the most friends and the fewest enemies is the strongest. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
1174 It is often more necessary to conceal contempt than resentment, the former being never forgiven, but the latter sometimes forgot. Wrongs are often forgiven; contempt never. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
1175 Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
1176 A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
1177 No man is so insignificant as to be sure his example can do no hurt. Lord Clarendon Clarendon, Lord null
1178 Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effects when taken in large quantities. Lord Dunsany Dunsany, Lord null
1179 The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right. Lord Hailsham Hailsham, Lord null
1180 The invisible thing called a good name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you. Lord Halifax Halifax, Lord null
1181 They who are of the opinion that money will do everything may very well be expected to do everything for money. Lord Halifax Halifax, Lord null
1182 There is nothing like education for bringing to light, and assessing, the essential inequality between one mind and another. Lord Hewart Hewart, Lord null
1183 I published a small book on humility... A pioneering work which has not, to my knowledge been superseded. Lord Longford Longford, Lord null
1184 The so-called new morality is too often the old immorality condoned. Lord Shawcross Shawcross, Lord null
1185 If you want a place in the sun you have to expect a few blisters. Loretta Young Young, Loretta null
1186 There is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each with our own little picture in front of us, our own little mirage that we think is the future. Lorraine Hansberry Hansberry, Lorraine null
1187 Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. Louis Brandeis Brandeis, Louis D. null
1188 If we would be guided by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold. Louis D. Brandeis Brandeis, Louis D. null
1189 Fame is based on what people say about you, reputation on what they think of you. Louis Dudek Dudek, Louis null
1190 Although politicians hold no monopoly on speaking without thinking, they certainly have a knack for it. Louis E. Boone Boone, Louis E. null
1191 What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him. Louis L. Mann Mann, Louis L. null
1192 A beautiful lady is an accident of nature, a beautiful old lady is a work of art. Louis Nizer Nizer, Louis null
1193 Outside their laboratories, the physician and chemist are soldiers without arms on the field of battle. Louis Pasteur Pasteur, Louis null
1194 The apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger. Lucan Lucan null
1195 In life, all things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. Lucille Ball Ball, Lucille null
1196 Man sinks almost to the level of an animal when eating becomes his chief pleasure. Ludwig Van Beethoven Beethoven, Ludwig Van null
1197 The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein Wittgenstein, Ludwig null
1198 We must not allow prejudice to become a barrier to the full and effective use of our greatest national resources - the talents of our people. Lynn A. Townsend Townsend, Lynn A. null
1199 Through politics men can learn to use ballots instead of bullets, symbols instead of weapons. M. Ascoli Ascoli, M. null
1200 Our business in life is not to get ahead of other people, but to get ahead of ourselves. M. D. Babcock Babcock, Maltbie D. null
1201 Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth. M. Henry Henry, M. null
1202 The artistic temperament sometimes seems to me to be a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling, and when the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo "David" or a Beethoven symphony Madeleine L'engle L'engle, Madeleine null
1203 I've always known this was going to happen to me. My success was something that was meant to be. Madonna Madonna null
1204 I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs. Mae West West, Mae null
1205 You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins. Mae West West, Mae null
1206 Save a boyfriend for a rainy day. And another in case it doesn't rain. Mae West West, Mae null
1207 Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. Mae West West, Mae null
1208 It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing - that's the Lord's test. Mahalia Jackson Jackson, Mahalia null
1209 I'm just a good, strong Louisiana woman who can cook rice so every grain stands by itself. Mahalia Jackson Jackson, Mahalia null
1210 If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
1211 A turtle lays thousands of eggs and no one knows but when a hen lays an egg, the whole world is informed. Malay Proverb Proverb - Malaysian null
1212 A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a liana that can be bent but not broken. Malaysian Adage Proverb - Malaysian null
1213 It is unfortunate we can't buy many business executives for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth. Malcolm Forbes Forbes, Malcolm null
1214 All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last. Marcel Proust Proust, Marcel null
1215 Heredity: the thing a child gets from the other side of the family. Marcelene Cox Cox, Marcelene null
1216 Nature and certainty are very hard to come at, and infallibility is mere vanity and pretense. Marcus Antonius Antonius, Marcus null
1217 When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it. Margaret Chase Smith Smith, Margaret Chase null
1218 She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along. Margaret Culkin Banning Banning, Margaret Culkin null
1219 Affluence was, quite simply, a question of texture. The threadbare carpets of infancy, the coconut matting, the ill-laid linoleum, the utility furniture has all spoken of a life too near the bones of subsistence, too little padded, too severely worn. Margaret Drabble Drabble, Margaret null
1220 And there isn't any way that one can get rid of the guilt of having a nice body by saying that one can serve society with it, because that would end up with oneself as what? There simply doesn't seem to be any moral place for flesh. Margaret Drabble Drabble, Margaret null
1221 Sometimes it seems the only accomplishment my education ever bestowed on me was the ability to think in quotations. Margaret Drabble Drabble, Margaret null
1222 Every time I think I've touched bottom as far as boredom is concerned, new vistas of ennui open up. Margaret Halsey Halsey, Margaret null
1223 In some families, "please" is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was "sorry." Margaret Laurence Laurence, Margaret null
1224 Canadians are Americans with no Disneyland. Margaret Mahy Mahy, Margaret null
1225 We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret null
1226 I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret null
1227 Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret null
1228 Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness. Margaret Millar Millar, Margaret null
1229 I don't mind how much my ministers talk, as long as they do what I say. Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret null
1230 You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive. Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret null
1231 If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman. Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret null
1232 I can trust my husband not to fall asleep on a public platform and he usually claps in the right places. Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret null
1233 He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head. Margot Asquith Asquith, Margot null
1234 She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake. Margot Asquith Asquith, Margot null
1235 Traveling carries with it the curse of being at home everywhere and yet nowhere, for wherever one is some part of oneself remains on another continent. Margot Fonteyn Fonteyn, Margot null
1236 His technique is astounding, yet everything is accomplished with the air of someone sauntering through the park on a spring morning. Margot Fonteyn, On Fred Astaire Fonteyn, Margot null
1237 Idiom is larger than geography; it is the hot breath of a people - singing, slashing, explorative. Imagery becomes the magic denominator, the language of a passage, saying the ancient unchanging particulars. Mari Evans Evans, Mari null
1238 For every man with a baseball story - a memory of a moment at the plate or in the field - there is a woman with a couldn't play baseball story. Mariah Burton Nelson Nelson, Mariah Burton null
1239 I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night. Marie Corelli Corelli, Marie null
1240 All my life through, the new sight of nature made me rejoice like a child. Marie Curie Curie, Marie null
1241 I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy. Marie Curie Curie, Marie null
1242 Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. Marilyn Ferguson Ferguson, Marilyn null
1243 I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful. Marilyn Monroe Monroe, Marilyn null
1244 A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns. Mario Puzo Puzo, Mario null
1245 Man needs his foolish dreams perhaps more than he needs anything else. It can be argued that man's instinct to gamble is the only reason he is still not a monkey up in the trees. Mario Puzo Puzo, Mario null
1246 There is no incompatibility between literary creation and political activity. Mario Vargas Llosa Llosa, Mario Vargas null
1247 Public opinion is the last refuge of a politician without any opinion of his own. Mark Bonham Carter Carter, Mark Bonham null
1248 A high fiber breakfast is very essential. Always eat your cereal before it shrinks. Mark Russell Russell, Mark null
1249 Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1250 Principles have no real force except when one is well fed. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1251 The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1252 The recurrent dream. Mine is appearing before lecture audiences in my shirttail. A most disagreeable dream. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1253 The true statesman does not despise any wisdom, howsoever lowly may be its origin. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1254 When I take up one of Jane Austen's books, I feel like a barkeeper entering the kingdom of heaven. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1255 German is the language which enables a man to travel all day in one sentence without changing cars. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1256 I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1257 Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1258 Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second hand diamonds than none at all. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1259 The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1260 George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1261 Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1262 In New England in the spring I have counted one hundred thirty-six kinds of weather in twenty-four hours. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1263 You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1264 Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1265 Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1266 Always do right. This will gratify some and astound the rest. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
1267 Soup not only warms you and is easy to swallow and to digest, it also creates the illusion in the back of your mind that mother is there. Marlene Dietrich Dietrich, Marlene null
1268 The richest man in the world is not the one who still has the first dollar he ever earned. It's the man who still has his first friend. Marsha Mason Mason, Marsha null
1269 There are no passengers on spaceship earth. Everybody's crew. Marshall McLuhan McLuhan, Marshall null
1270 Remember Babe Ruth and think about just one thing - hitting the ball. Marston Marston null
1271 Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. Martha Gellhorn Gellhorn, Martha null
1272 The body is a sacred garment. Martha Graham Graham, Martha null
1273 I can't take it with me I know, but will it last until I go? Martha Newmeyer Newmeyer, Martha null
1274 If God had meant us to travel tourist class, He would have made us narrower. Martha Zimmerman Zimmerman, Martha null
1275 Tomorrow I will live, the fool does say; today's too late; the wise lived yesterday. Martial Martial null
1276 Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
1277 Don't doubt me, because that's when I get stronger. I like to see the smiles on people's faces when I show them I can do the impossible. Marvin Hagler Hagler, Marvin null
1278 I've found two gray hairs in my head the week before last, and an impertinent crow has planted a delicate impression of his foot under my right eye. Mary Elizabeth Braddon Braddon, Mary Elizabeth null
1279 To be poor may be a misfortune, but it is not a fault. Mary Harrison Harrison, Mary null
1280 It's not that women try to do too much. It's that women have too much to do. Mary Kay Blakely Blakely, Mary Kay null
1281 There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing. Mary McCarthy McCarthy, Mary null
1282 In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom. Mary Robinson Robinson, Mary null
1283 The sum of all that makes a man happy consists in the well choosing of his wife. Massinger Massinger null
1284 The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. Matthew Arnold Arnold, Matthew null
1285 I've discovered over the years that if my hair is all right, then generally speaking, so am I. Maureen Lipman Lipman, Maureen null
1286 Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold. Maurice Seitter Seitter, Maurice null
1287 Adversity has made many a man great, who had he remained prosperous would only have been rich. Maurice Switzer Switzer, Maurice null
1288 He's very superstitious. He thinks it's unlucky to walk under a black cat. Max Kauffmann Kauffmann, Max null
1289 If men talked about only what they understood, the silence would become unbearable. Max Lerner Lerner, Max null
1290 Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
1291 The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
1292 You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it's all right. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
1293 Our spiritual peril is the new idolatry - the worship of the god of bigness and the god of speed. McIlyar Lichliter Lichliter, McIlyar null
1294 You are not as bright as you feel after the second drink. Peg Bracken Bracken, Peg null
1295 Hope for the best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed. Mel Brooks Brooks, Mel null
1296 Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do. Mencius Mencius null
1297 I sometimes look into the face of my dog Stan and see wistful sadness and existential angst, when all he is actually doing is slowly scanning the ceiling for flies. Merrill Markoe Markoe, Merrill null
1298 You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing. Meryl Streep Streep, Meryl null
1299 Intuition: that strange instinct that tells a woman she is right, whether she is or not. Methodist Reader Methodist Reader null
1300 It is amazing how nice people are to you when they know you are going away. Michael Arlen Arlen, Michael null
1301 It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but does take his work seriously. Michael C. Cahill Cahill, Michael C. null
1302 Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it. Michael Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
1303 Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie. Michel De Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
1304 Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. Michelangelo Michelangelo null
1305 When I look at a Kevin Costner film, I fall asleep. Mickey Rourke Rourke, Mickey null
1306 Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills. Miguel Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de null
1307 I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation. Mike Todd Todd, Mike null
1308 Industrial archaeology believes that a thing that doesn't work anymore is far more interesting than a thing that still works. Miles Kington Kington, Miles null
1309 Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom. Millard Fillmore Fillmore, Millard null
1310 Being popular is important. Otherwise people might not like you. Mimi Pond Pond, Mimi null
1311 It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. Miss Manners (Judith Martin) Martin, Judith null
1312 When you are in love with someone you want to be near him all the time, except when you are out buying things and charging them to him. Miss Piggy Miss Piggy null
1313 I have said I am the greatest. Ain't nobody ever heard me say I was the smartest. Muhammad Ali Ali, Muhammad null
1314 The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. Muhammad Ali Ali, Muhammad null
1315 I hate privilege and monopoly. Whatever cannot be shared with the masses is taboo to me. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
1316 Good heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it. Moliere Moliere null
1317 The greater the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue. Moliere Moliere null
1318 Debts are nowadays like children... Begot with pleasure and brought forth with pain. Moliere Moliere null
1319 We easily enough confess to others as to the advantage of courage, strength, experience, activity, and beauty, but an advantage in judgment we yield to none. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
1320 Confidence in another man's virtue is no slight evidence of one's own. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
1321 Give me the provisions and whole apparatus of a kitchen and I would starve. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
1322 When I play with my cat, who knows but that she regards me more as a plaything than I do her. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
1323 Passover affirms the great truth that liberty is the inalienable right of every human being. Morris Joseph Joseph, Morris null
1324 There is no point in our ancestors speaking to us unless we know how to listen. Mortimer Adler Adler, Mortimer null
1325 Divorce: that's when a husband no longer has to bring the money home to his wife. He can mail it. Morty Craft Craft, Morty null
1326 Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
1327 Much of good manners is about knowing when to pretend that what's happening isn't happening. Mrs. Falk Feeley Feeley, Mrs. Falk null
1328 Tallulah Bankhead is always skating on thin ice. Everyone wants to be there when it breaks. Mrs. Patrick Campbell Campbell, Mrs. Patrick null
1329 To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are. Muhammad Ali Ali, Muhammad null
1330 The older I get, the more of my mother I see in myself. Nancy Friday Friday, Nancy null
1331 We deserve the choice to do whatever we want with our faces and bodies without being punished by an ideology that is using attitudes, economic pressure, and even legal judgments regarding women's appearance to undermine us psychologically and politically. Naomi Wolf Wolf, Naomi null
1332 Why and how are words so essential that they cannot be too often used. Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon null
1333 A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
1334 Constitutions are the work of time; one cannot leave too large a space for improvements. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
1335 I love a brave soldier who has undergone the baptism of fire. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
1336 What a delightful thing rest is! The bed has become a place of luxury to me. I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
1337 No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
1338 The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man. Nelson Algren Algren, Nelson null
1339 The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken too seriously. Nicholas Murray Butler Butler, Nicholas Murray null
1340 As I walk from crap game to crap game, my brain becomes active and agile and dwells on lofty thoughts. Nick "The Greek" Dandalos Dandalos, Nick "The Greek" null
1341 Gold gives even to plainness the color of beauty. Nicolas Boileau Boileau, Nicolas null
1342 One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts of truths, profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth, in contrast to trivialities where opposites are obviously absurd. Niels Bohr Bohr, Niels null
1343 If you live among wolves, you have to act like a wolf. Nikita Khrushchev Khrushchev, Nikita null
1344 We might have had a two party system, but one of the two parties would be in office and the other in prison. Nikolai Bukharin Bukharin, Nikolai null
1345 There is a kind of laughter which is worthy to be ranked with the higher lyric emotions and is infinitely different from the twitching of a mean merrymaker. Nikolai Gogol Gogol, Nikolai null
1346 If God has to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet. Ninon De Lenclos L'enclos, Ninon De null
1347 That which is striking and beautiful is not always good; but that which is good is always beautiful. Ninon De L'enclos L'enclos, Ninon De null
1348 It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward Coward, Noel null
1349 At this particular moment, I cannot find so much to laugh at as I would like. Noel Coward Coward, Noel null
1350 I always say that a successful parent is one who raises a child so that they can pay for their own psychoanalysis. Nora Ephron Ephron, Nora null
1351 If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters. Nora Ephron Ephron, Nora null
1352 Believe you are defeated; believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact. Norman Vincent Peale Peale, Norman Vincent null
1353 The best number for a dinner party is two; myself and a damn good head waiter. Nubar Gulbenkian Gulbenkian, Nubar null
1354 A smart wife is one who knows how to retie the Christmas package her husband has hidden from her. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1355 The trait most people enjoy inheriting from their ancestors is trust in the form of an estate O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1356 The man in the greatest danger always is the one who has climbed to the top of the ladder. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1357 A sick boy is one who comes down with a bug on Saturday morning. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1358 Marriage will fast disappear unless it is limited strictly to only one to a customer. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1359 An easy chair is one that is hard to get in and even harder to get out of. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1360 A great speaker is one who rises to the occasion, and promptly sits down. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1361 The shortest distance between two jokes makes a perfect speech. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1362 When it comes to visitors, the most hospitable ones are those who like to listen. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1363 There is no flower in the world that breathes a sweeter fragrance than a freshly bathed baby. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1364 The trouble with some mothers who raise their children by the books is they use the comic books. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1365 There is no better medicine for ailing grandparents than baby grandchildren. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1366 Frequently the fellow who doesn't let grass grow under his feet is too lazy to plant some. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1367 One time you can be sure you have twenty-twenty vision is when you go looking for trouble. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
1368 He looked like a composite picture of five thousand orphans too late to catch a picnic steamboat. O. Henry Henry, O. null
1369 Every family has a choice of keeping up with the neighbors or the creditors. Obscure Origin Unknown null
1370 Tree surgeons are taught to wear safety belts so they won't fall out of patients. Obscure Source Unknown null
1371 There may be luck in getting a job, but there's no luck in keeping it. Ogden Armour Armour, Ogden null
1372 Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
1373 People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
1374 Senescence begins and middle age ends, the day your descendants outnumber your friends. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
1375 Parents were invented to make children happy, by giving them something to ignore. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
1376 Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
1377 For age and want save while you may; no morning sun lasts a whole day. Old Adage Unknown null
1378 Advice to attorneys: never ask a question of a witness if you don't already know the answer. Old Adage Unknown null
1379 Rags make paper, paper makes money, money makes banks, banks make loans, loans make beggars, beggars make rags. Old Rhyme Unknown null
1380 If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead. Olive Schreiner Schreiner, Olive null
1381 As for disappointing them, I should not so much mind; but I can't abide to disappoint myself. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver null
1382 He who seeks only for applause from without has all his happiness in another's keeping. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver null
1383 Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a person of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment recall. Oliver Herford Herford, Oliver null
1384 If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs. Oliver Herford Herford, Oliver null
1385 To be seventy years young is sometimes far more hopeful than to be forty years old. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
1387 Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original shape. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
1388 Men, like peaches and pears, grow sweet a little while before they begin to decay. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
1389 Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
1390 Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
1391 What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
1392 Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. null
1393 Listening to someone talk isn't at all like listening to their words played over on a machine. What you hear when you have a face before you is never what you hear when you have before you a winding tape. Oriana Fallaci Fallaci, Oriana null
1394 If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people. Oriental Adage Proverb - Oriental null
1395 A college education seldom hurts a man if he's willing to learn a little something after he graduates. Origin Obscure Unknown null
1396 If parents haven't learned something from experience, they can always learn it from their children. Origin Unknown Unknown null
1397 What good does it do for the worm to turn - he's the same on all sides. Origin Unknown Unknown null
1398 People who want to get even with others are usually at odds with themselves. Origin Unknown Unknown null
1399 The strong man, the positive, decisive man who has a program and is determined to carry it out, cuts his way to his goal regardless of difficulties. It is the discouraged man who turns aside and takes a crooked path. Orson Swett Marden Marden, Orson Swett null
1400 Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations. Orson Welles Welles, Orson null
1401 What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left. Oscar Levant Levant, Oscar null
1402 If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1403 The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1404 Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless who know love's tragedies. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1405 Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1406 I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, for all I hear, I shouldn't like to. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1407 He has one of those terribly weak natures that are not susceptible to influence. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1408 Know him? I know him so well I haven't spoken to him in ten years. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1409 I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes one far too conceited. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1410 As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1411 Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1412 When a man acts, he is a puppet. When he describes, he is a poet. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1413 He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1414 Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1415 Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1416 Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1417 I love a hand that meets my own with a hold that causes some sensation. Osgood Osgood null
1418 Character development is the great, if not the sole, aim of education O'Shea O'Shea null
1419 When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice. Otto von Bismarck Bismarck, Otto von null
1420 People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election. Otto von Bismarck Bismarck, Otto von null
1421 And easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life. Ouida Ouida null
1422 All the unhappy marriages come from husbands having brains. What good are brains to a man? They only unsettle him. P. G. Wodehouse Wodehouse, P. G. null
1423 Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose, with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
1424 No cheating spouse, no teen with a wrecked family car, no mayor of Washington, Dd. C., videotaped in flagrante delicto has ever come up with anything as farfetched as U. S. Farm policy. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
1425 Though the various scents of garages, showrooms, and racetracks have pleasing associations for me, I've yet to hear a woman say, "mmmmmmm, you smell like a car." P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
1426 Don't hit things you aren't supposed to. An important aspect of golf is knowing what to hit. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
1427 Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
1428 If we could only pull out our brain and use only our eyes. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
1429 You invent something, and then someone comes along and does it pretty. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
1430 An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
1431 A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations. Patricia Neal Neal, Patricia null
1432 I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. Patrick Henry Henry, Patrick null
1433 If you can't deliver the pie in the sky you promised, you'd better redefine the pie. Paul A. Samuelson Samuelson, Paul A. null
1434 There are noble tones, ordinary ones, tranquil harmonies, consoling ones, others which excite by their vigor. Paul Gauguin Gauguin, Paul null
1435 There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison. Paul Goodman Goodman, Paul null
1436 He comes on like a cross between a toreador and Miss World. Shortly after he opens his mouth, any critical response leaps into the foxhole. Paul Mathur, On David Lee Roth Mathur, Paul null
1437 The issues are the same. We wanted peace on earth, love and understanding between everyone around the world. We have learned that change comes slowly. Paul McCartney McCartney, Paul null
1438 Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience. Paul Newman Newman, Paul null
1439 Photographers are the most loathsome inconvenience. They're merciless. They're the pits. Paul Newman Newman, Paul null
1440 Thing is, next to the interviews and photographs, touring is my least favorite thing, but then I get drawn into it and the next thing I know, I'm out on the road. Paul Simon Simon, Paul null
1441 The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. Paul Valery Valery, Paul null
1442 History is the science of what never happens twice. Paul Valery Valery, Paul null
1443 Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance, whereas in Europe such progress is relished because it feels nice. Paul West West, Paul null
1444 There's a kind of blackmail that only the family can exercise over you and it is more powerful than anything the whole of society can do to you. Pedro Almodovar Almodovar, Pedro null
1445 The audience knows I'm not going to do anything after all these years to upset them. Perry Como Como, Perry null
1446 Do little things now; so shall big things come to you by-and-by, by asking to be done. Persian Proverb Proverb - Persian null
1447 Pop has become solemn, irrelevant, and boring. What it needs now is more noise, more size, more sex, more violence, more gimmickry, more vulgarity. Pete Townshend Townshend, Pete null
1448 Quite simply, I feel that The Stones are the world's best rock and roll band. Pete Townshend Townshend, Pete null
1449 You can't be happy with a woman who pronounces both d's in Wednesday. Peter de Vries de Vries, Peter null
1450 The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds; they mature slowly. Peter de Vries de Vries, Peter null
1451 It is necessary to invent quotes more and more these days because professional golfers are gradually losing the power of speech. Already adverbs have been eliminated entirely from their vocabulary. "I hit the ball super but putted just horrible." Peter Dobereiner Dobereiner, Peter null
1452 There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Peter F. Drucker Drucker, Peter F. null
1453 At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all generals. Only some of us never grow out of it. Peter Ustinov Ustinov, Peter null
1454 Thanks to the movies, gunfire has always sounded unreal to me, even when being fired upon. Peter Ustinov Ustinov, Peter null
1455 We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest. Philip Hamerton Hamerton, Philip C. null
1456 I cannot conceive of a good life which isn't, in some sense, a self-disciplined life. Philip Toynbee Toynbee, Philip null
1457 Fang, my husband, says the only thing domestic about me is that I was born in this country. Phyllis Diller Diller, Phyllis null
1458 Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and a three-dollar pantyhose that won't run. Phyllis Diller Diller, Phyllis null
1459 Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves. Phyllis Diller Diller, Phyllis null
1460 A mother's hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you, ripe on a plate. And while you live, relentlessly she understands you. Phyllis McGinley McGinley, Phyllis null
1461 I think this is what hooks one on gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at the creation. Phyllis Theroux Theroux, Phyllis null
1462 He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it. Pierre Charron Charron, Pierre null
1463 When a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he may have the lesser. Plato Plato null
1464 To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days. Plutarch Plutarch null
1465 Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. Plutarch Plutarch null
1466 Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear for a penny. Plutarch Plutarch null
1467 They who are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit. Plutarch Plutarch null
1468 It is stupidvision - where most of the presenters look like they have to pretend to be stupid because they think their audience is. Polly Toynbee Toynbee, Polly null
1469 The worst prison would be a closed heart. Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II null
1470 Men are like wine; some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII null
1471 You may write your term papers in any manner you choose, only, please observe the copyright laws. Prof. F. G. Marsh Marsh, Prof. F. G. null
1472 Neither beg of him who has been a beggar, nor serve him who has been a servant. Proverb Proverb null
1473 Let a fool hold his tongue, and he will pass for a sage. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus null
1474 Fortune is like glass; the brighter the glitter, the more easily it is broken. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus null
1475 It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus null
1476 Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable. Pythagoras Pythagoras null
1477 There was no need to do any housework after all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse. Quentin Crisp Crisp, Quentin null
1478 If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. Quentin Crisp Crisp, Quentin null
1479 Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit. R. E. Shay Shay, R. E. null
1480 Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do. R. G. Collingwood Collingwood, R. G. null
1481 Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted. R. L. Long Long, R. L. null
1482 A critic is a man created to praise men greater than himself, but he is never able to find them R. Le Galienne Le Galienne, R. null
1483 If you want the time to pass fast, just give your note for ninety days. R. Thomas Thomas, R. null
1484 It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. Rachel Carson Carson, Rachel null
1485 I used to think I had ambition, but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused. Rachel Field Field, Rachel null
1486 Democracy is both the best and the most difficult form of political organization - the most difficult because it is the best. Ralph Barton Perry Perry, Ralph Barton null
1487 Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind. Ralph Barton Perry Perry, Ralph Barton null
1488 Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor, and power of the mind, displaying itself from within. Ralph Cudworth Cudworth, Ralph null
1489 An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1490 Heaven is large and affords space for all modes of love and fortitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1491 People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1492 The astonishment of life is the absence of any appearance of reconciliation between the theory and the practice of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1493 The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, but the kind of man that the country turns out. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1494 There is nothing we value and hunt and cultivate and strive to draw to us, but in some hour we turn and rend it. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1495 Nations have lost their old omnipotence; the patriotic tie does not hold. Nations are getting obsolete, we go and live where we will. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1496 Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1497 Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1498 The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1499 When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1500 Good men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1501 The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1502 The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1503 The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
1504 A right is not what someone gives you, it's what no one can take from you. Ramsey Clark Clark, Ramsey null
1505 The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks. Randall Jarrell Jarrell, Randall null
1506 Good talk is like good scenery - continuous, yet constantly varying, and full of the charm of novelty and surprise. Randolph Bourne Bourne, Randolph null
1507 Politicians are necessary, and it'd be foolish to blame them for our troubles. They're just doing what they've always done - looking to survive, looking to climb, trying to please everyone at once, and grinning and lying while they're doing it. Ray Charles Charles, Ray null
1508 The edges of the folded handkerchief in her breast pocket looked sharp enough to slice bread. Raymond Chandler Chandler, Raymond null
1509 Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization. Rebecca West West, Dame Rebecca null
1510 Ibsen cried out for ideas for the same reason that men call out for water, because he had not got any. Rebecca West West, Dame Rebecca null
1511 People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. Rebecca West West, Dame Rebecca null
1512 There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that's all. Rebecca West West, Dame Rebecca null
1513 He's so good, blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch. Reggie Jackson, On Tom Seaver Jackson, Reggie null
1514 Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs - you may live. Remy de Gourmont de Gourmont, Remy null
1515 I'm now at the age where I've got to prove that I'm as good as I never was. Rex Harrison Harrison, Rex null
1516 "The Chase" is the worst thing that has happened to movies since Lassie played a war veteran with amnesia. Rex Reed Reed, Rex null
1517 The first thing I remember liking that liked me back was food. Rhoda Morgenstern, In "Rhoda" Morgenstern, Rhoda null
1518 When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less. Richard Armour Armour, Richard null
1519 Madam, a circulating library in a town is an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge; it blossoms through the year. And depend on it, they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Sheridan, Richard Brinsley null
1520 When the chips are not exactly down but just scattered about, you discover who your real friends are. Richard Burton Burton, Sir Richard null
1521 Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. Richard Feynman Feynman, Richard null
1522 Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known. Richard Ford Ford, Richard null
1523 If we are honest we have to admit that we will never fully know what happened to our ancestors in their journey toward modern humanity. Richard Leakey Leakey, Richard null
1524 I spent too much time in the last campaign on substance and too little time on appearance; I paid too much attention to what I was going to say and too little to how I would look. Richard Nixon Nixon, Richard M. null
1525 Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself. Richard Nixon Nixon, Richard M. null
1526 The difference between people and ideas is only superficial. Richard Rorty Rorty, Richard null
1527 The head, like the stomach, is most easily infected when it is empty. Jean Paul Richter Richter, Jean Paul null
1528 The only exercise I get is when I take the studs out of one of my shirts and put them in another. Ring Lardner Lardner, Ring null
1529 Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television. Rita Mae Brown Brown, Rita Mae null
1530 The time you spend grieving over a man should never exceed the amount of time you actually spent with him. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
1531 Men think they're more important than women because their suit jackets have secret pockets on inside. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
1532 In high school, I was voted the girl most likely to become a nun. That may not be impressive to you, but it was quite an accomplishment at the Hebrew academy. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
1533 There seems to be no limits to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them. They can't believe that anything could be so funny just on its own hook. Robert Benchley Benchley, Robert null
1534 In America there are two classes of travel; first class and with children. Robert Benchley Benchley, Robert null
1535 Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he's supposed to be doing at the moment. Robert Benchley Benchley, Robert null
1536 A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind. Robert Bolton Bolton, Robert null
1537 There are two days in the week when I never worry: one is yesterday, the other is tomorrow. Robert Burdette Burdette, Robert null
1538 Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn. Robert Burns Burns, Robert null
1539 If there is a hell upon earth, it is to be found in a melancholy man's heart. Robert Burton Burton, Robert null
1540 Many women are poor cooks only because their native greatness has been beaten down by ingratitude. Robert Capon Capon, Robert null
1541 Nowadays, people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you can make an image which just slightly suggests something, they can make of it what they will. Robert Doisneau Doisneau, Robert null
1542 About one-fifth of the people are against everything all the time. Robert F. Kennedy Kennedy, Robert F. null
1543 Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. I should have called it something you somehow haven't to deserve. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
1544 Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
1545 Nobody was ever meant to remember or invent what he did with every cent. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
1546 Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
1547 The reason worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
1548 Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of thirty. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
1549 The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. Robert Green Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green null
1550 If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease. Robert Green Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green null
1551 He who has made the acquisition of a judicious and sympathizing friend, may be said to have doubled his mental resources. Robert Hall Hall, Robert null
1552 My poetry is a way of coming to grips with reality, a way of discovery and definition. It is a way of solving for the unknowns. Robert Hayden Hayden, Robert null
1553 Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not. Robert Henri Henri, Robert null
1554 Vegetarianism is harmless enough, although it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness. Robert Hutchinson Hutchinson, Robert null
1555 It is better to deserve without receiving than to receive without deserving. Robert Green Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green null
1556 A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
1557 Every man has a sane spot somewhere. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
1558 If we see a light at the end of the tunnel, it is the light of an oncoming train. Robert Lowell Lowell, Robert null
1559 It is only in literature that coincidences seem unnatural. Robert Lynd Lynd, Robert null
1560 It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf. Robert Lynd Lynd, Robert null
1561 There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evildoer. Robert Lynd Lynd, Robert null
1562 I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing was always first. It's a kind of pain I can't do without. Robert Penn Warren Warren, Robert Penn null
1563 Violent exercise is like a cold shower; you think it does you good because you feel better when you stop. Robert Quillen Quillen, Robert null
1564 If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives. Robert South South, Robert null
1565 Canada is not really a place where you encouraged to have large spiritual adventures. Robertson Davies Davies, Robertson null
1566 Metaphor is the energy charge that leaps between images, revealing their connections. Robin Morgan Morgan, Robin null
1567 The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. Roger Bannister Bannister, Roger null
1568 All official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the same words: the stereotype is a political fact, the major figure of ideo Roland Barthes Barthes, Roland null
1569 Capitalism requires people to be pious souls in the workplace, wily pagans at the cash register. Ron Chernow Chernow, Ron null
1570 If I'd gotten this much applause in Hollywood, I never would have left. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
1571 Walter Mondale accuses us of ad-libbing our foreign policy. Not true. We read it right off the three-by-five cards. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
1572 Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
1573 Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize it bears a very close resemblance to the first. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
1574 While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
1575 Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly. Rosalind Russell Russell, Rosalind null
1576 First Ladies throughout our history have been expected to be adoring wives and perfect mothers. Rosalyn Carter Carter, Rosalynn null
1577 Life is too short to waste on the admiration of one man. Rose Scott Scott, Rose null
1578 Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive? Roseanne Barr, Roseanne null
1579 It is a curious fact that camels walk more quickly and straighter to the sound of singing. Rosita Forbes Forbes, Rosita null
1580 Be honest and humble; learn how to be ignorant, then you will never deceive yourself or others. Rousseau Rousseau, Jean-Jacques null
1581 Memory is the treasurer to whom we must give funds if we would draw the assistance we need. Rowe Rowe null
1582 Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet. Roy Chapin, Jr. Chapin, Roy, Jr. null
1583 It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. Roy Disney Disney, Roy null
1584 Some good book is usually responsible for the success of every really great man. Roy L. Smith Smith, Roy L. null
1585 For every man who has the ability to lead, there are a thousand men waiting to be led. Roy L. Smith Smith, Roy L. null
1586 If you educate a man, you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a family. Ruby Manikan Manikan, Ruby null
1587 Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made by singing: - "Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade, while better men than we go out and start their working lives at grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard null
1588 Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliment reaching the proper ear. Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard null
1589 A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty. Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard null
1590 The teacher is like the candle which lights others in consuming itself. Ruffini Ruffini null
1591 Her arguments are like elephants. They squash you flat. Rumer Godden Godden, Rumer null
1592 When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes, when you leave, you judge him by his heart. Russian Proverb Proverb - Russian null
1593 Fear the goat from the front, the horse from the rear, and man from all sides. Russian Proverb Proverb - Russian null
1594 Anything that begins "I don't know how to tell you this" is never good news. Ruth Gordon Gordon, Ruth null
1595 In our dreams, we are always young. Sadie Delany Delany, Sadie null
1596 We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art. Salvador Dali Dali, Salvador null
1597 Only the amateurs stay mad. Sam Donaldson Donaldson, Sam null
1598 I'll give you a definite maybe. Sam Goldwyn Goldwyn, Samuel null
1599 Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined. Sam Goldwyn Goldwyn, Samuel null
1600 Never lend money to a friend. It's dangerous. It could damage his memory. Sam Levenson Levenson, Sam null
1601 The ability to say no is perhaps the greatest gift a parent has. Sam Levenson Levenson, Sam null
1602 Do something for the joy of doing it and pray you won't be punished. Sammy Cahn Cahn, Sammy null
1603 Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
1604 The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
1605 The body is but a pair of pincers set over a bellows and a stewpan, and the whole fixed upon stilts. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
1606 He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. It is in strife that life lies, and were there no opposing forces there would be neither moral nor immoral, neither victory nor defeat. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
1607 If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
1608 Example is not only the best way of propagating an opinion, but it is the only way worth taking into account. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
1609 The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
1610 Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones, you must keep them wet. Samuel Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor null
1611 What a lucky thing the wheel was invented before the automobile; otherwise, can you imagine what awful screeching? Samuel Hoffenstein Hoffenstein, Samuel null
1612 The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1613 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. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1614 The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1615 There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1616 I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl; let him come out as I do, and bark. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1617 The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed, and hopes that have been disappointed. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1618 The two great movers of the human mind are the desire of good, and the fear of evil. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1619 Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1620 Men have been wise in very different modes, but they have always laughed the same way. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1621 We may take fancy for a companion, but must follow reason as our guide. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1622 He who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1623 Men are seldom more innocently employed than when they are honestly making money. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1624 Saw a wedding in the church; and strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition. Samuel Pepys Pepys, Samuel null
1625 A man of maxims only is like a cyclops with one eye, and that eye placed in the back of his head. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor null
1626 I have no faith in act-of-parliament reform. All the great - the permanently great - things that have been achieved in the world have been so achieved by individuals, working from the instinct of genius or of goodness. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor null
1627 No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor null
1628 Every human feeling is greater and larger than its exciting cause - a proof, I think, that man is designed for a higher state of existence. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor null
1629 For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous since it must afterward be always old-fashioned. Santayana Santayana, George null
1630 Who looks after the psychoanalyst's wife while the psychoanalyst is away being psychoanalyzed? Scarritt Adams Adams, Scarritt null
1631 As freely as the firmament embraces the world, so mercy must encircle friend and foe. Schiller Schiller, Johann Friedrich von null
1632 Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams Adams, Scott null
1633 It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and able man. Scott Elledge Elledge, Scott null
1634 No meal is so good as when you have your feet under your own table. Scott Nearing Nearing, Scott null
1635 Some persons do first, think afterward, and repent forever. Secker Secker, Thomas null
1636 There is no evil without its compensation. Avarice promises money; luxury, pleasure; ambition, a purple robe. Seneca Seneca null
1637 There is no great genius without some touch of madness. Seneca Seneca null
1638 What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than a choice to him that is willing. Seneca Seneca null
1639 Misfortune is an occasion to demonstrate character. Seneca Seneca null
1640 Men trust their eyes rather than their ears; the road by precept is long and tedious, by example short and effectual. Seneca Seneca null
1641 It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob. Seneca Seneca null
1642 That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty. Seneca Seneca null
1643 If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work. Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
1644 His speech was like a tangled chain; nothing impaired, however, all disordered. Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
1645 Ava Gardner was the most beautiful woman in the world. And she looked like a woman. She never tried to look like a girl. Sharon Stone Stone, Sharon null
1646 My new policy is this: I have a life of my own. Just a little, tiny one, but it's mine. Sharon Stone Stone, Sharon null
1647 The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance. Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe null
1648 In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes problems. Shelly Winters Winters, Shelly null
1649 Calvin Coolidge's perpetual expression was of smelling something burning on the kitchen stove. Sherwin L. Cook Cook, Sherwin L. null
1650 If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore. Shirley Hufstedler Hufstedler, Shirley null
1651 One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up to get it. Sidney Howard Howard, Sidney null
1652 She was like a recorded telephone message - she didn't listen, she only spoke. Silvia Tennenbaum Tennenbaum, Silvia null
1653 Meditation is the nurse of thought, and thought is the food of meditation. Charles Simmons Simmons, Charles null
1654 The ideal of the average western man is a woman who freely accepts his domination, who does not accept his ideas without discussions, but who yields to his arguments, who resists him intellectually, and ends by being convinced. Simone de Beauvoir Beauvoir, Simone de null
1655 Barbarism should be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances. Simone Weil Weil, Simone null
1656 How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan null
1657 He regretted that he was not a bird, and could not be in two places at once. Sir Boyle Roche Roche, Sir Boyle null
1658 Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen. Sir Compton Mackenzie Mackenzie, Sir Compton null
1659 The advantage of time and place in practical actions is half the victory; which being lost is irrecoverable. Sir Francis Drake Drake, Sir Francis null
1660 Life would be tolerable if it were not for its amusements. Sir George Cornwell Lewis Lewis, Sir George Cornwell null
1661 Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking. Sir Humphry Davy Davy, Sir Humphry null
1662 The more parking spaces you provide, the more cars will come to fill them. It's like feeding pigeons. Sir Hugh Casson Casson, Sir Hugh null
1663 I have made any improvement in the sciences, it is owing more to patient attention than to anything beside. Sir Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac null
1664 A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its great countenance in its lowest state. Sir Phillip Sidney Sidney, Sir Phillip null
1665 The most precious things in speech are the pauses. Sir Ralph Richardson Richardson, Sir Ralph null
1666 My cousin, Rip Torn, persuaded me not to change my name: you shouldn't change what you are in the search for success. Sissy Spacek Spacek, Sissy null
1667 Mere family never made a man great. Thought and deed, not pedigree, are the passports to enduring fame. Skobeleff Skobeleff null
1668 Even four horses cannot pull back what the tongue has let go. Slovakian Proverb Proverb - Slovakian null
1669 He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. Socrates Socrates null
1670 Let him who would move the world, first move himself. Socrates Socrates null
1671 That man is wisest who realizes that his wisdom is worthless. Socrates Socrates null
1672 False words are not only evil in themselves, but they inject the soul with evil. Socrates Socrates null
1673 It is not by ourselves as we really are that we judge others, but by an image that we have formed of ourselves from which we have left out everything that offends our vanity or would discredit us in the eyes of the world. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
1674 It is recommended for your soul's sake to do each day two things you dislike. It is a precept that I have followed scrupulously. For every day I have got up and I have gone to bed. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
1675 A woman's dress should be like a barbed wire fence, serving its purpose without obstructing the view Sophia Loren Loren, Sophia null
1676 Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. Sophocles Sophocles null
1677 Angels come in all sizes and shapes and colors, visible and invisible to the physical eye. But always you are changed from having seen one. Sophy Burnham Burnham, Sophy null
1678 The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins. Soren Kierkegaard Kierkegaard, Soren null
1679 The stork is charged with a lot of things which should be blamed on a lark. Source Obscure Unknown null
1680 To err is human but this you should learn: don't be human on your tax return. Source Obscure Unknown null
1681 I never have frustrations. The reason is to wit: if at first I don't succeed, I quit. Source Obscure Unknown null
1682 When Uncle Sam plays Santa Claus, it's the taxpayer who holds the bag. Source Obscure Unknown null
1683 I tried but it didn't work is a lot better than "I wish I had tried." Source Obscure Unknown null
1684 Patience is the ability to let your light shine after your fuse has blown. Source Obscure Unknown null
1685 Probably the world's greatest humorist was the man who called "installments" "easy payments". Source Obscure Unknown null
1686 Salary: an amount of money that, no matter how large it is, some people spend more than. Source Obscure Unknown null
1687 What this country needs is a dollar which will not be so much elastic as adhesive. Source Obscure Unknown null
1688 The kind of fallout that really disturbs most people is what gets dropped out of their paychecks. Source Obscure Unknown null
1689 If you can smile when all around you have lost their heads, you must be the caddy. Source Obscure Unknown null
1690 A few more payments and the Christmas gift you gave your wife is yours. Source Obscure Unknown null
1691 If you don't have an education, you've got to use your brain. Source Obscure Unknown null
1692 Bridge: next to hockey, the most dangerous shin bruising game in America. Source Obscure Unknown null
1693 Married men have better halves, but bachelors have better quarters. Source Obscure Unknown null
1694 Platonic love is like being invited down to the cellar for a glass of ginger ale. Source Obscure Unknown null
1695 You can never tell about a woman, and if you can, you shouldn't. Source Obscure Unknown null
1696 Don't worry about what people think about you because they aren't thinking about you. Source Obscure Unknown null
1697 Love, music and money are easy to understand in any language. Source Obscure Unknown null
1698 An optimist sees only the initial payment; the pessimist sees the future installments and the upkeep. Source Obscure Unknown null
1699 The thicker the skull the sharper the hint must be to penetrate it. Source Unknown Unknown null
1700 Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man, having caught a big fish, goes home through an alley. Source Unknown Unknown null
1701 Always give one hundred percent, and you'll never have to second guess yourself. Source Unknown Unknown null
1702 Don't be afraid of going slowly; be afraid of standing still. Source Unknown Unknown null
1703 Sickness: not to feel well. There are three stages: ill, pill, bill. Sometimes there's another: will. Source Unknown Unknown null
1704 Home: the place where you can enjoy your corn on the cob and soup. Source Unknown Unknown null
1705 We used to say "What's cooking?" when we came home from work. Now it's "What's thawing?" Source Unknown Unknown null
1706 Business is like riding a bicycle. Either you keep moving or you fall down. Source Unknown Unknown null
1707 Our eyes are placed in front because it is more important to look ahead than to look back. Source Unknown Unknown null
1708 Discretion is when you are sure you are right and then ask your wife. Source Unknown Unknown null
1709 As a rule, a man who doesn't know his own mind hasn't missed much. Source Unknown Unknown null
1710 Every wife ought to know her husband's favorite dish and which restaurant serves it. Source Unknown Unknown null
1711 After the unexpected has happened, there is always someone who knew it would. Source Unknown Unknown null
1712 He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth - but it had someone else's initials. Source Unknown Unknown null
1713 By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step he's too old to go anywhere. Source Unknown Unknown null
1714 Volunteers don't necessarily have the time; they just have the heart. Source Unknown Unknown null
1715 If a man takes off his hat in an elevator it means he has good manners, and hair. Source Unknown Unknown null
1716 An optimist is one who thinks he can get away with saying "thanks" to the head waiter. Source Unknown Unknown null
1717 No sooner do they get the players off the gridiron than they start putting the coaches on the pan. Source Unknown Unknown null
1718 Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get. Spanish Proverb Proverb - Spanish null
1719 One nice thing about a one-way street is that you may only be bumped in the rear. Anonymous Unknown null
1720 Adam: the one man in the world who couldn't say, "Pardon me, haven't I seen you before?" Anonymous Unknown null
1721 All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. -- Spike Milligan Spike Milligan Milligan, Spike null
1722 Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle. Spurgeon Spurgeon, Charles H. null
1723 A great difficulty today is that our knowledge has increased so much more than our wisdom. Sr. Volunteers Sr. Volunteers null
1724 Have patience with all things but chiefly have patience with yourself. St. Francis De Sales Saint Francis de Sales null
1725 It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless we preach as we walk. St. Francis Of Assisi Saint Francis Of Assisi null
1726 If a man who cannot count finds a four leaf clover, is he lucky? Stanislaw Lec Lec, Stanislaw Jerzy null
1727 There are some things (like first love and one's reviews) at which a woman in her middle years does not care to look too closely. Stella Gibbons Gibbons, Stella null
1728 Behind every successful woman... is a substantial amount of coffee. Stephanie Piro Piro, Stephanie null
1729 John Major delivers all his statements as though auditioning for the speaking clock. Stephen Glover Glover, Stephen null
1730 Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl. Stephen Leacock Leacock, Stephen null
1731 They wanted fifteen bucks a square yard for carpeting. I am not going to pay that. So what I did, I bought two square yards and when I go home I strap them to my feet. Steve Martin Martin, Steve null
1732 The older you get, the faster you ran when you were a kid. Steve Owen Owen, Steve null
1733 I got food poisoning today. I don't know when I'm gonna use it. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
1734 I wear my heart on my sleeve. I wear my liver on my pant leg. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
1735 Rock-'n'-roll is a bit like Las Vegas; guys dressed up in their sisters' clothes pretending to be angry, but not really angry about anything. Sting Sting null
1736 It never pays to deal with the flyweights of the world. They take far too much pleasure in thwarting you at every turn. Sue Grafton Grafton, Sue null
1737 Feminism's agenda is basic: it asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private happiness. Susan Faludi Faludi, Susan null
1738 When television is bad, nothing is worse. When television is good, it's not much better. Why do you think it's called a medium? Susan Ohanian Ohanian, Susan null
1739 You can't push a wave onto the shore any faster than the ocean brings it in. Susan Strasberg Strasberg, Susan null
1740 Usually speaking, the worst bred person in company is a young traveler just returned from abroad. Swift Swift, Jonathan null
1741 There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake. Swift Swift, Jonathan null
1742 Violent zeal, even for truth, has a hundred to one odds to be either petulance, ambition or pride. Swift Swift, Jonathan null
1743 Silence and egotism go together more commonly than we suspect; the chatterbox merely hopes to be liked for what he expresses; the taciturn demands to be respected for what he contains. Sydney Harris Harris, Sydney J. null
1744 For the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author. Sylvia Townsend Warner Warner, Sylvia Townsend null
1745 There is nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream. T. Moore Moore, Thomas null
1746 I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
1747 If you want to write poetry you must earn a living some other way. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
1748 The present and the past are perhaps both present in the future and the future is contained in the past. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
1749 Never commit yourself to a cheese without having first examined it. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
1750 Ours is supposed to be a government in which classes and distinctions melt into a harmonious whole. Until we reach this ideal of government, we will be a distracted, contentious people. T. Thomas Fortune Fortune, T. Thomas null
1751 I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my child. Tagore Tagore, Rabindranath null
1752 To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man. Talleyrand Talleyrand null
1753 It's one of the tragic ironies of the theater that only one man in it can count on steady work, the night watchman. Tallulah Bankhead Bankhead, Tallulah null
1754 Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - those three alone lead life to sovereign power. Tennyson Tennyson, Alfred, Lord null
1755 My advice is to consult the lives of other men, as one would a looking-glass, and from thence fetch examples for imitation. Terence Terence null
1756 When you're between any sort of devil and the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea sometimes looks very inviting. Terence Rattigan Rattigan, Terence null
1757 We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy - doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do. Terry McMillan McMillan, Terry null
1758 The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment. Theodore H. White White, Theodore H. null
1759 The most important thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother. Theodore M. Hesburgh Hesburgh, Theodore M. null
1760 A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great things, is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
1761 I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
1762 In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: hit the line hard. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
1763 Real giving had its joy in imagining the joy of the receiver. It means choosing, expending time, going out of one's way, thinking of the other as a subject: the opposite of distraction. Thodor W. Adorno Adorno, Thodor W. null
1764 Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure. Thomas A. Edison Edison, Thomas Alva null
1765 He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught. Thomas Aquinas Aquinas, Thomas null
1766 The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. Thomas Arnold Bennett Bennett, Thomas Arnold null
1767 His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar. Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Thomas Babington null
1768 Nicknames stick to people and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. Thomas C. Haliburton Haliburton, Thomas C. null
1769 Thought works in silence, so does virtue. One might erect statues to silence. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas null
1770 Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas null
1771 Our beliefs in a rich future life are of little importance unless we coin them into a rich present life. Thomas Dreier Dreier, Thomas null
1772 Let us spare where we can, so that we can spend where we should. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas null
1773 Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second may be what there be. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas null
1774 If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have left him alone. Thomas Hardy Hardy, Thomas null
1775 It may be said that married men of forty are usually ready and generous enough to fling passing glances at any specimen of moderate beauty they may discern by the way. Thomas Hardy Hardy, Thomas null
1776 Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us. Thomas Holdcroft Holdcroft, Thomas null
1777 Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
1778 In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
1779 It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
1780 Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate for a moment to prefer the latter. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
1781 The people are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
1782 He who knows nothing is nearer the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
1783 The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and reflect the dawn. Thomas Macaulay Macaulay, Thomas Babington null
1784 Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact; it is silence which isolates. Thomas Mann Mann, Thomas null
1785 I shall have to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest I've had. Thomas Mann Mann, Thomas null
1786 There is no true intimacy between souls who do not know how to respect one another's solitude. Thomas Merton Merton, Thomas null
1787 Charity is never lost: it may meet with ingratitude, or be of no service to those on whom it was bestowed, yet it ever does a work of beauty and grace upon the heart of the giver. Thomas Middleton Middleton, Thomas null
1788 Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise. Thomas Paine Paine, Thomas null
1789 It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt. Thomas Paine, On John Adams Paine, Thomas null
1790 Patience is the greatest of all shock absorbers. The only thing you can get in a hurry is trouble. Thomas R. Dewar Dewar, Thomas R. null
1791 He enjoys much who is thankful for little; a grateful mind is both a great and happy mind. Thomas Secker Secker, Thomas null
1792 What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself. Thomas Sprat Sprat, Thomas null
1793 Labor and abstinence are two of the best physicians in the world. Thomas Tryon Tryon, Thomas null
1794 If the first amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. Thurgood Marshall Marshall, Thurgood null
1795 The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. Tom Clancy Clancy, Tom null
1796 I've never gotten any good advice. I've had to figure it out for myself. Tom Magliozzi Magliozzi, Tom null
1797 There are seventy million books in American libraries, but the one you want is always out. Tom Masson Masson, Tom null
1798 Not that you can't write about a serious subject - everything can't be a goof - but I think you just get it a little easier if you don't get all puffed up. Tom Petty, On Songwriting Petty, Tom null
1799 We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else. Tom Stoppard Stoppard, Tom null
1800 The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means. Tom Stoppard Stoppard, Tom null
1801 My first psychiatrist said I was paranoid, but I want a second opinion because I think he's out to get me. Tom Wilson, "Ziggy" Wilson, Tom null
1802 The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. Tommy Lasorda Lasorda, Tommy null
1803 The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes. Tony Blair Blair, Tony null
1804 Censorship is more depraving and corrupting than anything pornography can produce. Tony Smythe Smythe, Tony null
1805 It is an axiom of sports that the legs go first. For sportswriters, it's the enthusiasm. Trent Frayne Frayne, Trent null
1806 Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for a the system of appeals that pervades American jurisprudence amounts to a legalistic wheel of fortune, a game of chance, somewhat fixed in the favor of the criminal, that the p Truman Capote Capote, Truman null
1807 Imperfect knowledge is the parent of doubt; thorough and honest research dispels it. Tryon Edwards Edwards, Tryon null
1808 Doctors must really get typewriters. This lady is suffering from something unreadable. Tudor Rees Rees, Tudor null
1809 Dancing is like bank robbery. It takes split-second timing. Twyla Tharp Tharp, Twyla null
1810 I have discovered the philosopher's stone that turns everything into gold: It is "pay as you go". John Randolph Randolph, John null
1811 Blessed are those who go around in circles for they shall be called big wheels. Uncertain Origin Unknown null
1812 Long-range goals keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures. Unknown Unknown null
1813 Acrobat: the only person who can do what everyone else would like to do - pat himself on the back. Unknown Unknown null
1814 The people hardest to convince that they should retire are children at bedtime. Unknown Author Unknown null
1815 Appendicitis and tonsillitis: two sicknesses that made famous the line, "There's gold in them thar ills." Unknown Origin Unknown null
1816 Public library building: the tallest building in town. It has more stories than any other. Unknown Source Unknown null
1817 A diplomat is a man who can pull the wool over his wife's eyes with the right yarn. Unknown Source Unknown null
1818 Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money. Unknown Source Unknown null
1819 The only women who dress to please their husbands are wearing last year's clothes. Unknown Source Unknown null
1820 Drunkenness places man as much below the level of the brutes, as reason elevates him above them. Upton Sinclair Sinclair, Upton null
1821 My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all this world and exiles me from it. Ursula Le Guin Le Guin, Ursula K. null
1822 Literature is a peculiarly public product of a particularly private endeavor. Valerie Miner Miner, Valerie null
1823 All religions will pass, but this will remain: simply sitting in a chair and looking in the distance. Vasili Vasilievich Rozanov Rozanov, Vasili Vasilievich null
1824 Nothing awakens a reminiscence like an odor. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
1825 Be it true of false, what is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
1826 No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle and deep. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
1827 The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
1828 British rail porters are trained at the Pol Pot School Of Charm, while guards are either frustrated broadcasters, ceaselessly blaring out incomprehensible messages, or trappist monks who have taken a holy vow forbidding any form of communication whatsoeve Victor Lewis-Smith Lewis-Smith, Victor null
1829 Jogging is for people who aren't intelligent enough to watch television. Victoria Wood Wood, Victoria null
1830 I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts. Virgil Virgil null
1831 One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia null
1832 The first duty of a lecturer - to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantelpiece forever. Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia null
1833 An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate. Viscount De Chateaubriand Chateaubriand, Francois-Rene De null
1834 Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together. Vista M. Kelly Kelly, Vista M. null
1835 Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. Voltaire Voltaire null
1836 He who serves his country well has no need of ancestors. Voltaire Voltaire null
1837 It's not the scarcity of money, but the scarcity of men and talents, which make a state weak. Voltaire Voltaire null
1838 Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. Voltaire Voltaire null
1839 The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a guy is lucky to get out of it alive. W. C. Fields Fields, W. C. null
1840 Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life. W. E. B. Du Bois Du Bois, W. E. B. null
1841 A man in earnest finds means, or if he cannot find, creates them. W. E. Channing Channing, William Ellery null
1842 The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. W. E. Channing Channing, William Ellery null
1843 The most terrible of lies is not that which is uttered but that which is lived. W. G. Clarke Clarke, W. G. null
1844 There is no such penalty for error and folly as to see one's children suffer for it. W. G. Summer Summer, W. G. null
1845 When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. null
1846 Your cameraman might enjoy himself, because my face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. null
1847 And make us as Newton was, who in his garden watching the apple falling towards England, became aware between himself and her of an eternal tie. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. null
1848 Among those whom I like, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. null
1849 No opera plot can be sensible, for in sensible situations people do not sing. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. null
1850 The flower we do not pluck is the only which never loses its beauty or its fragrance. W. R. Alger Alger, William Rounseville null
1851 Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole-time job. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
1852 Only a mediocre writer is always at his best. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
1853 Life is too short to do anything for oneself that one can pay others to do for one. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
1854 People often feed the hungry so that nothing may disturb their own enjoyment of a good meal. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
1855 At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
1856 To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life, and to think of it as part of life is to realize the extent of artifice. We live in the mind. Wallace Stevens Stevens, Wallace null
1857 I never ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
1858 In this broad earth of ours amid the measureless grossness and the slag enclosed and safe within its central heart, nestles the seed perfection. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
1859 I never see that man without feeling that he is one to become personally attach'd to, for his combination of purest heartiest tenderness, and native western form of manliness. Walt Whitman, On Abraham Lincoln Whitman, Walt null
1860 The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen. Walter Bagehot Bagehot, Walter null
1861 An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind. Walter Bagehot Bagehot, Walter null
1862 It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty percent. Walter Dill Scott Scott, Walter Dill null
1863 The only way to get rid of responsibilities is to discharge them. Walter S. Robertson Robertson, Walter S. null
1864 To the timid and hesitating, everything is impossible because it seems so. Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter null
1865 This, it seems to me, is the most severe punishment, finding out you are wrong. Walter Winchell Winchell, Walter null
1866 I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret. Walter Winchell Winchell, Walter null
1867 Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. Walter Winchell Winchell, Walter null
1868 Wall street is the only place people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from people who take the subway. Warren Buffett Buffett, Warren null
1869 Sometimes you have to learn how to give the right answer to a wrong question. Warren Christopher Christopher, Warren null
1870 America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration. Warren G. Harding Harding, Warren G. null
1871 Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and the laughter abundant. Washington Irving Irving, Washington null
1872 Little minds are subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. Washington Irving Irving, Washington null
1873 Only by unintermitted agitation can a people be kept sufficiently awake to principle, not to let liberty be smothered in material prosperity. Wendell Phillips Phillips, Wendell null
1874 As the Greek said, many men know how to flatter; few know how to praise. Wendell Phillips Phillips, Wendell null
1875 What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better. Wendell Phillips Phillips, Wendell null
1876 Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear. Wendy Cope Cope, Wendy null
1877 No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone. Wendy Wasserstein Wasserstein, Wendy null
1878 With every new answer unfolded, science has consistently discovered at least three new questions. Wernher Von Braun Braun, Wernher von null
1879 I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me. Whitney Houston Houston, Whitney null
1880 My mother gave me really smart advice - you can do and be anything if you're willing to deal with how other people respond to you. I was willing to take whatever anybody would dish out for the right to be myself. Whoopi Goldberg Goldberg, Whoopi null
1881 As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious. Will Durant Durant, Will null
1882 The world wisely prefers happiness to wisdom. Will Durant Durant, Will null
1883 You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
1884 (regarding income tax) It has made more liars out of the American people than golf. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
1885 Maybe ain't ain't so correct, but I notice that lots of folks who ain't using ain't ain't eating. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
1886 My forefathers didn't come over on the Mayflower but they met the boat. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
1887 A conference is just an admission that you want somebody to join you in your troubles. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
1888 A comedian can only last till he either takes himself serious or his audience takes him serious. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
1889 Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
1890 I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they do now. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
1891 I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. Willa Cather Cather, Willa null
1892 Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns. Willem De Kooning Kooning, Willem De null
1893 Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others. William Allen White White, William Allen null
1894 Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap. William Bennett Bennett, William null
1895 It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer. William Blackstone Blackstone, William null
1896 It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. William Blake Blake, William null
1897 No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. William Blake Blake, William null
1898 Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do that is to exchange life for a logical process. William Butler Yeats Yeats, William Butler null
1899 A library, a garden, a grove, a purling stream, are the innocent scenes that divert our leisure William Byrd Byrd, William null
1900 What, he speaks unseasonable truths sometimes, because he has not wit enough to invent an evasion. William Congreve Congreve, William null
1901 Variety's the very spice of life that gives it all its flavor. William Cowper Cowper, William null
1902 All civilized men want peace. And all truly civilized men must despise pacifism. William F. Buckley Buckley, William F., Jr. null
1903 There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance. William F. Buckley, Jr. Buckley, William F., Jr. null
1904 No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors. William Faulkner Faulkner, William null
1905 Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. William Feather Feather, William null
1906 In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but its effects. William Fulbright Fulbright, William null
1907 Stupidity's the deliberate cultivation of ignorance. William Gaddis Gaddis, William null
1908 She even sighed offensively... As if she meant to charge me with the necessity of doing so. William Gerhardie Gerhardie, William null
1909 A tree: the grandest and most beautiful of all the productions of the earth. William Gilpin Gilpin, William null
1910 Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William null
1911 Strong hands to weak, old hands to young, around this Christmas board, touch hands. William Henry Harrison Harrison, William Henry null
1912 Sometimes I think I might as well give up as far as being a candidate is concerned. There are so many people in the country who don't like me. Without knowing much about me, they don't like me. William Howard Taft Taft, William Howard null
1913 Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. William James James, William null
1914 Language is the most imperfect and expansive means yet discovered for communicating thought. William James James, William null
1915 To ignore, to disdain, to consider, to overlook, are the essence of the gentleman. William James James, William null
1916 The greatest discovery is that man can alter his life by altering his attitude. William Jones Jones, William null
1917 Varicose veins are the result of an improper selection of grandparents. William Osler Osler, William null
1918 We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it. William Osler Osler, William null
1919 The good we take with us at the last call is the good we do while here. William Peck Peck, William null
1920 Do what good you can unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen. William Penn Penn, William null
1921 I shall pass through life but once, let me show kindness now as I shall not pass this way again. William Penn Penn, William null
1922 O! Call back yesterday, bid time return. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
1923 One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
1924 Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
1925 When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
1926 He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
1927 I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding violet grows quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, with sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
1928 A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. William Shenstone Shenstone, William null
1929 It is my duty to my country to respect its flag and to defend it against its enemies. William Tyler Page Page, William Tyler null
1930 While our hearts are pure, our lives are happy and our peace is sure. William Winter Winter, William null
1931 Popularity is exhausting: the life of the party always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him. Wilson Mizner Mizner, Wilson null
1932 He's the only man I ever knew who had rubber pockets so he could steal soup. Wilson Mizner Mizner, Wilson null
1933 I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
1934 The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
1935 It is no use saying, "we are doing our best." you have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
1936 In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used frequently to take my advice. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
1937 Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they may not dismount and the tigers are getting hungry. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
1938 My wife and I used to breakfast together. But we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
1939 I shall always be glad to have seen it - for the same reason papa gave for being glad to have seen Lisbon - namely "that it will be unnecessary ever to see it again." Winston Churchill, On Calcutta Churchill, Sir Winston null
1940 If you want to make enemies, try to change something. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
1941 The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
1942 The use of the university is to make young gentlemen unlike their fathers. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
1943 They reside with my father - who polishes them. Well, I'm certainly not going to put Oscars in my house. Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
1944 How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter? Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
1945 There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman? Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
1946 Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse. Wyndham Lewis Lewis, Wyndham null
1947 Nobody tries to steal your troubles, and nobody can take your good deeds. Yiddish Proverb Proverb - Yiddish null
1948 He who does not have to borrow lives without cares. Yiddish Proverb Proverb - Yiddish null
1949 The girl who can't dance says the band can't play Yiddish Proverb Proverb - Yiddish null
1950 You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there. Yogi Berra Berra, Yogi null
1951 Nobody has measured, even the poets, how much a heart can hold. Zelda Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, Zelda null
1952 I believe in large families. Every woman should have at least three husbands. Zsa Zsa Gabor Gabor, Zsa Zsa null
1953 The grand essentials of life are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for Allan Chalmers Chalmers, Allan null
1954 Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth, or he would not ask any questions. C. S. Pierce Pierce, C. S. null
1955 The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, lie scattered at the feet of men like flowers. William Wordsworth Wordsworth, William null
1956 We met Dr. Hall in such very deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
1957 Any man may speak truly; but to speak with order, wisely, and competently, of that, few men are capable. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
1958 It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
1959 A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation. Howard Scott Scott, Howard null
1960 In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hold each other with an equal clasp. Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Harriet Beecher null
1961 Never undertake anything unless you have the heart to ask Heaven's blessing on your undertaking. G. C. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph null
1962 What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere? Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma null
1963 We should cherish kind wishes for a time may come when we may be able to put them in practice. Mary R. Mitford Mitford, Mary R. null
1964 The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
1965 Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
1966 You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough. Frank Crane Crane, Frank null
1967 Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. Quarles Quarles null
1968 The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
1969 A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
1970 The greatest virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
1971 Oh, love is real enough, you will find it some day but it has one archenemy, and that is life. Jean Anouilh Anouilh, Jean null
1972 In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret null
1973 Enslave but a single human being, and the liberty of the world is put in peril. William Lloyd Garrison Garrison, William Lloyd null
1974 There are three kinds of kissers: the fire extinguisher, the mummy, and the vacuum cleaner. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen null
1975 Men have always found it easy to be governed. What is hard is for them to govern themselves. Max Lerner Lerner, Max null
1976 A casual stroll through a lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
1977 He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. Socrates Socrates null
1978 Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster. Christopher Herold Herold, Christopher null
1979 Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
1980 In this world people have to pay an extortionate price for any exceptional gift whatever. Willa Cather Cather, Willa null
1981 There is no witness so terrible - no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us. Sophocles Sophocles null
1982 Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves. Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel null
1983 The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
1984 Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies. The Talmud Talmud, The null
1985 Our strength is often composed of the weaknesses we're damned if we're going to show. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
1986 Give what you have. To some one it may be better than you dare to think. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
1987 The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it. George Carlin Carlin, George null
1988 Tis pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul; I think the Romans call it stoicism. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph null
1989 I suppose I could make changes in my play, but who am I to tamper with a masterpiece? Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
1990 If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security. John Adams Adams, John null
1991 It is harder to conceal ignorance than to obtain knowledge. Arnold Glasow Glasow, Arnold Henry null
1992 Blessed is he who devotes his life to great and noble ends, and who forms his well-considered plans with deliberate wisdom. St. Augustine Saint Augustine null
1993 Mankind may supply us with facts, but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our mind. Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
1994 The existing social order is a swindle and its cherished beliefs mostly delusions. George Orwell Orwell, George null
1995 Delay always breeds danger, and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. Miguel de Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de null
1996 Reporters are puppets. They simply respond to the pull of the most powerful strings. Lyndon Johnson Johnson, Lyndon Baines null
1997 Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a great measure, the laws depend. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund null
1998 Of all the evil spirits abroad in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous. James Froude Froude, James Anthony null
1999 The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return. Maria Edgeworth Edgeworth, Maria null
2000 Perfect contentment can rarely be recognized. Maybe in Tibet. Maybe in toddlers. Carrie Fisher Fisher, Carrie null
2001 What do you suppose will satisfy the soul, except to walk free and own no superior. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
2002 As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
2003 Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen. Bob Edwards Edwards, Bob null
2004 I used to think it was really important to be a size ten, but now I'm older and wider. Kathy Shaskan Shaskan, Kathy null
2005 The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion. Tacitus Tacitus null
2006 I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts. Orson Welles Welles, Orson null
2007 The essential problem is how to govern a large-scale world with small-scale minds. Alfred Zimmern Zimmern, Alfred null
2008 Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
2009 When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living. James Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur null
2010 Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice. Honore Balzac Balzac, Honore De null
2011 Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. Hannah More More, Hannah null
2012 Speak well of every one if you speak of them at all - none of us are so very good. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
2013 A woman is like a tea bag. You don't know her strength until she is in hot water. Nancy Reagan Reagan, Nancy null
2014 If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing. Gail Sheehy Sheehy, Gail null
2015 The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing - and then they marry him. Cher Cher null
2016 Are we never to learn that socialism has its roots in envy and in nothing else? Norman Douglas Douglas, Norman null
2017 All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening. Alexander Woollcott Woollcott, Alexander null
2018 Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud and one the stars. Frederick Langbridge Langbridge, Frederick null
2019 No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
2020 Cherish forever what makes you unique, because you're really a yawn if it goes. Bette Midler Midler, Bette null
2021 It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich. Alan Alda Alda, Alan null
2022 My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. Adlai E. Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai E. null
2023 If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. Marvin Gaye Gaye, Marvin null
2024 Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there. Franklin P. Jones Jones, Franklin P. null
2025 Business without profit is not business any more than a pickle is candy. Charles F. Abbott Abbott, Charles F. null
2026 When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes. Erasmus Erasmus null
2027 Have you fifty friends? It is not enough. Have you one enemy? It is too much. Italian Proverb Proverb - Italian null
2028 When the vices give us up, we flatter ourselves that we are giving them up. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
2029 Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know. Rembrandt Rembrandt null
2030 Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is always, therefore, represented as blind. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph null
2031 Getting money is not all a man's business; to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. Johnson Johnson null
2032 All despotism is bad; but the worst is that which works with the machinery of freedom. Junius Junius null
2033 If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. Dwight L. Moody Moody, Dwight L. null
2034 The fact is, nothing comes; at least, nothing good. All has to be fetched. Charles Buxton Buxton, Charles null
2035 Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life. Voltaire Voltaire null
2036 Those who expect to reap the benefits of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. Thomas Paine Paine, Thomas null
2037 It is not knowledge of ways and means we lack; it is the will to put them into effect. Alfred Vanderbilt Vanderbilt, Alfred null
2038 Whoever blushes, is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing. Henri Rousseau Rousseau, Henri null
2039 Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive. Josephine Tey Tey, Josephine null
2040 Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Edison Edison, Thomas Alva null
2041 Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. Hannah Arendt Arendt, Hannah null
2042 Do you wish men to speak well of you? Then never speak well of yourself. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
2043 A great deal of talent is lost in this world for the want of a little courage. Sydney Smith Smith, Sydney null
2044 None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
2045 There's something still better than silence, 'tis this - to speak the truth. Joseph Kimchi Kimchi, Joseph null
2046 We women do talk too much, but even then we don't tell half of what we know. Nancy Astor Astor, Lady Nancy null
2047 The most dangerous thing in the world is to leap a chasm in two jumps. David Lloyd George George, David Lloyd null
2048 Curiosity is looking over other people's affairs, and overlooking our own. H. L. Wayland Wayland, H. L. null
2049 The evils of controversy are transitory, while its benefits are permanent. Robert Hall Hall, Robert null
2050 It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with. Clark Gable Gable, Clark null
2051 What I wanted to be when I grew up was - in charge! USAF Brigadier General Wilma Vaught Vaught, USAF Brigadier General Wilma null
2052 Remember me not for my abilities, but remember my labors and my endeavors. John Donne Donne, John null
2053 Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
2054 The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North null
2055 One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is. Ludwig Wittgenstein Wittgenstein, Ludwig null
2056 Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. Soren Kierkegaard Kierkegaard, Soren null
2057 The head never rules the heart but just becomes its partner in crime. Michael McLaughlin McLaughlin, Michael null
2058 I am satisfied that we are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see. Herodotus Herodotus null
2059 Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver null
2060 Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. Aristotle Aristotle null
2061 The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate. Euripides Euripides null
2062 A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning. Billie Jean King King, Billie Jean null
2063 To live is not to live for one's self alone; let us help one another. Menander Menander null
2064 A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still. Antoine Rivarol Rivarol, Antoine null
2065 No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew null
2066 A man does not sin by commission only, but often by omission Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus null
2067 I need sex for a clear complexion, but I'd rather do it for love. Joan Crawford Crawford, Joan null
2068 The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought. Emma Goldman Goldman, Emma null
2069 Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
2070 Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing so futile. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
2071 Self-respect. The secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
2072 Those who deny freedom for others deserve it not for themselves. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
2073 The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
2074 Remember that what you believe will depend very much upon what you are. Noah Porter Noah Porter null
2075 This time, like all other times, is a very good one, if only we know what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
2076 The body pays for a slip of the fool, and gold pays for a slip of the tongue. Malaysian Proverb Proverb - Malaysian null
2077 Progress is a nice word, but change is its motivator and change has its enemies. Robert F. Kennedy Kennedy, Robert F. null
2078 The really great are those who are able to make life meet them on their terms. James Feibleman Feibleman, James K. null
2079 The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men. Orson Squire Fowler Fowler, Orson Squire null
2080 Better are the blows of a friend than the false kisses of an enemy. Thomas a Becket Becket, Thomas a null
2081 The next great task of Science is to create a religion for humanity. John Morley Morley, John null
2082 To live is to love; all reason is against it; instinct is for it. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
2083 Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from. Jodie Foster Foster, Jodie null
2084 Communism is like Prohibition; it's a good idea, but it won't work. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
2085 If you want to say it with flowers, a single rose says: I'm cheap." Delta Burke Burke, Delta null
2086 The faces which have charmed us the most escape us the soonest. Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter null
2087 There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. Ovid Ovid null
2088 Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. Henry van Dyke Van Dyke, Henry null
2089 If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool. Carl Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
2090 When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it. Philip Roth Roth, Philip null
2091 When people once begin to deviate, they do not know where to stop. George III George III null
2092 Whoever considers the study of anatomy can never be an atheist. Lord Herbert Herbert, Lord null
2093 Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
2094 The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. St. Augustine Saint Augustine null
2095 If you want to live on the edge of life, you need to be flexible. Kim Novak Novak, Kim null
2096 I was a hedonist long before I knew what a hedonist was. Tallulah Bankhead Bankhead, Tallulah null
2097 A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. Robert Burton Burton, Robert null
2098 It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
2099 Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
2100 Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
2101 Nothing will content the one who is not content with little. Greek Proverb Proverb - Greek null
2102 Visits always give pleasure; if not in the arriving, then in the departing. Portuguese Proverb Proverb - Portuguese null
2103 Blessed be childhood which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness. Henri F. Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic null
2104 A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. Irish Adage Proverb - Irish null
2105 Bigamy is having one husband too many. Monogamy is the same. Erica Jong Jong, Erica null
2106 When they want to overpay you, there's usually a reason. Diana Vreeland Vreeland, Diana null
2107 Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity. John Milton Milton, John null
2108 Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
2109 The times are not so bad as they seem; they couldn't be. Jay Franklin Franklin, Jay null
2110 A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus null
2111 I think I care too much about what people think about me. Matt Damon Damon, Matt null
2112 Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. Benjamin Spock Spock, Dr. Benjamin null
2113 We enjoy thoroughly only the pleasure that we give. Alexandre Dumas Dumas, Alexandre null
2114 There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan. Douglas MacArthur MacArthur, Douglas null
2115 The secret of success is constancy of purpose. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
2116 Avarice increases with the increasing pile of gold. Juvenal Juvenal null
2117 He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over. Porteus Porteus null
2118 If you would create something, you must be something. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
2119 Silence is sometimes the severest criticism. Charles Buxton Buxton, Charles null
2120 It is difficulties that show what men are. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William null
2121 Lack of money is the root of all evil. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
2122 Examine what is said, not him who speaks. Arabian Proverb Proverb - Arabian null
2123 Business is a combination of war and sport. Andre Maurois Maurois, Andre null
2124 Oh, give us the man who sings at his work. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas null
2125 All is to be feared where all is to be lost. Lord Byron Byron, Lord null
2126 O what a heaven is love! O what a hell! Thomas Dekker Dekker, Thomas null
2127 Circumstances! - I make circumstances! Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
2128 Wisdom comes by disillusionment. George Santayana Santayana, George null
2129 What's another word for Thesaurus? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
2130 Every man has his devilish moments. Lavater Lavater, Johann Kaspar null
2131 A blush is the color of virtue. Diogenes Diogenes null
2132 If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet Bradstreet, Anne null
2133 The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
2134 The pleasure of love lasts but a moment. The pain of love lasts a lifetime. French Proverb Proverb - French null
2135 When the wind's in the east on Candlemas Day, there it will stick till the end of May. English Saying Proverb - English null
2136 When rubles fall from heaven there is no sack; when there is a sack, rubles don't fall. Russian Wisdom Proverb - Russian null
2137 When selling a horse, praise his bad points, and leave the good ones to look after themselves. Old Adage Unknown null
2138 We can't do much about the length of our lives, but we can do plenty about its width and depth. Evan Esar Esar, Evan null
2139 Life is short, but it's wide! Chuck Pyle Pyle, Chuck null
2140 A man who does not love a horse cannot love a woman. Spanish Proverb Proverb - Spanish null
2141 Houses are built of bricks, mortar and good will, not politics, prejudices and spite. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
2142 Every time I sell a painting of mine, I feel like I'm amputating an arm or leg. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
2143 It is only at the tree loaded with fruit that the people throw stones. French Saying Proverb - French null
2144 Rain beats a leopard's skin but does not wash off the spots. Ashanti Proverb Proverb - Ashanti null
2145 The lions would not eat Daniel; they would eat most anything but they drew the line at prophets. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
2146 There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry. D. G. Mitchell Mitchell, D. G. null
2147 It is astonishing how little one feels poverty when he loves. Baron Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George null
2148 You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer Dyer, Dr. Wayne W. null
2149 Nothing needs reforming so much as other people's habits. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
2150 Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding. Harvey Mackay Mackay, Harvey null
2151 Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit you would stay out and your dog would go in. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
2152 No matter how much you feed a wolf he will always return to the forest. Russian Proverb Proverb - Russian null
2153 Laziness is a good deal like money - the more a man has of it, the more he seems to want. H. W. Shaw Shaw, Henry Wheeler null
2154 If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong. Clarence Darrow Darrow, Clarence S. null
2155 Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year. Franklin P. Adams Adams, Franklin P. null
2156 Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all. Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
2157 Happiness sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. John Barrymore Barrymore, John null
2158 The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
2159 He who would climb the ladder must begin with the bottom step. English Proverb Proverb - English null
2160 The heart of the fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the wise man is in his heart. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
2161 The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store. F. M. Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
2162 The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything - and it works. William Strong Strong, William null
2163 Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of the mankind passes with him. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano null
2164 He who wants a rose has to respect the thorn. Persian Proverb Proverb - Persian null
2165 If any man seeks greatness, let him forget greatness and seek truth, and he shall find both. Horace Mann Mann, Horace null
2166 Men must have corrupted nature a little, for they were not born wolves, and have become wolves. Voltaire Voltaire null
2167 The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund null
2168 Beautiful impulses are good in themselves, but we Americans are inclined to trust them too exclusively. Elizabeth Jackson Jackson, Elizabeth null
2169 No man is quite sane. Each has a vein of folly in his composition - a slight determination of blood to the head, to make sure of holding him hard to some one point which he has taken to heart. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
2170 I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
2171 When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute - and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
2172 There is a gentle absurdity about Washington D.C., and it is easy to develop affection for the place, if you can forget that the consequences of what goes on there are real, whereas what goes on there may not be. Linda Ellerbee Ellerbee, Linda null
2173 Gentlemen know that fresh air should be kept in its proper place - out of doors - and that, God having given us indoors and out-of-doors, we should not attempt to do away with this distinction. Rose Macaulay Macaulay, Rose null
2174 A new question has arisen in modern man's mind, the question, namely, whether life is worth living. No sensible answer can be given to the question because the question does not make any sense. Erich Fromm Fromm, Erich null
2175 As regards intellectual work, it remains a fact, indeed, that great decisions in the realms of thought and momentous discoveries and solutions of problems are only possible to an individual, working in solitude. Sigmund Freud Freud, Sigmund null
2176 Any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and any man who yields up his liberty, in however slight the measure, is bound to become a slave. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
2177 We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
2178 The invention of television can be compared to the introduction of indoor plumbing. Fundamentally it brought no change in the public's habits. It simply eliminated the necessity of leaving the house. Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock, Alfred null
2179 In human intimacy there is a secret boundary; neither the experience of being in love nor passion can cross it, though lips be joined together in awful silence, and the heart break asunder with love. Anna Akhmatova Akhmatova, Anna null
2180 The past exudes legend: one can't make pure clay of time's mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was. Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction. Bernard Malamud Malamud, Bernard null
2181 The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an end all the static Utopias and the farmyard civilization of the Fabians. William R. Inge Inge, William Ralph null
2182 Don't write anything you can phone, don't phone anything you can talk face to face, don't talk anything you can smile, don't smile anything you can wink and don't wink anything you can nod. Earl Long Long, Earl null
2183 If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
2184 I think when you eat out you should have a little fun; it's good for digestion. Simple things. After the waiter recites a long list of specials, ask him if they serve cow feet. George Carlin Carlin, George null
2185 The people are unreal. The flowers are unreal, they don't smell. The fruit is unreal, it doesn't taste of anything. The whole place is a glaring, gaudy, nightmarish set, built up in the desert. Ethel Barrymore, on Hollywood Barrymore, Ethel null
2186 In his day, Marlon Brando was a good-looking guy. He wasn't real tall, but he was dark and handsome, and his voice was real gravelly. He seemed kind of out there - untouched. John Taylor Thomas Thomas, John Taylor null
2187 I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruit of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes with any other man's rights. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
2188 Philadelphia is a handsome city, but distractingly regular. After walking about it for an hour or two, I felt that I would have given the world for a crooked street. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
2189 A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
2190 Many times I have found that my best ideas have come when I thought I could not work for another minute and when I literally had to drive myself to finish the task before a deadline. Richard M. Nixon Nixon, Richard M. null
2191 I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically he fear of change, the fear of the unknown; and I have gone ahead despite the pounding in my heart that says: Turn back, turn back, you'll die if you venture too far. Erica Jong Jong, Erica null
2192 The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
2193 My mother told me I was blessed, and I have always taken her word for it. Being born of - or reincarnated from - royalty is nothing like being blessed. Royalty is inherited from another human being, blessedness comes from God. Duke Ellington Ellington, Duke null
2194 There's a rebel lying deep in my soul. I hate the idea of trends. I hate imitation; I have a reverence for individuality. I got where I am by coming off the wall. Clint Eastwood Eastwood, Clint null
2195 Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsen Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
2196 No one knows enough to be a pessimist. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
2197 A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. Washington Irving Irving, Washington null
2198 Management must be concerned first with the opportunity for a decent living. Hugh Comer Comer, Hugh null
2199 Learning, to be of much use, must have a tendency to spread itself among the common people. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
2200 The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. Hunter S. Thompson Thompson, Hunter S. null
2201 I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
2202 Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
2203 We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. null
2204 It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing and talk by the hour. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
2205 There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. John Millington Synge Synge, John Millington null
2206 The Democratic faith is that every human being born is born to live like a gentleman of leisure. H. M. Kallen Kallen, Horace Meyer null
2207 In clothes as well as in speech, the man of taste will shun all these extremes that give offense. Moliere Moliere null
2208 If the fools do not control the world, it isn't because they are not in the majority. Edgar Watson Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
2209 People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund null
2210 Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, follow the changes in the current taste. Moliere Moliere null
2211 Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, but no one can agree on what it is. Diane Ackerman Ackerman, Diane null
2212 I invented nothing new; I simply assembled into a car the discoveries of other men. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
2213 Always get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day. Mickey Rooney Rooney, Mickey null
2214 How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned. Alexander Pope (from Eloisa to Abelard) Pope, Alexander null
2215 He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
2216 The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
2217 It was a very, very nice letter you wrote by the light of the stars at midnight. Always write then, for your heart requires moonlight to deliquesce it. Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia null
2218 The function of Liberalism in the past was that of putting a limit to the powers of kings. Its function in the future will be that of putting a limit to the powers of Parliaments. Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert null
2219 A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess. A. Philip Randolph Randolph, A. Philip null
2220 The autumn always gets me badly, as it breaks into colors. I want to go south, where there is no autumn, where the cold doesn't crouch over one like a snow-leopard waiting to pounce. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
2221 Reporters, especially those in Washington, face an old journalistic dilemma: Because their stature tends to rise and fall with that of the people they cover, they have a stake in the successes of their subject. Walter Isaacson Isaacson, Walter null
2222 I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. Edward VIII Edward VIII null
2223 However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience. Jeanette Winterson Winterson, Jeanette null
2224 Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
2225 What the historian is called on to investigate is what lies behind the act; and to this the conscious thought or motive of the individual actor may be quite irrelevant. Edward Hallett Carr Carr, Edward Hallett null
2226 In the twentieth century what astonishes many of us is not so much that human nature is fundamentally corrupt; we are astonished rather that it does not behave more wickedly than it obviously does. Morton Irving Seiden Seiden, Morton Irving null
2227 We are most likely to get angry and excited in our opposition to some idea when we ourselves are not quite certain of our own position, and are inwardly tempted to take the other side. Thomas Mann Mann, Thomas null
2228 If there is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not deter or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. William Penn Penn, William null
2229 It happens to be a matter of record that I was first in print with the discovery that the tastelessness of food offered in American clubs varies in proportion to the exclusiveness of the club. Calvin Trillin Trillin, Calvin null
2230 We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and the come back to us as effects. Herman Melville Melville, Herman null
2231 It is only the untalented director who imagines himself in every part, wants his own thoughts and emotions portrayed; it is only the untalented who makes his own limitations those of the actor as well. Liv Ulmann Ulmann, Liv null
2232 One stands perplexed and wonders whether one should use force or humble love. Always decide to use humble love! If you resolved on that once and for all, you may subdue the whole world. Fyodor Dostoevsky Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich null
2233 The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. Richard Bach Bach, Richard null
2234 Respect for the vulnerability of human beings is a necessary part of telling the truth, because no truth will be wrested from a callous vision or callous handling. Anais Nin Nin, Anais null
2235 It is one of the great troubles of life that we cannot have any unmixed emotions. There is always something in our enemy that we like, and some thing in our sweetheart that we dislike. William Butler Yeats Yeats, William Butler null
2236 Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is. Willa Cather Cather, Willa null
2237 I remember my grandfather telling me how each of us must live with a full measure of loneliness that is inescapable, and we must not destroy ourselves with our passion to escape this aloneness. Jim Harrison Harrison, Jim null
2238 You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you. Dale Carnegie Carnegie, Dale null
2239 Advice to a young man: Stay in college, get the knowledge. And stay there until you're through. If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they sure can make something out of you. Muhammad Ali Ali, Muhammad null
2240 The magic of children is their ability to cloud our memories so that when we look back we recall only the golden moments, the sweet laughter and the sentimental tears, and none of the awful trials. Russell Baker Baker, Russell null
2241 Books have to be read. It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West. E. M. Forster Forster, E. M. null
2242 An irritable man is like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, tormenting himself with his own prickles. Thomas Hood Hood, Thomas null
2243 Two centuries ago the tradesman made the difference; a hundred years ago it was a mechanic; in the fifties it was the engineer; but today it is the scientist. Joseph F. Toot, Jr. Toot, Joseph F., Jr. null
2244 There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it, like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat it. Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian null
2245 I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half-hour looking at my face on their television screens. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
2246 Few businessmen are capable of being in politics - they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance nor the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business. Malcom Forbes Forbes, Malcom null
2247 The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
2248 You must adjust. This is the legend imprinted in every schoolbook, the invisible message on every blackboard. Our schools have become vast factories for the manufacture of robots. Robert Lindner Lindner, Robert null
2249 The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
2250 People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me. August Strindberg Strindberg, August null
2251 I encourage boldness because the danger of our seniority and pension plans tempt a young man to settle in a rut named security rather than find his own rainbow. Conrad Hilton Hilton, Conrad null
2252 The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains. Marcel Proust Proust, Marcel null
2253 The dream begins with the teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth". Dan Rather Rather, Dan null
2254 I have been offered roles of black quasi-heroes who get hanged at the end. I won't do a part like that. If I do a hero, he's going to live to the end of the movie. Morgan Freeman Freeman, Morgan null
2255 For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift. Wernher Von Braun Braun, Wernher von null
2256 A good many car drivers don't need seat belts as much as they need straightjackets. Anonymous Unknown null
2257 Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once. Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
2258 The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. Ben Stein Stein, Ben null
2259 If they ever close up the Metropolitan Opera, where will society go to talk while opera is being sung? Anonymous Unknown null
2260 Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WO Anonymous Unknown null
2261 The real test of golf and in life is not keeping out of the rough, but getting out after we are in. Anonymous Unknown null
2262 He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan null
2263 The chief fault of American audiences is that they see the point before we get there, which is disconcerting. Jerome K. Jerome Jerome, Jerome K. null
2264 Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman. James Fenimore Cooper Cooper, James Fenimore null
2265 There are few minds in a century that can look upon a new idea without terror. Fortunately for the rest of us, there are very few new ideas about. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
2266 We should not forget that our tradition is one of protest and revolt, and it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past while we silence the rebels of the present. Henry Steele Commager Commager, Henry Steele null
2267 Switzerland is a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest null
2268 In effect, we have redefined the task of science to be the discovery of laws that will enable us to predict events up to the limits set by the uncertainty principle. Stephen Hawking Hawking, Stephen null
2269 Never hold any one by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
2270 I have gazed at your beauty from the beginning of my existence, I have kept you in my arms for countless ages, yet it has not been enough for me. Rabindranath Tagore Tagore, Rabindranath null
2271 The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has. Frank Hamilton Hamilton, Frank null
2272 You go through so many changes as a child, then you grow up and discover that none of that stuff mattered, except for the impression it made on your mind. Joan Walton Collaso Collaso, Joan Walton null
2273 True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to server others at whatever cost. Arthur Ashe Ashe, Arthur null
2274 If by renouncing the luxuries of life we can lighten the burdens of others, surely the simplification of our wants is a thing greatly to be desired! Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
2275 I have not found juries specially inspired for the discovery of truth. I have not found them freer from prejudices than an ordinary judge would be. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. 2371
2276 People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing that's why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar Ziglar, Zig where did these come from? Not in Solution.txt
2277 Make the most of the best and the least of the worst. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis where did these come from? Not in Solution.txt
2278 While it is a misfortune to a woman never to be loved, it is a tragedy for her never to love. Dorothy Dix Dix, Dorothy 4/4/2005
2279 A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men. Roald Dahl Dahl, Roald 4/5/2005
2280 It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music. Honore de Balzac Balzac, Honore De next after 2371
2281 A cultivated mind is one to which the fountains of knowledge have been opened, and which has been taught, in any tolerable degree, to exercise its faculties. John Stuart Mill Mill, John Stuart null
2282 The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
2283 Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
2284 The dolphin, a creature fond not only of man but of the musical art, is charmed by harmonious melody, and especially the sound of the hydraulic organ. Pliny the Elder Pliny the Elder null
2285 I enjoy the moment for the moment, take everything out of what I'm doing one step at a time, and when it's gone I will have lived that time to the fullest. Betty Ford Ford, Betty null
2286 If I were a nightingale, I would sing like a nightingale, if a swan, like a swan. But, since I am a rational creature, my role is to praise God. Epictetus Epictetus null
2287 The trouble with most English women is that they dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation; they do not want to attract attention. Edith Sitwell Sitwell, Dame Edith null
2288 A judge is surrounded by people who keep telling hem what a wonderful fellow he is. And if he once begins to believe it, he is a lost soul. Harold R. Medina Medina, Harold R. null
2289 If I am to disclose to you what I should prefer if I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married! Queen Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth I null
2290 One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter null
2291 It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
2292 I always knew that fury was my natural enemy. It clotted my blood and clogged my pores. It literally blinded me so that I lost my peripheral vision. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
2293 To say a man is fallen in love, or is up to the ears in love, carries an idiomatical kind of implication, that love is a thing below a man. Laurence Sterne Sterne, Laurence null
2294 There is really no such creature as a single individual; he has no more life of his own that a cast-off cell marooned from the surface of your skin. Lewis Thomas Thomas, Lewis null
2295 I am long on ideas but short on time. I expect to live only about one hundred years. Thomas A. Edison Edison, Thomas Alva null
2296 Truth is something that works. It is a vehicle empowered to carry us to our destination. Joyce Carol Oates Oates, Joyce Carol null
2297 Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Katherine Mansfield Mansfield, Katherine null
2298 The advantage of working day and night is that you earn enough to pay the doctor when you break down. Source Unknown Unknown null
2299 The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar. Morris Ernst Ernst, Morris Leopold null
2300 I'm not living the blues, I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat me, 'cause I know who I am. Alberta Hunter Hunter, Alberta null
2301 A full-grown horse or dog is beyond comparison a more rational, as well as a more conversable animal, than an infant of a day, or a week, or even a month old. Jeremy Bentham Bentham, Jeremy null
2302 In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again. James Agee Agee, James null
2303 Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
2304 Shakespeare is the very Janus of poets; he wears almost everywhere two faces, and you have scarce begun to admire the one, ere you despise the other. John Dryden Dryden, John null
2305 Having been given, I must give. Man shall not live by bread alone, and what the farmer does I must do. I must feed the people with my song. Paul Robeson Robeson, Paul null
2306 A child said "What is the grass?" fetching it to me with full hands. How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
2307 When I hear of an "equity" in a case like this, I am reminded of a blind man in a dark room - looking for a black hat - which isn't there. Lord Bowen Bowen, Lord null
2308 I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase. Stendhal Stendhal null
2309 The American arrives in Paris with a few French phrases he has culled from a conversational guide or picked up from a friend who owns a beret. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
2310 He gave her a bright fake smile; so much of life was a putting-off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing was ever lost by delay. Graham Greene Greene, Graham null
2311 One can't judge Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend hearing it a second time. Gioacchino Rossini Rossini, Gioacchino null
2312 Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant the conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, nor does it remove doubt. Roger Bacon Bacon, Roger null
2313 I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left. Voltaire Voltaire null
2314 From the point of view of morals, life seems to be divided into two periods; in the first we indulge, in the second we preach. Will Durant Durant, Will null
2315 Britain will be honored by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it. Lord Harlech Harlech, Lord null
2316 The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. Robert Burchfield Burchfield, Robert null
2317 What plays mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion. Herman Melville Melville, Herman null
2318 I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait. - - Salvador Dali Salvador Dali Dali, Salvador null
2319 A woman is not to marry a man merely because she is asked, or because he is attached to her, and can write a tolerable letter. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
2320 Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, not that men are wicked, but that men know so little of men. W. E. B. Du Bois Du Bois, W. E. B. null
2321 When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God-made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art. Marc Chagall Chagall, Marc null
2322 One's life has value so long as one attribute value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation, and compassion. Simone de Beauvoir Beauvoir, Simone de null
2323 Deceit is the false road to happiness. And all the joys we travel through to vice, like fairy banquets, vanish when we touch them. Aaron Hill Hill, Aaron null
2324 Man is to be held only by the slightest chains; with the idea that he can break them at pleasure, he submits to them in sport. Maria Edgeworth Edgeworth, Maria null
2325 With people of only moderate ability, modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent, it is hypocrisy. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur null
2326 Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject. A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. null
2327 Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas null
2328 By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love, he may rule the world forever. Laozi (Lao-Tse) Laozi null
2329 When people say, "It can't be done" or "you don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting. Lynn Hill Hill, Lynn null
2330 Nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else. E. M. Forster Forster, E. M. null
2331 Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or not. George Savile (Lord Halifax) Savile, Sir George null
2332 Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as to be misunderstood. Laurence Sterne Sterne, Laurence null
2333 The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings. James M. Barrie Barrie, James Matthew null
2334 Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to do. George Moore Moore, George null
2335 There are two very difficult things in the world. One is to make a name for oneself and the other is to keep it. Robert Schumann Schumann, Robert null
2336 This is not the time for sound bites. I can feel the hand of history on our shoulders. Tony Blair, on talks with Northern Ireland Blair, Tony null
2337 If a woman never takes off her high-heeled shoes, how will she ever know how far she could walk or how fast she could run? Germaine Greer Greer, Germaine null
2338 You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid. Joe Torre Torre, Joe null
2339 Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light. Ellis Peters Peters, Ellis null
2340 No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. Barbara Ehrenreich Ehrenreich, Barbara null
2341 Literature is an act of conscience. It is up to us to rebuild with memories, with ruins, and with moments of grace. Elie Wiesel Wiesel, Elie null
2342 A ballplayer's got to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leagues. Joe Dimaggio Dimaggio, Joe null
2343 I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I have had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral. Lord Mountbatten Mountbatten, Lord null
2344 Someone has somewhere commented on the fact that millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Susan Ertz Ertz, Susan null
2345 The American dream is that any citizen can rise to the highest office in the land. The British dream is that the Queen drops in for tea. Michael Bywater Bywater, Michael null
2346 I think that business practices would improve immeasurable if they were guided by "feminine" principles - qualities like love and care and intuition. Anita Roddick Roddick, Anita null
2347 Modern industry seems to be inefficient to a degree that surpasses one's ordinary powers of imagination. Its inefficiency therefore remains unnoticed. E. F. Schumacher Schumacher, E. F. null
2348 The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad and incomplete in the urban compound. Marshall McLuhan McLuhan, Marshall null
2349 Nice guys, when we turn nasty, can make a terrible mess of it, usually because we've had so little practice, and have bottled it up for too long. Matthew Parris Parris, Matthew null
2350 If you see anybody fallen by the wayside and lying in the ditch, it isn't much good climbing into the ditch and lying by his side. Dick Sheppard Sheppard, Dick null
2351 The metamorphosis of consumption from vice to virtue is one of the most important yet least examined phenomena of the twentieth century. Jeremy Rifkin Rifkin, Jeremy null
2352 Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
2353 As someone pointed out recently, if you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation. Jean Kerr Kerr, Jean null
2354 Popular culture is a contradiction in terms. If it's popular, it's not culture. If everyone loves it, it's not original. Vivienne Westwood Westwood, Vivienne null
2355 The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most. Theodore Parker Parker, Theodore null
2356 It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
2357 Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. William Cowper Cowper, William null
2358 I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
2359 The two agencies that redistribute great fortunes are taxation and offspring. Source Unknown Unknown null
2360 Man makes a great fuss about this planet, which is only a ball bearing in the hub of the universe. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher null
2361 A diplomat's life is made up of three things: protocol, Geritol and alcohol. Adlai E Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai E. null
2362 My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there. Charles F. Kettering Kettering, Charles F. null
2363 I suppose that so long as there are people in the world, they will publish dictionaries defining what is unknown in terms of something equally unknown. Flann O'Brien O'Brien, Flann null
2364 A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. Caskie Stinnett Stinnett, Caskie null
2365 Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want. Erich Fromm Fromm, Erich null
2366 In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. Billie Holiday Holiday, Billie null
2367 Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there. Phil Gramm Gramm, Phil null
2368 A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do his job when he does feel like it. James Agate Agate, James null
2369 I should like my epitaph to say, "He helped people see God in the ordinary things of life, and he made children laugh." Rev. W. Awdry Awdry, Rev. W. null
2370 She knew one of the great family truths, that aunts always help, while moms always think it would be good for you if you did it yourself. Jane Smiley Smiley, Jane null
2371 What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme but that they are intolerant. Robert Kennedy Kennedy, Robert F. null
2372 The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own. William Epson Epson, William null
2373 Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Saint-Exupery, Antoine de null
2374 When I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow, and now that I'm old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow. Fred Hoyle Hoyle, Fred null
2375 In former days, everyone found the assumption of innocence so easy; today we find fatally easy the assumption of guilt. Amanda Cross Cross, Amanda null
2376 God works by contraries, so that a man feels himself to be lost in the very moment when he is on the point of being saved. Martin Luther Luther, Martin null
2377 To study any subject scientifically one needs a detached attitude, which is obviously harder when one's own interests or emotions are involved. George Orwell Orwell, George null
2378 A man would create another man if one did not already exist, but a woman might live an eternity without even thinking of reproducing her own sex. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
2379 It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
2380 The art of secrecy lies in being so open about most things that the few things that matter are not even suspected to exist. B. H. Liddell Hart Hart, B. H. Liddell null
2381 The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
2382 If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don't get all the facts, it can't be right. Bernard M. Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. null
2383 The difference between a man and his valet: they both smoke the same cigars, but only one pays for them. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
2384 The closed mind, if closed long enough, can be opened by nothing short of dynamite. Gerald White Johnson Johnson, Gerald White null
2385 Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it. George Santayana Santayana, George null
2386 To inherit property is not to be born - it is to be stillborn, rather Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
2387 It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffers. William Blackstone Blackstone, William null
2388 Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving. Frank Rooney Rooney, Frank null
2389 No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have. Latin Proverb Proverb - Latin null
2390 Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order. Seneca Seneca null
2391 Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there. Elizabeth Clarke Dunn Dunn, Elizabeth Clarke null
2392 If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. Bob Hope Hope, Bob null
2393 Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share, and sought advantage over no one. Robert Brault Brault, Robert null
2394 Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men. Gifford Pinchot Pinchot, Gifford null
2395 We never know the love of the parent till we become parents ourselves. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
2396 Set your sights beyond what you can see. There is true majesty in the concept of an unseen power which can neither be measured nor weighed. Ted Koppel Koppel, Ted null
2397 Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
2398 Individuals are considered sincere when there is little or no discrepancy between the goals they seek and those they claim to be seeking. Leonard W. Doob Doob, Leonard W. null
2399 Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas null
2400 Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view) consists of its attitudes towards those who are at its mercy; animals. Milan Kundera Kundera, Milan null
2401 I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive. Nora Ephron Ephron, Nora null
2402 The essence of man, his uniqueness, is in his power to surpass the self, to rise above his needs and selfish motives. Abraham Heschel Heschel, Abraham null
2403 Tackling a job that seems worth doing, and doing it in a competent manner, is the best way for a person to gain self-esteem. John Holt Holt, John null
2404 I seemed to have gained nothing in trying to educate myself unless it was to discover more and more fully how ignorant I was. Rene Descartes Descartes, Rene null
2405 At the bottom of a great deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion. Edwin H. Chapin Chapin, Edwin Hubbell null
2406 If a man would guide his life by true philosophy, he will find ample riches in a modest livelihood enjoyed with a tranquil mind. Lucretius Lucretius null
2407 As I know more of mankind, I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man, upon easier terms that I was formerly. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
2408 If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves there wouldn't be enough to go round. Christina Stead Stead, Christina null
2409 Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
2410 Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. Edward Gibbon Gibbon, Edward null
2411 With freedom of the press, nations are not sure of going toward justice and peace. But without it, they are sure of not going there. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
2412 I like viable women who are out there doing. I like women who are very involved with living and who haven't pulled out from life. Colleen Dewhurst Dewhurst, Colleen null
2413 The postman is the agent of impolite surprises. Every week we ought to have an hour for receiving letters - and then go take a bath. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
2414 Born under different skies we have neither the same thought nor the same language - have we, perhaps, hearts that resemble one another? George Sand Sand, George null
2415 I was only a poor poet, made for singing at her casement, as the finches or the thrushes, while she thought of other things. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth Barrett null
2416 America was discovered accidentally by a great seaman who was looking for something else. History is like that, very chancy. Samuel Eliot Morison Morison, Samuel Eliot null
2417 When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right. Eugene Debs Debs, Eugene V. null
2418 An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. George Eliot Eliot, George null
2419 There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water. Alan Clark Clark, Alan null
2420 History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth. Jean Cocteau Cocteau, Jean null
2421 We thought we were done with these things but we were wrong. We though because we had power, we had wisdom. Stephen Vincent Benet Benet, Stephen Vincent null
2422 Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it. Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching. Tennessee Williams Williams, Tennessee null
2423 The good may prove to be a hidden form of evil. The evil may prove to be a new and not yet recognized form of good. Nicholas Berdyaev Berdyaev, Nicholas null
2424 A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. John Milton Milton, John null
2425 Courage does not always march to airs blown by a bugle, it is not always wrought out of the fabric ostentation wears. Frances Rodman Rodman, Frances null
2426 It was the kind of desperate, headlong, adolescent calf love that he should have experienced years ago and got over. Agatha Christie Christie, Agatha null
2427 What have I done to achieve longevity? Woken up each morning and tried to remember not to wear my hearing aid in the bath. Robert Morley Morley, Robert null
2428 For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh. Georges Rouault Rouault, Georges null
2429 One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years. Thomas Wolfe Wolfe, Thomas null
2430 The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. Arthur Koestler Koestler, Arthur null
2431 Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. Ann Landers Landers, Ann null
2432 A journey is like marriage. The one certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John null
2433 Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse. Adlai Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai E. null
2434 It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any. Mae West West, Mae null
2435 What I say is that "just" or "right" means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party. Plato Plato null
2436 Suspicions amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds; they ever fly by twilight. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
2437 Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth. Horace Walpole Walpole, Horace null
2438 Some out of their own virtue make a god who sometimes later is a terror to them. Gertrude Stein Stein, Gertrude null
2439 It's very dangerous if you keep love letters from someone who is not now your husband. Diana Dors Dors, Diana null
2440 You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine. Flip Wilson Wilson, Flip null
2441 The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more: they reward virtue. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver null
2442 Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience. Isaiah Berlin Berlin, Isaiah null
2443 Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again. Willa Cather Cather, Willa null
2444 Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends. Samuel Pepys Pepys, Samuel null
2445 True ecstasy hails neither from spirit nor from nature, but from the union of these two. Martin Buber Buber, Martin null
2446 Analysts and policy makers alike tend to interpret information to support their own viewpoints. Dean Rusk Rusk, Dean null
2447 Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our inventions. Whitney Young Young, Whitney null
2448 There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good. Henri Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic null
2449 Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. Charles Simic Simic, Charles null
2450 Make a bigger space in the universe for you head to live in and it will grow to fill the space. David Crosby Crosby, David null
2451 Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen Cohen, Leonard null
2452 Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened. Lawrence Durrell Durrell, Lawrence null
2453 If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. Bette Reese Reese, Bette null
2454 Age is not particularly interesting. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
2455 Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. This can't be done - except by liars. Bernard Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. null
2456 We live together very happily, that is, I don't have a moment's peace by day or night. Heinrich Heine Heine, Heinrich null
2457 Why do birds sing in the morning? It's the triumphant shout: "We got through another night." Enid Bagnold Bagnold, Enid null
2458 The two leading recipes for success are building a better mousetrap and finding a bigger loophole. Edgar A. Shoaff Shoaff, Edgar A. null
2459 A foundation is a large body of money completely surrounded by people who want some. Dwight MacDonald MacDonald, Dwight null
2460 One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. Evelyn Waugh Waugh, Evelyn null
2461 A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall. Vince Lombardi Lombardi, Vince null
2462 Everything one does enough of eventually generates its own interest and one then begins to believe in it. Alan Dunn Dunn, Alan null
2463 An idea cannot well be accompanied by a stronger kind of interest than the earnest wish to escape from it. John Foster Foster, John null
2464 A heretic is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about. William Cowper Brann Brann, William Cowper null
2465 You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself! Talleyrand Talleyrand null
2466 A politician was a person with whose politics you did not agree. When you did agree, he was a statesman. David Lloyd George George, David Lloyd null
2467 One's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into action which brings results. Florence Nightingale Nightingale, Florence null
2468 Women swallow at one mouthful the lie that flatters, and drink drop by drop the truth that is bitter. Denis Diderot Diderot, Denis null
2469 The husband who doesn't tell his wife everything probably reasons that what she doesn't know won't hurt him. Leo Burke Burke, Leo null
2470 To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals, and to have a deference for others governs our manners. Laurence Sterne Sterne, Laurence null
2471 Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. Norman Mailer Mailer, Norman null
2472 The image managers encourage the individual to fashion himself into a smooth coin, negotiable in any market. John Gardner Gardner, John null
2473 From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema stars. Lady Astor Astor, Lady Nancy null
2474 The reason the way of the transgressor is so hard is that it's so crowded. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
2475 Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
2476 An artist cannot speak about his work any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. Jean Cocteau Cocteau, Jean null
2477 A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination that gives immortality to a conversation. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
2478 I feel that the greatest reward for doing nothing is the opportunity to do more. Jonas Salk Salk, Jonas null
2479 Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws. Robert Peel Peel, Robert null
2480 When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken, you reign over it. Arabian Proverb Proverb - Arabian null
2481 It's only during an eclipse that the man in the moon has a place in the sun. Anonymous Unknown null
2482 Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised except by those to whom it has been refused. Edward Gibbon Gibbon, Edward null
2483 Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization. Lincoln Steffens Steffens, Lincoln null
2484 The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but the inward significance. Aristotle Aristotle null
2485 You can say one thing about ignorance: There seems to be more than enough to go around. James Feibleman Feibleman, James K. null
2486 He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody. Joseph Heller Heller, Joseph null
2487 If they try to rush me, I always say, "I've only got one other speed, and it's slower." Glenn Ford Ford, Glenn null
2488 None of my patients are hypochondriacs, but you should see some of their owners. Anonymous Veterinarian Unknown null
2489 What is it that disappears when you make a U-Turn? A parking space. Source Unknown Unknown null
2490 Anybody who profits from the experience of others probably writes biographies. Franklin P. Jones Jones, Franklin P. null
2491 Harold (Robbins) could be the best conversationalist in the world - if he ever found anyone he thought worth talking to. H. Alexander Alexander, H. null
2492 Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old; it is the rust we value, not the gold. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander null
2493 I've always felt England was a great place to work. It's an island and the audience can't run very far. Bob Hope Hope, Bob null
2494 Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe. Jackie Mason Mason, Jackie null
2495 It is indeed exasperating to have a memory that begins too young and continues too long. Pearl Buck Buck, Pearl S. null
2496 Calvin Coolidge didn't say much. And when he did, he didn't say much. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
2497 In biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today. Abigail Van Buren Van Buren, Abigail null
2498 Misunderstanding arising from ignorance breeds fear, and fear remains the greatest enemy of peace. Lester B. Peterson Peterson, Lester B. null
2499 Francis Scott Key deserved fame because he knew all the verses of "The Star Spangled Banner." Unknown Source Unknown null
2500 Unless you can look interested when you are bored, you will never be a success socially. Anonymous Unknown null
2501 Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
2502 Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
2503 Let us be of good cheer remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. J. R. Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
2504 Some folks seem to think they're worth a lot of money just because they have it. Source Unknown Unknown null
2505 Thirty is a nice age for a woman, especially if she happens to be forty. Anonymous Unknown null
2506 God pardons like a mother kisses away the tears of a repentant child. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
2507 Kings will lose privilege, as stars which have completed their time lose their splendor. Alexandre Dumas, pere Dumas, Alexandre null
2508 Great men are like meteors: they glitter and are consumed to enlighten the world. Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon null
2509 Observe yourself as your greatest enemy would do, so shall you be your greatest friend. Jeremy Taylor Taylor, Jeremy null
2510 My greatest inspiration is a challenge to attempt the impossible. Albert A. Michelson Michelson, Albert A. null
2511 Adolescence: the period when children are certain they will never be as stupid as their parents. Source Unknown Unknown null
2512 The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside we all believe that we are above-average drivers. Dave Barry Barry, Dave null
2513 Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled by great ambition. Henry Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
2514 Here we have a baby. It is composed of a bald head and a pair of lungs. Eugene Field Field, Eugene null
2515 A bad cold wouldn't be so annoying if it weren't for the advice of your friends. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
2516 We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing; others judge us by what we have done. H. W. Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
2517 Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Thomas A. Edison Edison, Thomas Alva null
2518 Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. Marcel Proust Proust, Marcel null
2519 Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. George Santayana Santayana, George null
2520 A good listener is not someone who has nothing to say. A good listener is a great talker with a sore throat. Katherine Whitehorn Whitehorn, Katherine null
2521 Great individuals, not great organization men, make a college or university great. Harold W. Dodds Dodds, Harold W. null
2522 There is no cure for birth or death save to enjoy the interval. George Santayana Santayana, George null
2523 Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
2524 Social progress does not have to be bought at the price of individual freedom. John Foster Dulles Dulles, John Foster null
2525 People seldom improve when they have no model other than themselves to copy after. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver null
2526 Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair. George Burns Burns, George null
2527 Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
2528 Every duty which we omit obscures some truth which we should have known. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
2529 He is to be educated not because he is to make shoes, nails and pins, but because he is a man. William Ellery Channing Channing, William Ellery null
2530 The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary. Franklin P. Adams Adams, Franklin P. null
2531 Life has two rules: Number one, never quit; Number two, always remember rule number one. Duke Ellington Ellington, Duke null
2532 I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
2533 The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
2534 You can't measure life in days the way you do money in dollars, because every day is different. Jorge Luis Borges Borges, Jorge Luis null
2535 Vacation Resort: a place that overlooks a lake and also overlooks comfortable beds and good food. Source Obscure Unknown null
2536 Some people have nothing to say, but you have to listen a long time to find out. Anonymous Unknown null
2537 Men should stop fighting among themselves and start fighting insects. Luther Burbank Burbank, Luther null
2538 Never doubt that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world, indeed it's the only thing that has. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret null
2539 If this is coffee, please bring me some tea, and if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. Abe Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
2540 Listening to the fifth symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for forty-five minutes. Aaron Copland Copland, Aaron null
2541 If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners. Johnny Carson Carson, Johnny null
2542 Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do. Jean-Paul Sartre Sartre, Jean-Paul null
2543 There is no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either. Robert Graves Graves, Robert null
2544 There are days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers. Robert Orben Orben, Robert null
2545 If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way. Barry Commoner Commoner, Barry null
2546 We had seen the light at the end of the tunnel, and it was out John C. Clancy Clancy, John C. null
2547 Will the last person out of the tunnel please turn off the light? Source Unknown Unknown null
2548 I didn't want to be rich. I just wanted to get the couch reupholstered. Mrs. (Kate) Zero Mostel Mostel, Mrs. (Kate) null
2549 He writes so well he makes me feel like putting my quill back in the goose. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
2550 Vacation is time off to remind employees that the business can get along without them. Earl Wilson Wilson, Earl null
2551 Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
2552 An intellectual is a person who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of the Lone Ranger. Source Obscure Unknown null
2553 In an underdeveloped country, don't drink the water; in a developed country, don't breathe the air. Jonathan Raban Raban, Jonathan null
2554 Golden Rule principles are just as necessary for operating a business as are trucks, typewriters or twine. James Cash Penney Penney, James Cash null
2555 What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in good health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? Adam Smith Smith, Adam null
2556 Home is the place where you can enjoy corn on the cob, soup and watermelon. Source Obscure Unknown null
2557 To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step in knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
2558 With the exception of world unrest, nothing breaks out in more places than an old garden hose. Weary Gardner Unknown null
2559 Treat the earth well; it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. Anonymous Native American Unknown null
2560 Things on the whole are much faster in America. People don't "stand for election"; they "run for office." Jessica Mitford Mitford, Jessica null
2561 Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will mankind find that money cannot be eaten. Native American Saying Unknown null
2562 A business, like an automobile, has to be driven in order to get results. B. C. Forbes Forbes, B. C. null
2563 It's easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor. Ray A. Kroc Kroc, Ray A. null
2565 I would rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
2567 Bulls do not win bullfights. People do. People do not win people fights. Lawyers do. Norman R. Augustine Augustine, Norman R. null
2568 We are what we pretend to be. So we must be careful what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. null
2569 When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective. Gen. George C. Marshall Marshall, Gen. George C. null
2570 To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world. An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
2571 Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. Life is a daring adventur Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
2572 Adversity is the stuff that shows whether you are what you thought you were. American Proverb Proverb - American null
2573 Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself. Anonymous Unknown null
2574 An atheist is a guy who watches a Notre Dame Southern Methodist University football game and doesn't care who wins. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
2575 The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
2576 When I go to the beauty parlor, I always use the emergency entrance. Sometimes I just go for an estimate. Phyllis Diller Diller, Phyllis null
2577 Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
2578 Reputation is often got without merit any lost without fault. English Proverb Proverb - English null
2579 The beauty of the world has two edges. One of beauty, one of anguish cutting the heart asunder Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia null
2580 There ain't no way to find out why a snorer can't hear himself snore. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
2581 They say they climb mountains because they are there. I wonder if it would astound them to know that the very same reason is why the rest of us go around them. S. Omar Barker Barker, S. Omar null
2582 Lots of people know a good thing the minute the other fellow sees it first. J. E. Hedges Hedges, Job Elmer null
2583 That which is called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey. Lord Erskine Erskine, Lord null
2584 The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love. De La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
2585 To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it. Andre Maurois Maurois, Andre null
2586 No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
2587 Abhor a knave and pity a fool in your heart, but let neither of them unnecessarily see that you do. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
2588 Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
2589 Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end. Gambetta Gambetta, Leon null
2590 Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
2591 It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die. Juvenal Juvenal null
2592 Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to the possibilities; truth isn't. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
2593 We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
2594 A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George null
2595 Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
2596 You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be. Johann Kaspar Lavater Lavater, Johann Kaspar null
2597 Character is much easier kept than recovered. Thomas Paine Paine, Thomas null
2598 The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh. Johann Friedrich von Schiller Schiller, Johann Friedrich von null
2599 One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. null
2600 Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
2601 The gambling known as business looks with austere displeasure upon the business known as gambling. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
2602 You can lead a boy to college but you can't make him think. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
2603 It doesn't make much difference what you study as long as you don't like it. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
2604 There is no sadder sight in the world than to see a beautiful theory killed by a brutal fact. Thomas Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry null
2605 Everything you invent is true: you can be sure of that. Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave null
2606 The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone his due. Justinian I Justinian I null
2607 He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression. Thomas Paine Paine, Thomas null
2608 That which the best human nature is capable of is within the reach of human nature at large. Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert null
2609 The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. Walter Bagehot Bagehot, Walter null
2610 Do whatever you do so well that no man living and no man yet unborn could do it better. Benjamin Mays Mays, Benjamin E. null
2611 One is tempted to say that old myths never die; they just become embedded in the textbooks. Thomas A. Bailey Bailey, Thomas A. null
2612 The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence. Robert Shiller Shiller, Robert null
2613 The secret of negotiation is to harmonize the real interests of the parties concerned. Francois de Calieres Calieres, Francois de null
2614 This country has come to feel the same when congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
2615 It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
2616 Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury. E. H. Chapin Chapin, Edwin Hubbell null
2617 Measurement of life should be proportioned rather to the intensity of the experience than to its actual length. Thomas Hardy Hardy, Thomas null
2618 Part of me is still waiting to grow up, to be an adult, and the other part knows there is no such thing. Richard Dreyfuss Dreyfuss, Richard null
2619 We want our minds to be clear - not so we can think clearly, but so we can be open in our perceptions. M. C. Richards Richards, M. C. null
2620 It is the nature of men to be bound by the benefits they confer as much as by those they receive. Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolo null
2621 None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. John Milton Milton, John null
2622 As a reporter, I like to keep in the middle and be disliked by both sides. Jimmy Breslin Breslin, Jimmy null
2623 A university should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
2624 Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character. Oscar Levant Levant, Oscar null
2625 Oh thrice and four times happy are those who plant cabbages. Francois Rabelais Rabelais, Francois null
2626 Parking meters should remind us that we lose money standing still. Bert Kruse Kruse, Bert null
2627 I am too much a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything. Thomas Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry null
2628 When you are right, you take the bows, and when you are wrong, you make the apologies. Benjamin Ward Ward, Benjamin null
2629 In order to compose, all you need is to remember a tune that nobody else has thought of. Robert Schumann Schumann, Robert null
2630 Hope feeds the soul but leaves your belly rumbling. John Sayles Sayles, John null
2631 Start each day with a smile - and get it over with. W. C. Fields Fields, W. C. null
2632 You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. Norman Douglas Douglas, Norman null
2633 Learn to be sincere. Even if you have to fake it. David Gerrold Gerrold, David null
2634 A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. Gloria Steinem Steinem, Gloria null
2635 Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth. Shirley Chisholm Chisholm, Shirley null
2636 It is only well with me when I have a chisel in my hand. Michelangelo Michelangelo null
2637 Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
2638 My inner self was a house divided against itself. St. Augustine Saint Augustine null
2639 I regret that I have but one life to live in San Francisco. Herb Caen Caen, Herb null
2640 Satire is exaggeration and distortion to make a point. Oliver Stone Stone, Oliver null
2641 The shortest cut to riches is to despise riches. Seneca the Younger Seneca the Younger null
2642 When a man is unable to understand a thing, he ridicules it. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
2643 The more things change, the more they are the same. Alphonse Karr Karr, Alphonse null
2644 The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied. Confucius Confucius null
2645 Liberty is precious - so precious that it must be rationed. Lenin Lenin null
2646 A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. James Reston Reston, James null
2647 Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice. Victor Cousin Cousin, Victor null
2648 Today's achievement is only tomorrow's confusion. William Dean Howells Howells, William Dean null
2649 The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. Bret Harte Harte, Bret null
2650 Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
2651 There's a sucker born every minute. P. T. Barnum Barnum, P. T. null
2652 Repartee is what you wish you'd said. Heywood Broun Broun, Heywood Hale null
2653 Poverty is now an inhuman anachronism. Hubert H. Humphrey Humphrey, Hubert H. null
2654 Having no talent is no longer enough. Gore Vidal Vidal, Gore null
2655 He not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan Dylan, Bob null
2656 Sacrifice is a form of bargaining. Holbrook Jackson Jackson, Holbrook null
2657 Every mile is two in winter. George Herbert Herbert, George null
2658 The feeling of "aha, that's it," which accompanies the clothing of a situation with meaning, is emotionally very satisfying, and is the major charm of scientific research, of artistic creation, and of the solution of crossword puzzles. It is why the intel Hudson Hoagland Hoagland, Hudson null
2659 It seems to me that there must be an ecological limit to the number of paper pushers the earth can sustain, and that human civilization will collapse when the number of, say, tax lawyers exceeds the world's population of farmers, weavers, fisherpersons, a Barbara Ehrenreich Ehrenreich, Barbara null
2660 The Americans are a funny lot. They drink whiskey to keep them warm, then they put ice in it to make it cool; then they put some sugar in it to make it sweet, and then they put a slice of lemon in it to make it sour. Then they say, "Here's to you" and dri B. N. Chakravarty Chakravarty, B. N. null
2661 Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough, and when you have enough, you have Gail Sheehy Sheehy, Gail null
2662 My child looked at me, and I looked back at him. I realized that it had come down to this; a specific person, born on the hottest day of the year, conceived on a Christmas Eve, made by his father and me miraculously from scratch. Anna Quindlen Quindlen, Anna null
2663 What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Gasoline is much more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict. Simone Weil Weil, Simone null
2664 The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
2665 I will never consent to have our sex considered in an inferior point of light. Let each planet shine in their own orbit. God and nature designed it so - if man is Lord, women is Lordess - that is what I contend for. Abigail Adams Adams, Abigail null
2666 When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, "give crowns and pounds and guineas but not your heart away; give pearls away and rubies, but keep your fancy free." but I was one-and-twenty, no use to talk to me. A. E. Housman Housman, Alfred Edward null
2667 The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. They have always taught you that it is your patriotic duty to go to war and slaughter yourselves at their command. Eugene V. Debs Debs, Eugene V. null
2668 In every age "the good old days" were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them. Brooks Atkinson Atkinson, Brooks null
2669 Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be into the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own species. William James James, William null
2670 He was an embittered atheist (the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike him), and took a sort of pleasure in thinking that human affairs would never improve. George Orwell Orwell, George null
2671 Across the Colorado river from Needles, the dark and jagged ramparts of Arizona stood up against the sky, and behind them the huge tilted plain rising toward the backbone of the continent again. John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John null
2672 There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world. Sir Karl Popper Popper, Sir Karl R. null
2673 Every positive value has its price in negative terms, and you never see anything very great which is not, at the same time, horrible in some respect. The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
2674 Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds. Dorothy L. Sayers Sayers, Dorothy L. null
2675 If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible he is almost certainly right, but if he says that it is impossible he is very probably wrong. Arthur C. Clarke Clarke, Arthur C. null
2676 The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
2677 I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means. Clarence Darrow Darrow, Clarence S. null
2678 When the last red man shall have vanished from this earth, and his memory is only a story among the whites, these shores will still swarm with the invisible dead of my people. Chief Seattle Chief Seattle null
2679 The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge. Arnold Palmer Palmer, Arnold null
2680 To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished. Roland Barthes Barthes, Roland null
2681 The surface of American society is covered with a layer of Democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colors breaking through. Alexis de Tocqueville de Tocqueville, Alexis null
2682 It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart. Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter null
2683 Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as it is for the body. Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
2684 To say nothing is out here is incorrect; to say the desert is stingy with everything except space and light, stone and earth is closer to the truth. William Least Heat Moon Moon, William Least Heat null
2685 He would certainly have despised Christ for being the son of a carpenter, if the New Testament had not proved in time to be such a howling commercial success. Graham Greene Greene, Graham null
2686 I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking. But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they are still going. Lord Birkett Birkett, Lord null
2687 Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, probably big deals. That's how I get my kicks. Donald Trump Trump, Donald null
2688 All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs. Enoch Powell Powell, Enoch null
2689 If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever. Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
2690 The world is governed more by appearance than by realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as it is to know it. Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel null
2691 I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him. Sir Max Beerbohm Beerbohm, Sir Max null
2692 American means white, and Africanist people struggle to make the term applicable to themselves with ethnicity and hyphen after hyphen after hyphen. Toni Morrison Morrison, Toni null
2693 I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God. Thomas Macaulay Macaulay, Thomas Babington null
2694 Anybody that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office. David Broder Broder, David null
2695 Columbus discovered America when he set out in quest of ginger and cinnamon, and historians are still debating the long-term benefits of his journey. Abbe Reinal Reinal, Abbe null
2696 I wouldn't say when you've seen one western you've seen the lot; but when you've seen the lot you get the feeling you've seen one. Katherine Whitehorn Whitehorn, Katherine null
2697 There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which individual freedom can develop. Herbert Marcuse Marcuse, Herbert null
2698 I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office. Dean Acheson Acheson, Dean null
2699 If I were to make another picture in Australia today, I'd have a policeman hop into the pocket of a kangaroo and yell, "Follow that car!" Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock, Alfred null
2700 Writers are encouraged to "keep 'em laughing" and complain "with good humor" in order to "win" allies. The joke is always on ourselves. Alice Childress Childress, Alice null
2701 The Interstate Highway System is a wonderful thing. It makes it possible to go coast to coast without seeing anything or meeting anybody. Charles Kuralt Kuralt, Charles null
2702 Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time. E. M. Forster Forster, E. M. null
2703 An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead. Nancy Mitford Mitford, Nancy null
2704 Almost any man worthy of his salt would fight to defend his home, but no one ever heard of a man going to war for his boarding house. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
2705 Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, o Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night. Book of Common Prayer Book of Common Prayer null
2706 Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
2707 The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive. Kenneth Williams Williams, Kenneth null
2708 Rainier, from Puget Sound, is a sight for the gods, and when one looks upon him he feels that he is in the presence of the gods. Paul Fountain Fountain, Paul null
2709 Those obsessed with health are not healthy; the first requisite of good health is a certain calculated carelessness about oneself. Sydney Harris Harris, Sydney J. null
2710 While edging toward a coma during the endless years of baseball this weekend, I suddenly realized I didn't know what a slider was. Russell Baker Baker, Russell null
2711 In his blue gardens, men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott null
2712 None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free. Pearl S. Buck Buck, Pearl S. null
2713 You were never no locomotive, sunflower, you were a sunflower! And you locomotive, you are a locomotive, forget me not! Allen Ginsberg Ginsberg, Allen null
2714 An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
2715 Human society is a network of relations - spiritual, animate, physical - between human beings, alive, dead, and still unborn. Arnold J. Toynbee Toynbee, Arnold J. null
2716 When I come into a game in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, no one out and a one-run lead - it takes people off my mind. Tug McGraw McGraw, Tug null
2717 My schooling did me a great deal of harm and no good whatever; it was simply dragging a child's soul through the dirt. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
2718 It is well known that the most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution. Hannah Arendt Arendt, Hannah null
2719 The stately homes of England, how beautiful they stand! Amidst their tall ancestral trees, o'er all the pleasant land. Felicia Hemans Hemans, Felicia null
2720 Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
2721 Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. Edith Wharton Wharton, Edith null
2722 If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent. Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac null
2723 "I've never traveled," Dona Consolation blandly confessed, "but I dare say, dear, you can't judge Egypt by Aida.'" Ronald Firbank Firbank, Ronald null
2724 Yosemite valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. Ansel Adams Adams, Ansel null
2725 The measure of success is not how much money you have in the bank, but rather how much money the bank will lend you. Jack W. Whiteman Whiteman, Jack W. null
2726 Human beings are perhaps never more frightening that when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. Laurens Van Der Post Post, Laurens Van Der null
2727 If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city. Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
2728 Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. Edwin Way Teale Teale, Edwin Way null
2729 Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. Charlotte Whitton Whitton, Charlotte null
2730 Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. Franklin P. Adams Adams, Franklin P. null
2731 Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want. Anthony Hope Hope, Anthony null
2732 LSD? Nothing much happened, but I did get the distinct impression that some birds were trying to communicate with me. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. null
2733 How is it possible to say an unkind or irreverential word of Rome? The city of all time, and of all the world! Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
2734 The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime. Lord Grey, on the eve of World War I Grey, Lord null
2735 I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river is a strong brown god - sullen, untamed and intractable. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
2736 Nothing is so contagious as example. Never was any considerable good or evil done without producing its like. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
2737 The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen null
2738 I was a sculptor. But that's really drawing - a drawing you fall over in the dark, a three-dimensional drawing. Al Hirschfeld Hirschfeld, Al null
2739 She whose youth had seemed to teach that happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain. Thomas Hardy Hardy, Thomas null
2740 All the contact I have had with politics has left me feeling as though I had been drinking out of spittoons. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest null
2741 Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit, and you reap a character. Sow a character, and you reap a destiny. Charles Reade Reade, Charles null
2742 What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? Thomas Merton Merton, Thomas null
2743 Violet will be a good color for hair at just about the same time that brunette becomes a good color for flowers. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
2744 We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them. Charles C. West West, Charles C. null
2745 Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life. Germaine Greer Greer, Germaine null
2746 When there is no feeling of accomplishment, children fail to develop properly and old people rapidly decline. Joseph Whitney Whitney, Joseph null
2747 Style in writing is not just elegance in phrasing; it should marshal argument and prose to move or persuade. William Safire Safire, William null
2748 All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's Saki Saki null
2749 No sound concentrates so much spitefulness and malice into a very small volume as the pinging of mosquitoes. Elspeth Huxley Huxley, Elspeth null
2750 I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them. E. V. Lucas Lucas, E. V. null
2751 We create our fate every day; most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior. Henry Miller Miller, Henry null
2752 It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so. Jerome. K. Jerome Jerome, Jerome K. null
2753 When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. Leonard Matlovich Matlovich, Leonard null
2754 The only place you can win a football game is on the field. The only place you can lose it is in your heart. Darrell Royal Royal, Darrell null
2755 When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have. Edgar Watson Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
2756 The only way anybody'd get me to work was to make the hours from one to two with an hour off for lunch. Minnesota Fats Minnesota Fats null
2757 A successor is almost always deemed not as adequate as the incumbent, and that's almost always not true. A. W. Clausen Clausen, A. W. null
2758 The whole conception of "sin" is one which I find very puzzling, doubtless owing to my sinful nature. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
2759 Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by traffic from both sides. Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret null
2760 The one nice thing about sports is that they prove men do have emotions and are not afraid to show them. Jane O'Reilly O'Reilly, Jane null
2761 I live only in the moment in this strange unmortal space, crowded with beauty, pierced with danger. Charles A. Lindbergh Lindbergh, Charles A. null
2762 The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. Jacob Bronowski Bronowski, Jacob null
2763 One of the greatest starts that ever lived was Rin Tin Tin, so there can't be too much of a trick to it. Robert Mitchum Mitchum, Robert null
2764 Your body is the harp of your soul. And it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
2765 The source of status is no longer the ability to make things but simply the ability to purchase them. Harry Braverman Braverman, Harry null
2766 There is more law in the end of a policeman's nightstick than in a decision of the Supreme Court. Alexander S. Williams Williams, Alexander S. null
2767 A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong. Thomas Szasz Szasz, Thomas null
2768 I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical person. Martha Gellhorn Gellhorn, Martha null
2769 Lobbies exist to behave swinishly on behalf of people too delicate to behave swinishly for themselves. Russell Baker Baker, Russell null
2770 Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
2771 It would be nice to hear someone accidentally whistle something of mine, somewhere, just once. Leonard Bernstein Bernstein, Leonard null
2772 Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul. Ernest Dimnet Dimnet, Ernest null
2773 Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography. Evelyn Waugh Waugh, Evelyn null
2774 It is hard to tell if a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
2775 Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it. Maurice Chevalier Chevalier, Maurice null
2776 I defy anyone to trick me. Men would have to be exceptional rascals to be as bad as I assume them to be. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
2777 Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. Raymond Chandler Chandler, Raymond null
2778 The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied. Lucretius Lucretius null
2779 I learned to trust my obsessions. It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions. Robert Bly Bly, Robert null
2780 Deeper than men's opinions are the sentiment and circumstances by which opinion is predetermined. John Morley Morley, John null
2781 I do not mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand. Sir Edward Appleton Appleton, Sir Edward null
2782 We make ourselves slaves to our pleasures, and we serve fame and ambition; which is an equal slavery. Ben Jonson Jonson, Ben null
2783 A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once. William Faulkner Faulkner, William null
2784 You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with someone else. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
2785 Shame is like everything else; live with it for long enough and it becomes part of the furniture. Salman Rushdie Rushdie, Salman null
2786 He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. Horace Horace null
2787 God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air-conditioning. Imamu Amiri Baraka Baraka, Imamu Amiri null
2788 It's enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people's Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
2789 In a free society, all are involved in what some are doing. Some are guilty, all are responsible. Abraham Heschel Heschel, Abraham null
2790 Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable. Brenda Ueland Ueland, Brenda null
2791 A Lacedaemonian was asked what had made him live healthy so long. "Ignorance of medicine," he replied. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
2792 You never realize how many palm trees there are in LA until you try to make shots look like the south. Ice Cube Ice Cube null
2793 People of many kinds ask question, but few and rare are people who listen to answers. Why? Janet Erskine Stuart Stuart, Janet Erskine null
2794 Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity. George Eliot Eliot, George null
2795 Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. Paul Valery Valery, Paul null
2796 For charity is cold in the multitude of possessions, and the rich are covetous of their crumbs. Christopher Smart Smart, Christopher null
2797 An elder statesman is somebody old enough to know his own mind and to keep quiet about it. Bernard M. Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. null
2798 You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it is good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag. Edward Koch Koch, Edward null
2799 I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
2800 Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin; it should make you jump up and do something. E. L. Simpson Simpson, E. L. null
2801 There are but two ways of rising in the world: either by your own industry or by the folly of others. La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
2802 To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature. Ernst Fischer Fischer, Ernst null
2803 Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered throughout the course of hours. Thomas Mann Mann, Thomas null
2804 What is more beautiful than a road? It is the symbol and the image of an active, varied life. George Sand Sand, George null
2805 There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed. Frank Buchman Buchman, Frank null
2806 It is not so much the suffering as the senselessness of it that is unendurable. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
2807 Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. C. G. Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
2808 I would rather have my people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance. Oscar II of Sweden Oscar II of Sweden null
2809 The desire of one man to live on the fruits of another's labor is the original sin of the world. James O'Brien O'Brien, James null
2810 Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason. John Harington Harington, John null
2811 Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
2812 You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being cheerful and pleasant. C. Buxton Buxton, Charles null
2813 Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind. William Golding Golding, William null
2814 No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund null
2815 One has to multiply thoughts to the point where there aren't enough policemen to control them. Stanislaw Lec Lec, Stanislaw Jerzy null
2816 I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake - which I also keep handy. W. C. Fields Fields, W. C. null
2817 There are a handful of people money won't spoil - and we count ourselves among them. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
2818 A conservative is a person who does not think anything should be done for the first time. Frank Vanderlip Vanderlip, Frank null
2819 When I wrote that Victor Hugo was a madman who thought he was Victor Hugo, I was not joking. Jean Cocteau Cocteau, Jean null
2820 We need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition. Stephen Donaldson Donaldson, Stephen null
2821 There is nothing as stupid as an educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
2822 Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. Joseph Wood Krutch Krutch, Joseph Wood null
2823 The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. George Santayana Santayana, George null
2824 It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day. Willie Mays Mays, Willie null
2825 If I'd known I was gonna live this long (100 years), I'd have taken better care of myself. Eubie Blake Blake, Eubie null
2826 Blossoms crowd the branches; too beautiful to endure. Thinking of you, I break into bloom again. Hsueh T'ao T'ao, Hsueh null
2827 The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. Theodore H. White White, Theodore H. null
2828 Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. Anne Bradstreet Bradstreet, Anne null
2829 There are only two ways to tell the one hundred percent truth; anonymously and posthumously. Susan Ohanian Ohanian, Susan null
2830 Moguls? Don't like the word. It reminds me of some bad Turkish cigarettes I used to smoke. Jack Warner Warner, Jack null
2831 We are in danger of developing a cult of the common man, which means a cult of mediocrity. Herbert Hoover Hoover, Herbert Clark null
2832 All his anxiety resolved itself into a sigh and dissolved into apathy and drowsiness. Ivan Goncharov Goncharov, Ivan null
2833 The only person who listens to both sides of an argument is the fellow in the next apartment. Ruth Brown Brown, Ruth null
2834 I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
2835 He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than illumination. Andrew Lang Lang, Andrew null
2836 Never put anything on paper, my boy, and never trust a man with a small black moustache. P. G. Wodehouse Wodehouse, P. G. null
2837 The more people you yourself can put and keep on hold, the more successful you will seem. Michael Korda Korda, Michael null
2838 Men sometimes seem more ready to accept women as brain surgeons than as athletes. Janice Kaplan Kaplan, Janice null
2839 It is possible to be a great scoundrel without ever doing anything that is forbidden. Hermann Hesse Hesse, Hermann null
2840 The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise. Peter O'Toole O'Toole, Peter null
2841 It seems as though I had not drunk from the cup of wisdom, but had fallen into it. Soren Kierkegaard Kierkegaard, Soren null
2842 The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world. Democritus Democritus null
2843 Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. Aristotle Aristotle null
2844 The difference between love and lust is like the difference between strolling and skiing. Leo Rosten Rosten, Leo null
2845 Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. John Donne Donne, John null
2846 I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. Christopher Isherwood Isherwood, Christopher null
2847 You can get much further with a kind word and a gun that you can get with a kind word alone. Al Capone Capone, Al null
2848 I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
2849 Society is now one polish'd horde, formed of two might tribes, the bores and the bored. Lord Byron Byron, Lord null
2850 A drop of water has the properties of the sea, but cannot exhibit a storm. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
2851 Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
2852 A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
2853 We don't believe in rheumatism and love until after the first attack. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von null
2854 A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels and one must be prepared to suffer for it. -- Arnold Bennett Arnold Bennett Bennett, Arnold modified from Vacation 2011
2855 Only in America could a refugee girl from Europe become secretary of state. Madeleine Albright Albright, Madeleine null
2856 I've always wanted responsibility because I want the power responsibility brings. Sam Rayburn Rayburn, Sam null
2857 Sentimentally I am disposed to harmony. But organically I am incapable of a tune. Charles Lamb Lamb, Charles null
2858 What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
2859 Nothing should be rushed, because too often when we rush to justice, we don't get it. Janet Reno Reno, Janet null
2860 The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people. Lucille S. Harper Harper, Lucille S. null
2861 Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
2862 They were at their wits; end, and it hadn't taken them long to get there. Desmond McCarthy McCarthy, Desmond null
2863 There comes a time in every man's life when he must make way for an older man. Reginald Maudling Maudling, Reginald null
2864 When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. Mae West West, Mae null
2865 I am a human being so there is nothing human that I do not feel to by my concern. Terence Terence null
2866 The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it. Henry Nouwen Nouwen, Henry null
2867 All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty girl. Charlie Chaplin Chaplin, Charlie null
2868 What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark 8:36 Mark 8:36 null
2869 Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed. Walter Lippmann Lippmann, Walter null
2870 One of the oddest things in life, I think is the things one remembers. Agatha Christie Christie, Agatha null
2871 The heroes, the saints, and sages - they are those who face the world alone. Norman Douglas Douglas, Norman null
2872 Never despair because of your sins. Counterbalance them now with many good deeds. Midrash Midrash null
2873 It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned. Frank A. Clark Clark, Frank A. null
2874 Greece appears to me to be the fountain of knowledge; Rome of elegance. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
2875 The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall null
2876 What a man wants to do he generally can do, if he wants to badly enough. Louis L'Amour L'Amour, Louis null
2877 There is that in me - I do not know what it is - but I know it is in me. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
2878 Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him. Paul Eldridge Eldridge, Paul null
2879 Blessed is he who expects no gratitude, for he shall not be disappointed. W. C. Bennett Bennett, W. C. null
2880 Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange. Robin Morgan Morgan, Robin null
2881 No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. William Penn Penn, William null
2882 Whoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times. Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolo null
2883 The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them. Lenny Bruce Bruce, Lenny null
2884 Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
2885 I like to buy a company any fool can manage because eventually one will. Peter Lynch Lynch, Peter null
2886 Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
2887 There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change. Euripides Euripides null
2888 The very touch of the letter was as if you had taken me all into your arms. Anais Nin Nin, Anais null
2889 Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than money. Robert H. Jackson Jackson, Robert H. null
2890 Surely people must know themselves. So few ever think about anything else. J. C. Hare Hare, Julius Charles null
2891 A society can be no better than the men and women who compose it. Adlai E. Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai E. null
2892 I believe in opening mail once a month, whether it needs it or not. Bob Considine Considine, Bob null
2893 All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes. W. E. Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart null
2894 How should I be able to govern others when I don't know how to govern myself? Rabelais Rabelais, Francois null
2895 Can anything be sadder than work unfinished? Yes; work never begun. Christina Rossetti Rossetti, Christina null
2896 I try not to be arty. But you do commit that sin a lot of the time. Martin Scorsese Scorsese, Martin null
2897 There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair. Martial Martial null
2898 Investment must be rational. If you can't understand it, don't do it. Warren Buffett Buffett, Warren null
2899 In Houston the air was warm and rich and suggestive of fossil fuel. John Gunther Gunther, John null
2900 There is no greatness where simplicity, goodness, and truth are absent. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
2901 If any question why he died, tell them, because our fathers lied. Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard null
2902 No good thing is pleasant to possess without friends to share it. Seneca the Younger Seneca the Younger null
2903 Lonely people talking to each other can make each other lonelier. Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian null
2904 In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles. David Ben-Gurion Ben-Gurion, David null
2905 The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once. Samuel Smiles Smiles, Samuel null
2906 Like building a house, travel always costs more than you estimate. Ilka Chase Chase, Ilka null
2907 He finds assistance in adversity who renders services in prosperity. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus null
2908 Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone. George Fox Fox, George null
2909 There is nothing so simple that it cannot be made difficult. Merle P. Martin Martin, Merle P. null
2910 I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. Plato Plato null
2911 The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must. Thucydides Thucydides null
2912 I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart. Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh, Vincent null
2913 We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings. Ovid Ovid null
2914 The forms of virtue are erect, the forms of pleasure undulate. Henry Fuseli Fuseli, Henry null
2915 There are only twelve notes. You must treat them carefully. Paul Hindemith Hindemith, Paul null
2916 It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas null
2917 We who have a voice must speak for the voiceless. Archbishop Oscar Romero Romero, Archbishop Oscar null
2918 Houston, tranquility base here. The "Eagle" has landed. Neil A. Armstrong Armstrong, Neil A. null
2919 Once you know what women are like, men get kind of boring. Rita Mae Brown Brown, Rita Mae null
2920 To be celebrated is nothing. To be loved is everything. Claudette Colbert Colbert, Claudette null
2921 Jogging keeps the spring in your step from becoming rusted. Karl Shiflet Shiflet, Karl null
2922 I am a mushroom on whom the dew of heaven drops now and then. John Ford Ford, John null
2923 We begin by fooling others and end by fooling ourselves. Eric Alterman Alterman, Eric null
2924 I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known. Walt Disney Disney, Walt null
2925 Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. Seneca Seneca null
2926 A state is regulated by two things: reward and punishment. Solon Solon null
2927 In Maine they have not a summer but a thaw. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
2928 Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Washington Irving Irving, Washington null
2929 One may smile, and smile, and be a villain. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
2930 If afflictions refine some, they consume others. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas null
2931 In education there should be no class distinction. Confucius Confucius null
2932 Even dirt glitters when the sun is shining upon it. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
2933 We are just statistics, born to consume resources. Horace Horace null
2934 The rich knows not who is his friend. George Herbert Herbert, George null
2935 All politics is local. Tip O'Neill O'Neill, Tip null
2936 Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor. Ulysses S. Grant Grant, Ulysses S. null
2937 I seem to have made more mistakes than any others of whom I know, but have learned thereby to make ever swifter acknowledgment of the errors and thereafter immediately set about to deal more effectively with the truths disclosed by the acknowledgment of e R. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster null
2938 Truth has one fatal defect. When she was launched upon the world, a group of gods gave her every grace, every charm, every virtue, and every strength; but one envious god, unable to take away what other gods had given her, made her forever unprofitable. Algernon S. Logan Logan, Algernon S. null
2939 The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. William Faulkner Faulkner, William null
2940 In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
2941 At almost any point in the world's history, people could have said that the world was in such terrible shape that it was immoral to bring children into it. I would not have liked to have had denied me the chance to live in these exciting times. Coretta Scott King King, Coretta Scott null
2942 It is some of the secrets of nature in its mood of mockery that fine weather lays heavier weight on the mind and hearts of the depressed and the inwardly tormented than does a really bad day with dark rain sniveling continuously and sympathetically from a Muriel Spark Spark, Muriel null
2943 I have said the world is absurd but I spoke too soon. All we can say is that this world in and of itself is not reasonable. What is absurd, though, is the conflict between this irrationality and man's desperate wish for intelligibility. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
2944 Science has established two facts meaningful for human welfare: first, the foundation of the structure of human personality is laid down in early childhood; and second, the chief engineer in charge of this construction is the family. Meyer Francis Nimkoff Nimkoff, Meyer Francis null
2945 The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty. Thorstein Veblen Veblen, Thorstein null
2946 We have learned so well how to absorb novelty that receptivity itself has turned into a kind of tradition - "the tradition of the new." yesterday's avant-garde experience is today's chic and tomorrow's cliche. Richard Hofstadter Hofstadter, Richard null
2947 For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. Henry Beston Beston, Henry null
2948 Struggling to see does not help one to see. The light comes, when it does come, rather suddenly and strangely, I think. It is just like falling in love; a thing that never happens to those who are always trying to do it. Evelyn Underhill Underhill, Evelyn null
2949 A thousand fearful images and dire suggestions glance along the mind when it is moody and discontented with itself. Command them to stand and show themselves, and you presently assert the power of reason over imagination. Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter null
2950 The relationship between truth and a newspaper is like the relationship between the color green and the number seven. Occasionally you will see the number seven written in green, but you learn not to expect this. Garrison Keillor Keillor, Garrison null
2951 To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. e. e. cummings cummings, e. e. null
2952 The manufacture of sin is so easy a manufacture, that I am convinced man could readily be persuaded that it was wicked to use the left leg as much as the right; whole congregations would only permit themselves to hop. Sir Arthur Helps Helps, Sir Arthur null
2953 I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you. Wayne Gretzky Gretzky, Wayne null
2954 The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character. The only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints. Will Durant Durant, Will null
2955 There is not one in a hundred of either sex who is not taken in when they marry... It is, of all transactions, the one in which people expect most from others, and are least honest themselves. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
2956 The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consists in nothing more than in the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall null
2957 We sometimes wonder why the city government tilts so vigorously at the snow. The first flake has hardly fluttered down when every internal machine in town is rushing to do battle. Is snow such poisonous stuff? E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks null
2958 God is a child who amuses himself, going from laughing to crying for no reason, each day reinventing the world to the chagrin of hair-splitters, pedants, and preachers, who try to teach God his job as creator. Elie Faure Faure, Elie null
2959 What was once called the objective world is a sort of Rorschach ink blot, into which each culture, each type of personality, reads a meaning only remotely derived from the shape and color of the blot itself. Lewis Mumford Mumford, Lewis null
2960 If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be. John R. Miller Miller, John R. null
2961 A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. Charles Schwab Schwab, Charles M. null
2962 Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
2963 I use the word "profit" and "capitalism" proudly. Because when business is healthy, all of society is healthy. Harry Gray Gray, Harry null
2964 The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make money do more for the betterment of life. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
2965 The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
2966 My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there. Indira Gandhi Gandhi, Indira null
2967 It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
2968 The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
2969 Men are idolaters and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they always will, and if you don't make it of wood, you must make it of words. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
2970 One thing must be said for idleness: It keeps people from doing the Devil's work. The great villains of history were busy men, since great crimes and slaughters require great industry and dedication. Philip Slater Slater, Philip null
2971 I prefer to have too much confidence, and thereby be deceived, than to be always mistrustful. For, in the first case, I suffer a moment at being deceived and in the second, I suffer constantly. Paul Gauguin Gauguin, Paul null
2972 The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older. William Lyon Phelps Phelps, William Lyon null
2973 Young people have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things. Aristotle Aristotle null
2974 A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: A secular, ostensible scientific way of affirming the primacy of "spirit" over matter. Susan Sontag Sontag, Susan null
2975 People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins, they wonder whether they are catching cold. John Jay Chapman Chapman, John Jay null
2976 The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
2977 If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject, because doctrines get inside of a man's reason and betray him against himself. William Graham Sumner Sumner, William Graham null
2978 All other things, to their destruction draw. Only our love hath no decay; This, no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday. Running it never runs from us away, but truly keeps his first, last, everlasting day. John Donne Donne, John null
2979 American women: How they mortify the flesh in order to make it appetizing! Their beauty is a vast industry, their enduring allure a discipline which nuns or athletes might find excessive. Malcolm Muggeridge Muggeridge, Malcolm null
2980 The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. Edward Gibbon Gibbon, Edward null
2981 I do not love the sea. The look of it is disquieting. There is something in the very sound of it that stirs the premonition felt while we listen to noble music; we become inexplicably troubled. H. M. Tomlinson Tomlinson, H. M. null
2982 The dinner table in America is becoming a trap. People are so scared, they don't have any butter or anything. When they talk about healthy food, they usually mean things that don't taste very good. Julia Child Child, Julia null
2983 There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I've had a lot of those. I've been broke before, and will be again. Heartbroke? That's serious. Lose a few bucks? That's not. Willie Nelson Nelson, Willie null
2984 It is a great help for a man to be in love with himself. For an actor, it is absolutely essential. I genuinely like myself, and have no reason to believe that the feeling is not reciprocated. Robert Morley Morley, Robert null
2985 In Europe the most obstreperous nations are those most addicted to coffee. We rightly speak of a storm in a teacup as the tiniest disturbance in the world, but out of a coffee cup come hurricanes. Robert Lynd Lynd, Robert null
2986 Adolescents tend to be passionate people, and passion is no less real because it is directed toward a hot-rod, a commercialized popular singer, or the leader of a black-jacketed gang. Edgar Friedenberg Friedenberg, Edgar null
2987 Democracy is a society in which the unbeliever feels undisturbed and at home. If there were only half a dozen unbelievers in America, their well-being would be a test of our democracy. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North null
2988 Whenever women do anything new, it is always said they are about to lose their femininity. Society is constantly alarmed about this, as though femininity were important but fugitive. Florida Scott-Maxwell Scott-Maxwell, Florida null
2989 Being a novelist, I consider myself superior to the saint, the scientist, the philosopher, and the poet, who are all great masters of different bits of man alive, but never get the whole hog. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
2990 They all want the truth - a truth, that is: Something specific, something concrete! They don't care what it is. All they want is something categorical, something that speaks plainly! Luigi Pirandello Pirandello, Luigi null
2991 When I first got to Hollywood, I made forty dollars a week and they named a hair style after me and made me into a kind of male Yvonne DeCarlo, fooling around in Arabian Nights rubbish. Tony Curtis Curtis, Tony null
2992 One of the most serious thoughts that life provokes is the reflection that we can never tell, at the time, whether a word, a look, a touch, an occurrence of any kind, is trivial or important. E. V. Lucas Lucas, E. V. null
2993 Man may be considered as a superior species of animal who produces philosophies and poems in about the same way that silkworms produce their cocoons and bees their hives. Hippolyte Taine Taine, Hippolyte null
2994 Let us create rational human beings, capable of crushing underfoot the futile magnificence of barbaric glories, and of resisting those bloody ambitions of nationalism and imperialism. Anatole France France, Anatole null
2995 It cannot be denied that though a concentrated awareness is what we must aim at; there are many lovely and magical flashes of illumination which come sideways and indirectly. John Cowper Powys Powys, John Cowper null
2996 We are so constituted, that if we insist upon being as sure as is conceivable, in every step of our course, we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar. John Henry Cardinal Newman Newman, John Henry Cardinal null
2997 The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going around the sun. George Orwell Orwell, George null
2998 Any man can shoot a gun, and with practice he can draw fast and shoot accurately, but that makes no difference. What counts is how you stand up when somebody is shooting back at you. Louis L'Amour L'Amour, Louis null
2999 I don't know why in the West thirteen is considered an unlucky number, but in the East two is considered the unlucky number because it marks the first departure from one, unity. Jor Frankel Frankel, Jor null
3000 What is difficulty? Only a word indicating the degree of strength requisite for accomplishing particular objects; a mere notice of the necessity for exertion; a mere stimulus to men. Samuel Warren Warren, Samuel null
3001 I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. George Santayana Santayana, George null
3002 The interest in the lives of others, the high evaluation of these lives, what are they but the overflow of the interest he finds in himself, the values he attributes to his own being? Sherwood Anderson Anderson, Sherwood null
3003 There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as do exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft. Jessamyn West West, Jessamyn null
3004 Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
3005 The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans are suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. Rita Mae Brown Brown, Rita Mae null
3006 No man's body is as strong as his appetites, but Heaven has corrected the boundlessness of his voluptuous desires by stinting his strength and contracting his capacities. John Tillotson Tillotson, John null
3007 It may be a point of pride to have a Van Gogh on the living room wall, but the prospect of having Van Gogh himself in the living room would put a good many devoted art lovers to rout. Ben Shahn Shahn, Ben null
3008 Spiritual rosebushes are not like natural rosebushes; with these latter the thorns remain but the roses pass, with the former the thorns pass and the roses remain. Saint Francis de Sales Saint Francis de Sales null
3009 The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. Alexis Carrel Carrel, Alexis null
3010 Far from being a handicap to command, compassion is the measure of it. For unless one values the lives of his soldiers and is tormented by their ideals, he is unfit to command. Omar N. Bradley Bradley, Gen. Omar N. null
3011 Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch life from the sidelines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity. Gabriel Heatter Heatter, Gabriel null
3012 Sometimes when I sit down to practice and there is no one else in the room, I have to stifle an impulse to ring for the elevator man and offer him money to come in a hear me. Arthur Rubinstein Rubinstein, Arthur null
3013 You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him take care of himself. He will make mistakes, and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
3014 The days of the whiny athlete should come to an end. I don't think much of guys who say, "I've been robbed" when they walk away with a million bucks in their pocket. George Foreman Foreman, George null
3015 The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and the self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
3016 At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder liberates him from the mean fussing of perfectionism. John Berger Berger, John null
3017 The more a human being feels himself a self, tries to intensify this self and reach a never-attainable perfection, the more drastically he steps out of the center of being. Eugene Herrigel Herrigel, Eugene null
3018 All that I have accomplished has been by that plodding, patient, persevering process of accretion which builds the ant heap particle by particle, thought by thought, fact by fact. Elihu Burritt Burritt, Elihu null
3019 Your families are extremely proud of you. You can't imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most opportune time to ask for money. Gary Bolding, in a commencement speech Bolding, Gary null
3020 When I was very young, I tried selling used cars. It didn't last long. I guess that was my good luck too, that I didn't show promise at it, or I might have been an automobile dealer. King Vidor Vidor, King null
3021 The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity. Alan Gregg Gregg, Alan null
3022 When something bad happens to me, I think I'm able to deal with it in a pretty good way. That makes me lucky. Some people fall apart at the first little thing that happens. Christie Brinkley Brinkley, Christie null
3023 The little girl had the making of a poet in her who, being told to be sure of her meaning before she spoke, said, "How can I know what I think till I see what I say?" Graham Wallas Wallas, Graham null
3024 A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects. Edna Ferber Ferber, Edna null
3025 To me there is something completely and satisfyingly restful in that stretch of sea and sand, sea and sand and sky - complete peace and complete fulfillment. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh, Anne Morrow null
3026 My definition of a philosopher is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down. Louisa May Alcott Alcott, Louisa May null
3027 Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated Him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict His view; He does not exist outside of it. Denis Diderot Diderot, Denis null
3028 Theological religion is the source of all imaginable follies and disturbances; it is the parent of fanaticism and civil discord; it is the enemy of mankind. Voltaire Voltaire null
3029 The American creed is humanistic liberalism developing out of the Enlightenment when America received its national consciousness and its political structure. Gunmar Myrdal Myrdal, Gunmar null
3030 We look for some reward of our endeavors and are disappointed; not success, not happiness, not even peace of conscience, crowns our ineffectual efforts to do well. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
3031 Most people - one may say the best sort of people - greatly prefer to do things for themselves, however badly, than to have things done for them, however well. Arthur Ponsonby Ponsonby, Arthur null
3032 Formerly a public man needed a private secretary for a barrier between himself and the public. Nowadays he has a press secretary, to keep him properly in the public eye. Daniel Boorstin Boorstin, Daniel null
3033 Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death, and he forgets to live. Jean de la Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
3034 Most Americans want to be only comfortably cultivated. They dabble with the intellectual just enough to avoid being lowbrow and escape being highbrow. Alan Valentine Valentine, Alan null
3035 What can any of us do with his talent but try to develop his vision, so that through frequent failures we may learn better what we have missed in the past. William Carlos Williams Williams, William Carlos null
3036 Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. null
3037 Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas null
3038 If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck? Linda Ellerbee Ellerbee, Linda null
3039 It is in part the very uniqueness of every individual that makes one not only a member of a family, race, nation, or class, but a human being. Helen Merrell Lynd Lynd, Helen Merrell null
3040 In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to love, but a family man's duties turn heavily towards the household chores that need doing but never get done. Max Lerner Lerner, Max null
3041 The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Thomas Paine Paine, Thomas null
3042 Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues. Anatole France France, Anatole null
3043 Intellectually, religious emotions are not creative but conservative. They attach themselves readily to the current view of the world and consecrate it. John Dewey Dewey, John null
3044 Whoever wrote "to win success we must deserve it" must have been the same fellow who gave out the statement that two can live as cheaply as one. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
3045 In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season. Bill Vaughan Vaughan, Bill null
3046 The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it; so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
3047 The man who has done his level best, and who is conscious that he has done his best, is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure. B. C. Forbes Forbes, B. C. null
3048 Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Douglas MacArthur MacArthur, Douglas null
3049 Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in very nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies. Francis M. Cornford Cornford, Francis M. null
3050 So that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents. Joseph Heller Heller, Joseph null
3051 I'm not happy, I'm cheerful. There's a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman has cares but has learned how to deal with them. Beverly Sills Sills, Beverly null
3052 All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost, the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by frost. J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien, J. R. R. null
3053 I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges or scrub the floor. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
3054 A salesman is a fellow with a smile on his face, a shine on his shoes, and a lousy territory. George Gobel Gobel, George null
3055 Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from a cornfield. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
3056 Whoever said, "it's not whether you win or lose that counts," probably lost. Martina Navratilova Navratilova, Martina null
3057 Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. Marilyn vos Savant Savant, Marilyn vos null
3058 I saw him even now going the way of all flesh, that is to say, toward the kitchen John Webster Webster, John null
3059 Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
3060 No human being, however great or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
3061 Football, it seemed to me, is not really played for the pleasure of kicking a ball about, but is a species of fighting. George Orwell Orwell, George null
3062 Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of the country (Holland) is advocaat, a drink made from lawyers. Alan Coren Coren, Alan null
3063 Little minds are interested in the extraordinary, great minds in the commonplace. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
3064 Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start. Harold Wilson Wilson, Harold null
3065 Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down, and those that get lost. Russell Baker Baker, Russell null
3066 When a man can observe himself suffering, and is able, later, to describe what he's gone through, that means he was born for literature. Edouard Bourdet Bourdet, Edouard null
3067 Solitude is the best means of getting acquainted with one's self, but if one gets too well acquainted there is likely to be trouble. Edwin Arlington Robinson Robinson, Edwin Arlington null
3068 Only by unintermitted agitation can a people be kept sufficiently awake to principle, not to let liberty be smothered in material prosperity. Wendell Phillips Phillips, Wendell null
3069 If the practice of virtue eludes you, then give yourself up to vice with such saintly dedication that eventually you will become one of the elect. Brendan Francis Francis, Brendan null
3070 The poet's function is to make his imagination become the light in the mind of others. His role, in short, is to help people live their lives. Wallace Stevens Stevens, Wallace null
3071 To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light. Coventry Patmore Patmore, Coventry null
3072 Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
3073 He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
3074 Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber. Ugo Betti Betti, Ugo null
3075 The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing - to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts. John Keats Keats, John null
3076 My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort. Mohammed Pahlavi Pahlevi, Mohammed Reza null
3077 You have to be sure the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination. Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle, Charles null
3078 It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps on to see, not, perhaps, the way out, but the way in. A. C. Benson Benson, A. C. null
3079 We rarely gain a high or larger view except as it is forced upon us through struggles which we would have avoided if we could. Charles Horton Cooley Cooley, Charles Horton null
3080 If anything is worthy of a man's best and hardest effort, that thing is the utterance of what he believes to be the truth. Edwin Arlington Robinson Robinson, Edwin Arlington null
3081 Strange what a difference a glorious day can make! How one revels in life, in being, in poetry, in the holy ridiculousness of things! Lionel Johnson Johnson, Lionel null
3082 The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject. Matthew Arnold Arnold, Matthew null
3083 A cloudy day, or a little sunshine, have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most real blessings or misfortunes. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph null
3084 Teaching may hasten learning; it may also block it or kill it outright, or sometimes just render it comatose for years. James Harvey Robinson Robinson, James Harvey null
3085 Politically I believe in democracy, but culturally, not at all. Whenever a cultural matter rolls up a majority I know it is wrong. John Sloan Sloan, John French null
3086 They drew all manner of things - everything that begins with M, such as mousetraps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness. Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis null
3087 Every social war is a battle between the very few on both sides who care and who fire their shots across a crowd of spectators. Murray Kempton Kempton, Murray null
3088 I've been fighting ten years to make people forget I'm just a pretty boy with a beautiful face. It's a hard fight, but I'll win it. Alain Delon Delon, Alain null
3089 The past, with its pleasure, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be. Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian null
3090 The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
3091 As time goes on, new and remote aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless. Clarence Day Day, Clarence null
3092 Blessed are they who heal us of self-despisings. Of all services which can be done to man, I know of none more precious. William Hale White White, William Hale null
3093 Men habitually use only a small part of the powers which they possess and which they might use under appropriate circumstances. William James James, William null
3094 Your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes. Charles Lamb Lamb, Charles null
3095 All letters, methinks, should be free and easy as one's discourse, not studies as an oration, nor made up of hard words like a charm. Dorothy Osborne Osborne, Dorothy null
3096 Why sir, there is every possibility that you will soon be able to tax it! Michael Faraday, when asked about the usefulness of electricity Faraday, Michael null
3097 Clear writers assume, with a pessimism born of experience, that whatever isn't plainly stated the reader will invariably misconstrue. John R. Trimble Trimble, John R. null
3098 The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Alvin Toffler Toffler, Alvin null
3099 The English church-goer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
3100 Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. Katharine Hepburn Hepburn, Katharine null
3101 Others may argue about whether the world ends with a bang or a whimper. I just want to make sure mine doesn't end with a whine. Barbara Gordon Gordon, Barbara null
3102 Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
3103 The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
3104 Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. Dwight Morrow Morrow, Dwight null
3105 The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming in. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander null
3106 In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Robert Orwell Orwell, Robert null
3107 To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
3108 The polls are places where you stand in line for a chance to decide who will spend your money. Source Obscure Unknown null
3109 Anybody who is anybody seems to be getting a lift - by plastic surgery - these days. Eugenia Sheppard Sheppard, Eugenia null
3110 In the great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that are offered. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
3111 I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
3112 Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity. R. I. Fitzhenry Fitzhenry, R. I. null
3113 Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, and men below, and saints above: for love is heaven, and heaven is love. Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter null
3114 Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
3115 Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day. Will Durant Durant, Will null
3116 I can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. It's all how you look at it. Kenfield Morley Morley, Kenfield null
3117 There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers, by living productively. Erich Fromm Fromm, Erich null
3118 Solitude is something one enjoys, I think, when one has friends to run from; but when enforced, it loses much of its charm. Thomas Wolfe Wolfe, Thomas null
3119 Next to doing a good job yourself, the greatest joy is in having someone else do a first-class job under your direction. William Feather Feather, William null
3120 When you want to recognize and understand what takes place in the minds of others, you have first to look into yourself. Theodor Reik Reik, Theodor null
3121 The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
3122 The horror of getting up is unparalleled and I am filled with amazement every morning when I find that I have done it. Lytton Strachey Strachey, Lytton null
3123 The suppression of civil liberties is to many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit. Marya Mannes Mannes, Marya null
3124 You may object that it is not a trial at all; you are quite right, for it is only a trial if I recognize it as such. Franz Kafka Kafka, Franz null
3125 Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
3126 Never have I been able to settle in life. Always seated askew, as if on the arm of a chair; ready to get up, to leave. Andre Gide Gide, Andre null
3127 No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity. Henry van Dyke Van Dyke, Henry null
3128 You will find that the truth is often unpopular, for, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news. Adlai Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai E. null
3129 Two things fill my mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe: the starry skies above me and the moral law within me. Immanuel Kant Kant, Immanuel null
3130 Public opinion requires us to think other men's thought, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits. Walter Bagehot Bagehot, Walter null
3131 Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention. Simone Weil Weil, Simone null
3132 When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman. Betty Friedan Friedan, Betty null
3133 Nothing can be accomplished by denying that man is an essentially troubled being, except to make more trouble. William Barrett Barrett, William null
3134 Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
3135 A mind too proud to unbend over the small ridiculosa of life is as painful as a library with no trash in it. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher null
3136 Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility. Billie Jean King King, Billie Jean null
3137 No man is fit to be trusted with power. Any man who has lived at all knows the follies and wickedness he's capable of. C. P. Snow Snow, C. P. null
3138 Anyone can have the key to the executive washroom, but once a woman gets inside, what is there? A lavatory. Germaine Greer Greer, Germaine null
3139 There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all. Robert Orben Orben, Robert null
3140 His designs were strictly honorable, as the phrase is: That is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. Henry Fielding Fielding, Henry null
3141 That indescribable expression peculiar to people who hope they have not been asleep, but know they have. Helen Hunt Jackson Jackson, Helen Hunt null
3142 Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself. Thomas Watson Watson, Thomas John, Sr. null
3143 There is nothing more satisfying than to lie in bed at night, secure and warm, with a whistling wind outside. Clare Leighton Leighton, Clare null
3144 Courage is a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and mental willingness to endure it. William T. Sherman Sherman, William Tecumseh null
3145 When we accept tough jobs as a challenge and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen. Arland Gilbert Gilbert, Arland null
3146 The law of heredity is that all undesirable traits come from the other parent. Anonymous Unknown null
3147 Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus null
3148 There are three modes of bearing the ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion. Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
3149 One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination. Sam Levenson Levenson, Sam null
3150 It's good to fail now and again - you learn a lot more out of failure than you do out of success. Ian Hunter Hunter, Ian null
3151 I always knew that I could be a star for the audience that didn't relate to John Wayne or Al Pacino. Richard Dreyfuss Dreyfuss, Richard null
3152 Marrying a divorced man is ecologically responsible. In a world where there are more women than men, it pays to recycle. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
3153 In many instance, marriage vows would be more accurate if the phrase were changed to "Until debt do us part." Sam Ewing Ewing, Sam null
3154 I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver null
3155 It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge. Brooks Atkinson Atkinson, Brooks null
3156 There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
3157 The more you join with people in their joys and their sorrows, the more nearer and dearer they come to be to you. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
3158 Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
3159 I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
3160 If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait for ever. Lord Macaulay Macaulay, Thomas Babington null
3161 When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. George Savile (Lord Halifax) Savile, Sir George null
3162 The most hazardous part of our expedition to Africa was crossing Piccadilly Circus. Joseph Thomson Thomson, Joseph null
3163 Sarah Brightman couldn't act scared on the New York subway at four o'clock in the morning. Joel Segal Segal, Joel null
3164 Show me a man who is a good loser and I'll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss. Jim Murray Murray, Jim null
3165 What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth Barrett null
3166 Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. Roman Gary Gary, Roman null
3167 There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle. Robert Alden Alden, Robert null
3168 Never complain about your troubles; they are responsible for more than half of your income. Robert Updegraff Updegraff, Robert null
3169 I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! Patrick Henry Henry, Patrick null
3170 Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl null
3171 A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit. Cecil B. DeMille DeMille, Cecil B. null
3172 Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool. Bellamy Brooks Brooks, Bellamy null
3173 In this world, there is one terrible thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons. Jean Renoir Renoir, Jean null
3174 The human mind treats a new idea the way the body treats a strange protein - it rejects it. Peter Medawar Medawar, Peter null
3175 To use a method is to compare the realm of mind to a stool. The true thinker walks freely. Godfried Bomans Bomans, Godfried null
3176 It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle Aristotle null
3177 What price do we pay when we risk-manage our lives into something safe, flat, and empty? Lynnell Mickelson Mickelson, Lynnell null
3178 If you don't try to win you might just as well hold the Olympics in somebody's backyard. Jesse Owens Owens, Jesse null
3179 Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority. William Arthur Ward Ward, William Arthur null
3180 We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. Jim Rohn Rohn, Jim null
3181 In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are. Althea Gibson Gibson, Althea null
3182 Look around the table. If you don't see a sucker, get up, because you're the sucker. Amarillo Slim Amarillo Slim null
3183 The freeloader is a confirmed guest. He is the man who is always willing to come to dinner. Damon Runyan Runyan, Damon null
3184 All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
3185 I've noticed your hostility towards him - I ought to have guessed you were friends. Malcolm Bradbury Bradbury, Malcolm null
3186 Opera is when a fella gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, he sings. Ed Gardner Gardner, Ed null
3187 Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless, peacocks and lilies for instance. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
3188 Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of observation. Walter Winchell Winchell, Walter null
3189 With money in your purse, you are wise, and you are handsome, and you sing well too. Jewish Proverb Proverb - Jewish null
3190 Blest be those feasts with simple beauty crowned, with all the ruddy family around... Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver null
3191 What I enjoy is not the fruits alone, but I also enjoy the soil itself, its nature and its power. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
3192 A scholar is one who thinks that if the meaning of a word changes with time, it is always for the worse. James K. Feibleman Feibleman, James K. null
3193 I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
3194 Nobody can count themselves an artist unless they can carry a picture in their head before they paint it. Claude Monet Monet, Claude null
3195 You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. Dogs do not ritually urinate in the hope of persuading heaven to do the same and send down rain. Asses do not bray a liturgy to cloudless skies. Nor do cats Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
3196 In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot. Czeslaw Milosz Milosz, Czeslaw null
3197 Tell the truth and run. Yugoslavian Proverb Proverb - Yugoslavian null
3198 It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people. George Moore Moore, George null
3199 The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother - and they'll settle for a puppy every time. Winston Pendleton Pendleton, Winston null
3200 Being a well-dressed man is a career, and he who goes in for it has no time for anything else. Heywood Broun Broun, Heywood Hale null
3201 The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation; the two keep pace in their downward tendency. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
3202 Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone. Agnes Macphail Macphail, Agnes null
3203 Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
3204 I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
3205 We learned to be chary of roads; they mean people, and commotion, and lack of peace. Herbert Jacobs Jacobs, Herbert null
3206 I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
3207 It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
3208 When inviting company, do not tempt the palate with a great variety of unhealthful dainties. Catherine Beecher Beecher, Catherine null
3209 Those are happy who have been brought up in the habit of being content with humble fare. Dr. William Kitchiner Kitchiner, Dr. William null
3210 Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston null
3211 We are at once the beneficiaries and the victims of our great technology. What man makes remakes man. James Feibleman Feibleman, James K. null
3212 The man who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
3213 Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
3214 Old people maintain a conspiracy of silence. They never tell the young that they are having their best years. James Feibleman Feibleman, James K. null
3215 The habit of going to the bottom of things usually lands a man on top. Origin Obscure Unknown null
3216 I suppose we all have our recollections of our earlier holidays, all bristling with horror. Flann O'Brien O'Brien, Flann null
3217 Christmas, that time of year when people descend into the bunker of the family. Byron Rogers Rogers, Byron null
3218 The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vince Lombardi Lombardi, Vince null
3219 I am nothing special; just 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 in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I've loved a Duke from the movie "The Notebook" Movie Quote null
3220 A magazine writer says we need a new religion, but let's not do anything rash until we try the old ones. Anonymous Unknown null
3221 Brevity may be the soul of wit. but not when saying "I love you." Judith Viorst Viorst, Judith null
3222 'Twas the night before Christmas, or so sayeth the book, not a creature was stirring, excepting the cook Anonymous Unknown null
3223 It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction. Fear secrets acids; but love and trust Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
3224 My singing is very therapeutic. For three hours, I have no troubles - I know how it's all going to come out. Beverly Sills Sills, Beverly null
3225 Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. George Eliot Eliot, George null
3226 If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings." Dave Barry Barry, Dave null
3227 The tongue is like a sharp knife; it kills without drawing blood. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
3228 When action grows uncomfortable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep. Ursula Le Guin Le Guin, Ursula K. null
3229 Happiness is a byproduct of an effort to make someone else happy. Gretta Palmer Palmer, Gretta null
3230 Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; the old goes out, but the glad young year comes merrily in tomorrow. Emily Miller Miller, Emily null
3231 We don't have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory. Howard Zinn Zinn, Howard null
3232 I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs. There is in every living creature an obscure but powerful impulse to active functioning. Life demands to be lived. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
3233 When I was six, I made my mother a little hat - out of her new blouse. Lilly Dache Dache, Lilly null
3234 Dutch Treat: when two businessmen have dinner and each uses his own expense account. Anonymous Unknown null
3235 Next to entertaining or impressive talk, a thoroughgoing silence manages to intrigue most people. Florence J. Harriman Harriman, Florence J. null
3236 If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men. Maria Montessori Montessori, Maria null
3237 The less I behave like Whistler's Mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after. Tallulah Bankhead Bankhead, Tallulah null
3238 Love and the hope of it are not things one can learn; they are part of life's heritage. Maria Montessori Montessori, Maria null
3239 Talent isn't good enough, you need common sense and good advice. Hack Wilson (1930: 190 RBIs, 56 HRs; 1931: 61 RBIs, 13 HRs; 1932: 123 RBIs 23 HRs) Wilson, Hack null
3240 The starting point for all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Napoleon Hill Hill, Napoleon null
3241 The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. Dale Carnegie Carnegie, Dale null
3242 Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
3243 A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
3244 Never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Harriet Beecher null
3245 Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success. Dr. Joyce Brothers Brothers, Dr. Joyce null
3246 The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors. Voltaire Voltaire null
3247 The road to happiness lies in two simple principles; find what interests you and that you can do well, and put your whole soul into it - every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have. John D. Rockefeller Rockefeller, John D., Sr. null
3248 The only job at which you start at the top is digging a hole. Evan Esar Esar, Evan null
3249 He is wise who gains wisdom from another's mishaps. Publilus Syrus Publilus Syrus null
3250 Whoever stops up his ear at the cry of the poor shall cry himself and not be heard. Hebrew Proverb Proverb - Hebrew null
3251 A Jaywalker is a bird of the Schmo Family who can be found in traffic jams and morgues. Phyllis Battelle Battelle, Phyllis null
3252 An elephant is a useful animal with a vacuum in front and a rug-beater at the back. Witty Definition Unknown null
3253 The car to watch is the car behind the car in front of you. Anonymous Unknown null
3254 Fewer things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
3255 You may not know when you are well off, but the Internal Revenue Service does. Source Unknown Unknown null
3256 It takes three generations or one good guess in the stock market to make a gentleman. Author Unknown Unknown null
3257 His face looked like a face that had refused to gel and was about to run down on his clothes. Irvin S. Cobb Cobb, Irvin S. null
3258 I am an optimist. But I am an optimist who takes his raincoat. Harold Wilson Wilson, Harold null
3259 You may be sorry that you spoke, sorry you stayed or went, sorry you won or lost, sorry so much was spent. But as you go through life, you'll find - you're never sorry you were kind. Herbert V. Prochnow Prochnow, Herbert V. null
3260 What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens. Thaddeus Golas Golas, Thaddeus null
3261 I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. John D. Rockefeller Rockefeller, John D., Sr. null
3262 He talks like a man who is unable to keep up with his thoughts no matter how rapidly he speaks. Obscure Source Unknown null
3263 Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. Larry Bird Bird, Larry null
3264 You can't waste time and you can't save time; you can only choose what you do at any given moment. James Gleick Gleick, James null
3265 When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove that you are smarter than they are. R. H. Grant Grant, R. H. null
3266 If you have no enemies, you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
3267 To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it. Josh Jenkins Jenkins, Josh null
3268 Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others. H. J. Morgenthau Morgenthau, H. J. null
3269 In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
3270 Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time. Lou Brock Brock, Lou null
3271 What is a defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better. Wendell Phillips Phillips, Wendell null
3272 Failure is that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success. Leigh Mitchell Hodges Hodges, Leigh Mitchell null
3273 Lack of will power has caused more failures than lack of intelligence or ability. Flower A. Newhouse Newhouse, Flower A. null
3274 We are less likely to fail if we measure with judgment our chances and our capabilities. Agnes Repplier Repplier, Agnes null
3275 The obstinacy of human beings is exceeded only by the obstinacy of inanimate objects. Alexander Chase Chase, Alexander null
3276 Who would not rather flounder in the fight than not have known the glory of the fray? Richard Hovey Hovey, Richard null
3277 Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. Arnold Glasow Glasow, Arnold Henry null
3278 The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Nelson Henderson Henderson, Nelson null
3279 Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund null
3280 To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs. Euripides Euripides null
3281 Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good. Bertolt Brecht Brecht, Bertolt null
3282 Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person who blames them on the other fellow. Henry Haskins Haskins, Henry S. null
3283 Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street. William Arthur Ward Ward, William Arthur null
3284 I recommend you take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
3285 No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination. George Henry Lewes Lewes, George Henry null
3286 I've won at every level, except college and pro. Shaquille O'Neal, on his lack of championships O'Neal, Shaquille null
3287 I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it. William Faulkner Faulkner, William null
3288 There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
3289 If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
3290 He reminded me a little of Walt Disney's version of a mad scientist. Steven Spielberg, on George Lucas Spielberg, Steven null
3291 People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Rousseau, Jean-Jacques null
3292 Life, like a dome of many-colored glass, stains the white radiance of eternity. Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe null
3293 The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scots as a joke, but the Scots haven't seen the joke yet. Oliver Herford Herford, Oliver null
3294 Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female. Desmond Morris Morris, Desmond null
3295 Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
3296 There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
3297 Women are like elephants. I like to watch them, but I wouldn't want to own one. W. C. Fields Fields, W. C. null
3298 Success is relative: It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
3299 When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
3300 The end of law is, not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. John Locke Locke, John null
3301 Strong people are made by opposition, like kites that go up against the wind. Frank Harris Harris, Frank null
3302 Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid. Hedy Lamarr Lamarr, Hedy null
3303 The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. Confucius Confucius null
3304 No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next. Edgar Watson Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
3305 We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly, angrily. Celeste Holm Holm, Celeste null
3306 Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
3307 The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. Ralph W. Sockman Sockman, Ralph Washington null
3308 A child tells in the street what its father and mother say at home. The Talmud Talmud, The null
3309 If you love yourself too much, nobody else will love you at all. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas null
3310 People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew null
3311 Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil. Ayn Rand Rand, Ayn null
3312 Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. Alexander Graham Bell Bell, Alexander Graham null
3313 A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest null
3314 The only failure which lacks dignity is the failure to try. Malcolm F. MacNeil MacNeil, Malcolm F. null
3315 I know I'm getting better at golf because I'm hitting fewer spectators. Gerald R. Ford Ford, Gerald R. null
3316 A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it. Zsa Zsa Gabor Gabor, Zsa Zsa null
3317 The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. George Orwell Orwell, George null
3318 We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
3319 He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great. Herman Melville Melville, Herman null
3320 Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records. William A. Ward Ward, William Arthur null
3321 Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful uneasy to take. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
3322 A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live. Bob Hope Hope, Bob null
3323 In the mythology of cinema, Oscar is the supreme prize. Federico Fellini Fellini, Federico null
3324 It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. e. e. cummings cummings, e. e. null
3325 An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
3326 A robin red breast in a cage puts all heaven in a rage. William Blake Blake, William null
3327 No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience. John Locke Locke, John null
3328 Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott null
3329 Change only comes by doing things you're afraid of. Sylvester Stallone Stallone, Sylvester null
3330 If you want peace in the house, do what your wife wants. African Proverb Proverb - African null
3331 France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme. Mathew Arnold Arnold, Mathew null
3332 Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
3333 If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner. H. S. Leigh Leigh, H. S. null
3334 The human race is governed by its imagination. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
3335 The family is one of nature's masterpieces. George Santayana Santayana, George null
3336 Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
3337 Money is just the poor man's credit card. Marshall McLuhan McLuhan, Marshall null
3338 A gourmet is just a glutton with brains. Philip Haberman Haberman, Philip null
3339 When women go wrong, men go right after them. Mae West West, Mae null
3340 Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. Jean Anouilh Anouilh, Jean null
3341 I'll always be number one to myself. Moses Malone Malone, Moses null
3342 One is not superior merely because one sees the world as odious. Chateaubriand Chateaubriand, Francois-Rene De null
3343 Love is like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life. Douglas Jerrold Jerrold, Douglas null
3344 In literature, as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. Andre Maurois Maurois, Andre null
3345 Just think how happy you'd be if you lost everything and everyone you have right now, and then, somehow got everything back again. Kobi Yamada Yamada, Kobi null
3346 It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to listen. Henry Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
3347 The reason husbands and wives don't understand each other is because they belong to different sexes. Dorothy Dix Dix, Dorothy null
3348 Living with a saint is more a grueling than being one. Robert Neville Neville, Robert null
3349 Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
3350 A vegetarian is a person who won't eat anything that can have children. David Brenner Brenner, David null
3351 Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others and what happens to him in the world about him. Virginia Satir Satir, Virginia null
3352 A man with his belly full of the classics is an enemy of the human race. Henry Miller Miller, Henry null
3353 How little you know about the age you live in if you think honey is sweeter than cash in hand. Ovid Ovid null
3354 When you have an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it is best to let him run. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
3355 I like winters because I can stay indoors without feeling guilty. Theressa Skelton Skelton, Theressa null
3356 A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George B. Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
3357 The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma null
3358 Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
3359 Music with dinner is an insult to both the cook and violinist. Gilbert K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
3360 Money dishonestly acquired is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth. Jean Petit-Senn Petit-Senn, Jean null
3361 I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
3362 Soon there will be only five kings left: the King of England, the King of Spades, the King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds. King Farouk, 1948 King Farouk null
3363 He who hesitates is not only lost, but is also miles from the next exit. Source Obscure Unknown null
3364 You know it's not a good wax museum when there are wicks coming out of people's heads. Rick Reynolds Reynolds, Rick null
3365 The fruits of the tree of knowledge are various; he must be strong indeed who can digest all of them. Mary Coleridge Coleridge, Mary null
3366 The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heart-felt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor null
3367 It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion that I am suffering from the particular disease therein dealt with in its most virulent form. Jerome K. Jerome Jerome, Jerome K. null
3368 Do you think that the things people make fools of themselves about are any less real and true than the things they behave sensibly about? They are more true; They are the only things that are true. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
3369 Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is the essence of civilization. Without it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility. Bill Moyers Moyers, Bill null
3370 Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind." Basically it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind." What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind. Jack Handey (Saturday Night Live) Handey, Jack null
3371 How did language develop? In much the same way as an economic order develops through the market - out of the voluntary interaction of individuals, in this case seeking to trade ideas or information or gossip rather than goods and services with one another Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman Friedman, Milton and Rose null
3372 In this long struggle I have never felt that we stood alone, for as the representatives of a living truth we are ever linked with the great and grand of all ages, in every latitude and clime, with those able and willing to live or die for a principle. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Stanton, Elizabeth Cady null
3373 Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities - that's training or instruction - but is rather a making visible what is hidden as a seed. Thomas More More, Sir Thomas null
3374 If our spirituality, no matter how disciplined, lofty and inspiring, is making us less warmly human, more detached, suspicious of our human feelings, emotions, and passions, then something has gone seriously wrong. Flora Slosson Wellner Wellner, Flora Slosson null
3375 He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the latter. Henry Fielding Fielding, Henry null
3376 To write music is to raise a ladder without a wall to lean it against. There is no scaffolding: the building under construction is held in balance only by the miracle of a kind of internal logic, an innate sense of proportion. Arthur Honegger Honegger, Arthur null
3377 We were lucky enough to grow up in an environment where there was always much encouragement to children to pursue intellectual interests; to investigate whatever aroused curiosity. Orville Wright Wright, Orville null
3378 When will women begin to have the first glimmer that above all other loyalties is the loyalty to Truth, i.e., to yourself, that husband, children, friends and country are as nothing to that. Alice James James, Alice null
3379 Take away my people, but leave my factories, and soon grass will grow on the factory floors. Take away my factories, but leave my people, and soon we will have a new and better factory. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew null
3380 Owning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same time. To keep citizens puttering in their yards instead of sputtering on the barricades, the government has gladly deprived itself of billion Florence King King, Florence null
3381 The present is an age of talkers, and not of doers; and the reason is, that the world is growing old. We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and dote on past achievement. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William null
3382 No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, the can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its oppos Nelson Mandela Mandela, Nelson null
3383 The "men of the hour," the self-assured who strut among us in the jingling harness of their success and importance, how can you let yourself be irritated by them. Let them enjoy their triumph - on the level to which it belongs. Dag Hammarskjold Hammarskjold, Dag null
3384 Justice, humanity, and benevolence are the duties you owe to society in general. To your country the same duties are incumbent upon you with the additional obligation of sacrificing ease, pleasure, wealth, and life itself for its defense and security. Abigail Adams Adams, Abigail null
3385 Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Joseph Heller Heller, Joseph null
3386 Imagination isn't merely a surplus mental department meant for entertainment, but the most essential piece of machinery we have if we are going to live the lives of human beings. Ted Hughes Hughes, Ted null
3387 Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments. John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John null
3388 A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service. Georges Pompidou Pompidou, Georges null
3389 What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. Jerome D. Salinger Salinger, Jerome D. null
3390 What an author likes to write most is his signaure on the back of a check. Brendan Francis Francis, Brendan null
3391 Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance. Vaclav Havel Havel, Vaclav null
3392 There are those who never stretch out the hand for fear it will be bitten. But those who never stretch out the hand will never feel it clasped in friendship. Michael Heseltine Heseltine, Michael null
3393 Revolutions are not made; they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the pasts. Its foundations are laid far back. Wendell Phillips Phillips, Wendell null
3394 My only solution for the problem of habitual accidents is to stay in bed all day. Even then, there is always the chance that you will fall out. Robert Benchley Benchley, Robert null
3395 From the standpoint of pure reason, there are no good grounds to support the claim that one should sacrifice one's own happiness to that of others. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
3396 It has been said that cigarettes are the only product that, if used according to the manufacturer's instructions, have a very high chance of killing you. Michael Buerk Buerk, Michael null
3397 We do not expect people to be deeply moved by what is not unusual. That element of tragedy which lies in the very fact of frequency, has not yet wrought itself into the coarse emotion of mankind. George Eliot Eliot, George null
3398 Science has, as its whole purpose, the rendering of the physical world understandable and beautiful. Without this you have only tables and statistics. Robert Oppenheimer Oppenheimer, Robert null
3399 If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back as a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything. William Faulkner Faulkner, William null
3400 Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, when all the time we are longing to move the stars to pity. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave null
3401 Cricket remains for me the game of games, the sans pareil, the great metaphor, the best marriage ever devised of mind and body. For me it remains the Proust of pastimes, the subtlest and most poetic, the most past-and-present. John Fowles Fowles, John null
3402 I wish you would recollect that Painting and Punctuality mix like Oil and Vinegar, and that Genius and Regularity are utter Enemies and must be to the end of time. Thomas Gainsborough Gainsborough, Thomas null
3403 You may dream freely when you listen to music as well as when you look at painting. When you read a book you are the slave of the author's mind. Paul Gauguin Gauguin, Paul null
3404 A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe, a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible. Jean Giraudoux Giraudoux, Jean null
3405 Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success. Jim Backus Backus, Jim null
3406 The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
3407 Life is like playing the violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
3408 A man can wear a hat for years without being oppressed by its shabbiness. James Douglas Douglas, James null
3409 About the press: Never argue with people who buy ink by the gallon Tommy Lasorda Lasorda, Tommy null
3410 Bad as our urban conditions often are, there is not a slum in the country which has a third of the infantile death rate of the royal family in the middle ages. J. B. S. Haldane Haldane, J. B. S. null
3411 Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
3412 The moviemakers are able to put more reality into a picture about the terrors of life at the ocean bottom than into a tale of two Milwaukeeans in love. Ben Hecht Hecht, Ben null
3413 Beware thoughts that come in the night. They aren't turned properly; they come in askew, free of sense and restriction, deriving from the most remote of sources. William Least Heat Moon Moon, William Least Heat null
3414 Experience and history teach that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich null
3415 In all the events of life, we ought still to preserve our skepticism. If we believe that fire warms, or water refreshes, it is only because it costs us too much pains to think otherwise. David Hume Hume, David null
3416 Writers who drew, they all seemed to draw the same way. They managed to keep that childlike creativity in their line. Al Hirschfeld, on Edward Lear and James Thurber Hirschfeld, Al null
3417 The nation seems to slouch onward into its uncertain future like some huge inarticulate beast, too much attainted by wounds and ailments to be robust, but too strong and resourceful to succumb. Richard Hofstadter Hofstadter, Richard null
3418 Nothing is more futile than theorizing about music. No doubt there are laws, mathematically strict laws, but these laws are not music; they are only its condition. The essence of music is revelation. Heinrich Heine Heine, Heinrich null
3419 Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or to pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends. Erica Jong Jong, Erica null
3420 If Americans are going to start worrying about whether they can afford a thing or not, you are going to ruin the whole characteristic of our people. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
3421 Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had? Henry James James, Henry null
3422 Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
3423 If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence. George Eliot Eliot, George null
3424 No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute. Paul Gallico Gallico, Paul null
3425 It is by this painstaking method of careful examination and eventual rejection that we reach a conclusion: life is something to do when you can't get to sleep. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
3426 To be in love with a country or a political regime is a tricky business. You get your heart broken even more surely than by being in love with a person. Doris Lessing Lessing, Doris null
3427 A jazz performance centers upon the process of creation. The final objective is not only the finished product, but the path and process taken towards it. David Liebman Liebman, David null
3428 It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said "Mate!" in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious. A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. null
3429 Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it's be brave or else be killed. Margaret Mitchell Mitchell, Margaret null
3430 When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. Alexander Graham Bell Bell, Alexander Graham null
3431 "I hate discussions of feminism that end up with who does the dishes," she said. So do I. But at the end, there are always those damned dishes. Marilyn French French, Marilyn null
3432 There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people. Hubert H. Humphrey Humphrey, Hubert H. null
3433 I date the end of the old republic and the birth of the empire to the invention, in the late thirties, of air conditioning. Before air conditioning, Washington was deserted from mid-June to September. Gore Vidal Vidal, Gore null
3434 No physical activity is so vain as boxing. A man gets into the ring to attract admiration. In no sport, therefore, can you be more humiliated. Norman Mailer Mailer, Norman null
3435 To every action there is always opposed and equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts. Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac null
3436 It never or rarely happens that a republic or monarchy is well constituted, or its old institutions entirely reformed, unless it is only done by one individual. Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolo null
3437 It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the old crow loves his fledglings, and the ape his cubs. Sir Thomas More More, Sir Thomas null
3438 Why have women passion, intellect, moral activity - these three - and a place in society where not one of the three can be exercised? Florence Nightingale Nightingale, Florence null
3439 I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice cream straight out of the container. Bill Bryson Bryson, Bill null
3440 Baseball is a Lockean game, a kind of contract theory in ritual form, a set of atomic individuals who assent to patterns of limited co-operation in their mutual interest. Michael Novak Novak, Michael null
3441 Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
3442 Nothing is so conducive to greatness of mind as the ability to examine systematically and honestly everything that meets us in life. Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus null
3443 I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
3444 A novelist, in my opinion, does not have the right to give advice on the affairs of the world. He must, in his occupation, imitate God in His; that is to say, create and keep quiet. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave null
3445 There are two golden rules for an orchestra; start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between. Thomas Beecham Beecham, Thomas null
3446 My generation of Canadians grew up believing that, if we were very good or very smart, or both, we would someday graduate from Canada. Robert Fulford Fulford, Robert null
3447 A simple and a proper function of government is just to make it easy for us to do good and difficult for us to do wrong. Jimmy Carter Carter, Jimmy null
3448 It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
3449 Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
3450 Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy Kennedy, Robert F. null
3451 He said he should prefer not to know the sources of the Nile, and that there should be some unknown regions preserved as hunting grounds for poetic imagination. George Eliot Eliot, George null
3452 The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. Seneca Seneca null
3453 True philosophers are like elephants who when walking never place their second foot on the ground until the first is steady. Bernard de Fontenelle Fontenelle, Bernard de null
3454 Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge. Enrico Fermi Fermi, Enrico null
3455 Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
3456 I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
3457 Freedom is not the right to live as we please, but the right to find how we ought to live in order to fulfill our potential. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
3458 If a problem is too difficult to solve, one cannot claim that it is solved by pointing at all the efforts made to solve it. Hannes Alfven Alfven, Hannes null
3459 Rest not! Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
3460 I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up. Jesse Owens Owens, Jesse null
3461 The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
3462 For tribal man space was the uncontrollable mystery. For technological man it is time that occupies the same role. Marshall McLuhan McLuhan, Marshall null
3463 His slang was always a little out of date, as though he had studied in a dictionary of popular usage, but not in the latest edition. Graham Greene Greene, Graham null
3464 Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit. Norman Mailer Mailer, Norman null
3465 What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Saint-Exupery, Antoine de null
3466 Conservative ideal of freedom and progress: everyone to have an unfettered opportunity of remaining exactly where they are. Geoffrey Madan Madan, Geoffrey null
3467 Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself. Abba Eban Eban, Abba null
3468 A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it. Danielle Steel Steel, Danielle null
3469 There are two things which will always be very difficult for a democratic nation: to start a war and to end it. Alexis de Tocqueville de Tocqueville, Alexis null
3470 No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. Frederick Douglass Douglass, Frederick null
3471 I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is "White Fang." It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another. Nancy Mitford Mitford, Nancy null
3472 We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
3473 Sometimes we have to do a thing in order to find out the reason for it. Sometimes our actions are questions, not answers. John Le Carre Le Carre, John null
3474 The air moves like a river and carries the clouds with it; just as running water carries all the things that float upon it. Leonardo da Vinci da Vinci, Leonardo null
3475 No one in this world, so far as I know, has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
3476 Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. Thorstein Veblen Veblen, Thorstein null
3477 When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him, he calls it ferocity. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
3478 My life is a gift to me from my Creator. What I do with my life is my gift back to the Creator. Billy Mills Mills, Billy null
3479 There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
3480 The other day I went to a tourist information booth and asked, "Tell me about some of the people who were here last year." Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
3481 Maybe the most that you can expect from a relationship that goes bad is to come out of it with a few good songs. Marianne Faithfull Faithfull, Marianne null
3482 How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print. Karl Kraus Kraus, Karl null
3483 Daniel Day Lewis has what every actor in Hollywood wants: talent. And what every actor in England wants: looks. Sir John Gielgud Gielgud, Sir John null
3484 That is the reason they are so pleased to find out other people's secrets. It distracts the public attention from their own. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
3485 The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the character of individuals. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
3486 In 1969 I published a small book on Humility. It was a pioneering work which has not, to my knowledge, been superseded. Lord Longford Longford, Lord null
3487 You know my views about some regulations - they're written for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. Harry Day Day, Harry null
3488 The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters. Harold Nicolson Nicolson, Harold null
3489 No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. Henry Brooks Adams Adams, Henry Brooks null
3490 In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas null
3491 There should be an invention that bottles up a memory like a perfume, and it never faded, never got stale, and whenever I wanted to I could uncork the bottle, and live the memory all over again. Daphne du Maurier du Maurier, Daphne null
3492 Life is a cycle, and mime is particularly suitable for showing fluidity, transformation, metamorphosis. Words can keep people apart; mime can be a bridge between them. Marcel Marceau Marceau, Marcel null
3493 Ask the first man you meet what he means by defending freedom, and he'll tell you privately he means defending the standard of living. Martin Niemoller Niemoller, Martin null
3494 For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation. Plato Plato null
3495 The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides! Artur Schnabel Schnabel, Artur null
3496 I would not like to be a political leader in Russia. They never know when they're being taped. Richard M. Nixon Nixon, Richard M. null
3497 Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind. Paavo Nurmi Nurmi, Paavo null
3498 A country is a piece of land surrounded on all sides by boundaries, usually unnatural. Joseph Heller Heller, Joseph null
3499 There's only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best. Doris Lessing Lessing, Doris null
3500 So the years hang like old clothes, forgotten in the wardrobe of our minds. Did I wear that? Who was I then? Brian Moore Moore, Brian null
3501 You think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists. Anatole France France, Anatole null
3502 The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more. Colleen McCullough McCullough, Colleen null
3503 Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
3504 It's a delightful thing to think of perfection; but it's vastly more amusing to talk of errors and absurdities. Fanny Burney Burney, Fanny null
3505 There should be supermarkets that sell things and supermarkets that buy things back, and until that equalizes, there'll be more waste than there should be. Andy Warhol Warhol, Andy null
3506 As one explores phenomena or ideas at the frontiers of scientific knowledge it is the unexpected that provides the clues to guide further work. Lewis Wolpert Wolpert, Lewis null
3507 Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard and not seen. Leonardo da Vinci da Vinci, Leonardo null
3508 The car, the furniture, the wife, the children - everything has to be disposable. Because you see the main thing today is - shopping. Arthur Miller Miller, Arthur null
3509 You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. Malcolm X Malcolm X null
3510 I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time." So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
3511 He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. Aristotle Aristotle null
3512 The fate of human civilization will depend on whether the rockets of the future carry the astronomer's telescope or a hydrogen bomb. Bernard Lovell Lovell, Bernard null
3513 He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight, which, no doubt, was why so many people looked on it as immoral. John Galsworthy Galsworthy, John null
3514 When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion. Sir George Etherege Etherege, Sir George null
3515 But the essential advantage for a poet is to be able to see beneath both beauty and ugliness; to see the boredom, and the horror, and the glory. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
3516 Great artists impose their particular illusion on humanity. Guy de Maupassant de Maupassant, Guy null
3517 The best foreign policy is to live our daily lives in honesty, decency, and integrity. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
3518 No major institution in the U. S. has so poor a record of performance over so long a period as the Federal Reserve, yet so high a public reputation. Milton Friedman Friedman, Milton null
3519 There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. George Eliot Eliot, George null
3520 Skiing is a battle against yourself, always to the frontiers of the impossible. But most of all, it must give you pleasure. It is not an obligation but a joy. Jean-Claude Killy Killy, Jean-Claude null
3521 Before I built a wall I'd ask to know, what I was walling in or walling out, and to whom I was like to give offense. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
3522 Old people have one advantage compared with young ones. They have been young themselves, and young people haven't been old. Lord Longford Longford, Lord null
3523 The salvation of America and of the human race depends on the next election, if we believe in the newspapers. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
3524 When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott null
3525 College football today is one of the last great strongholds of genuine old-fashioned American hypocrisy. Paul Gallico Gallico, Paul null
3526 You can teach an elephant to dance, but the likelihood of its stepping on your toes is very high. Gary Moss Moss, Gary null
3527 We are making politics a spectator sport in which our only duty is to vote somebody into office and then retire to the grandstands. David Gergen Gergen, David null
3528 Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life. Andre Gide Gide, Andre null
3529 Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity. Marshall McLuhan McLuhan, Marshall null
3530 The photographer is like the cod which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
3531 When love congeals it soon reveals the faint aroma of performing seals, the double crossing of a pair of heels. I wish I were in love again! Lorenz Hart Hart, Lorenz null
3532 The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
3533 Bees are sometimes drowned in the honey which they collect - so some writers are lost in their collected learning. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
3534 When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food they call me a communist. Helder Camara Camara, Helder null
3535 I have long held the notion that if a vet can't catch his patient there's nothing much to worry about. James Herriot Herriot, James null
3536 Good music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and quits the memory with difficulty. Thomas Beecham Beecham, Thomas null
3537 There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
3538 I liked rain. The hiss of the water and the earth so soft bright green plants would nearly sprout beside you. Patrick McCabe McCabe, Patrick null
3539 One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. Elbert Green Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
3540 I can sympathize with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
3541 Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear, and obstacles vanish into air. John Quincy Adams Adams, John Quincy null
3542 If life is miserable, it is difficult to endure; if it is happy, it is horrible to lose. They come to the same thing. Jean de La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
3543 The believer will fight another believer over a shade of difference: the doubter fights only with himself. Graham Greene Greene, Graham null
3544 No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. Terry Pratchett Pratchett, Terry null
3545 The accent of the place in which one was born lingers in the mind and in the heart as it does in one's speech. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
3546 Art is the retelling of certain themes in a new light, making them accessible to the public of the moment. George Lucas Lucas, George null
3547 Her eyes, nose, mouth, skin, all might have been designed in committee to meet the barest requirements of feasibility. Ian McEwan McEwan, Ian null
3548 When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse. Newton Minow Minow, Newton null
3549 A naked lunch is natural to us. We eat reality sandwiches. But allegories are so much lettuce. Don't hide the madness. Allen Ginsberg Ginsberg, Allen null
3550 The Democratic Party has succeeded so well that many of its members are now Republicans. Tip O'Neill O'Neill, Tip null
3551 I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere. Mohamad Mahathir Mahathir, Mohamad null
3552 The principal task of civilization, its actual raison d'etre, is to defend us against nature. Sigmund Freud Freud, Sigmund null
3553 It's just music. It's trying to play clean and looking for the pretty notes. Charlie Parker Parker, Charlie null
3554 Knowledge: The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
3555 I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals. Brigitte Bardot Bardot, Brigitte null
3556 A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else. O. Henry Henry, O. null
3557 The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
3558 How come the dove gets to be the peace symbol? How about the pillow? It has more feathers than the dove, and it doesn't have that dangerous beak. Jack Handey (Saturday Night Live) Handey, Jack null
3559 Fashion is free speech, and one of the privileges, if not always one of the pleasures, of a free world. Alison Lurie Lurie, Alison null
3560 Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
3561 Conscience: the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
3562 Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
3563 Gambling promises for the poor what property performs for the rich - something for nothing. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
3564 To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
3565 Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing. Billie Jean King King, Billie Jean null
3566 A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
3567 Home is where one starts from. As we grow older the world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicated of dead and living. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
3568 Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit. Aristotle Aristotle null
3569 Life, within doors, has few pleasanter prospects than a neatly arranged and well-provisioned breakfast-table. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
3570 A person consists of his faith. Whatever is his faith, even so is he. Indian Proverb Proverb - Indian null
3571 How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn't live there? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
3572 I don't like to lose my bearings, so I keep them in the cabinet near my bed. George Carlin Carlin, George null
3573 Her indifference to public opinion made her career unique. Alexander Walker, on Greta Garbo Walker, Alexander null
3574 Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
3575 Almost all men die from their medicines and not from their illnesses. Moliere Moliere null
3576 Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure. Edward Eggleston Eggleston, Edward null
3577 Children have neither past nor future. They live in the present, something which rarely happens to us. Jean de La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
3578 Imagination is the secret reservoir of the riches of the human race. Maude Frandsen Frandsen, Maude null
3579 One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. Sophocles Sophocles null
3580 I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Martin Luther Luther, Martin null
3581 How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. Coco Chanel Chanel, Gabrielle "Coco" null
3582 I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes. Sara Teasdale Teasdale, Sara null
3583 If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life. Cher Cher null
3584 I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied. Michelangelo Michelangelo null
3585 My biological clock is ticking so loud I'm nearly deafened by it. They search me going into planes. Marian Keyes Keyes, Marian null
3586 Ballads and babies. That's what happened to me. Paul McCartney McCartney, Paul null
3587 It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. Alfred Adler Adler, Alfred null
3588 Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is but cabbage with a college education. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
3589 Love, friendship, respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something. Anton Chekhov Chekhov, Anton null
3590 The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own. Susan Sontag Sontag, Susan null
3591 Too great a hurry to discharge an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
3592 A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. Arabian Proverb Proverb - Arabian null
3593 Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life. Aphra Behn Behn, Aphra null
3594 It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans. Robert Lynd Lynd, Robert null
3595 Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
3596 Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. Hector Louis Berlioz Berlioz, Hector Louis null
3597 All adverse and depressing influences can be overcome, not by fighting, but by rising above them. Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
3598 The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur null
3599 It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it. Sean O'Casey O'Casey, Sean null
3600 There is no intellectual exercise which is not ultimately useless. Jorge Luis Borges Borges, Jorge Luis null
3601 Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance. Sam Brown Brown, Sam null
3602 Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Ian Fleming Fleming, Ian null
3603 Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. Will Durant Durant, Will null
3604 Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
3605 Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped. African Proverb Proverb - African null
3606 I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact. Diane Sawyer Sawyer, Diane null
3607 Silence is argument carried out by other means. Ernesto "Che" Guevara Guevara, Ernesto "Che" null
3608 You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners. Rita Mae Brown Brown, Rita Mae null
3609 No man is an island, but some of us are pretty long peninsulas. Ashleigh Brilliant Brilliant, Ashleigh null
3610 Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
3611 All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music. Walter Pater Pater, Walter null
3612 The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Epicurus Epicurus null
3613 Time is God's way to keep everything from happening at once. James Brown Brown, James null
3614 A dog that barks all the time gets little attention. Argentine Proverb Proverb - Argentine null
3615 Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur null
3616 The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Dolly Parton Parton, Dolly null
3617 There is no such thing as other people's children. Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton, Hillary Rodham null
3618 Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
3619 A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority. Graham Greene Greene, Graham null
3620 Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. null
3621 I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. Gilda Radner Radner, Gilda null
3622 Two barrels of tears will not heal a bruise. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
3623 We know what we are, but know not what we may be. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
3624 Music is spiritual. The music business is not. Van Morrison Morrison, Van null
3625 If a man does his best, what else is there? George S. Patton Patton, George S. null
3626 What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork. Pearl Bailey Bailey, Pearl null
3627 When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
3628 Everything you see I owe to spaghetti. Sophia Loren Loren, Sophia null
3629 To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease. Lucretius Lucretius null
3630 It is a sublime thing to suffer and be stronger. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
3631 Without ice cream, there is darkness and chaos. Don Kardong Kardong, Don null
3632 Youth is the trustee of prosperity. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
3633 Accurst be he that first invented war. Christopher Marlowe Marlowe, Christopher null
3634 He is lifeless that is faultless. English Proverb Proverb - English null
3635 I came through and I shall return. Douglas MacArthur MacArthur, Douglas null
3636 Pop music is the classical music of now. Paul McCartney McCartney, Paul null
3637 The good of the people is the chief law. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
3638 She is a fool, who trusts a man. Marie de France de France, Marie null
3639 Four legs good two legs bad. George Orwell Orwell, George null
3640 Sanity is a madness put to good uses. George Santayana Santayana, George null
3641 Man - a figment of God's imagination. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
3642 Wit is educated insolence. Aristotle Aristotle null
3643 "For your own good" is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction. Janet Frame Frame, Janet null
3644 I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you lived in a better neighborhood Billy Wilder Wilder, Billy null
3645 If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers. Irvin S. Cobb Cobb, Irvin S. null
3646 The best way to make a small fortune is to start with a big one. Source Obscure Unknown null
3647 Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
3648 The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. James Oppenheim Oppenheim, James null
3649 Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. Margaret Lee Runbeck Runbeck, Margaret Lee null
3650 We can't all be the most talented, attractive, athletic or even the most healthy. But we can all be as happy as we choose to be. Take advantage of that gift. Brian Austin Whitney Whitney, Brian Austin null
3651 What is more enchanting than the voices of young people when you can't hear what they say? Logan P. Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall null
3652 My own business always bores me; I prefer other people's. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
3653 He who neglects learning in his youth loses the past and is dead for the future. Euripides Euripides null
3654 Some mornings I wake up grouchy, other days I let him sleep. Source Unknown Unknown null
3655 At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. Gracian Gracian, Baltasar null
3656 Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can. Mary Frances Berry Berry, Mary Frances null
3657 I am not one of those who do not believe in love at first sight, but I believe in taking a second look. H. Vincent Vincent, H. null
3658 Be sure not to tell a first falsehood and you needn't fear being detected in any subsequent ones. G. D. Prentice Prentice, George Dennison null
3659 There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. Epictetus Epictetus null
3660 The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
3661 Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other. E. W. Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
3662 People like to tell tales. If I take the rap for what they tell me, they'll tell a lot. Walter Winchell Winchell, Walter null
3663 If you have made up your mind that you cannot do it, you're absolutely right. Evan Esar Esar, Evan null
3664 Not ten yoke of oxen have the power to draw us like a woman's hair. H. W. Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
3665 Babies haven't any hair; old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lies a haircut and a shave. S. Hoffenstein Hoffenstein, Samuel null
3666 Every time a boy shows his hands, someone suggests that he wash them. E. W. Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
3667 Do not save your loving speeches for you friends till they are dead; do not write them on their tombstones, speak them rather now instead. Anna Cummins Cummins, Anna null
3668 After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up who used to sit by him in school. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
3669 A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it. Austin O'Malley O'Malley, Austin null
3670 Some people are so sensitive that they feel snubbed if an epidemic overlooks them. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
3671 Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
3672 Let me be a little kinder, let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me. Glenn Campbell Campbell, Glenn null
3673 A proud man is seldom a grateful man for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. H. W. Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
3674 Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
3675 Money is, in some respects, like fire; it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master. P. T. Barnum Barnum, P. T. null
3676 Do not go gentle into that good night. Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Dylan Thomas Thomas, Dylan null
3677 It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. Plutarch Plutarch null
3678 Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted. Sophocles Sophocles null
3679 The most unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so. David Hume Hume, David null
3680 He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. Arabian Proverb Proverb - Arabian null
3681 No one can make you feel inferior without your permission. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
3682 The streets of the City of Failure are paved with alibis - some of which are absolutely perfect. Harry A. Earnshaw Earnshaw, Harry A. null
3683 Never ruin an apology with an excuse. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
3684 When you take a bath you are civilized. When you don't take a bath, you are cultured. Lin Yutang Yutang, Lin null
3685 A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
3686 An optimist is someone who thinks there are some big berries at the bottom of the basket. Unknown Unknown null
3687 Rank and riches are chains of gold, yet still are chains. Ruffini Ruffini null
3688 Scientists say we are what we eat. Nuts must be a commoner diet than we had thought. Source Obscure Unknown null
3689 Emerson advised his fellow townsmen to manufacture schoolteachers and make them the best in the world. Van Wyck Brooks Brooks, Van Wyck null
3690 It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well, nor the judgment to hold their tongues. Jean De La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
3691 Marriage is not like the hill of Olympus, wholly clear, without clouds. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas null
3692 She walked with a proud, defiant step, like a martyr to the coliseum. Honore De Balzac Balzac, Honore De null
3693 If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
3694 Men occasionally stumble over the truth, most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing has happened. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
3695 The richest man, whatever his lot, is he who is content with what he has got. Dutch Proverb Proverb - Dutch null
3696 Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. Doris Mortman Mortman, Doris null
3697 Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
3698 Patent medicine ads are so attractive that it makes a person in good health feel as though he is missing something. Author Unknown Unknown null
3699 Married life ain't so bad after you get so you can eat the things your wife likes. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
3700 There is new strength, repose of mind and inspiration in fresh apparel. Ella W. Wilcox Wilcox, Ella W. null
3701 Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
3702 Women give us solace, but if it were not for women, we should never need solace. Don Herold Herold, Don null
3703 If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water. Yiddish Proverb Proverb - Yiddish null
3704 Some people use one half of their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it. G. D. Prentice Prentice, George Dennison null
3705 Talent is like money. You don't have to have some to talk about it. Jules Renard Renard, Jules null
3706 When Eve first saw her reflection in a pool, she sought Adam and accused him of infidelity. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
3707 One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often. Erich Fromm Fromm, Erich null
3708 A saint is a man of convictions who has been dead a hundred years, canonized now, but cannonaded while living. H. L. Wayland Wayland, H. L. null
3709 There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the sins of the week. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
3710 As dreams are the fancies of those that sleep, so fancies are but the dreams of those awake. Sir Thomas Pope Blount Blount, Sir Thomas Pope null
3711 In most things, success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. Baron Charles de Secondat Secondat, Baron Charles de null
3712 It is a great art to be superior to others without letting them know it. Henry W. Shaw (Josh Billings) Shaw, Henry Wheeler null
3713 A good man who goes wrong is just a bad man who has been found out. Robert Chambers Edwards Edwards, Robert Chambers null
3714 He who is good is free, even if he is a slave. He who is evil is a slave, even if he is a king. Augustine of Hippo Augustine of Hippo null
3715 Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Thomas A. Edison Edison, Thomas Alva null
3716 Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. Jefferson Davis Davis, Jefferson null
3717 An empty stomach is not a good political adviser Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
3718 No great advance has been made in science, politics or religion without controversy. Lyman Beecher Beecher, Lyman null
3719 With Congress, every time they make a joke, it's a law, and every time they make a law, it's a joke. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
3720 If you would sleep soundly, take a clear conscience to bed with you. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
3721 It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
3722 Liberty under the constitution is necessarily subject to the constraints of due process. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
3723 Do good with what you have, or it will do you no good. William Penn Penn, William null
3724 If a man is not content in the state he is in, he will not be content in the state he would be in. Erskine Mason Mason, Erskine null
3725 You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
3726 Friend: One who knows all about you, and loves you just the same. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
3727 The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going. D. S. Jordan Jordan, David Starr null
3728 I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
3729 When good-natured people leave us, we look forward with extra pleasure to their return. Henry W. Shaw Shaw, Henry Wheeler null
3730 Whatever punsishment does to a nation, it does not induce a sense of guilt. Anne O'Hare McCormick McCormick, Anne O'Hare null
3731 There are those who argue that everything breaks even in this old dump of a world of ours. I suppose these ginks who argue that way hold that because the rich man gets ice in the summer and the poor man gets it in the winter things are breaking even for b Bat Masterson (last words found on his typewriter after he died while writing his last newspaper column) Masterson, Bat null
3732 Half the world does not know how the other half lives, but is trying to find out. E. W, Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
3733 Fraud and deciet are ever in a hurry; take time for all things; great haste makes great waste. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
3734 Every man should have a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends. H. W. Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
3735 Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges. Thomas Wentworth Higginson Higginson, Thomas Wentworth null
3736 The trouble with the publishing business is that too many people who have half a mind to write a book do so. William Targ Targ, William null
3737 The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence. Art Linkletter Linkletter, Art null
3738 Most people say that as you get old you have to give up things. I think you get old because you do give up things. Theodore Green Green, Theodore null
3739 There is a fountain of youth; it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you will learn to tap this source, you will have truly defeated age. Sophia Loren Loren, Sophia null
3740 The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma null
3741 It's sweet to be remembered, but it's often cheaper to be forgotten. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
3742 Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine. Robert C. Gallagher Gallagher, Robert C. null
3743 Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. Don Marquis Marquis, Don null
3744 He who hunts for flowers will find flowers; and he who loves weeds may find weeds. H. W. Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
3745 A luxury resort is a place with tropical plants outside and outstretched palms inside. Anonymous Unknown null
3746 Women live longer than men because it's not polite to interrupt them when they're talking. Sam Levine Levine, Sam null
3747 Nature tops the list of potent tranquilizers and stress reducers. The mere sound of moving water has been shown to lower blood pressure. Patch Adams Adams, Patch null
3748 You must always explain things frankly and explicitly to your lawyer... it is for him to embroil them afterward. Alessandro Manzoni Manzoni, Alessandro null
3749 We grow best when clouds hang over us because clouds bear rain and rain refreshes us. H. W. Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
3750 Those who would enjoyment gain must find it in the purpose they pursue. Sarah Hale Hale, Sarah null
3751 It takes as much time to breed a libertarian as it takes to breed a race horse. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
3752 We cannot suppose that some have a right to be in this world and others do not. Henry George George, Henry null
3753 The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
3754 Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed. Buddha Buddha null
3755 A bride at her second wedding does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen null
3756 Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days. Flannery O'Connor O'Connor, Flannery null
3757 The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for. Maureen Dowd Dowd, Maureen null
3758 The difference between no money and a small amount is much greater than that of a small amount and a vast amount. Kaplan Kaplan null
3759 Baloney is flattery so thick it cannot be true; blarney is flattery so thin we like it. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen Sheen, Bishop Fulton J. null
3760 The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
3761 When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. Sacha Guitry Guitry, Sacha null
3762 Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant Cary Grant Grant, Cary null
3763 A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money. Everett Dirksen Dirksen, Everett null
3764 Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information. John Erskine Erskine, John null
3765 Don't throw stones at you neighbors if your own windows are glass. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
3766 I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don't have to. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
3767 If at first you don't succeed, you may be at your level of incompetence already. Laurence Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston null
3768 Managing success is a tough job. There's a very fine line between self-confidence and arrogance. Jack Welch Welch, Jack null
3769 The good teacher makes the poor student good, and the good student superior. Marva Collins Collins, Marva null
3770 A good education is harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. Agnes De Mille de Mille, Agnes null
3771 It's a good rule to follow the first law of holes: if you are in one, stop digging. Denis Healy Healy, Denis null
3772 Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the same and show how they are different. Hart Pomerantz Pomerantz, Hart null
3773 Hope: Tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment. Evan Esar Esar, Evan null
3774 You can't win all the time. There are guys out there who are better than you. Yogi Berra Berra, Yogi null
3775 One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton. Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin null
3776 Bulls can make money and bears can make money, but hogs just get slaughtered. Wall Street Proverb Proverb - Wall Street null
3777 No man will take counsel, but every man will take money; therefore, money is better than counsel. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan null
3778 People who have time to burn usually spend it with someone who hasn't. Anonymous Unknown null
3779 Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. Putt's Law Putt's Law null
3780 If we learn to cooperate with the inevitable, life can be a joy to the very end. Albert J. Nimeth Nimeth, Albert J. null
3781 Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. Marjorie Barstow Breenbie Breenbie, Marjorie Barstow null
3782 Recreation is not the highest kind act of enjoyment, but in its proper time and place, it is quite as proper as prayer. Samuel Irenaeu Prime Prime, Samuel Irenaeu null
3783 For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
3784 People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live. We never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
3785 You must stay wide awake to make your dreams come true. Source Obscure Unknown null
3786 The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it. Edward Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George null
3787 Repentance, without amendment, is like continually pumping without mending the leak. Lewis W. Dilwyn Dilwyn, Lewis W. null
3788 We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
3789 You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing. George McGovern McGovern, George null
3790 A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things yet cannot receive giant ones. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
3791 Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
3792 The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human nature; so that ambition may stoop to kindness, and philosophy to candor and humor. George Santayana Santayana, George null
3793 The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
3794 I always thought I was indecisive, but now I'm not sure. Anonymous Unknown null
3795 It is a beautiful necessity of our nature to love something. Douglas Jerrold Jerrold, Douglas null
3796 Look wise, say nothing and grunt; speech was given to conceal thought. William Osler Osler, William null
3797 The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds ceses to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation. William Hutton Hutton, William null
3798 Some people have a veneer that comes off easily with a little alcohol. P. Harrison Harrison, P. null
3799 Age is wonderful. It enables us to recognize a mistake when we make it again. Albert J. Nimeth Nimeth, Albert J. null
3800 Do not allow grass to grow on the road of friendship. Madame Marie Therese Geoffrin Geoffrin, Madame Marie Therese null
3801 Bread that must be sliced with an axe is bread that is too nourishing. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
3802 Tart words make no friends; a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
3803 Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
3804 A sharp tongue and a dull mind are usually found in the same head. Source Obscure Unknown null
3805 Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination. Christopher Isherwood Isherwood, Christopher null
3806 If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. Catherine Aird Aird, Catherine null
3807 Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
3808 Even a mosquito rarely receives a pat on the back until he gets to work. Unknown Origin Unknown null
3809 Don't give a woman advice. One should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
3810 So your ancestors came over on the Mayflower. Lucky for you, because now the immigration laws are stricter. Albert J. Nimeth Nimeth, Albert J. null
3811 A man who reforms himself has contributed his full share toward the reformation of his neighbor. Norman Douglas Douglas, Norman null
3812 If everybody remembered the past, nobody would forgive anybody. Robert Lynd Lynd, Robert null
3813 To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. George Santayana Santayana, George null
3814 One must not depend on one thing or trust to only one resource, however preeminent. Baltasar Gracian Gracian, Baltasar null
3815 Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. Don Shula Shula, Don null
3816 Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. Epictetus Epictetus null
3817 Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. the poor know that it is money. Gerald Brenan Brenan, Gerald null
3818 The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. Hubert H. Humphrey Humphrey, Hubert H. null
3819 Two things are bad for the heart - running uphill and running down people. Bernard Gimbel Gimbel, Bernard null
3820 It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it and sets it free. H. E. Fosdick Fosdick, Harry Emerson null
3821 We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
3822 Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way. Isaac Goldberg Goldberg, Isaac null
3823 Nothing is so disgraceful to society, and to individuals, as unmeaningful wastefulness. Count Rumford Rumford, Count null
3824 An egg which has succeeded in being fresh has done all that can be reasonably expected of it. Henry James James, Henry null
3825 Not only does beauty fade, but it leaves a record on the face as to what became of it. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
3826 What I love best about music is the women who listen to it. Jules de Goncourt de Goncourt, Jules null
3827 Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
3828 I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
3829 I honestly don't think you possibly share a small tent for any length of time with someone who's ebullient. Alan Ayckbourn Ayckbourn, Alan null
3830 Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
3831 Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
3832 All people are made alike. They are made of bones, flesh and dinners. Only the dinners are different. Gertrude L. Cheney Cheney, Gertrude L. null
3833 Each time the November elections are over, it's easy to understand why Thanksgiving Day always follows them. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
3834 Diligence is that energy and industry which we show when we do what we like. E. C. Brewer Brewer, E. C. null
3835 Life is too important to be taken seriously. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
3836 Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theater. Gail Godwin Godwin, Gail null
3837 A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works. Bill Vaughan Vaughan, Bill null
3838 With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. Max Ehrmann (from Desiderata) Ehrmann, Max null
3839 The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil. Heywood Broun Broun, Heywood Hale null
3840 Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love and to put its trust in life. Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph null
3841 Every company's greatest assets are its customers, because without customers there is no company. Michael LeBoeuf LeBoeuf, Michael null
3842 Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
3843 Tyrants are seldom free; The cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. George Santayana Santayana, George null
3844 A penny will hide the biggest star in the universe if you hold it close enough to your eye. Samuel Grafton Grafton, Samuel null
3845 Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
3846 And each of us, in the span of time, has really only a moment among our companions. Lyndon Baines Johnson Johnson, Lyndon Baines null
3847 The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps. Charles H. Parkhurst Parkhurst, Charles H. null
3848 Good Manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup. Bennett Cerf Cerf, Bennett null
3849 I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case and got my tuition back. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
3850 I am always ready to learn, but I do not always like being taught. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
3851 If I had learned education, I would not have had time to learn anything else. Cornelius Vanderbilt Vanderbilt, Cornelius null
3852 Some lecturers talk in their sleep, but some talk in other people's sleep. Anonymous Unknown null
3853 That man who lives for self alone lives for the meanest mortal known. Joaquin Miller Miller, Joaquin null
3854 He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies. Tertullian Tertullian null
3855 Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison Edison, Thomas Alva null
3856 A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright Albright, Herm null
3857 One swallow doesn't make a summer, but it breaks a New Year's resolution. Albert Nimeth Nimeth, Albert J. null
3858 Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
3859 It is a healthy symptom when a man is dissatisfied without being discouraged. Roy L. Smith Smith, Roy L. null
3860 If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
3861 Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life. Jean de La Fontaine La Fontaine, Jean de null
3862 The time to be happy is now; The place to be happy is here; The way to be happy is to make others so. Robert Green Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green null
3863 Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, when I give, I give myself. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
3864 The story of love is not important; what is important is that one is capable of love. Helen Hayes Hayes, Helen null
3865 Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. Usually it makes the kid laugh. Sometimes it sends him into shock. Either way it quiets him down. Keep it up until the kid is a teenager and he definitely won't have his friend P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
3866 Genuine ignorance is profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open-mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish w John Dewey Dewey, John null
3867 Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation of man, a peril to the peace of the world or to the well-being of future generations: as long as you have not shown it to be "uneconomic" you have not really questioned its right to exist, gro E. F. Schumacher Schumacher, E. F. null
3868 Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, or a string of mold candles. Why should we all dress after the same fashion? The frost never paints my win Lydia M. Child Child, Lydia M. null
3869 My mind's terrain has become exceedingly rough. Emotional scars are changing my internal geography faster than the mapmaker can keep pace. Wrong turns and dead ends abound, and I'm afraid someday I'll drown in a river I didn't know was there. D. H. Mondfleur Mondfleur, D. H. null
3870 There is in opals a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painter, others the flame of burning Pliny Pliny the Elder null
3871 Suave molecules of Mocha stir up your blood, without causing excess heat; the organ of thought receives from it a feeling of sympathy; work becomes easier and you will sit down without distress to your principal repast which will restore your body and aff Talleyrand Talleyrand null
3872 The bicycle had, and still has, a humane, almost classical moderation in the kind of pleasure it offers. It is the kind of machine that a Hellenistic Greek might have invented and ridden. It does no violence to our normal reactions: it does not pretend to J. B. Jackson Jackson, J. B. null
3873 All living things are manipulated. As long as there is a will, it is bent and twisted constantly. Only the dead are allowed the luxury of freedom, and then only because they want nothing, and therefore can't be thwarted. Orson Scott Card Card, Orson Scott null
3874 The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent. David Mamet Mamet, David null
3875 Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don't embrace trouble; that's as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say meet it as a friend, for you'll see a lot of it and had better be on speaking terms with it. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
3876 Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks - expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief. Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs - that can undermine any tale you're telling. Pam Brown Brown, Pam null
3877 History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. People get the history they deserve. Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle, Charles null
3878 Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot be defined in terms of the qualities of a book or picture. Theodore Schroeder Schroeder, Theodore null
3879 No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. Tommy Lasorda Lasorda, Tommy null
3880 One who has a religious experience possesses a great treasure, a thing that has become for him a source of life, meaning, and beauty, and that has given a new splendor to the world and to mankind. Carl G. Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
3881 There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. Washington Irving Irving, Washington null
3882 Have you ever observed a hummingbird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers - a living prismatic gem. It is a creature of such fairylike loveliness as to mock all description. W. H. Hudson Hudson, W. H. null
3883 To be a genuine individualist requires a great deal of strength and courage. It is never easy to chart new territory, to cross new frontiers, or to introduce subtle shadings to an established color. Toller Cranston Cranston, Toller null
3884 For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily, let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
3885 Learning preserves the errors of the past, as well as its wisdom. For this reason, dictionaries are public dangers, although they are necessities. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North null
3886 Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known. Garrison Keillor Keillor, Garrison null
3887 It is not known precisely where angels dwell - whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode. Voltaire Voltaire null
3888 The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. Henry Steele Commager Commager, Henry Steele null
3889 The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them. Richard Bach Bach, Richard null
3890 A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip, and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow. Charlie Brower Brower, Charlie null
3891 One of the most obvious results of having a baby around the house is to turn two good people into complete idiots who probably wouldn't have been much worse than mere imbeciles without it. Georges Courteline Courteline, Georges null
3892 Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where one man will dare espouse an unpopular cause. Clarence Darrow Darrow, Clarence S. null
3893 Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions. George Santayana Santayana, George null
3894 Top results are reached only through pain. But eventually you like this pain. You'll find the more difficulties you have on the way, the more you will enjoy your success. Juha Vaatainen Vaatainen, Juha null
3895 False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing. Joseph de Maistre de Maistre, Joseph null
3896 The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable to counterbalance the inertia and fossilism marking so large a part of human institutions. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
3897 It is better to be bold than too circumspect, because fortune is of a sex which likes not a tardy wooer and repulses all who are not ardent. Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolo null
3898 Every human being has a right to hear what other wise human beings have spoken to him. It is one of the Rights of Men; a very cruel injustice if you deny it to a man! Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas null
3899 Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
3900 Basketball, hockey, and track meets are action heaped upon action, climax upon climax, until the onlooker's responses become deadened. Baseball is for the leisurely afternoons of summer and for the unchanging dreams. Roger Kahn Kahn, Roger null
3901 I never had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small house and large garden. Abraham Cowley Cowley, Abraham null
3902 Never antagonize any group, no matter how small, if you can avoid it. If you have to choose between two groups, always choose to antagonize the one that is less vindictive and less organized. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
3903 On the subject of dress almost no one, for one or another reason, feels truly indifferent: if their own clothes do not concern them, somebody else's do. Elizabeth Bowen Bowen, Elizabeth null
3904 It seems no more than right that men should seize time by the forelock, for the rude old fellow, sooner or later, pulls all their hair out. George Dennison Prentice Prentice, George Dennison null
3905 One cannot appreciate beauty on the run. When I can be motionless long enough, there is no limit I have ever reached to the revelations in an opening bud. Vida Scudder Scudder, Vida null
3906 Tattoo - what a loaded word it is, rife with associations to goons, goofs, bikers, tribal warriors, carnival artists, drunken sailors and floozies. Jon Anderson Anderson, Jon null
3907 Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it. Lyndon Johnson Johnson, Lyndon Baines null
3908 The function of poetry is religious invocation of the Muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites. Robert Graves Graves, Robert null
3909 I wish outer space guys would conquer the Earth and make people their pets, because I'd like to have one of those little beds with my name on it. Jack Handey (Saturday Night Live) Handey, Jack null
3910 In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
3911 Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art. Izaak Walton Walton, Izaak null
3912 There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
3913 Pleasure is spread through the earth in stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find. William Wordsworth Wordsworth, William null
3914 To be fruitful in invention, it is indispensable to have a habit of observation and reflection. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
3915 There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. Alfred Austin Austin, Alfred null
3916 Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration. Walter Lippmann Lippmann, Walter null
3917 The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history. Lew Wallace Wallace, Lew null
3918 A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people. Peter McArthur McArthur, Peter null
3919 It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John null
3920 Let's not become so worried about not offending anybody that we lose the ability to distinguish between respect and paranoia. Larry King King, Larry null
3921 To Crystal, hair was the most important thing on earth. She would never get married because you couldn't wear curlers in bed. Edna O'Brien O'Brien, Edna null
3922 Many people love democracy but do not know how to defend it. They take democracy for a lovely lady instead of seeing it as a vigorous comrade. Andrei Vishinsky Vishinsky, Andrei null
3923 Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
3924 You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
3925 A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend. Ward McAllister McAllister, Ward null
3926 There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled. Jean de La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
3927 For your own sake you should give her a new gown; for variety of dresses rouses desire, and makes an old mistress seem every day a new one. William Wycherley Wycherley, William null
3928 When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
3929 There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent their spleen. Alexandre Dumas Dumas, Alexandre null
3930 Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. Voltaire Voltaire null
3931 Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis - a good hot cup of coffee. Alexander King King, Alexander null
3932 If you're in a bad situation, don't worry, it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry, it'll change. John A. Simone, Sr. Simone, John A., Sr. null
3933 Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons. Dave Barry Barry, Dave null
3934 Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem, that it must be the only solution. Raymond Feist Feist, Raymond null
3935 The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. Vance Havner Havner, Vance null
3936 There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
3937 The new individual must work out the whole problem of science, letters and theology for himself; can owe his fathers nothing. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
3938 And the wind shall say: "here were decent godless people: their only monument the asphalt road and a thousand lost golf balls." T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
3939 I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish. Dame Edith Sitwell Sitwell, Dame Edith null
3940 There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before. Robert Lynd Lynd, Robert null
3941 For the mystic what is how. For the craftsman how is what. For the artist what and how are one. William McElcheran McElcheran, William null
3942 Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
3943 Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth. Ed Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
3944 Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age. George Eliot Eliot, George null
3945 Slums may well be breeding-grounds of crime, but middle-class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium. Cyril Connolly Connolly, Cyril null
3946 Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky. Dante Gabriel Rossetti Rossetti, Dante Gabriel null
3947 The easiest thing for our friends to discover in us, and the hardest thing for us to discover in ourselves, is that we are growing old. H. W. Shaw Shaw, Henry Wheeler null
3948 The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest, which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression. Felix Frankfurter Frankfurter, Felix null
3949 I write at high speed because boredom is bad for my health. It upsets my stomach more than anything else. I also avoid green vegetables. They're grossly overrated. Noel Coward Coward, Noel null
3950 Some minds seem almost to create themselves, spring up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. Washington Irving Irving, Washington null
3951 I believe in instinct, not in reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong. A. C. Benson Benson, A. C. null
3952 The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their souls in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment. Herbert Marcuse Marcuse, Herbert null
3953 The most powerful obstacle to culture is the tendency to aggression, which is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man. Sigmund Freud Freud, Sigmund null
3954 By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy. George Bancroft Bancroft, George null
3955 Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
3956 The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee, a clover, anytime, to him, is aristocracy. Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
3957 Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
3958 Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression. Bronson Alcott Alcott, Amos Bronson null
3959 Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. Honore de Balzac Balzac, Honore De null
3960 To get something done a committee should consist of no more than three people, two of whom are absent. Robert Copeland Copeland, Robert null
3961 Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. John Adams Adams, John null
3962 No matter how much you nurse a grudge, it won't get better. Evan Esar Esar, Evan null
3963 Anger ventilated often hurries toward forgiveness; and concealed often hardens into revenge. Edward Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George null
3964 Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. Nicolas Chamfort Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas null
3965 The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error. Bertolt Brecht Brecht, Bertolt null
3966 You can never put the message ahead of the music, because if it's uninteresting, it serves no purpose. Talib Kweli Kweli, Talib null
3967 There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
3968 I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. William Makepeace Thackeray Thackeray, William Makepeace null
3969 Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. Isaac Bashevis Singer Singer, Isaac Bashevis null
3970 In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
3971 There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good. Edwin Denby Denby, Edwin null
3972 Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. Then they are not barriers anymore. Lasse Viren Viren, Lasse null
3973 I don't answer the phone. I get the feeling whenever I do that there will be someone on the other end. Fred Couples Couples, Fred null
3974 To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
3975 Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
3976 I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. F. Frankfort Moore Moore, F. Frankfort null
3977 With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of you defiance. Norman Mailer Mailer, Norman null
3978 Minorities are the stars of the firmament; majorities, the darkness in which they float. Martin H. Fischer Fischer, Martin H. null
3979 Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. Soren Kierkegaard Kierkegaard, Soren null
3980 If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? Sydney J. Harris Harris, Sydney J. null
3981 The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
3982 When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
3983 Humans get a lot done, not because we're smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee. Flash Rosenberg Rosenberg, Flash null
3984 Continuous efforts - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
3985 I live for today; that's why people think I'm strange. I don't even have a psychiatrist. Ginger Rogers Rogers, Ginger null
3986 It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine. P. G. Wodehouse Wodehouse, P. G. null
3987 We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together. Jean de La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
3988 Virtue has always been conceived of as victorious resistance to one's vital desire. James Branch Cabell Cabell, James Branch null
3989 When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book? G. C. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph null
3990 Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
3991 How can we expect somebody else to keep our secret if we cannot keep it ourselves? La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
3992 Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. Brendan Francis Francis, Brendan null
3993 It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike Thomas Browne Browne, Sir Thomas null
3994 Someone is a critic when he cannot be an artist in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave null
3995 If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. Noam Chomsky Chomsky, Noam null
3996 Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stilled only by non-hatred - this is the law eternal. The Buddha Buddha null
3997 Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine. Pat Conroy Conroy, Pat null
3998 Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Rainer Maria Rilke Rilke, Rainer Maria null
3999 The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out his nose. Garrison Keillor Keillor, Garrison null
4000 It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line. Ashleigh Brilliant Brilliant, Ashleigh null
4001 Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
4002 Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather. Martha Graham Graham, Martha null
4003 Middle age: when you're sitting at home on Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
4004 The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive. John Sladek Sladek, John null
4005 A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
4006 A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
4007 Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
4008 For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the not-worth-knowing. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
4009 It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business. Dolley Madison Madison, Dolley null
4010 The world, that grey-bearded and wrinkled profligate, decrepit, without being venerable. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
4011 Fashion constantly begins and ends in the two things it abhors most, singularity and vulgarity. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William null
4012 It is always pleasant to be generous though very vexatious to pay debts. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
4013 There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and shame the devil. Walter Lippmann Lippmann, Walter null
4014 The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. Lewis Thomas Thomas, Lewis null
4015 Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. Malachy McCourt McCourt, Malachy null
4016 No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness. Sheik Abd-al-Kadir Abd-al-Kadir, Sheik null
4017 A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled. Sir Barnett Cocks Cocks, Sir Barnett null
4018 You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out completely dry. Most people do. Norton Juster Juster, Norton null
4019 Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. Frank A. Clark Clark, Frank A. null
4020 There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall null
4021 The course of life is unpredictable; no one can write his autobiography in advance. Abraham Heschel Heschel, Abraham null
4022 The Puritan's idea of hell is a place where everybody has to mind his own business. Wendell Phillips Phillips, Wendell null
4023 It always seemed to me that men wore their beards, like they wear their neckties, for show. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
4024 Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead. Mac McCleary McCleary, Mac null
4025 The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. Bernard M. Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. null
4026 The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott null
4027 Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it. James Stephens Stephens, James null
4028 We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard. Voltaire Voltaire null
4029 Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
4030 We have too many high-sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams Adams, Abigail null
4031 Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm. William Wordsworth Wordsworth, William null
4032 The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. Aristotle Aristotle null
4033 If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
4034 A smile appeared upon her face as if she'd taken it directly from her handbag and pinned it there. Loma Chandler Chandler, Loma null
4035 It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give happiness. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
4036 The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions. Susan Sontag Sontag, Susan null
4037 We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the Secret sits in the middle and knows. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
4038 If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. Frank A. Clark Clark, Frank A. null
4039 How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
4040 It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
4041 Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. George Eliot Eliot, George null
4042 If you're not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there. Martin Luther Luther, Martin null
4043 It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window. Raymond Chandler Chandler, Raymond null
4044 He who finds fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold. Baltasar Gracian Gracian, Baltasar null
4045 Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. null
4046 When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
4047 Political genius consists in identifying oneself with a principle. Georg Hegel Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich null
4048 Sweat silently. Let's have no squawking about a little expenditure of energy. Martin Fischer Fischer, Martin H. null
4049 I soon found out you can't change the world. The best you can do is to learn to live with it. Henry Miller Miller, Henry null
4050 It's not love's going hurts my days but that it went in little ways. Edna St. Vincent Millay Millay, Edna St. Vincent null
4051 The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen. Tommy Smothers Smothers, Tommy null
4052 Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James James, William null
4053 As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew null
4054 The world today doesn't make much sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
4055 The most damaging phrase in the language is "it's always been done that way." Grace Hopper Hopper, Grace null
4056 Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves. Larry King King, Larry null
4057 Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
4058 Behind many acts that many thought ridiculous, there lie many wise and weighty motives. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
4059 It's always the badly dressed people who are the most interesting. Jean Paul Gaultier Gaultier, Jean Paul null
4060 Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
4061 Confidence is the most important quality in all athlete-coach relationships. Frank Stampfl Stampfl, Frank null
4062 Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb. Robert Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green null
4063 When some folks agree with my opinions I begin to suspect I'm wrong. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
4064 Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. Stella Adler Adler, Stella null
4065 What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
4066 All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them. William F. Halsey Halsey, Adm. William F., Jr. null
4067 Ain't no man can avoid being average, but there ain't no man got to be common. Satchel Paige Paige, Leroy "Satchel" null
4068 Correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. George Eliot Eliot, George null
4069 God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them. John Aughey Aughey, John null
4070 Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
4071 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17 Proverbs 17:17 null
4072 Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at? W. S. Gilbert Gilbert, W. S. null
4073 The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice. John Rawls Rawls, John null
4074 It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
4075 Men get opinions as boys learn to spell, by reiteration chiefly. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth Barrett null
4076 I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. Rogers Hornsby Hornsby, Rogers null
4077 A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. Ouida Ouida null
4078 Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason. Richard Trench Trench, Richard null
4079 Is saw a subliminal advertising executive, but only for a second. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
4080 Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
4081 The vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing. William Broad Broad, William null
4082 A cynic is a person searching for an honest man, with a stolen lantern. Edgar A. Shoaff Shoaff, Edgar A. null
4083 The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. He also accepteth from a grouch. Catherine Hall Hall, Catherine null
4084 The future is only the past again, entered through another gate. Arthur Wing Pinero Pinero, Arthur Wing null
4085 Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. Charles Schulz Schulz, Charles M. null
4086 I look at a victory as milestones on a very long highway. Joan Benoit Samuelson Samuelson, Joan Benoit null
4087 Lots of people talk to animals. Not very many listen, though. That's the problem. Benjamin Hoff Hoff, Benjamin null
4088 I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. Robert A. Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. null
4089 There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness and death. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
4090 Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious. Edgar Saltus Saltus, Edgar null
4091 The enthusiastic, to those who are not, are always something of a trial. Alban Goodier Goodier, Alban null
4092 The day after tomorrow is the third day of the rest of your life. George Carlin Carlin, George null
4093 It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
4094 Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. William Lowndes Lowndes, William null
4095 One never, of course, knows what people in portraits are thinking. Penelope Lively Lively, Penelope null
4096 The poet is like an acrobat, climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making. Lawrence Ferlinghetti Ferlinghetti, Lawrence null
4097 There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. Douglas MacArthur MacArthur, Douglas null
4098 It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
4099 He hasn't an enemy in the world, and none of his friends like him. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
4100 The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
4101 I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things. Henry Matisse Matisse, Henri null
4102 The greatest instrument of moral good is the imagination. Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe null
4103 Being treated like a thug makes being a thug an attractive choice. Frank H. Wu Wu, Frank H. null
4104 No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. Dave Barry Barry, Dave null
4105 I go to couples therapy. I go alone. There are two therapists. Garry Shandling Shandling, Garry null
4106 Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
4107 Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
4108 The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
4109 If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. Korean Proverb Proverb - Korean null
4110 To play billiards well is a sign of an ill-spent youth. Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert null
4111 Midnight shakes the memory as a madman shakes a dead geranium. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
4112 Weakness on both sides, is, as we know, the trait of all quarrels. Voltaire Voltaire null
4113 What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art. Augustus Saint-Gaudens Saint-Gaudens, Augustus null
4114 A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning. George Herbert Herbert, George null
4115 Some parents get better children than they deserve. Raymond Burr Burr, Raymond null
4116 Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. Seneca Seneca null
4117 Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
4118 A hot dog at the ball game beats roast beef at the Ritz. Humphrey Bogart Bogart, Humphrey null
4119 God in His wisdom made the fly, and then forgot to tell us why. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
4120 Spite is never lonely; envy always tags along. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
4121 It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly. Anatole France France, Anatole null
4122 Oh, the lovely fickleness of an April day! William Hamilton Gibson Gibson, William Hamilton null
4123 The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. Che Guevara Guevara, Ernesto "Che" null
4124 Anger as soon as fed is dead - 'tis starving makes it fat. Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
4125 The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
4126 All great art comes from a sense of outrage. Glenn Close Close, Glenn null
4127 If a ferret bites you it is nearly always your own fault. Phil Drabble Drabble, Phil null
4128 Man is a knot into which relationships are tied. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Saint-Exupery, Antoine de null
4129 Life didn't promise to be wonderful. Teddy Pendergrass Pendergrass, Teddy null
4130 Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly. Epictetus Epictetus null
4131 Nowadays most men lead lives of noisy desperation. James Thurber Thurber, James null
4132 How can something bother you if you won't let it? Terry Guillemets Guillemets, Terry null
4133 Television is to news what bumper stickers are to philosophy. Richard Nixon Nixon, Richard M. null
4134 You can cage the singer but not the song. Harry Belafonte Belafonte, Harry null
4135 Only in grammar can you be more than perfect. William Safire Safire, William null
4136 Assumptions are the termites of relationships. Henry Winkler Winkler, Henry null
4137 Too few people truly understand a good sandwich. James Beard Beard, James null
4138 Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice. Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de null
4139 Silence moves faster when it's going backward. Jean Cocteau Cocteau, Jean null
4140 Life is an open sea, the truth is the wind in our sails. Talib Kweli Kweli, Talib null
4141 Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
4142 Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. Garth Brooks Brooks, Garth null
4143 Philosophy will clip an angel's wings. John Keats Keats, John null
4144 Athletics is a luxury. Roger Bannister Bannister, Roger null
4145 To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak. Hopi Proverb Proverb - Hopi null
4146 The wit makes fun of persons; The satirist makes fun of the world; The humorist makes fun of himself. James Thurber Thurber, James null
4147 The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an accountant settles down each day to Ernest Newman Newman, Ernest null
4148 Poker is the game closest to the western conception of life, where free will prevails over philosophies of fate or of chance, where men are considered moral agents and where - at least in the short run - the important thing is not what happens but what pe John Luckacs Luckacs, John null
4149 No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed, and love of power. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
4150 If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy da Dorothy Canfield Fisher Fisher, Dorothy Canfield null
4151 Thinking gets you nowhere. It may be a fine and noble aid in academic studies, but you can't think your way out of emotional difficulties. That takes something altogether different. You have to make yourself passive then, and just listen. Reestablish cont Etty Hillesum Hillesum, Etty null
4152 Selection in writing history is the task of distinguishing the significant from the insignificant. It must be honest, that is, true to the circumstances, and fair, that is, truly representative of the whole, never loaded. It can be used to reveal large me Barbara W. Tuchman Tuchman, Barbara W. null
4153 There's one sad truth in life I've found; While journeying east and west The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know; We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us Ella Wheeler Wilcox Wilcox, Ella Wheeler null
4154 All the greatest things we know have come to us from neurotics. It is they and they only who have founded religions and created great works of art. Never will the world be conscious of how much it owes to them, nor above all of what they have suffered in Marcel Proust Proust, Marcel null
4155 Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss null
4156 These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new. Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Harriet Beecher null
4157 There lurks, perhaps, in every human heart a desire of distinction, which inclines every man first to hope, and then to believe, that Nature has given him something peculiar to himself. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
4158 I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. Yves Saint Laurent Saint Laurent, Yves null
4159 If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth. Chief Seattle Chief Seattle null
4160 The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot's wife, crystallized in the act of looking backward, and forever incapable of looking before. Herman Melville Melville, Herman null
4161 And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an outside will? When we are told to deny our senses and subject them to the will of others? Galileo Galilei Galilei, Galileo null
4162 I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none. Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus, Carl null
4163 Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher null
4164 There are many in this old world of ours who hold that things break about even for all of us. I have observed, for example, that we all get the same amount of ice. The rich get it in the summertime and the poor get it in the winter. Bat Masterson Masterson, Bat null
4165 A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after one; the sound of rain, and bees Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas, Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky I've thought of all by turns, and still I lie Sleepless. William Wordsworth Wordsworth, William null
4166 Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it. Tattooing, therefore, is a way of keeping the spiritual and material needs of my body in balance. Michelle Delio Delio, Michelle null
4167 Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself, it will do more than if you paralyze it by encumbering it with remedies. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
4168 I am much better employed from every point of view, when I live solely for my own satisfaction, than when I begin to worry about the world. The world frightens me, and a frightened man is no good for anything. George Gissing Gissing, George null
4169 If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: French fries are out. Jean Kerr Kerr, Jean null
4170 All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness. Mark Kennedy Kennedy, Mark null
4171 We tell lies when we are afraid: afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others Will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger. Tad Williams Williams, Tad null
4172 I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love, and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal - and soon they'll forget my number. Edith Armstrong Armstrong, Edith null
4173 Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient world to our purposes, ignorant perhaps of the messages buried in its long history. Stephen Jay Gould Gould, Stephen Jay null
4174 Flowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the heavens, had through thousands of years been the heritage of children - honored as the jewelry of God. Thomas de Quincey de Quincey, Thomas null
4175 Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished. Michael Strassfeld Strassfeld, Michael null
4176 Our siblings. They resemble us just enough to make all their differences confusing, and no matter what we choose to make of this, we are cast in relation to them our whole lives long. Susan Scarf Merrell Merrell, Susan Scarf null
4177 What was any art but a mold in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose. Willa Cather Cather, Willa null
4178 He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
4179 If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart. Edmund Wilson Wilson, Edmund null
4180 Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good. Lucy Larcom Larcom, Lucy null
4181 I see it all perfectly; there are two possibilities: one can either do this or do that. My honest opinion and friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it, you will regret both. Soren Kierkegaard Kierkegaard, Soren null
4182 Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. E. F. Schumacher Schumacher, E. F. null
4183 To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
4184 The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved. Russell Lynes Lynes, Joseph Russell, Jr. null
4185 I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a smoker; but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table. Michelle Pfeiffer Pfeiffer, Michelle null
4186 A man finds room in the few square inches of his face for the traits of all his ancestors; for me expression of all his history, and his wants. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
4187 Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. Lindley Karstens Karstens, Lindley null
4188 The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Throughout history, "tender loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in healing. Larry Dossey Dossey, Larry null
4189 It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars. Arthur C. Clarke Clarke, Arthur C. null
4190 To those with ears to hear, libraries are really very noisy places. On their shelves we hear the captured voices of the centuries - old conversation that makes up our civilization. Timothy Healy Healy, Timothy null
4191 A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize that the same thing happens to the soul. Plato Plato null
4192 Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular. Bernard M. Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. null
4193 To always be intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about it - this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking from one day to another till he be starved and destroyed. Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter null
4194 What is being lost is the magic of the word. I am not an image person. Imagery belongs to another civilization: the caveman. Caveman couldn't express himself so he put images on walls. Elie Wiesel Wiesel, Elie null
4195 Cycling is unique. No other sport lets you go like that - where there's only the bike left to hold you up. If you ran as hard, you'd fall over. Your legs wouldn't support you. Steve Johnson Johnson, Steve null
4196 Human nature, if healthy, demands excitement; and if it does not obtain its thrilling excitement in the right way, it will seek if in the wrong. God never makes bloodless stoics; He makes no passionless saints. Oswald Chambers Chambers, Oswald null
4197 God has editing rights over our prayers. He will edit them, correct them, bring them in line with His will and then hand them back to us to be resubmitted. Stephen Crotts Crotts, Stephen null
4198 To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, - to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament. John Keats Keats, John null
4199 You sometimes see a woman who would have made a Joan of Arc in another century and climate, threshing herself to pieces over all the mean worry of housekeeping. Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard null
4200 Let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
4201 No matter how grouchy you're feeling, You'll find the smile more or less healing. It grows in a wreath All around the front teeth Thus preserving the face from congealing. Anthony Euwer Euwer, Anthony null
4202 A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety. Ansel Adams Adams, Ansel null
4203 He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland. Harry Emerson Fosdick Fosdick, Harry Emerson null
4204 Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen? Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
4205 If you do everything you should do, and do not do anything you should not do, you will, according to the best available statistics, live exactly eighteen hours longer than you would otherwise. Logan Clendening Clendening, Logan null
4206 "It's a question of discipline," the little prince told me later on. "When you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet." Antoine de Saint-Exupery Saint-Exupery, Antoine de null
4207 Light can be gentle, dangerous, dreamlike, bare, living, dead, misty, clear, hot, dark, violet, spring like, falling, straight, sensual, limited, poisonous, calm, and soft. Cinematographer Sven Nykvist Nykvist, Sven null
4208 If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure. Earl of Sandwich Earl of Sandwich null
4209 The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of the Saturnalia, a brief excursion from his way of life. Robert MacIver MacIver, Robert null
4210 She is mine own, and I as rich in having such a jewel as twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, the water nectar, and the rocks pure gold. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
4211 They know, they just know where to grow, how to dupe you, and how to camouflage themselves among the perfectly respectable plants, they just know, and therefore, I've concluded weeds must have brains. Dianne Benson Benson, Dianne null
4212 Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. Lin Yutang Yutang, Lin null
4213 There is a working class - strong and happy - among both rich and poor: there is an idle class - weak, wicked, and miserable - among both rich and poor. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
4214 Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals "love" them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. Edwin Way Teale Teale, Edwin Way null
4215 Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses, which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it, in place of dust. Henry S. Haskins Haskins, Henry S. null
4216 The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
4217 People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth null
4218 What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
4219 If an article is attractive, or useful or inexpensive, they'll stop making it tomorrow; if it's all three, they stopped making it yesterday. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
4220 I think I don't regret a single "excess" of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace. Henry James James, Henry null
4221 Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert. Arthur Young Young, Arthur null
4222 The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
4223 The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
4224 We need - and should encourage and honor - not only discoverers of facts hitherto unknown but explorers of ideas and rethinkers of values. Walter Moberly Moberly, Walter null
4225 A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the "i" in loving; Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear. Edmond Rostand Rostand, Edmond null
4226 Now is the time to get drunk! To stop being the martyred slaves of time to get absolutely drunk - on wine, poetry, or on virtue, as you please. Charles Baudelaire Baudelaire, Charles null
4227 The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
4228 The real source of almost all our crimes, if the trouble is taken to trace them to a common origin, will be found to be in idleness. Walter Gaston Shotwell Shotwell, Walter Gaston null
4229 Do not regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the Colonial status quo? Adlai Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai E. null
4230 Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts. Minor White White, Minor null
4231 I go about looking at horses and cattle. They eat grass, make love, work when they have to, bear their young. I am sick with envy of them. Sherwood Andersen Andersen, Sherwood null
4232 Like every good man, I strive for perfection, and, like every ordinary man, I have found that perfection is out of reach - but not the perfect suit. Edward Tivnan Tivnan, Edward null
4233 If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
4234 Metaphysics may be, after all, only the art of being sure of something that is not so, and logic only the art of going wrong with confidence. Joseph Wood Krutch Krutch, Joseph Wood null
4235 Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds. Norman Vincent Peale Peale, Norman Vincent null
4236 Great is the power of steady misrepresentation - but the history of science shows how, fortunately, this power does not long endure. Charles Darwin Darwin, Charles null
4237 Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. Harvey Fierstein Fierstein, Harvey null
4238 "Give us this day our daily bread" is probably the most perfectly constructed and useful sentence ever set down in the English language. P. J. Wingate Wingate, P. J. null
4239 Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking, Clifton Fadiman Fadiman, Clifton null
4240 The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov, Vladimir null
4241 When I free my body from its clothes, from all their buttons, belts, and laces, it seems to me that my soul takes a deeper, freer breath. August Strindberg Strindberg, August null
4242 How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young? Paul Sweeney Sweeney, Paul null
4243 The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
4244 A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action. Jawaharlal Nehru Nehru, Jawaharlal null
4245 I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. Diane Ackerman Ackerman, Diane null
4246 Television is a golden goose that lays scrambled eggs; and it is futile and, probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar. Lee Loevinger Loevinger, Lee null
4247 A saint may be defined as a person of heroic virtue whose private judgment is privileged. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
4248 Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. Robert Brault Brault, Robert null
4249 Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. Sydney J. Harris Harris, Sydney J. null
4250 As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
4251 In the beginning there was nothing. God said, "Let there be light!" And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres DeGeneres, Ellen null
4252 Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts. Martin Buxbaum Buxbaum, Martin null
4253 We don't need to increase our goods nearly as much as we need to scale down our wants; Not wanting something is as good as possessing it. Donald Horban Horban, Donald null
4254 In the coldest February, as in every other month in every other year, the best thing to hold on to in this world is each other. Linda Ellerbee Ellerbee, Linda null
4255 The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
4256 The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by other people's rules, while quietly playing by your own. Michael Korda Korda, Michael null
4257 I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
4258 Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs. Robert Peel Peel, Robert null
4259 The dress must not hang on the body but follow its lines. It must accompany its wearer, and when a woman smiles the dress must smile with her. Madeleine Vionnet Vionnet, Madeleine null
4260 The guardian angels of life fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us. Jean Paul Richter Richter, Jean Paul null
4261 When a man is at his wits' end, it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality. Oswald Chambers Chambers, Oswald null
4262 We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin. Andre Berthiaume Berthiaume, Andre null
4263 If you don't find it in the index, look very carefully through the entire catalogue. Sears, Roebuck "Consumer's Guide," 1897 Sears, Roebuck "Consumer's Guide," 1897 null
4264 Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
4265 What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal. John Howe Howe, John null
4266 Why was man created on the last day? So that he can be told, when pride possesses him: God created the gnat before thee. The Talmud Talmud, The null
4267 I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
4268 Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. Laozi (Lao-Tzu) Laozi null
4269 Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts. Jean Cocteau Cocteau, Jean null
4270 I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends. James Boswell Boswell, James null
4271 Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment. R. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster null
4272 Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild. Dante Alighieri Alighieri, Dante null
4273 A liberal education frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family, and even his nation. Robert M. Hutchins Hutchins, Robert M. null
4274 New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. John Locke Locke, John null
4275 We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say "I lost it." Sydney J. Harris Harris, Sydney J. null
4276 Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence. Sholem Asch Asch, Sholem null
4277 Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough. Dinah Shore Shore, Dinah null
4278 I have among my purchases several original Mona Lisas and all painted (according to the signature) by the great artist Kodak. Spike Mulligan Mulligan, Spike null
4279 Man uses his intelligence less in the care of his own species than he does in his care of anything else he owns or governs. Abraham Meyerson Meyerson, Abraham null
4280 You have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip. J. M. Barrie Barrie, James Matthew null
4281 In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
4282 The Christmas season has come to mean the period when the public plays Santa Claus to the merchants. John Andrew Holmes Holmes, John Andrew null
4283 When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
4284 Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us. Rainer Maria Rilke Rilke, Rainer Maria null
4285 Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. Potter Stewart Stewart, Potter null
4286 In Rome you long for the country; in the country - oh inconstant! - you praise the distant city to the stars. Horace Horace null
4287 Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
4288 One of the best things about paintings is their silence - which prompts reflection and random reverie. Mark Stevens Stevens, Mark null
4289 The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of a gun. P. G. Wodehouse Wodehouse, P. G. null
4290 It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. Seneca Seneca null
4291 You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing. Marie Stopes Stopes, Marie null
4292 More follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations. Mary Wortley Montagu Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley null
4293 Every time a woman leaves off something she looks better, but every time a man leaves off something he looks worse. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
4294 The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. Norman Vincent Peale Peale, Norman Vincent null
4295 It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
4296 A wise and frugal government shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
4297 Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face. Sydney Smith Smith, Sydney null
4298 Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye. Marie Louise de La Ramee La Ramee, Marie Louise de null
4299 I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five. Martin H. Fischer Fischer, Martin H. null
4300 Someone invented the telephone. And interrupted a nation's slumbers, Ringing wrong but similar numbers. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
4301 Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets. Baltasar Gracian Gracian, Baltasar null
4302 If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother. Sam Levenson Levenson, Sam null
4303 Fear not that life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. John Cardinal Newman Newman, John Henry Cardinal null
4304 I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
4305 Every man who is truly a man must learn to be alone in the midst of all the others, and if need be against all the others. Romain Rolland Rolland, Romain null
4306 Modem art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea. John Ciardi Ciardi, John null
4307 The quality of a university is measured more by the kind of student it turns out than the kind it takes in. Robert Kibbee Kibbee, Robert null
4308 You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present. Jan Glidewell Glidewell, Jan null
4309 If there is one spot of sun spilling onto the floor, a cat will find it and soak it up. Jean Asper McIntosh McIntosh, Jean Asper null
4310 Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache. Philip Wylie Wylie, Philip null
4311 Who can hope to be safe? Who is sufficiently cautious? Guard himself as he may, every moment's an ambush. Horace Horace null
4312 I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
4313 In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
4314 The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs. Joan Didion Didion, Joan null
4315 If you can't write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don't have a clear idea. David Belasco Belasco, David null
4316 Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back off and take its picture. Russell Baker Baker, Russell null
4317 Oats: A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
4318 Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. Tim McMahon McMahon, Tim null
4319 I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. Eugene V. Debs Debs, Eugene V. null
4320 We do not do what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact. Jean Paul Sartre Sartre, Jean-Paul null
4321 Here is where people, 0ne frequently finds, Lower their voices And raise their minds. Richard Armour, "Library" Armour, Richard null
4322 No, painting is not made to decorate apartments. It's an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
4323 All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. Plutarch Plutarch null
4324 A slander is like a hornet; if you can't kill it dead the first time, better not strike at it. Henry Wheeler Shaw Shaw, Henry Wheeler null
4325 Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have no other. Ivy Compton-Burnett Compton-Burnett, Ivy null
4326 It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano null
4327 People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty. Richard Needham Needham, Richard J. null
4328 I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it. Sandy Koufax Koufax, Sandy null
4329 A sister smiles when one tells one's stories - for she knows where the decoration has been added. Chris Montaigne Montaigne, Chris null
4330 You never have the wind with you - either it is against you or you're having a good day. Daniel Behrman Behrman, Daniel null
4331 He is invariably in a hurry. Being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life. Elizabeth Bibesco Bibesco, Elizabeth null
4332 Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom. Coventry Patmore Patmore, Coventry null
4333 Of course I have played outdoor games. I once played dominoes in an open air cafe in Paris. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
4334 It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products need people to survive. Nicholas Johnson Johnson, Nicholas null
4335 Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. William Morris Morris, William null
4336 I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
4337 One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
4338 Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. Joyce Brothers Brothers, Dr. Joyce null
4339 Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels. Faith Whittlesey Whittlesey, Faith null
4340 There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
4341 "The Ancient Mariner" would not have taken so well if it had been called "The Old Sailor." Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
4342 Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
4343 To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. Max Beerbohm Beerbohm, Sir Max null
4344 If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. Abigail Van Buren Van Buren, Abigail null
4345 Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up. Ellen Goodman Goodman, Ellen null
4346 There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
4347 But logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities. Edward Dunsany Dunsany, Edward null
4348 I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace. James Conrad Conrad, James null
4349 One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. Andre Gide Gide, Andre null
4350 Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
4351 Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another. Homer Homer null
4352 Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food. Frank A. Clark Clark, Frank A. null
4353 The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
4354 Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
4355 Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur null
4356 Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. Indian Proverb Proverb - Indian null
4357 The roaring street is hung for miles with fierce electric fire. William Vaughan Moody, "In New York" Moody, William Vaughan null
4358 True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
4359 Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored. Alice Walker Walker, Alice null
4360 The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another. J. M. Barrie Barrie, James Matthew null
4361 There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. Annie Dillard Dillard, Annie null
4362 France has neither winter nor summer nor morals - apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
4363 It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they bum. Robert Southey Southey, Robert null
4364 Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
4365 Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan null
4366 Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got. Art Buchwald Buchwald, Art null
4367 When one has a great deal to put into it, a day has a hundred pockets. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
4368 Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness. George Jean Nathan Nathan, George Jean null
4369 It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water. Franklin P. Jones Jones, Franklin P. null
4370 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. Redd Foxx Foxx, Redd null
4371 Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back. Charles Kingsley Kingsley, Charles null
4372 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. null
4373 The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun, and with him rises weeping. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
4374 People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
4375 Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
4376 If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. Arthur Goldberg Goldberg, Arthur null
4377 Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. null
4378 In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher null
4379 Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that's bad for you! Tommy Smothers Smothers, Tommy null
4380 What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. Eleanor Powell Powell, Eleanor null
4381 Let every man shovel out his own snow and the whole city will be passable. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
4382 An apology is the super-glue of life. It can repair just about anything. Lynn Johnston Johnston, Lynn null
4383 I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything. John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John null
4384 By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. Rabindranath Tagore Tagore, Rabindranath null
4385 If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought. Dennis Roth Roth, Dennis null
4386 The businessman is the person to whom age brings golf instead of wisdom. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
4387 Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me. Seymour Miller and Jill Jackson Seymour Miller and Jill Jackson null
4388 A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together. James H. Boren Boren, James H. null
4389 All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
4390 If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight. George Gobel Gobel, George null
4391 He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
4392 A definition is the enclosing of a wilderness of idea within a wall of words. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
4393 Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. Ruth Benedict Benedict, Ruth null
4394 Water, air, and cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacopoeia. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
4395 Kissing is like drinking salted water. You drink, and your thirst increases. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
4396 Outside the open window, the morning air is all awash with angels. Richard Purdy Wilbur Wilbur, Richard Purdy null
4397 Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed. St. Jerome Saint Jerome null
4398 The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep. Joseph Cossman Cossman, E. Joseph null
4399 The time will come when winter will ask you what you were doing all summer. Henry Clay Clay, Henry null
4400 A city is a large community where people are lonesome together. Herbert Prochnow Prochnow, Herbert V. null
4401 Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday. A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. null
4402 Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons. Ruth Ann Schabacker Schabacker, Ruth Ann null
4403 Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked. Ralph Ellison Ellison, Ralph null
4404 With melted opals for my milk, Pearl-leaf for my cracker. Gwendolyn Brooks Brooks, Gwendolyn null
4405 The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
4406 Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
4407 If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. Russian Proverb Proverb - Russian null
4408 I find I always have to write something on a steamed mirror. Elaine Dundy Dundy, Elaine null
4409 Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. Quentin Crisp Crisp, Quentin null
4410 We must embrace pain and bum it as fuel for our journey. Kenji Miyazawa Miyazawa, Kenji null
4411 A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years. Wendell L. Willkie Willkie, Wendell L. null
4412 There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. Bill Watterson Watterson, Bill null
4413 If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it. Andy Rooney Rooney, Andrew A. null
4414 Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan null
4415 A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away. Bil Keane Keane, Bil null
4416 More people had seen me than saw Napoleon, Lincoln, or Cleopatra. Mae West West, Mae null
4417 The bowling alley is the poor man's country club. Sanford Hansell Hansell, Sanford null
4418 Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive. Josephine Hart Hart, Josephine null
4419 Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci da Vinci, Leonardo null
4420 Never wear anything that panics the cat. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
4421 I felt it shelter to speak to you. Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
4422 A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide nothing can be done. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
4423 It (love) is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity. Helen Hayes Hayes, Helen null
4424 Love is like the measles; The older you get it, the worse the attack. Mary Roberts Rinehart Rinehart, Mary Roberts null
4425 Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom - for himself. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
4426 Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference. Virginia Satir (1916-1988) Therapist Satir, Virginia null
4427 He admits that there are two sides to every question - his own and the wrong side. Channing Pollock Pollock, Channing null
4428 Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
4429 The underdog can and will lick his weight in the wildcats of the world. Heywood Broun Broun, Heywood Hale null
4430 The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is being unselfish. J. G. Holland Holland, J. G. null
4431 Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persist Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin null
4432 Isn't it strange that I who have only written unpopular books should be such a popular fellow. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
4433 As we start the new year, let's get down on our knees to thank God we are on our feet. Irish Toast Proverb - Irish null
4434 No revenge is more honorable than the one not taken. Spanish Proverb Proverb - Spanish null
4435 I should have been a country-western singer. After all, I'm older than most western countries. George Burns Burns, George null
4436 Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people. Philip Guedalla Guedalla, Philip null
4437 My tears stuck in their little ducts, refusing to be jerked. Peter Stack (in a movie review) Stack, Peter null
4438 An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
4439 Television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn't have in your home. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
4440 Men in earnest have no time to waste in patching fig leaves for the naked truth. James R. Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
4441 I am an old man and have known many great troubles, but most of them never happened. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
4442 The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy; neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. John W. Gardner Gardner, John W. null
4443 I'm not a real movie star - I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
4444 Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. Jeff Valdez Valdez, Jeff null
4445 No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. Florida S. Maxwell Maxwell, Florida S. null
4446 Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense. William Phelps Phelps, William Lyon null
4447 I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I have lost is two weeks. Totie Fields Fields, Totie null
4448 When compelled to cook, I produce a meal that would make a sword-swallower gag. Russell Baker Baker, Russell null
4449 It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like. Jackie Mason Mason, Jackie null
4450 The trouble with using experience as a guide is that the final exam often comes first and then the lesson. Anonymous Unknown null
4451 Only two things in this world are too serious to be jested on: potatoes and matrimony. Irish Saying Proverb - Irish null
4452 All animals except man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
4453 Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. Frank Zappa Zappa, Frank null
4454 I live with constantly increasing gusto and excitement. I am sure it all means something. W. L. Phelps Phelps, William Lyon null
4455 Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
4456 Love, like a chicken salad or a restaurant hash must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen null
4457 If only one could tell true love from false love, as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools. Katherine Mansfield Mansfield, Katherine null
4458 The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert null
4459 The greatest thief this world ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large. Henry Wheeler Shaw Shaw, Henry Wheeler null
4460 You may delay, but time will not. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
4461 Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing. Friedrich von Schiller Schiller, Johann Friedrich von null
4462 The cherry tomato is a marvelous invention, producing, as it does, a satisfactorily explosive squish when bitten. Judith Martin Martin, Judith null
4463 I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond. Mae West West, Mae null
4464 A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. Carl Reiner Reiner, Carl null
4465 Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl null
4466 The best time to make friends is before you need them. Evan Esar Esar, Evan null
4467 Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
4468 The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry. John Jensen Jensen, John null
4469 Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself. A. H. Weiler Weiler, A. H. null
4470 Cleaning anything involves making something else dirty, but anything can get dirty without something else getting clean. Laurence Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston null
4471 It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician. Meryl Streep Streep, Meryl null
4472 I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it and I just hate it. Clarence Darrow Darrow, Clarence S. null
4473 The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television. Unknown Source Unknown null
4474 The golden rule when reading the menu is, if you cannot pronounce it, you cannot afford it. Frank Muir Muir, Frank null
4475 Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. Elizabeth Gaskell Gaskell, Elizabeth null
4476 The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later, you're hungry again. George Miller Miller, George null
4477 I smoke cigars because at my age, if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. George Burns Burns, George null
4478 A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins. Laurie Colwin Colwin, Laurie null
4479 By dint of railing at idiots, you run the risk of becoming idiotic yourself. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave null
4480 The ambition of every good cook must be to make something very good with the fewest possible ingredients. Chef Urbain Dubois Dubois, Chef Urbain null
4481 There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it and when he can. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
4482 He who builds according to every man's advice will have a crooked house. Danish Proverb Proverb - Danish null
4483 If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don't actually live longer, it just seems longer. Clement Freud Freud, Clement null
4484 A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. Lee Segall Segall, Lee null
4485 It's the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done. Lyndon Baines Johnson Johnson, Lyndon Baines null
4486 Remember, a dead fish can swim downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream. W. C. Fields Fields, W. C. null
4487 The darkest hour of any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it. Horace Greeley Greeley, Horace null
4488 Nothing lowers the level of conversation more than raising the voice. Stanley Horowitz Horowitz, Stanley null
4489 It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
4490 Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
4491 When you are too old to chase other things, you can always chase golf balls. Anonymous Unknown null
4492 'Tis more blessed to give than to receive; for example, wedding presents H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
4493 Working with Julie Andrews is like getting hit over the head with a valentine. Christopher Plummer Plummer, Christopher null
4494 As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
4495 I hear and forget. I see and remember. I do and understand. Confucius Confucius null
4496 The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust Proust, Marcel null
4497 Reinhart was never his mother's favorite - and he was an only child. Thomas Berger Berger, Thomas null
4498 The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success. Source Unknown Unknown null
4499 Tradition is what you resort to when you don't have the time and money to do it right. Kurt H. Adler Adler Kurt H. null
4500 We are drawn to our television sets each year the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident. Vincent Canby on the Academy Awards Show Canby, Vincent null
4501 People should know what you stand for. They should also know what you won't stand for Source Unknown Unknown null
4502 I haven't changed my style in twenty years - and that style is to get mad when things go wrong. Alexander Haig Haig, Alexander null
4503 Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
4504 Managers are people who do things right, and leaders are people who do the right thing. Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus Bennis, Warren and Nanus, Burt null
4505 The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds. Source Obscure Unknown null
4506 I hate the outdoors. To me, outdoors is where the car is. Will Durst Durst, Will null
4507 The best audience is intelligent, well educated and a little drunk. Alben W. Barkley Barkley, Alben W. null
4508 The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are made up entirely of lost luggage. Mark Russell Russell, Mark null
4509 A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. Larry Bird Bird, Larry null
4510 Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
4511 There is only one food for thought; more thought. Evan Esar Esar, Evan null
4512 I could now afford all the things I never had as a kid, if I didn't have kids. Robert Orben Orben, Robert null
4513 Save a little money each month, and at the end of the year, you'll be surprised at how little you have. Ernest Haskins Haskins, Ernest null
4514 If I had my life to live over, I'd live over a delicatessen. Soupy Sales Sales, Soupy null
4515 Providence protects children and idiots. I know, because I have tested it. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
4516 The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it. Leo Rosten Rosten, Leo null
4517 Tolerance consists in seeing things with your heart instead of with your eyes. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
4518 Thank God men cannot yet fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
4519 We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Native American Proverb Proverb - Native American null
4520 Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money. Cree Indian Proverb Proverb - Cree Indian null
4521 The only fair way to talk about somebody is to imagine he is listening to every word you say. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
4522 Ennui shortens life and bereaves the day of light. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
4523 If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
4524 First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others. Amos Bronson Alcott Alcott, Amos Bronson null
4525 Reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. William James James, William null
4526 In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing Antonio Porchia Porchia, Antonio null
4527 Anyone who eats three meals a day should understand why cookbooks outsell sex books three to one. L. M. Boyd Boyd, L. M. null
4528 There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
4529 Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
4530 Some men feel that the only thing they owe the woman who married them is a grudge. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen null
4531 It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all. H. W. Shaw Shaw, Henry Wheeler null
4532 I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy. Louisa May Alcott Alcott, Louisa May null
4533 A man with a small head is like a pin without any, very apt to get into things beyond his depth. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
4534 Hospitality: The virtue that induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
4535 No human being, man or woman, can act up to a sublime standard without giving offense. W. E. Channing Channing, William Ellery null
4536 Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
4537 A college education is a good thing, but many a graduate finds himself overtrained. H. H. Vreeland Vreeland, H. H. null
4538 Mothers write on the hearts of their children what the world's rough hand cannot erase. Unknown Unknown null
4539 Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you. Austin O'Malley O'Malley, Austin null
4540 Our country has plenty of five-cent cigars, but the trouble is they charge fifteen cents for them. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
4541 Man is my brother, and I am nearer related to him through his vices than I am through his virtue. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
4542 Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. Don Marquis Marquis, Don null
4543 There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger. Wilson Mizner Mizner, Wilson null
4544 Nature never makes any blunders; when she makes a fool she means it. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
4545 Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
4546 When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" Sydney J. Harris Harris, Sydney J. null
4547 The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
4548 Two half-truths do not make a truth, and two half-cultures do not make a culture. Arthur Koestler Koestler, Arthur null
4549 Good health is an essential to happiness, and happiness is an essential to good citizenship. Charles H. Mayo Mayo, Charles H. null
4550 No man is responsible for his father, that was entirely his mother's affair. Margaret Turnbull Turnbull, Margaret null
4551 The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
4552 Behold the warranty: The bold print giveth, and the fine print taketh away. Anonymous Unknown null
4553 A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
4554 A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. Milton Berle Berle, Milton null
4555 I'm going to speak my mind, because I have nothing to lose. Samuel Hayakawa Hayakawa, Samuel I. null
4556 The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby. Natalie Wood Wood, Natalie null
4557 An optimist is a person who takes a skillet on a fishing trip. Anonymous Unknown null
4558 A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool. Moliere Moliere null
4559 Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
4560 Of all acts of man, repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas null
4561 A moth leads an awful life; he spends the summer in a fur coat and the winter in a bathing suit. Source Obscure Unknown null
4562 Sit in reverie, and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
4563 Silence never shows itself to so great advantage as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph null
4564 Let it (the flag) rise! Let it rise till it meets the sun in his coming. Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel null
4565 Let the earliest light of the morning gild it (the flag), and the parting day linger and play on its summit. Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel null
4566 Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere. The United Church Observer United Church Observer, The null
4567 It is to be hoped that, with all the modern improvements, a mode will be discovered of getting rid of bores. Lord Byron Byron, Lord null
4568 Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. Philip K. Dick Dick, Philip K. null
4569 My ankles crunch, my knees crunch, my stomach gurgles constantly. I'm not getting older, I'm getting noisier. Bob Hope Hope, Bob null
4570 The trick in campaigning is to give them platitudes without fear or favor and straight from the shoulder generalities. Unknown Source Unknown null
4571 Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance. Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II null
4572 In the money: A condition many men hope for, but only a bank teller experiences. Source Unknown Unknown null
4573 A great many people think they are thinking when they are only rearranging their prejudices. William James James, William null
4574 I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder Wilder, Laura Ingalls null
4575 Hope is the only good that is common to all men; Those who have nothing else possess hope still. Thales of Miletus Thales of Miletus null
4576 Get your happiness out of your work or you may never know happiness. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
4577 Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon and the deeper it sinks into the mind Samuel Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor null
4578 The cleverness of avarice is but the cunning of imbecility. Edward Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George null
4579 Strange how a man not fit to be your son-in-law produces the most adorable grandchildren. Speaker Unknown Unknown null
4580 I don't want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do; I hire him to tell me how to do what I want to do. J. P. Morgan Morgan, J. P. null
4581 You can't have everything... where would you put it? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
4582 Work is the basis of living. I'll never retire. A man'll rust out quicker than he'll wear out. Harland "Colonel" Sanders Sanders, Harland "Colonel" null
4583 You can be the happiest man on earth by falling in love with yourself. You won't have a single rival Source Unknown Unknown null
4584 I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest null
4585 The closest to perfection a person comes is when he fills out a job application. Stanley J. Randall Randall, Stanley J. null
4586 Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
4587 The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
4588 The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one. Sid Caesar Caesar, Sid null
4589 Always obey your superiors, if you have any. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
4590 And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
4591 Every man is a fool for at least five minutes a day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
4592 There are three classes of men: lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, lovers of gain. Plato Plato null
4593 Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Saint-Exupery, Antoine de null
4594 A sure sign of old age is when you hear "snap, crackle and pop" and it isn't your cereal. Robert Orben Orben, Robert null
4595 For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At Alfred D'Souza D'Souza, Alfred null
4596 Logic is a large drawer, containing some useful instruments, and many more that are superfluous. A wise man will look into it for two purposes, to avail himself of those instruments that are really useful, and to admire the ingenuity with which those that Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
4597 The indifference, callousness, and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in animals, and second because it results in an incalculably great impoverishment of the human spirit. Ashley Montagu Montagu, Ashley null
4598 There's another advantage of being poor: a doctor will cure you faster. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
4599 Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. James Bryce Bryce, James null
4600 Poker is a microcosm of all we admire and disdain about capitalism and democracy. It can be rough-hewn or polished, warm or cold, charitable and caring, or hard and impersonal, fickle and elusive, but ultimately it is fair, and right, and just. Lou Krieger Krieger, Lou null
4601 Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth, more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
4602 You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Rousseau, Jean-Jacques null
4603 How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss and all was said. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
4604 Once the curtain is raised, the actor ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third. Sandra Bernhardt Bernhardt, Sandra null
4605 At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
4606 A rattlesnake, if cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is - a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm i E. Stanley Jones Jones, Eli Stanley null
4607 Concentrate your energy, thought, and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" is all wrong. I tell you "put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket." Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew null
4608 While the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what any one man will be up to, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Arthur Conan Doyle Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan null
4609 Fewer and fewer Americans possess objects that have a patina, old furniture, grandparents' pots and pans, the used things, warm with generations of human touch, essential to a human landscape. Instead, we have our paper phantoms, transistorized landscapes Susan Sontag Sontag, Susan null
4610 Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. The airplane simply carries a man on its back like an obedient Pegasus; it gives him no wings of his own. Louis J. Helle, Jr. Helle, Louis J., Jr. null
4611 I don't want to win? If that were the case, why the heck am I on the bus sixteen hours a day, shaking thousands of hands, giving hundred of speeches, getting pilloried in the press and cartoons and still staying on message to win? George W. Bush Bush, George W. null
4612 We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men. Trees are travelers, in the ordinary sense. They make journeys, not very extensive ones, it is true: but our own little comes and goes are only little more than tree-wavings - many of them not so much. John Muir Muir, John null
4613 My crown is in my heart, not in my head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen; my crown is called contentment A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
4614 There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth. Some evils admit of consolations, but there are no comforters for dyspepsia and the toothache. Henry Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Henry null
4615 Television keeps the masses occupied. What if everyone decided they wanted to make something of their lives? What if everyone decided to go to law school or medical school? It would sure make it tough on the rest of us. Jim Urbanovich Urbanovich, Jim null
4616 I once saw a very large spider, to my surprise, swimming in the air, and others have assured me that they often have seen spiders fly; the appearance is truly very pretty and pleasing. Jonathan Edwards Edwards, Jonathan null
4617 The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. Albert Ellis Ellis, Albert null
4618 But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
4619 Out of the belly-spasms of this frenzy-jammed country a brand-new voice sang out. It was the voice of jazz making itself heard above the rattle of machine guns and the clink of whiskey bottles. Mezz Mezzrow Mezzrow, Mezz null
4620 We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre. Dick Gregory Gregory, Dick null
4621 Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. Carl Schurz Schurz, Carl null
4622 Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises and by eloquence sometimes sublime and sometimes pathetic. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
4623 Melting pot Harlem - Harlem of honey and chocolate and caramel and rum and vinegar and lemon and lime and gall - where the subway from the Bronx keeps right on downtown. Langston Hughes Hughes, Langston null
4624 I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value. Rebecca West West, Dame Rebecca null
4625 Man desired concord; but Nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but Nature compels him to leave ease and throw himself into roils and labors. Immanuel Kant Kant, Immanuel null
4626 The foliage has been losing its freshness through the month of August, and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself like the first gray hair amidst the locks of a beauty who has seen one season too many. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
4627 Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin. Quentin Crisp Crisp, Quentin null
4628 When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it. A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. null
4629 Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, music and dancing. She goes on Tuesdays, I go Fridays. Henny Youngman Youngman, Henny null
4630 If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of what the liar said to be certain. But the opposite of truth has a hundred thousand faces and an infinite field. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
4631 While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see. Dorothea Lange Lange, Dorothea null
4632 No creature is fully itself till it is, like the dandelion, opened in the bloom of pure relationship to the sun, the entire living cosmos. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
4633 Keeping a baby requires a good deal of time, effort, thought and equipment, so unless you are prepared for this, we recommend that you start with a hamster, whose wants are far simpler. Elinor Goulding Smith Smith, Elinor Goulding null
4634 I always find that statistics are hard to swallow and impossible to digest. The only one I can ever remember is that if all the people who go to sleep in church were laid end to end they would be a lot more comfortable. Mrs. Robert A. Taft Taft, Mrs. Robert A. null
4635 In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
4636 "Charm" - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm. Havelock Ellis Ellis, Havelock null
4637 I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being, and that is enough for me; he can't be any worse. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
4638 We can in fact only define a weed, mutatis mutandis, in terms of the well-known definition, of dirt - as matter out of place. What we call a weed is in fact merely a plant growing where we do not want it. E. J. Salisbury Salisbury, E. J. null
4639 True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is. R. D. Laing Laing, R. D. null
4640 Fiftieth birthdays should be times of huge goodwill. Only people who put on fake tan and pretend to be younger than they are don't get to join the party. Maeve Binchy Binchy, Maeve null
4641 A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. Bill Vaughan Vaughan, Bill null
4642 Love is not self-sacrifice, but the most profound assertion of your own needs and values. It is for your own happiness that you need the person you love, and that is the greatest compliment, the greatest tribute you can pay to that person. Ayn Rand Rand, Ayn null
4643 When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful. Francois Truffaut Truffaut, Francois null
4644 You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night. Denise Levertov Levertov, Denise null
4645 The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel, and is bored by repetition. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. null
4646 Baseball is a harbor, a seclusion from failure that really matters, a playful Utopia in which virtuosity can be savored to the third decimal place of a batting average. Mark Kramer Kramer, Mark null
4647 I had three children, and that's a lot like making a movie. There's a lot of the same worries. Will it have legs? Will it go wide? How will it do domestically and what if it goes foreign? Meryl Streep Streep, Meryl null
4648 Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm. One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a sound - is utter, complete silence. Andre Kostelanetz Kostelanetz, Andre null
4649 Primitive tribes were certainly convinced that the spirit having escaped from the body at death, retained a replica of its earthly tenement. They therefore used tattoo marks as a means of identification in the next world and a passport to future happiness Ronald Scutt Scutt, Ronald null
4650 We cannot get grace from gadgets, in the Bakelite house of the future, the dishes may not break, but the heart can. Even a man with ten shower baths may find life flat, stale and unprofitable. J. B. Priestley Priestley, J. B. null
4651 The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light. Felix Adler Adler, Felix null
4652 Youth is like spring, an over-praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
4653 Clio may be the most austere and chaste of the Muses, but she has been known to come down informally from Mount Helicon in a mood so raffish that there are those who claim to have seen her with her slip showing. Willis Thornton Thornton, Willis null
4654 I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. null
4655 He is vain, irritable, and a bad calculator of the force and probable effect of the motives which govern men. This is all the ill which can possibly be said of him. He is as disinterested as the Being who made him. Thomas Jefferson, on John Adams Jefferson, Thomas null
4656 You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you. Frederick Buechner Buechner, Frederick null
4657 No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him. Martin Luther Luther, Martin null
4658 I wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of the night in an atmosphere which in London would make a horse dizzy, but here merely clears the brain. James Agate Agate, James null
4659 A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition. Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
4660 The Act of God designation on all insurance policies means roughly that you cannot be insured for the accidents that are most likely to happen to you. If your ox kicks a hole in your neighbor's Maserati, however, indemnity is instantaneous. Alan Coren Coren, Alan null
4661 There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew null
4662 When we reside in an attic we enjoy a supper of fried fish and stout. When we occupy the first floor it takes an elaborate dinner at the Continental to give us the same amount of satisfaction. Jerome K. Jerome Jerome, Jerome K. null
4663 Some people say I've sold out, you know. I was this role model for heavy people. But I never set out to be a role model. It's not my goal. So I'm selfish. Sue me. Ricki Lake Lake, Ricki null
4664 Responsibility: a detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
4665 A precious liquid, a poison dearer than that of the Borgias - because it is made from our blood, our health, our sleep, and two-thirds of our love - we must be stingy with it. Charles Baudelaire, on hatred Baudelaire, Charles null
4666 The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. Hannah Whitall Smith Smith, Hannah Whitall null
4667 Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor. William James James, William null
4668 I am pretty sure that, if you will be quite honest, you will admit that a good rousing sneeze, one that tears open your collar and throws your hair into your eyes, is really one of life's sensational pleasures. Robert Benchley Benchley, Robert null
4669 If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies. It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
4670 When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. Ingrid Newkirk Newkirk, Ingrid null
4671 What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly- that is the first law of nature. Voltaire Voltaire null
4672 How hard it is to escape from places. However carefully one goes they hold you - you leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the fences - like rags and shreds of your very life. Katherine Mansfield Mansfield, Katherine null
4673 Yes, I am positive that one of the great curatives of our evils, our maladies, social, moral, and intellectual, would be a return to the soil, a rehabilitation of the work of the fields. Charles Wagner Wagner, Charles null
4674 The difference between Beethoven and Mahler is the difference between watching a great man walk down the street and watching a great actor act the part of a great man walking down the street. Aaron Copland Copland, Aaron null
4675 Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
4676 Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways. Samuel McChord Crothers Crothers, Samuel McChord null
4677 I do not value any view of the universe into which man and the institutions of man enter very largely and absorb much of the attention. Man is but the place where I stand, and the prospect hence is infinite. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
4678 The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it. Wendell Berry Berry, Wendell null
4679 One out of three hundred and twelve Americans is a bore, and a healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience. John Updike Updike, John null
4680 I have a great dog. She's half Lab, half pit bull. A good combination. Sure, she might bite off my leg, but she'll bring it back to me. Jim Celeste Celeste, Jim null
4681 The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings. Frank Lloyd Wright Wright, Frank Lloyd null
4682 Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, "Let no more riches enter!" Aeschylus Aeschylus null
4683 This nation was built by men who took risks - pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid Brooks Atkinson Atkinson, Brooks null
4684 I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. James Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur null
4685 Homesickness is absolutely nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time. You don't really long for another country. You long for something in yourself that you don't have, or haven't been able to find. John Cheever Cheever, John null
4686 Your life is something opaque, not transparent, as long as you look at it in an ordinary human way. But if you hold it up against the light of God's goodness, it shines and turns transparent, radiant and bright. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
4687 Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day. Bill Vaughan Vaughan, Bill null
4688 I have heard with admiring submission the experience of the lady who declared that the sense of being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
4689 California is a queer place - in a way, it has turned its back on the world, and looks into the void Pacific. It's sort of crazy-sensible. Just the moment: hardly as far ahead as "carpe diem." D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
4690 Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves. Dale Carnegie Carnegie, Dale null
4691 If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company. I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner. John Barrymore Barrymore, John null
4692 May God grant you many years to live, for sure He must be knowing, the earth has angels all too few and Heaven is overflowing. Irish Blessing Proverb - Irish null
4693 What is more mortifying than to feel you've missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall null
4694 If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater. Pam Brown Brown, Pam null
4695 Political debates are sort of like stock-car races. No one really cares who wins; they just want to see the crashes. Molly Ivins Ivins, Molly null
4696 My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding, and the baby at every christening. Alice Roosevelt Longworth Longworth, Alice Roosevelt null
4697 The effectiveness of our memory banks is determined not by the total number of facts we take in, but the number we wish to reject. Jon Wynne-Tyson Wynne-Tyson, Jon null
4698 If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret null
4699 Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends. Seneca Seneca null
4700 The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure. Sydney J. Harris Harris, Sydney J. null
4701 Rules are like flagpoles in a slalom race: You observe their presence religiously, skirt around them as closely as possible, and never let them cut your speed. Katherine Neville Neville, Katherine null
4702 It wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. The laws of prose writing are as immutable as those of flight, of mathematics, of physics. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest null
4703 The penguin flies backwards because he doesn't care to see where he's going, but wants to see where he's been. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
4704 Who has not felt envious of chess players? You sense in the room a peculiar field of alienation from which a chill inimical to nonparticipants flows. Osip Mandelstam Mandelstam, Osip null
4705 One has to look out for engineers - they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb. Marcel Pagnol Pagnol, Marcel null
4706 Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations with such a precarious object as his body? Thomas Hardy Hardy, Thomas null
4707 It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless. John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth null
4708 There is a vital force in rumor. Though crushed to earth, to all intents and purposes buried, it can rise again without apparent effort. Eleanor Robson Belmont Belmont, Eleanor Robson null
4709 You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet. Hal Borland Borland, Hal null
4710 An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius. Billy Wilder Wilder, Billy null
4711 The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm is terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh, Vincent null
4712 How wonderful it must be to speak the language of the angels, with no words for hate and a million words for love! Eileen Elias Freeman Freeman, Eileen Elias null
4713 Passions are like the trout in a pond; one devours the others until only one fat old trout is left. Otto von Bismarck Bismarck, Otto von null
4714 Rock has the ability to embarrass you several years later. It takes itself so seriously, whereas pop never pretends to have any depth. Jonathan Ross Ross, Jonathan null
4715 Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it. Rex Harrison Harrison, Rex null
4716 Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
4717 The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late. Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
4718 Wash what is dirty, water what is dry, heal what is wounded. Bend what is stiff, warm what is cold, guide what goes off the road. Stephen Langton Langton, Stephen null
4719 Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house. James Thurber Thurber, James null
4720 There is nothing more dangerous than history used as a defense, or history used for preaching; history used as a tool is no longer history. Marcel Trudel Trudel, Marcel null
4721 The Marshall Plan will go down in history as one of America's greatest contributions to the peace of the world. Harry S. Truman Truman, Harry S. null
4722 Learn to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. Henri Frederic Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic null
4723 The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day, you're off it. Jackie Gleason Gleason, Jackie null
4724 With spots quadrangular of diamond form, Ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife, And spades, the emblems of untimely graves. William Cowper Cowper, William null
4725 A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors. William R. Inge Inge, William Ralph null
4726 I often pray, though I'm not really sure Anyone's listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He's literary. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
4727 The forceps of our minds are clumsy things and crush the truth a little in the course of taking hold of it. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. null
4728 Don't fight with the pillow, but lay down your head and kick every worriment out of the bed. Edmund Cooke Cooke, Edmund null
4729 His clothes fit him so ill, and constrain him so much, that he seems rather their prisoner than their proprietor. Philip Dormer Stanhope Stanhope, Philip Dormer null
4730 The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
4731 Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. George Eliot Eliot, George null
4732 The greatest poem ever known is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, of being only four years old. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher null
4733 If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. Flavia Weedn Weedn, Flavia null
4734 Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account? Jean Paul Richter Richter, Jean Paul null
4735 As a solid rock is not shaken by a strong gale, so wise persons remain unaffected by praise or censure. Buddha Buddha null
4736 My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that's basically a conservative view of life. Jane Smiley Smiley, Jane null
4737 The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
4738 Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, could we bestow the gifts we get, and keep the ones we give away, how happy were our Christmas day! Carolyn Wells Wells, Carolyn null
4739 Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
4740 Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title. Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia null
4741 When the designs are chosen with care, tattoos have a power and magic all their own. They decorate the body but they also enhance the soul. Michelle Delio Delio, Michelle null
4742 Football causes fighting, brawling, contention, quarrel picking, murder, homicide and great effusion of blood, as daily experience teaches. Philip Stubbes, 1583 Stubbes, Philip null
4743 And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
4744 There's lots of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
4745 Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
4746 The day before yesterday always has been a glamour day. The present is sordid and prosaic. Time colors history as it does a meerschaum pipe. Vincent Starrett Starrett, Vincent null
4747 Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down and kissed him. And the world cracked open. Agnes de Mille de Mille, Agnes null
4748 To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
4749 Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
4750 Everything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
4751 The only man who really needs a tail coat is a man with a hole in his trousers. John Taylor Taylor, John null
4752 It (rain) sounds like all the little beggars of the world, tapping their canes and crutches on the roof as they go out to ask for bread. John Barrymore Barrymore, John null
4753 The purpose of primary education is the development of your weak characteristics; the purpose of university education, the development of your strong. Nevin Fenneman Fenneman, Nevin null
4754 Nationalism means that every little group of twerps with its own slang, haircut, and pet name for God should have a country. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
4755 The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
4756 Some places speak distinctly. Certain dank gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for shipwrecks. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
4757 Old men are fond of giving good advice, to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
4758 The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
4759 It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not. W. C. Sellar & R. J. Yeatman Sellar, W. C. & Yeatman, R. J. null
4760 England and America should scrap cricket and baseball and come up with a new game that they both can play. Like baseball, for example. Robert Benchley Benchley, Robert null
4761 All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
4762 Once you accept the fact that you're not perfect, then you develop some confidence. Rosalynn Carter Carter, Rosalynn null
4763 Our thoughts are unseen hands shaping the people we meet. Whatever we truly think them to be, that's what they'll become for us. Richard Cowper Cowper, Richard null
4764 There are natures that go to the streams of life in great cities as the heart goes to the water brooks. Philip C. Hamerton Hamerton, Philip C. null
4765 Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know. Marvin Minksy Minksy, Marvin null
4766 The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war. Norman Mailer Mailer, Norman null
4767 My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do, but don't think foolishly. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
4768 Here's a sigh to those who love me, and a smile to those who hate; and whatever sky's above me, here's a heart for every fate. Lord Byron Byron, Lord null
4769 The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
4770 The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
4771 Man embraces in his makeup all the natural orders; he's a squid, a mollusk, a sucker, and a buzzard; sometimes he's a cerebrate. Martin H. Fischer Fischer, Martin H. null
4772 It's hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty. George Burns Burns, George null
4773 Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles. Maltbie D. Babcock Babcock, Maltbie D. null
4774 There is a story of an Oxford student who once remarked, "I despise all Americans, but have never met one I didn't like." Gordon Allport Allport, Gordon null
4775 One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. Golda Meir Meir, Golda null
4776 I've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, and found them, you know, quite decent. I am an uncomfortable stranger to moral indignation. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
4777 Like everybody else, when I don't know what else to do, I seem to go in for catching colds. George Jean Nathan Nathan, George Jean null
4778 She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say "when." P. G. Wodehouse Wodehouse, P. G. null
4779 Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. Newt Gingrich Gingrich, Newt null
4780 Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas null
4781 We face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. Aldo Leopold Leopold, Aldo null
4782 Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. Henry van Dyke Van Dyke, Henry null
4783 Until mountain hiking came along, the bike scene was ruled by a small elite cadre of people who seemed allergic to enthusiasm. Jacquie Phelan Phelan, Jacquie null
4784 Ring the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen Cohen, Leonard null
4785 Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
4786 Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coins out of your pocket. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
4787 Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift. Margaret Lee Runbeck Runbeck, Margaret Lee null
4788 The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble. Clara Ortega Ortega, Clara null
4789 Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
4790 It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
4791 The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
4792 Why don't they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
4793 It's a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word. Andrew Jackson Jackson, Andrew null
4794 Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one. Charles De Gaulle de Gaulle, Charles null
4795 Talk about dance? Dance is not something to talk about. Dance is to dance. Peter Saint James Saint James, Peter null
4796 If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
4797 Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. Oliver Herford Herford, Oliver null
4798 There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written in light. Nathaniel Willis Willis, Nathaniel null
4799 Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. J. B. Priestley Priestley, J. B. null
4800 The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the center of each and every town or city. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. null
4801 I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness. Karl Lagerfeld Lagerfeld, Karl null
4802 The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant duplicity. Boris Pasternak Pasternak, Boris null
4803 A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle. Ian Fleming Fleming, Ian null
4804 The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality. Henri Cartier-Bresson Cartier-Bresson, Henri null
4805 Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain. Carl Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
4806 Thrift is not an affair of the pocket, but an affair of character. S. W. Straus Straus, S. W. null
4807 Chi Wen Tsu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough. Confucius Confucius null
4808 The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry. Henry Kissinger Kissinger, Henry A. null
4809 Las Vegas: all the amenities of modem society in a habitat unfit to grow a tomato. Jason Love Love, Jason null
4810 May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions. Joey Adams Adams, Joey null
4811 Boredom flourishes too, when you feel safe. It's a symptom of security. Eugene Ionesco Ionesco, Eugene null
4812 Help your brother's boat across, and your own will reach the shore. Hindu Proverb Proverb - Hindu null
4813 When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
4814 Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. David T. Wolf Wolf, David T. null
4815 Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
4816 Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory. Norman Vincent Peale Peale, Norman Vincent null
4817 Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. Peter de Vries de Vries, Peter null
4818 Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
4819 The best way to stop smoking is to just stop - no ifs, ands, or butts. Edith Zittler Zittler, Edith null
4820 It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis. Margaret Bonnano Bonnano, Margaret null
4821 Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's. Billy Wilder Wilder, Billy null
4822 Logic hasn't wholly dispelled the society of witches and prophets and sorcerers and soothsayers. Raymond Jones Jones, Raymond null
4823 The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
4824 The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? Pablo Casals Casals, Pablo null
4825 Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. Corrie ten Boom ten Boom, Corrie null
4826 A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia. David McCullough McCullough, David null
4827 Luxury: The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house as a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
4828 He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
4829 Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
4830 I know that if odor were visible, as color is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds. Robert Bridges Bridges, Robert null
4831 A warless world will come as men develop warless hearts. Charles Wesley Burns Burns, Charles Wesley null
4832 Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
4833 We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart. Djuna Barnes Barnes, Djuna null
4834 The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. Harry Golden Golden, Harry null
4835 Posy and pearls, amethyst and gold, forever you and I, our precious love to hold. Astrid Alauda Alauda, Astrid null
4836 We ought to dance with rapture that we might be alive - and part of the living, incarnate cosmos. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
4837 Your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. Lauren Bacall Bacall, Lauren null
4838 Old houses mended cost little less than new before they're ended. Colley Cibber Cibber, Colley null
4839 It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Grace Hopper Hopper, Grace null
4840 A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. Phyllis Diller Diller, Phyllis null
4841 It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs. Sherrill Brown Brown, Sherrill null
4842 Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life. Charles Frohman Frohman, Charles null
4843 When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback. Bill Copeland Copeland, Bill null
4844 Don't bargain for fish that are still in the water. Indian Proverb Proverb - Indian null
4845 A different language is a different vision of life. Federico Fellini Fellini, Federico null
4846 How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! John Muir Muir, John null
4847 The truly fashionable are beyond fashion. Cecil Beaton Beaton, Cecil null
4848 That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. Horace Horace null
4849 Does college pay? They do if you are a good open-field runner. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
4850 Angels descending, bring from above, Echoes of mercy, whispers of love. (From Blessed Assurance) Fanny Crosby Crosby, Fanny (Frances Jane) null
4851 Television is simply automated day-dreaming. Lee Lovinger Lovinger, Lee null
4852 Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"? Norman Douglas Douglas, Norman null
4853 In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend. Solon Solon null
4854 Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
4855 Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking. John Wain Wain, John null
4856 The future has a way of arriving unannounced. George F. Will Will, George F. null
4857 Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped off. Paul Brodeur Brodeur, Paul null
4858 Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one. E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks null
4859 Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. St. Augustine Saint Augustine null
4860 From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hates. Socrates Socrates null
4861 A bad grade is only one letter in the Essay of Life. Lee Drake Drake, Lee null
4862 I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks. Steve Martin Martin, Steve null
4863 No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
4864 Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. Howard P. Newton Newton, Howard P. null
4865 Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. Bob Dylan Dylan, Bob null
4866 I do not believe or comprehend the world I live in. Bruce Springsteen Springsteen, Bruce null
4867 Cordless phones are great. If you can find them. Glenn Foster Foster, Glenn null
4868 A hug is a smile with arms, a laugh with a stronger grip. Terri Guillemets Guillemets, Terry null
4869 If we all wore crowns, the kings would go bareheaded. R. H. Benson Benson, R. H. null
4870 A little drowsing cat is an image of perfect beatitude. Champfleury Champfleury null
4871 The first step binds one to the second. French Proverb Proverb - French null
4872 Good things, when short, are twice as good. Baltasar Gracian Gracian, Baltasar null
4873 Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
4874 I have wasted my hours. Leonardo da Vinci da Vinci, Leonardo null
4875 Ask not what you can do for your country, for they are liable to tell you. Mark Steinbeck Steinbeck, Mark null
4876 He has all the characteristics of a dog except loyalty. Sam Houston, discussing an enemy Houston, Sam null
4877 When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
4878 It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle into practice. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
4879 If Patrick Henry thought that taxation without representation was bad, he should see how bad it is with representation. Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac null
4880 There will always be a multitude who are congenitally unable to think straight. Charles Evans Hughes Hughes, Charles Evans null
4881 The cautious suitor who stays on the fence too long usually ends up getting the gate. Origin Unknown Unknown null
4882 Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver null
4883 Doing is the great thing. For if, resolutely, people do what is right, in time they come to like doing it. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
4884 This we know about "hard" and "easy" money: Any kind is hard to get and easy to spend. Anonymous Unknown null
4885 "A vegetarian diet is best for those who would be beautiful", we read. Well, it does not seem to have done much for the elephant. Punch Punch null
4886 I like clam hats and I don't wear spats, but I want my neckties wild! Stoddard King (from a song written in 1915) King, Stoddard null
4887 Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
4888 Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out. John Wooden Wooden, John null
4889 He who never walks save where he sees men's tracks makes no discoveries. J. G. Holland Holland, J. G. null
4890 That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
4891 One of the main conveniences of marriage is that if you can't stand a visitor, you can pass him along to your wife. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph null
4892 The reason that good women flock to see my pictures is that there is a little bit of vampire instinct in every woman. Theta Bara Bara, Theta null
4893 Before marriage, the three little words are "I love you." After marriage, they are "Let's eat out." Origin Obscure Unknown null
4894 At a certain age, some people's minds close up; They live on their intellectual fat. W. L. Phelps Phelps, William Lyon null
4895 If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live. Lin Yutang Yutang, Lin null
4896 I don't want any yes men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs. Sam Goldwyn Goldwyn, Samuel null
4897 Friendship is like earthenware, once broken it can be mended; Love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
4898 The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
4899 I'm the only man who has a marriage license made out, "To whom it may concern." Mickey Rooney Rooney, Mickey null
4900 Only in show business could a guy with a C-Minus average be considered an intellectual. Mort Sahl Sahl, Mort null
4901 Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. Al Capp Capp, Al null
4902 Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people. George Ade Ade, George null
4903 The sooner you are there (at the airport), the sooner you will find out how long you will be delayed. Shelley Berman Berman, Shelley null
4904 Never put off until tomorrow that which can be avoided altogether. Anonymous Unknown null
4905 A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant: the best part is underground. Spanish Proverb Proverb - Spanish null
4906 To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty. Laberius Laberius null
4907 From the faults of another, a wise man will correct his own. Laberius Laberius null
4908 Never ask a favor of a man until he has had his dinner. Punch Punch null
4909 I am a speculator. The word comes from the latin "speculari," which means "observe." I observe. Bernard Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. null
4910 Each of us lives a life that has never been, or ever will be exactly like that of any other human being. Source Unknown Unknown null
4911 Do not assume that the other fellow has intelligence equal to yours. He may have more. Terry Thomas Thomas, Terry null
4912 Kindness goes a long way lots of times when it should stay at home. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
4913 One swallow does not make a summer, but too many swallows make a fall. G. D. Prentice Prentice, George Dennison null
4914 Who ends the day with wholesome food begins the next in a happy mood. Ancient Adage Proverb - Ancient null
4915 Our own happiness ought not, of course, to be our main object. Sir John Lubbock Lubbock, Sir John null
4916 Some people think doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back into the shell. Dorothy Canfield Canfield, Dorothy null
4917 If there is a faith that can move mountains, it is a faith in your own power. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von null
4918 Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine Paine, Thomas null
4919 Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness. Seneca Seneca null
4920 The first mistake in public business is going into it. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
4921 Everything in nature tells a different story to all eyes that see and to all ears that hear. R. G. Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green null
4922 Never trust a base runner who's limping. Comes a base hit and you'd think he just got back from Lourdes. Joe Garagiola Garagiola, Joe null
4923 Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
4924 The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture. Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock, Alfred null
4925 Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from horses. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh null
4926 If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
4927 No one gossips about other people's secret virtues. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
4928 One man's word is no man's word; We should quietly hear both sides. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
4929 How simple it is to see that all the worry in the world cannot control the future. How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now. And that there will never be a time when it is not now. Gerald Jampolsky Jampolsky, Gerald G. null
4930 Jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains. John Philip Sousa Sousa, John Philip null
4931 It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. Jerome K. Jerome Jerome, Jerome K. null
4932 Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
4933 If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
4934 The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner. Morris the Cat Morris the Cat null
4935 Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother. Voltaire Voltaire null
4936 A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. Ed Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
4937 You can't turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again. Bonnie Prudden Prudden, Bonnie null
4938 There can no longer be anyone too poor to vote. Lyndon Baines Johnson Johnson, Lyndon Baines null
4939 Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it. David Hockney Hockney, David null
4940 It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own. Henry B. Adams Adams, Henry Brooks null
4941 My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years. Margaret Anderson Anderson, Margaret null
4942 A real friend is someone who takes a winter vacation on a sun drenched beach and doesn't send you a card. Farmer's Almanac Farmer's Almanac null
4943 Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow. Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin null
4944 Marriage is like a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
4945 Men always want to be a woman's first love; women like to be a man's last romance. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
4946 (Those born in November) ... should prize the topaz's amber hue - emblem of friends and lovers true. Birthstone Rhymes Birthstone Rhymes null
4947 We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but congress can. Cullen Hightower Hightower, Cullen null
4948 If we knew beforehand where we were going to fall, we could lay down a carpet. Russian Proverb Proverb - Russian null
4949 Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon Source Obscure Unknown null
4950 I tried, in my time, to be a philosopher, but ... cheerfulness was always breaking in. Oliver Edwards Edwards, Oliver null
4951 Always read the preface of a book. It enables you to survey more completely the book itself. B. W. Proctor Proctor, B. W. null
4952 While honey lies in every clover no doubt, it takes a bee to get the honey out. Arthur Gutterman Gutterman, Arthur null
4953 Every truth has two sides; it is well to look at both sides before we commiit ourselves to either. Aesop's Fables Aesop null
4954 I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes. Bette Midler Midler, Bette null
4955 Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was. English Proverb Proverb - English null
4956 Man is like palm wine; when young, it's sweet but without strength, but in age, strong and harsh. African Proverb Proverb - African null
4957 Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies Opportunity. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
4958 He that would the daughter win must with the mother first begin. John Ray Ray, John null
4959 But old age can have its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
4960 It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hardworking ancestry. John Phillips Marquand Marquand, John Phillips null
4961 The drink of which one never tires is water; the fruit of which one never wearies is a child. Tamil Proverb Proverb - Tamil null
4962 About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain folk is the stork. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
4963 It is with true love as it is with ghosts: everyone talks of it, but few have ever seen it. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
4964 Fiction takes many forms: novels, short stories, plays, campaign promises. James K. Feibleman Feibleman, James K. null
4965 He slept beneath the moon, he basked in the sun; he lived a life of going-to-do, and died with nothing done. James Albery Albery, James null
4966 The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. Jean Giraudoux Giraudoux, Jean null
4967 The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. Jean Giraudoux Giraudoux, Jean null
4968 The cat may very well be man's best friend, but would never stoop to admitting it. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
4969 Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudice laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
4970 Just because you do not take an interest in politics, does not mean politics won't take an interest in you. Pericles Pericles null
4971 Better a sinner who knows he's a sinner than a saint who knows he's a saint. Yiddish Saying Proverb - Yiddish null
4972 Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
4973 Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela Mandela, Nelson null
4974 A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him of what he meant. Wilson Mizner Mizner, Wilson null
4975 Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a good hand well. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
4976 A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, nor a garden without love. English Adage Proverb - English null
4977 People live for tomorrow because the day after tomorrow is doubtful. Source Obscure Unknown null
4978 Time and words can't be recalled even if it was only yesterday. Yiddish Proverb Proverb - Yiddish null
4979 The spider as an artist has never been employed, though his surpassing merit is freely certified. Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
4980 We'll weather the weather whatever the weather, whether we like it or not. Old Winter Saying Unknown null
4981 We are not free to use today, or to promise tomorrow, because we are already mortgaged to yesterday. R. W. Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
4982 New Yorkers are nice about giving street directions - in fact, they seem proud of knowing where they are themselves. Katherine Brush Brush, Katherine null
4983 The ocean is a body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
4984 You aren't really old until nothing is fun enough to make you forget the weather. Robert Quillen Quillen, Robert null
4985 At one early, glittering dinner party at Buckingham Palace, the trembling hand of a nervous waiter spilled a spoonful of decidedly hot soup down my neck. How could I manage to ease his mind, except to say, without thinking: "Never darken my Dior again!" Beatrice Lillie Lillie, Beatrice null
4986 It's possible to have too much in life. Too many clothes jade our appreciation for new ones; too much money can put us out of touch with life; too much free time can dull the edge of the soul. Joan Chittister Chittister, Joan null
4987 When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior. Simone de Beauvoir Beauvoir, Simone de null
4988 Speech is man's most confused and egocentric expression; the most orderly and magnanimous utterance is song. Ned Rorem Rorem, Ned null
4989 Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you. Katherine Anne Porter Porter, Katherine Anne null
4990 I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me. Elayne Boosler Boosler, Elayne null
4991 What is most real for me are the illusions I create with my paintings. Everything else is quicksand. Eugene Delacroix Delacroix, Eugene null
4992 Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing. William Feather Feather, William null
4993 It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
4994 A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject. Ernest Gellner Gellner, Ernest null
4995 I sing to people about what matters. I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is. I express problems. There are tears when it's sad and smiles when it's happy. It seems simple to me, but to some, feelings take courage. Aretha Franklin Franklin, Aretha null
4996 Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. Don Marquis Marquis, Don null
4997 He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
4998 You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too. Roy Campanella Campanella, Roy null
4999 The crimes of extreme civilization are certainly more atrocious man those of extreme barbarism. Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly d'Aurevilly, Jules Barbey null
5000 I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
5001 The erection of a monument is superfluous; our memory will endure if our lives have deserved it. Pliny the Younger Pliny the Younger null
5002 Purpose is the central ingredient of power. Powerful people and organizations have a strong, sometimes even skewed, sense of purpose. A strong point of view is worth eighty IQ points. Michael Eisner Eisner, Michael null
5003 Ever since Moses came down from the mountain with the tablets, the world has been moved by salesmen. David Mahoney Mahoney, David null
5004 A work of art has an author and yet, when it is perfect, it has something which is anonymous about it. Simone Weil Weil, Simone null
5005 It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap, that so much misery is caused in the world. William Cobbett Cobbett, William null
5006 You could cover the whole world with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through. Ilya Ehrenburg Ehrenburg, Ilya null
5007 Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed. Robert H. Schuller Schuller, Robert H. null
5008 Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. Lionel Trilling Trilling, Lionel null
5009 We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but by then we realize it and admit it. Jules Renard Renard, Jules null
5010 Half the modern drugs could well be thrown out the window except that the birds might eat them. Martin H. Fischer Fischer, Martin H. null
5011 There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
5012 A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him. Sidney Greenberg Greenberg, Sidney null
5013 Liberation is an ever-shifting horizon, a total ideology that can never fulfill its promises. Arianna Huffington Huffington, Arianna null
5014 The secret of managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided. Casey Stengel Stengel, Casey null
5015 I shall continue to praise the English climate till I die, even if I die of the English climate. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
5016 Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps the chief happiness which this world affords. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
5017 Indignation is the seducer of thought. No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. George Jean Nathan Nathan, George Jean null
5018 It's hard for a young girl to have patience for old age sitting and chewing all day over the past. Fannie Hurst Hurst, Fannie null
5019 The thing to do for insomnia is to get an opera score and read that. That will bore you to death. Marilyn Horne Horne, Marilyn null
5020 Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
5021 I am so busy doing nothing that the idea of doing anything - which as you know always leads to something - cuts into the nothing and then forces me to have to drop everything. Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld, Jerry null
5022 We each have our own vision and a voice inside that talks only to us. We have to be able to hear it. Bob Dylan Dylan, Bob null
5023 I am convinced that the Muses and the Graces never thought of having breakfast anywhere but in bed. Mary Arnim Arnim, Mary null
5024 Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
5025 If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian null
5026 In the intercourse of life, we often please more by our defects than by our good qualities. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
5027 More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso. Sean Connery Connery, Sean null
5028 Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit. George Carlin Carlin, George null
5029 Americans are, if not the most self-critical, at least the most anxiously self-conscious people in the world, forever concerned about the inadequacy of something or other. Richard Hofstadter Hofstadter, Richard null
5030 The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best. Paul Valery Valery, Paul null
5031 It is almost as presumptuous to think you can do nothing as to think you can do everything. Phillips Brooks Brooks, Phillips null
5032 In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. Patti Smith Smith, Patti null
5033 I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives. Billy Connolly Connolly, Billy null
5034 Real intelligence is a creative use of knowledge, not merely an accumulation of facts. Kenneth Winebrenner Winebrenner, Kenneth null
5035 There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians. When bought, they stay bought. Bill Moyers Moyers, Bill null
5036 If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
5037 No good sensible working bee listens to the advice of a bedbug on the subject of business. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
5038 I must admit, it would be nice if I had a few more exciting personal qualities than I do. George McGovern McGovern, George null
5039 Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
5040 What is a bourgeois? I propose this definition: It is a person who has something put by. Andre Siegfried Siegfried, Andre null
5041 We shall never be content until each man makes his own weather and keeps it to himself. Jerome K. Jerome Jerome, Jerome K. null
5042 I see my face in the mirror and go, "I'm a Halloween costume? That's what they think of me?" Drew Carey Carey, Drew null
5043 All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. Thomas Watson Watson, Thomas John, Sr. null
5044 Do you realize Beethoven composed all his music without ever having looked upon the sea? Anne Michaels Michaels, Anne null
5045 One cannot always be laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
5046 Adventures are an indication of inefficiency. Good explorers don't have them. Herbert Spencer Dickey Dickey, Herbert Spencer null
5047 Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregarding all rules, an4 sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. George Orwell Orwell, George null
5048 Whoever heard of a fat man heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? Washington Irving Irving, Washington null
5049 Marie Curie is, of all celebrated beings, the only one whom fame has not corrupted. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
5050 If Cleopatra's nose had been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
5051 Rock won't eliminate your problems, but it will let you sort of dance all over them. Pete Townshend Townshend, Pete null
5052 Poetry is not an assertion of truth, but the making of that truth more fully real to us. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
5053 There's no force more powerful in filmmaking than the fear of an audience's boredom. Norman Mailer Mailer, Norman null
5054 The one prediction that never comes true is, "You'll thank me for telling you this." Judith Martin Martin, Judith null
5055 Everyone who ever walked barefoot into his child's room late at night hates Legos. Tony Kornheiser Kornheiser, Tony null
5056 The cynic puts all human actions into two classes: openly bad and secretly bad. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
5057 The only credential the city asked was the boldness to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, not caring who they were or where they came from. Moss Hart Hart, Moss null
5058 Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
5059 Rock 'n' roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants. David Lee Roth Roth, David Lee null
5060 Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young. Fred Astaire Astaire, Fred null
5061 I am, in plainer words, a bundle of prejudices - made up of likings and dislikings. Charles Lamb Lamb, Charles null
5062 It is the people and the politicians who make war and the soldiers who make peace. Hugh L. Scott Scott, Hugh L. null
5063 Though wisdom cannot be gotten with gold, still less can it be gotten without it. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
5064 The growth of wisdom may be gauged accurately by the decline of ill temper. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
5065 Once, after finishing a picture, I thought I would stop for a while, take a trip, do things - the next time I thought of this, I found five years had gone by. Willem de Kooning Kooning, Willem de null
5066 Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't. Pete Seeger Seeger, Pete null
5067 Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business. Robert A. Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. null
5068 A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper. Marcel Pagnol Pagnol, Marcel null
5069 One of the commonest ailments of the present day is premature formation of an opinion. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
5070 When man is not properly trained, he is the most savage animal on the face of the earth. Plato Plato null
5071 There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
5072 Blessed are the forgetful; for they get the better even of their blunders. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
5073 We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William null
5074 There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, or second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poet's bombast! Jean de La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
5075 Burt Reynolds: He is the one me ladies like to dance with and their husbands like to drink with. He is the larger-than-life actor of our times. He is gifted, talented, naughty, and nice. Frank Sinatra Sinatra, Frank null
5076 Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
5077 The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress. Confucius Confucius null
5078 Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
5079 The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused. Shirley MacLaine MacLaine, Shirley null
5080 If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed. Richard Whately Whately, Richard null
5081 What we call "Progress" is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance. Havelock Ellis Ellis, Havelock null
5082 He who is outside the door has already a good part of the journey behind him. Dutch Proverb Proverb - Dutch null
5083 Drum solos are boring. Any kind of solo is. It detracts from the group identity. Keith Moon Moon, Keith null
5084 Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust. John Akers Akers, John null
5085 To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. For what is man's lifetime unless the memory of past events is woven with those of earlier times? Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius #48 Fall 2012 replaced a shorter version
5086 The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffer, Dietrich null
5087 I enjoy chaos and disorder, and not just because they help me professionally. George Carlin Carlin, George null
5088 Authors hide their big thefts by putting small ones between quotation marks. Paul Eldridge Eldridnoge, Paul null
5089 The sins of the flesh have always been very attractive to me - all of them. Michael Caine Caine, Michael null
5090 Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential. Will Cuppy Cuppy, Will null
5091 If you think you can, you're right. And if you think you can't, you're right. Mary Kay Ash Ash, Mary Kay null
5092 The way of the world is to praise dead saints and to persecute living ones. Nathaniel Howe Howe, Nathaniel null
5093 There are few successful adults who were not at first successful children. Alexander Chase Chase, Alexander null
5094 Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they make (or maybe "as they break" - no known source for the quote). Charles John Darling Darling, Charles John null
5095 If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. Jack Lemmon Lemmon, Jack null
5096 There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend. Katherine Butler Hathaway Hathaway, Katherine Butler null
5097 The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
5098 I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain. Lily Tomlin Tomlin, Lily null
5099 Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore. Cecil Beaton Beaton, Cecil null
5100 In the insurance business, there is no statute of limitations on stupidity. Warren Buffett Buffett, Warren null
5101 Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publication. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
5102 Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion, and it stands to the domestic feelings and to homesickness as faith to fanaticism and to superstition. Lord Acton Acton, Lord null
5103 The belly is ungrateful - it always forgets we already gave it something. Russian Proverb Proverb - Russian null
5104 Nothing lives on so fresh and evergreen as the love with a funny bone. George Jean Nathan Nathan, George Jean null
5105 Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago. Bernard Berenson Berenson, Bernard null
5106 No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
5107 I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. Lauren Bacall Bacall, Lauren null
5108 Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness. Faith Baldwin Baldwin, Faith null
5109 Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions. Clarence Darrow Darrow, Clarence S. null
5110 To ask for advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery. John Churton Collins Collins, John Churton null
5111 You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back. Horace Horace null
5112 Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars. Heraclitus Heraclitus null
5113 Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. John Gardner Gardner, John null
5114 The wise man warns me that life is but a dewdrop on the lotus leaf. Rabindranath Tagore Tagore, Rabindranath null
5115 With me, a career was the simple matter of putting groceries on the table. James Cagney Cagney, James null
5116 If all the nations in the world are in debt, where did all the money go? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5117 Middle age is when you're not inclined to exercise anything but caution. Arthur Murray Murray, Arthur null
5118 I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories. Washington Irving Irving, Washington null
5119 Why can't life's problems hit us when we're seventeen and know everything? A. C. Jolly Jolly, A. C. null
5120 Money has only one use - to give one independence from his enemies. Humphrey Bogart Bogart, Humphrey null
5121 The art of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters. Gloria Steinem Steinem, Gloria null
5122 I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott Alcott, Louisa May null
5123 In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
5124 Many of us take hold of opportunity all right, but we let go too soon. A. P. Gouthey Gouthey, A. P. null
5125 Happiness isn't something you experience. It's something you remember. Oscar Levant Levant, Oscar null
5126 God is constantly at work creating great geniuses to pull the common people. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
5127 If the music doesn't say it, how can the words say it for the music? John Coltrane Coltrane, John null
5128 We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas null
5129 I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it. Garrison Keillor Keillor, Garrison null
5130 Recollect that trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. Michelangelo Michelangelo null
5131 Bringing a child into the world is the greatest act of hope there is. Louise Hart Hart, Louise null
5132 Good budgeting produces a uniform distribution of dissatisfaction. Maurice Stans Stans, Maurice null
5133 The man who called it "near beer" was a bad judge of distance. Philander Johnson Johnson, Philander null
5134 It is by the odes that the man is aroused. It is by the rules of propriety that the character is established. It is from music that the finish is received. Confucius Confucius null
5135 People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children. Mary McCarthy McCarthy, Mary null
5136 Politicians, after all, are not over a year behind public opinion. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
5137 If law school is so tough, how come there are so many lawyers? Calvin Trillin Trillin, Calvin null
5138 The inventor tries to meet the demands of a crazy civilization. Thomas Edison Edison, Thomas Alva null
5139 He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
5140 There is no solitude in the world like that of the big city. Kathleen Norris Norris, Kathleen null
5141 A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. Aesop Aesop null
5142 There's little justice and certainly no mercy in this world. Ellery Queen Queen, Ellery null
5143 Once in every half-century, at longest, a family should be merged into the great, obscure mass of humanity, and forget all about its ancestors. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
5144 An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
5145 Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist. Robert Allen Allen, Robert null
5146 Economic freedom cannot exist without political freedom. William Safire Safire, William null
5147 The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus null
5148 Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans. Robert E. Lee Lee, Robert E. null
5149 The sky is full of tokens that speak to the intelligent. Hugh Miller Miller, Hugh null
5150 Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. There is no yesterday, no tomorrow, it's all the same day. -- Janis Joplin Janis Joplin Joplin, Janis null
5151 I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money. Bob Hope Hope, Bob null
5152 An artist's career always begins tomorrow. James McNeill Whistler Whistler, James McNeill null
5153 I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her way. And second, let her have it. Lyndon Johnson Johnson, Lyndon Baines null
5154 There must be more to life than having everything. Maurice Sendak Sendak, Maurice null
5155 I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
5156 They say women and music should never be dated. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver null
5157 Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de null
5158 Men of business must not break their word twice. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas null
5159 Little comfort can be sucked from a perhaps. Stephen Charnock Charnock, Stephen null
5160 The road to success is always under construction. Jim Miller Miller, Jim null
5161 Happiness is a work of art. Handle with care. Edith Wharton Wharton, Edith null
5162 Dance is the hidden language of the soul. Martha Graham Graham, Martha null
5163 I was the first fat heroine - before Roseanne. Ricki Lake Lake, Ricki null
5164 If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
5165 For fools admire, but men of sense approve. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander null
5166 Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse. Arthur Baer Baer, Arthur "Bugs" null
5167 I am a man, I count nothing human foreign to me. Terence Terence null
5168 Half-knowledge is worse than ignorance. Thomas Macaulay Macaulay, Thomas Babington null
5169 It takes a long time to learn simplicity. Louis Malle Malle, Louis null
5170 Apathy is a sort of living oblivion. Horace Greeley Greeley, Horace null
5171 You're never too old to become younger. Mae West West, Mae null
5172 Nothing will work unless you do. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
5173 Ambition can creep as well as soar. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund null
5174 The greatest remedy for anger is delay. Seneca Seneca null
5175 Mrs. Carey thought there were only four professions for a gentleman: the Army, the Navy, the Law, and the Church. She had added medicine, but did not forget that in her young days no one ever considered the doctor a gentleman. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
5176 The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor causes a war betwixt princes. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
5177 Character is long-standing habit. Plutarch Plutarch null
5178 Instead of sympathizing with the poor and abolishing the rich, we must ruthlessly abolish the poor by raising their standard of life. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
5179 Thinking doesn't seem to help very much. The human brain is too high-powered to have many practical uses in this particular universe. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. null
5180 Oh, to be only half as wonderful as my child thought I was when he was small, and only half as stupid as my teenager now thinks I am. Rebecca Richards Richards, Rebecca null
5181 I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they would never expect it. Jack Handey (Saturday Night Live) Handey, Jack null
5182 If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am; There's nothing behind it. Andy Warhol Warhol, Andy null
5183 Money differs from an automobile, a mistress, or cancer in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not. John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth null
5184 The poets of each generation seldom sing a new song. They turn themes men always have loved, and sing them in the mode of their times. Clarence Day Day, Clarence null
5185 First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef. Martin H. Fischer Fischer, Martin H. null
5186 Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it. Olive Schreiner Schreiner, Olive null
5187 Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions may be made popular, but reason remains ever the property of the few. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
5188 For all at last return to the sea - to Oceanus, the ocean river, like the ever-flowing stream of time, the beginning and the end. Rachel Carson Carson, Rachel null
5189 Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
5190 I have come up with a sure-fire concept for a hit television show, which would be called, "A Live Celebrity Gets Eaten by a Shark." Dave Barry Barry, Dave null
5191 It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them. Lana Turner Turner, Lana null
5192 Don't you like writing letters? I do because it's such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest null
5193 I should like to see every man tinkering with every other man's art; what kaleidoscopic multitudinous results we should see! Percy Grainger Grainger, Percy null
5194 If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I am certainly not dumb enough to turn it down. Elizabeth Taylor Taylor, Elizabeth null
5195 If a book come from the heart, it will contrive to reach other hearts; all art and authorcraft are of small amount to that. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas null
5196 We should not wrap ourselves in a banner of so-called principle when we are really concerned only with economic advantage. J. L. McCaffrey McCaffrey, J. L. null
5197 It's enormously important that families eat together. One of the things that's wrong with us is the damn microwave. Kids come in one by one and fix themselves something to eat, and the family never sits down together. Shelby Foote Foote, Shelby null
5198 Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get. Kevin Spacey Spacey, Kevin null
5199 A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but most certainly, without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
5200 There is radicalism in all getting, and conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
5201 They have no lawyers in Utopia, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters. Sir Thomas More More, Sir Thomas null
5202 Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. Walter Bagehot Bagehot, Walter null
5203 It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom, it is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
5204 Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor? Frank Moore Colby Colby, Frank Moore null
5205 If you hear that a mountain has moved, believe; but if you hear that a man has changed his character, believe it not. Muslim Proverb Proverb - Muslim null
5206 People have declaimed against luxury for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and people have always delighted in it. Voltaire Voltaire null
5207 Schools must not work with methods of fear, force, and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity, and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
5208 He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5209 I grew up in a family where water conservation was a way of life. I still cringe when I see pictures of Niagara Falls. Lewis Grizzard Grizzard, Lewis null
5210 The idea that egotism is the basis of the general welfare is the principle on which competitive society has been built. Erich Fromm Fromm, Erich null
5211 It's a mystery. All I did was wear this bikini in "Dr. No" - not even a small one - and whoosh! Overnight I've made it. Ursula Andress Andress, Ursula null
5212 Clergyman: A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of bettering his temporal ones. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
5213 If we cannot be decent, let us endeavor to be graceful. If we can't be moral, at least we can avoid being vulgar. Langdon Mitchell Mitchell, Langdon null
5214 There are always a few people you do a lot for, and a few who do a lot for you, but they're not the same people. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
5215 I have always been willing to make an explanation, but never an excuse, for doing anything I considered proper. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
5216 The time will come when men such as I will look on the murder of animals as they look on the murder of men. Leonardo da Vinci da Vinci, Leonardo null
5217 A new report from the government says raw eggs may have salmonella and may be unsafe, in fact, the latest government theory says it wasn't the fall that killed Humpty-Dumpty; he was dead before he hit the ground. Jay Leno Leno, Jay null
5218 Every man is naturally a Narcissus, and each passion in us no other but self-love sweetened by milder epithets. Joseph Glanville Glanville, Joseph null
5219 Nowhere can one find so miscellaneous, so various an amount of knowledge as is contained in a good newspaper. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
5220 I guess I should warn you. If I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said. Alan Greenspan Greenspan, Alan null
5221 The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda. Martin Buber Buber, Martin null
5222 I was a wiseguy, I talked too much, I spoke out of turn. And I was a notorious unachiever. Jerry Garcia Garcia, Jerry null
5223 I am the gadfly, all day long, everywhere, always fastening on you the people, arousing, persuading, reproaching you. Socrates Socrates null
5224 Of all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery. Richard Steele Steele, Richard null
5225 The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
5226 I think that to get under the surface and really appreciate the beauty of any country, one has to go there poor. Grace Moore Moore, Grace null
5227 If I had Aladdin's lamp and the usual three wishes, the first would always be, "Give me the first day of June." Gladys Taber Taber, Gladys null
5228 Being handsome can open doors. When I think about those who don't get the opportunity; I wrestle with that a bit. Brad Pitt Pitt, Brad null
5229 We wish genius and morality were affectionate companions, but it is a fact that they are often bitter enemies. Artemus Ward Ward, Artemus null
5230 I can't express myself in any conversation. But when I'm up on stage, it's all the world. It's my whole life. Jimi Hendrix Hendrix, Jimi null
5231 New York: The only city where people make radio requests like "This is for Tina - I'm sorry I stabbed you." Carol Leifer Leifer, Carol null
5232 The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant - and let the air out of the tires. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy null
5233 Simple narcissism gives the power of beasts to politicians, professional wrestlers, and female movie stars. Norman Mailer Mailer, Norman null
5234 He had no nose, properly speaking, but a large beak of preposterous widthlessness, which gave his whole face the expression of falling gravely downstairs, and quite obliterated the unimportant chin. e. e. cummings cummings, e. e. null
5235 Language is our body and our breath, our world and our thought, our perception and even our unconscious. Philippe Sollers Sollers, Philippe null
5236 The mind of man is less perturbed by a mystery he cannot explain than by an explanation he cannot understand. David Mamet Mamet, David null
5237 Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction, which they have not. Plato Plato null
5238 If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice. Estelle Getty Getty, Estelle null
5239 A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph null
5240 We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. Judy Garland Garland, Judy null
5241 It is the restriction placed on vice by our social code which makes its pursuit so peculiarly agreeable. Kenneth Grahame Grahame, Kenneth null
5242 The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after we are in. John H. Moore Moore, John H. null
5243 You have to remember one thing about the will of the people; last year, we were swept away by the Macarena. Jon Stewart Stewart, Jon null
5244 Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
5245 I have views on most matters, and I am as willing as a politician to change most of them. James Agate Agate, James null
5246 Some people like to make of life a garden, and to walk only in its paths. Japanese Proverb Proverb - Japanese null
5247 No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have - and I think he is a dirty little beast. W. S. Gilbert Gilbert, W. S. null
5248 A safety island is a marked-off area in a street that permits cars to strike you only from the side. Timid Pedestrian Unknown null
5249 If you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
5250 I hate the pollyanna pest who says all is for the best. Franklin P. Adams Adams, Franklin P. null
5251 The silence of a treacherous man is to be feared even more than his words. Greek Proverb Proverb - Greek null
5252 The lion and the lamb will lie down together when the lamb hasn't anything the lion wants. Source Unknown Unknown null
5253 Traffic is so slow in New York City that the taxi meters run faster than the taxicabs. Anxious Rider Unknown null
5254 Reasoning with a child is fine, If you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own. John Mason Brown Brown, John Mason null
5255 Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them. Chaim Weizmann Weizmann, Chaim null
5256 What this country needs is a new type of mirror that will grow more charitable with the years. Author Unknown Unknown null
5257 Often it seems a pity that Noah and his party didn't miss the boat. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
5258 A new baby is always the brightest cause for rejoicing in any house. Edward Fenton Fenton, Edward null
5259 There is nothing wrong with being addicted to money. It is the withdrawal symptoms that are so painful. Cullen Hightower Hightower, Cullen null
5260 A man who talks a great deal talks a great deal of nonsense; he who talks very little hardly ever talks sense. Hilaire Belloc Belloc, Hilaire null
5261 Boys are, at best, but pretty buds unblown, whose scent and hues are rather guessed than known. William Cowper Cowper, William null
5262 A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
5263 I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful. Pete Hamill Hamill, Pete null
5264 The secret of success is making hay with the grass that grows under other people's feet. Author Unknown Unknown null
5265 Let nothing foul to either eye or ear reach those doors within which dwells a boy. Juvenal Juvenal null
5266 The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself. Marcel Pagnol Pagnol, Marcel null
5267 You can get everything in life you want, if you will help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar Ziglar, Zig null
5268 Middle age is when a person your own age looks much older than you think you look. Author Unknown Unknown null
5269 There are many other possibilities more enlightening than the struggle to become the local doctor's most affluent ulcer case. Nelson A. Rockefeller Rockefeller, Nelson A. null
5270 (The United Nations) is created to prevent you from going to hell. It isn't created to take you to heaven. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. null
5271 It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting. Tom Stoppard Stoppard, Tom null
5272 Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. Reinhold Niebuhr Niebuhr, Reinhold null
5273 I despise making the most of one's time: half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
5274 Stop worrying about what junior will do when he grows up - better go see what he's up to now. Anonymous Unknown null
5275 A recipe is only a theme which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation. Madame Benoit Benoit, Madame null
5276 You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration. James Allen Allen, James L. null
5277 Some people never hold a grudge ... they develop a new one every day. Cullen Hightower Hightower, Cullen null
5278 Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow. George Eliot Eliot, George null
5279 One laugh of a child will make the holiest day more sacred still. Robert Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green null
5280 Mothers are, indeed, the affectionate and effective teachers of the human race. Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel null
5281 Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people. Don Herold Herold, Don null
5282 The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
5283 In filling out your income tax return, let an accountant instead of your conscience be your guide. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
5284 Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
5285 If the shoe fits, you're not allowing for growth. Robert N. Coons Coons, Robert N. null
5286 He who fishes for compliments can expect to be handed a line. Ivern Ball Ball, Ivern null
5287 Bores bore each other too, but it never seems to teach them anything. Don Marquis Marquis, Don null
5288 All students are gifted; Some just open their packages earlier than others. Michael Carr Carr, Michael null
5289 If a sailor had a wife in every port, he'd also have a wife in every court. Source Unknown Unknown null
5290 When some men discharge an obligation, you can hear the report for miles around. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
5291 Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful. W. G. Simms Simms, W. G. null
5292 You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance. Ray Bradbury Bradbury, Ray null
5293 In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
5294 Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out. Michael Burke Burke, Michael null
5295 If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams Adams, John Quincy null
5296 True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful. Paul Sweeney Sweeney, Paul null
5297 Your interpretation of what you see and hear is just that - your interpretation. Dr. Robert Anthony Anthony, Dr. Robert null
5298 Draw a circle, not a heart, around the one you love, because a heart can break but a circle goes on forever. Author Unknown Unknown null
5299 Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break. Earl Wilson Wilson, Earl null
5300 There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone. Jules Ellinger Ellinger, Jules null
5301 Never cherish the worries that you meet each day, for the better you treat them, the longer they stay. Source Obscure Unknown null
5302 If you want work done well, select a busy man. The other kind has no time. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
5303 The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing. Leigh Hunt Hunt, Leigh null
5304 It is indeed true that we live in tragic times, but too many people confuse tragedy with despair. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
5305 A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Adams Adams, Henry Brooks null
5306 Our situation on this earth seems strange. Every one of us appears here involuntarily and uninvited for a short stay without knowing why. To me, it is enough to wonder at the secrets. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
5307 St. Patrick's day is an enchanted time - a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic. Adrienne Cook Cook, Adrienne null
5308 Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle. Ken Hakuta Hakuta, Ken null
5309 We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
5310 The world's wealthiest nation can never be satisfied until we are the world's healthiest. Lyndon B. Johnson Johnson, Lyndon Baines null
5311 The reckless driver is a person who passes you when you are exceeding the speed limit. Self Described Expert Unknown null
5312 He stood spellbound, like a child to whom his nurse is telling him some wonderful story. Honere De Balzac Balzac, Honere De null
5313 Conversation should be like a salad, composed of various ingredients and well stirred with salt, oil and vinegar. Setanti Setanti null
5314 His words, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command. John Milton Milton, John null
5315 Culture is "to know the best that has been said and thought in the world." Matthew Arnold Arnold, Matthew null
5316 Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues. Confucius Confucius null
5317 It is only liquid currents of thought that move men and the world. Wendell Phillips Phillips, Wendell null
5318 It is easier for the generous to forgive than for the offenders to ask forgiveness. James Thomson Thomson, James null
5319 To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
5320 There was a man, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away, the more he had. John Bunyan Bunyan, John null
5321 If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? Thomas Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry null
5322 Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. C. E. Stowe Stowe, C. E. null
5323 Never chase a lie; let it alone and it will soon run itself to death. Lyman Beecher Beecher, Lyman null
5324 You cannot push a man up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew null
5325 Improve (your spare moments) and they will become the brightest gems in your life. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
5326 Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue, it's a spiritual dissipation. Margaret DeLand DeLand, Margaret null
5327 Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. Thomas Merton Merton, Thomas null
5328 Your life is made up of years that mean nothing, moments that mean all. Author Unknown Unknown null
5329 Do not the most moving moments in our lives find us without words? Marcel Marceau Marceau, Marcel null
5330 A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. Jose Bergamin Bergamin, Jose null
5331 I'm proud to pay taxes in America. The only thing is I would be just as proud for half the money. Arthur Godfrey Godfrey, Arthur null
5332 What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, not knowledge in pursuit of the child. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
5333 The wonderful thing about a theory is that any fool can propose one. Gary B. Wright Wright, Gary B. null
5334 Broadmindedness is just another way of saying a fellow is too lazy to form an opinion. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
5335 Trust him not with your secrets who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. Johann Lavater Lavater, Johann Kaspar null
5336 The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
5337 The best time to hold your tongue is the time when you feel you must say something or bust. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
5338 There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you. Peter de Vries de Vries, Peter null
5339 The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory. Paul Fix Fix, Paul null
5340 Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
5341 Drunkenness is temporary suicide: the happiness it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
5342 You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. Galileo Galilei Galilei, Galileo null
5343 Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due. Justinian Justinian null
5344 My father must have had some elementary education, for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
5345 Must the hunger become anger and the anger fury before anything will be done? John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John null
5346 I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't the guts to bite people themselves. August Strindberg Strindberg, August null
5347 Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
5348 The trouble with our younger writers is that they are all in their sixties. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
5349 Fame is climbing a greasy pole for ten dollars and ruining trousers worth fifteen dollars. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
5350 I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5351 A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors. Colin Wilson Wilson, Colin null
5352 Before I compose a piece, I walk around it several times accompanied by myself. Erik Satie Satie, Erik null
5353 Being on a tightrope is living; everything else is waiting. Karl Wallenda Wallenda, Karl null
5354 A man's feet should stand in his own country, but his eyes should survey the world. George Santayana Santayana, George null
5355 Justice is the insurance we have on our lives and property; obedience is the premium we pay for it. William Penn Penn, William null
5356 Let us not go over old ground; let us rather prepare for what is to come. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
5357 You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
5358 Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. John Barrymore Barrymore, John null
5359 The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
5360 We are here, and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
5361 The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts life. William James James, William null
5362 Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
5363 I wish I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. Bernard Berenson Berenson, Bernard null
5364 How softly runs the afternoon beneath the billowy clouds of June. Charles Towne Towne, Charles null
5365 You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends. Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph null
5366 One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils. The thing to do is supply light and not heat. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
5367 If you can't annoy somebody with what you write, I think there's little point in writing. Kingsley Amis Amis, Kingsley null
5368 Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund null
5369 All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5370 The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. William Wordsworth Wordsworth, William null
5371 Life is like a cash register in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded. Fulton Sheen Sheen, Bishop Fulton J. null
5372 There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates and the glare that obscures. James Thurber Thurber, James null
5373 Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Jules Renard Renard, Jules null
5374 They always talk who never think, and who have the least to say. Matthew Prior Prior, Matthew null
5375 Lose an hour in the morning and you will spend all day looking for it. Richard Whately Whately, Richard null
5376 Rivers in the United States are so polluted that acid rain makes them cleaner. Andrew Malcolm Malcolm, Andrew null
5377 When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking. Gail Sheehy Sheehy, Gail null
5378 It's (food) so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it. Julia Child Child, Julia null
5379 As the evening twilight fades away, the sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. Henry W. Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
5380 There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it Source Obscure Unknown null
5381 She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand. Saul Bellow Bellow, Saul null
5382 Never give a party if you will be the most interesting person there. Mickey Friedman Friedman, Mickey null
5383 It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall null
5384 Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway. John Wayne Wayne, John null
5385 The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur null
5386 Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
5387 A lie is an abomination unto the Lord and a very present help in time of trouble. Adlai Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai E. null
5388 The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
5389 When I went to school, I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years. George Burns Burns, George null
5390 Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything. Frank Dane Dane, Frank null
5391 Regarding the vice president: all he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?" Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
5392 I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house. Zsa Zsa Gabor Gabor, Zsa Zsa null
5393 The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
5394 I've met only four perfect people in my life, and I didn't like any of them. Source Unknown Unknown null
5395 There's nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure. Ross McDonald McDonald, Ross null
5396 Television is a medium because anything well done is rare. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
5397 Writers aren't exactly people ... they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott null
5398 I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest. Alexandre Dumas Dumas, Alexandre null
5399 People are always making rules for themselves, and always finding loopholes. William Rotsler Rotsler, William null
5400 Stopping at third base adds no more to the score than striking out. E. Joseph Cossman Cossman, E. Joseph null
5401 A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. Arnold Glasow Glasow, Arnold Henry null
5402 The highest reward for a person's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
5403 To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. Robert L. Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
5404 Tipping began when gratuities were dropped in a box marked "T. I. P. S." - To Insure Prompt Service. Source Obscure Unknown null
5405 Drive-in banks were invented so that automobiles could visit their real owners. Anonymous Unknown null
5406 You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation. Roger Maris Maris, Roger null
5407 Make your whole year's plan in the spring, and your day's plans early in the morning. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
5408 Never walk away from failure, on the contrary, study it carefully for its hidden assets. Michael Korda Korda, Michael null
5409 I don't care how much a man talks if he only says it in a few words. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
5410 I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than be a success at something I hate. George Burns Burns, George null
5411 I like a little rebellion now and then. It's like a storm in the atmosphere. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
5412 Every private citizen has a public responsibility. Myra Daniels Daniels, Myra null
5413 Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. Frederick Wilcox Wilcox, Frederick null
5414 You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. Charles F. Kettering Kettering, Charles F. null
5415 Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise. Mary Kay Ash Ash, Mary Kay null
5416 Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
5417 There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up. Rex Stout Stout, Rex null
5418 It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
5419 If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood up for anything. Richard Nixon Nixon, Richard M. null
5420 If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. Laurence Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston null
5421 What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise. Kitty O'Neill Collins Collins, Kitty O'Neill null
5422 What a lot of people are saving for a rainy day is somebody else's umbrella. Caroline Clark Clark, Caroline null
5423 The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. Elizabeth Foley Foley, Elizabeth null
5424 You know you're old when you have lost all your marvels. Merry Brown Brown, Merry null
5425 Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others and the delight in the recognition. Alexander Smith Smith, Alexander null
5426 Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular. Lady Blessington Blessington, Lady null
5427 A father carries pictures where his money used to be. Proud, Happy Daddy Unknown null
5428 Recall it as often as you wish; a happy memory never wears out. Libbie Fudim Fudim, Libbie null
5429 If you don't like the games people play, make up your own games. Source Obscure Unknown null
5430 A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph null
5431 It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody. Jules Renard Renard, Jules null
5432 I'm tired of love, I'm still more tired of rhyme, but money gives me pleasure all the time. Hilaire Belloc Belloc, Hilaire null
5433 Some people think it's holding on that makes one strong. Sometimes it's letting go. Sylvia Robinson Robinson, Sylvia null
5434 Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself. William Channing Channing, William Ellery null
5435 A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. David Brinkley Brinkley, David null
5436 Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for the big one to come along. Hugh Allen Allen, Hugh null
5437 Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the number of moments that take our breath away. Anonymous Unknown null
5438 Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
5439 It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do that makes life blessed. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
5440 It is better to sleep on things beforehand than to lie awake about them afterward. Baltasar Gracian Gracian, Baltasar null
5441 Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. Felix Frankfurter Frankfurter, Felix null
5442 The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we are ready for it. Arnold H. Glasow Glasow, Arnold Henry null
5443 Winning is the most important thing in my life - after breathing. George Steinbrenner Steinbrenner, George null
5444 If you pray for another, you will be helped yourself. Yiddish Proverb Proverb - Yiddish null
5445 Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
5446 Good fortune, like ripe fruit, ought to be enjoyed while it is still present. Epictetus Epictetus null
5447 I never take a nap after dinner but when I have had a bad night, and then the nap takes me. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
5448 Nowadays, those who love nature are accused of being romantic. Chamfort Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas null
5449 It is one of the great gifts of mind to be able to offer what is needed at the moment. Baltasar Gracian Gracian, Baltasar null
5450 Necessity is the mother of taking chances. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
5451 Listen to music religiously, as if it were the last strain you might hear. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
5452 A blade of grass is always a blade of grass. Men and women are my subjects of inquiry. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
5453 Shall we call ourselves benevolent when the gifts we bestow do not cost us a single privation? Degerando Degerando null
5454 If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you. C. C. Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
5455 He who can at all times sacrifice pleasure to duty approaches sublimity. Lavater Lavater, Johann Kaspar null
5456 One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more, and in fewer words than prose. Voltaire Voltaire null
5457 I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. O. W. Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
5458 A football coach is a fellow who is willing to lay down your life for his school. Author Unknown Unknown null
5459 The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function. Albert A. Bartlett Bartlett, Albert A. null
5460 Anyone who believes the exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist. Kenneth Boulding Boulding, Kenneth null
5461 We should accustom the mind to keep the best company by introducing it only to the best books. Sydney Smith Smith, Sydney null
5462 For parlor use, the vague generality is a lifesaver. George Ade Ade, George null
5463 Talent, like gout, sometimes skips two generations. Honore De Balzac Balzac, Honore De null
5464 A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and unquestionable truth. Joseph Joubert Joubert, Joseph null
5465 Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. Denis Diderot Diderot, Denis null
5466 Life will give you what you ask of her if only you ask long enough and plainly enough. E. Nesbit Nesbit, Edith null
5467 Life will give you what you ask of her if only you ask long enough and plainly enough. Edith Nesbit Nesbit, Edith null
5468 A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life. Charles Darwin Darwin, Charles null
5469 To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist; that is all. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
5470 Be a good listener; listen eighty-five percent of the time. Develop the art of listening. A. A. Montapert Montapert, Alfred A. null
5471 Your precious moments are the times when you can be alone. John Miller Miller, John null
5472 No man is more than another unless he does more than another. Miguel De Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de null
5473 The true essentials of a feast are only fun and feed. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
5474 Before you can break out of prison, you must first realize you are locked up. Author Unknown Unknown null
5475 The good life is the healthful life, the merry life. Life is health, joy, laughter. Jean Bodin Bodin, Jean null
5476 The surest way to establish your credit is to work yourself into the position of not needing any. Maurice Switzer Switzer, Maurice null
5477 The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor; and no man can tell what becomes of his influence. Henry W. Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
5478 Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to proper use. Thomas Watson Watson, Thomas John, Sr. null
5479 One is not rich by what one owns but more by what one is able to do without with dignity. Immanuel Kant Kant, Immanuel null
5480 A man who cannot command his temper should not think of being a man of business. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord null
5481 What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. Yiddish Proverb Proverb - Yiddish null
5482 I'm a man of simple wants - all I want is my share of the best there is. William Feather Feather, William null
5483 The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time. John Locke Locke, John null
5484 People who have no time don't think. The more you think, the more time you have. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
5485 The thinking you do before you start a job will shorten the time you have to spend working on it. Roy L. Smith Smith, Roy L. null
5486 In cooking, as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection. Curnonsky Curnonsky null
5487 If you are honest because honesty is the best policy, then your honesty is corrupt. Dr. Robert Anthony Anthony, Dr. Robert null
5488 If you are honest because honesty is the best policy, then your honesty is corrupt. Dr. Robert Anthony Anthony, Dr. Robert null
5489 Defeated politician: the candidate who never has to explain why he's unable to keep his campaign promises. Author Unknown Unknown null
5490 Constant complaints is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5491 Constant complaints is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5492 A house is beautiful not because of its walls, but because of its cakes. Russian Saying Proverb - Russian null
5493 The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
5494 Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
5495 Second in importance to having good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger. Elmer G. Letterman Letterman, Elmer G. null
5496 One can be very happy without demanding that others should agree with them. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
5497 Before buying anything it is well to ask whether one could do without it. John Lubbock Lubbock, Sir John null
5498 No business is a success which must ruin men to make money. Roy L. Smith Smith, Roy L. null
5499 One who buys needs one hundred eyes; one is enough for him who sells. German Proverb Proverb - German null
5500 Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest. Christian Dior Dior, Christian null
5501 In youth, we run into difficulties. And in old age, difficulties run into us. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
5502 It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
5503 Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
5504 A man is too apt to forget that in this world, he cannot have everything. a choice is all that is left. Harry Mathews Mathews, Harry null
5505 The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. Robert Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green null
5506 Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime. Vittorio Alfieri Alfieri, Vittorio null
5507 We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then the few that punish them. Allen Tucker Tucker, Allen null
5508 Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
5509 My mother loved children. she would have given anything if I had been one. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
5510 Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man; youth, never. Anna Jameson Jameson, Anna null
5511 The morning paper is just as necessary to an American as dew is to the grass. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
5512 Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too. David Storey Storey, David null
5513 A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
5514 We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business? Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
5515 Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth. Arthur Goldberg Goldberg, Arthur null
5516 Ennui, felt on the proper occasions, is a sign of intelligence. Clifton Fadiman Fadiman, Clifton null
5517 If you give to a thief he cannot steal from you, and he is then no longer a thief. William Saroyan Saroyan, William null
5518 One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh, Anne Morrow null
5519 The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew null
5520 Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday? Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
5521 Respect should be earned by actions, and not acquired by years. Source Unknown Unknown null
5522 The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
5523 There are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and chocolate truffles. A Chocolate Addict Unknown null
5524 May you have a joyous day followed by years of peace and renewed prosperity. Unknown Unknown null
5525 Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. Thomas Edison Edison, Thomas Alva null
5526 Resolved: Never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life. Jonathan Edwards Edwards, Jonathan null
5527 Lost time was like a run in a stocking. It always got worse. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh, Anne Morrow null
5528 There is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Thomas Mann Mann, Thomas null
5529 Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies. John Tullius Tullius, John null
5530 Take away the newspaper and this country of ours would become a scene of chaos. Harry Chandler Chandler, Harry null
5531 A pessimist is a man who looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston null
5532 The head of our advertising agency suffered from claustrophobia so he had to stay out of Rhode Island. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
5533 Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. St. Francis Of Assisi Saint Francis Of Assisi null
5534 A man who never does anything he doesn't like rarely likes anything he does. Anonymous Unknown null
5535 A ham is simply any actor who has not been successful in repressing his natural instincts. George Jean Nathan Nathan, George Jean null
5536 Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
5537 A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. Jean Paul Richter Richter, Jean Paul null
5538 The church is near, but the road is icy; the tavern is far, but I'll walk very carefully. Russian Proverb Proverb - Russian null
5539 When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
5540 The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience. Andre Kostelanetz Kostelanetz, Andre null
5541 Take a lesson from tea: Its real strength comes out when it gets into hot water. Anonymous Unknown null
5542 I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they haven't said enough. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
5543 Drawing on my fine command of the language, I said nothing. Robert Benchley Benchley, Robert null
5544 Content makes poor men rich; Discontentment makes rich men poor. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5545 The word "alms" has no singular, as if to teach us that a single act of charity is no charity. Source Obscure Unknown null
5546 All things come to him who waits for a taxi on rainy days - except a taxi. Anonymous Unknown null
5547 It is in the midst of the city that one writes the most inspiring pages about the country. Jules Renard Renard, Jules null
5548 Don't cuss the climate; It probably doesn't like you any better than you like it. Don Marquis Marquis, Don null
5549 Common sense is not sense common to everyone, but sense in common things. William James James, William null
5550 Civilization will really start when the power of love replaces the love of power. Source Unknown Unknown null
5551 I believe in grumbling; It is the politest form of fighting known. Ed Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
5552 People that pay for things never complain; It's the guy you give something to that you can't please. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
5553 No one has more trouble keeping up with the Joneses than old man Jones himself. Origin Obscure Unknown null
5554 A fortune is not always a friend, but a friend is always a fortune. Russian Proverb Proverb - Russian null
5555 Commuter - One who spends his life in riding to and from his wife. E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks null
5556 Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff. Peter de Vries de Vries, Peter null
5557 You must have the score (music) in your head, not your head in the score. Hans von Bulow Bulow, Hans von null
5558 If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it in conversation. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
5559 It is only when a man is through with history that he thinks of writing his biography. Leon Samson Samson, Leon null
5560 Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
5561 And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work. Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh, Vincent null
5562 No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself. William Penn Penn, William null
5563 There are no friends at cards or world politics. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5564 The American worker is merely a capitalist without money. George Sokolsky Sokolsky, George null
5565 You will find the key to success under the alarm clock. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5566 Genius without education is like silver in the mine. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5567 God heals, and the doctor takes the fees. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5568 A good example is the best sermon. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5569 Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5570 He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5571 Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5572 Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5573 He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5574 If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5575 Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others' activities. For this reason it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others. Dalai Lama Dalai Lama null
5576 You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
5577 Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Dr. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
5578 Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
5579 The world has to learn that the actual pleasure derived from material things is of rather low quality on the whole and less even in a quantity than it looks to those who have not tried it. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
5580 Love is a condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. Robert Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. null
5581 The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances. Martha Washington Washington, Martha null
5582 If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. Edith Wharton Wharton, Edith null
5583 Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word "happy" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. Carl Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
5584 Trust everybody, but cut the cards. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5585 A man that would expect to train lobsters to fly in a year is called a lunatic; but a man that thinks men can be turned into angels by an election is a reformer and remains at large. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5586 An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5587 There is one thing to be said in favor of drink, and that is that it has caused many a lady to be loved that otherwise might have died single. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5588 Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5589 You can lead a man up to the university, but you can't make him think. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5590 Minds are like parachutes; they only function when open. Thomas Dewar Dewar, Thomas R. null
5591 Alcohol is necessary for a man so that now and then he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed by the facts. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5592 Among men, Hennessy, wet eye means dry heart. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5593 Comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5594 The best husbands stay bachelors; they're too considerate to get married. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5595 Many a man that could rule a hundred million strangers with an iron hand is careful to take off his shoes in the front hallway when he comes home late at night. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5596 Freedom is like drink. If you take any at all, you might as well take enough to make you happy for a while. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5597 High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5598 A man has more fun wishing for the things he hasn't got than enjoying the things he has got. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5599 I wonder why you can always read a doctor's bill and you never can read his prescription. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5600 One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need money the most, are the very ones that never have it. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5601 When the American people get through with the English language, it will look as if it had been run over by a musical comedy. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5602 If you go to the zoo, always take something to feed the animals, even if the signs say "Do not feed animals". It wasn't the animals that put them signs up. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5603 Like most poets, preachers, and metaphysicians, he burst into conclusion at a spark of evidence. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5604 A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5605 The first thing to have in a library is a shelf. From time to time, this can be decorated with literature. But the shelf is the main thing. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5606 A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time. Carolyn Wells Wells, Carolyn null
5607 Unfortunately, Man never gets too old or too experienced to be stupid in some new way. Herbert Prochnow Prochnow, Herbert V. null
5608 It is very easy to manage your neighbor's business, but our own sometimes bothers us. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
5609 Brotherhood is not just a bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all. Heywood Broun Broun, Heywood Hale null
5610 If we build with wisdom, and with courage, and with patience, those that come after us will be helped by our work. Dwight Morrow Morrow, Dwight null
5611 A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. F. D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano null
5612 About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard. E. W. Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
5613 Active natures are rarely melancholy; Activity and sadness are incompatible. C. N. Bovee Bovee, Christian Nestell null
5614 Kindess is a language the mute can speak and the deaf can hear. Christian Bovee Bovee, Christian Nestell null
5615 I am an American and therefore what I do, however small, is of importance. Maxwell Struthers Burt Burt, Maxwell Struthers null
5616 No matter whether the country follows the flag or not, the Supreme Court follows the election returns. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5617 Politics ain't beanbag: 'tis a man's game, and women, children 'n' 'pro-hy-bitionists' had best stay out of it. Finley Peter Dunne Dunne, Finley Peter null
5618 I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear - the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about. A. L. Williams Williams, A. L. null
5619 Do not give any time to your past, you can't change what happened five minutes ago. Jan Ruhe Ruhe, Jan null
5620 The fear is worse than the pain. Shannon Bahr Bahr, Shannon null
5621 Let your ears hear what your mouth says. Jewish Proverb Proverb - Jewish null
5622 The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
5623 Other people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what yo Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret null
5624 The art of living is always to make a good thing out of a bad thing. E. F. Schumacher Schumacher, E. F. null
5625 Endurance pierces marble. Moroccan Proverb Proverb - Moroccan null
5626 It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe. Robert Service Service, Robert null
5627 You can't think about things you want to change. Just be yourself. Ethan Embry Embry, Ethan null
5628 Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
5629 You are nature's greatest miracle. There never has been and never will be anyone just like you. Brian Tracy Tracy, Brian null
5630 You were born rich with 18 billion bountiful, beautiful, totally available and in all probability under-used brain cells awaiting your desire, decision and directional compass to take you onward, upward, goodward and Godward. Mark Victor Hansen Hansen, Mark Victor null
5631 The truth about a man is, first of all, what it is that he keeps hidden. Andre Malraux Malraux, Andre null
5632 Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
5633 The dog with the bone is always in danger. American Proverb Proverb - American null
5634 Success is a great deodorant. Elizabeth Taylor Taylor, Elizabeth null
5635 Can any plausible excuse be found for the crime of creating the human race? Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
5636 Politics - a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
5637 We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the internet, we know this is not true. Robert Wilensky Wilensky, Robert null
5638 Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Mark Knopfler Knopfler, Mark null
5639 Peace - in international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
5640 The world war after the next one will be fought with rocks. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
5641 Politicians - a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the people, and who, to say the most of them, are, taken as a mass, at least one long step removed from honest men. I say this with the greater freedom because, being a politician m Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
5642 Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
5643 Advertising - the driving force behind supply-and-demand economics: the stimulation of demand for useless products through the supply of misleading claims. Chaz Bufe Bufe, Chaz null
5644 The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights. J. Paul Getty Getty, J. Paul null
5645 Do you know why hurricanes have names instead of numbers? To keep the killing personal. No one cares about a bunch of people killed by a number. "200 dead as Number Three slams ashore" is not nearly as interesting a headline as "Charlie kills 200." Death George Carlin Carlin, George null
5646 Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when you were not: that gives us no concern. Why then should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be? To die is o William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William null
5647 If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons. James Thurber Thurber, James null
5648 I have always thought the nuclear threat was blown way out of proportion. I have a feeling our descendants are going to look back at all this nuclear hysteria from the bottom of their toxic waste dumps and laugh their feelers off. Philosophically, I would A. Whitney Brown Brown, A. Whitney null
5649 Life is short but there is always time enough for courtesy. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
5650 If the devil does not exist, and Man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich null
5651 We can't reach old age by another man's road. My habits protect my life but they would assassinate you. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
5652 It looks easy to break off a bad habit that somebody else has got. Lemuel K. Washburn Washburn, Lemuel K. null
5653 Insults - You're a good example of why some animals eat their young. Jim Samuels Samuels, Jim null
5654 Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. (paraphrased duplicate) Sir Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
5655 Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one. William Penn Penn, William null
5656 Almost everything you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
5657 There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
5658 The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory. Laurence Johnston Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston null
5659 The difference between constructive criticism and destructive criticism is simple: any criticism you give is constructive; any criticism you get is destructive. Jon Carroll Carroll, Jon null
5660 Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. Sydney J. Harris Harris, Sydney J. null
5661 Sex without love is an empty experience, but, as empty experiences go, it's one of the best. Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
5662 There are none so empty as those who are full of themselves. English Proverb Proverb - English null
5663 If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
5664 The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
5665 The best way to get to knowing any bunch of people is to go and listen to their music. Woody Guthrie Guthrie, Woody null
5666 There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. Ken Olson (President, Chairman and Founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977) Olson, Ken null
5667 But what is it (the microchip) good for? Anonymous (an engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.) Unknown null
5668 I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year. Anonymous (Editor in charge of Business Books for Prentice Hall, 1957) Unknown null
5669 640k ought to be enough for anybody. Bill Gates (in 1981) Gates, Bill null
5670 This "telephone" has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. Anonymous (Western Union internal memo, 1870s) Unknown null
5671 The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? Anonymous (David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s) Unknown null
5672 Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. Lord Kelvin (President of the Royal Society, 1895) Kelvin, Lord null
5673 Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy. Anonymous (drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859.) Unknown null
5674 Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? H. M. Warner (1927) Warner, H. M. null
5675 I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper. Gary Cooper (on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone with the Wind.") Cooper, Gary null
5676 We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out. Anonymous (Decca Recording Co. on rejecting the Beatles, 1962) Unknown null
5677 The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible. Anonymous (a Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service - Smith went on to found federal express corp.) Unknown null
5678 Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools. Anonymous (from a 1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work) Unknown null
5679 Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction. Pierre Pachet (Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872) Pachet, Pierre null
5680 Everything that can be invented has been invented. Charles H. Duell(Commissioner, U. S. Office of Patents, 1899) Duell, Charles H. null
5681 There are two distinct classes of men; Those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes. Thomas Paine Paine, Thomas null
5682 The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax! Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
5683 When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. Plato Plato null
5684 The government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
5685 There is no art which one government sooner learns from another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. Adam Smith Smith, Adam null
5686 Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten. Lord Bramwell Bramwell, Lord null
5687 In the matter of taxation, every privilege is an injustice. Voltaire Voltaire null
5688 But in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5689 A taxpayer is someone who works for the federal government but who doesn't have to take a civil service examination. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
5690 The trick is to stop thinking of it as "your" money. Tax auditor Unknown null
5691 Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic? Lily Tomlin Tomlin, Lily null
5692 Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit. That's why you should never date a baseball player. Marsha Warfield Warfield, Marsha null
5693 What do people mean when they say the computer went down on me? Marilyn Pittman Pittman, Marilyn null
5694 When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the royal family knew someone in the royal family? Robin Williams Williams, Robin null
5695 A woman broke up with me and sent me pictures of her and her new boyfriend in bed together. Solution? I sent them to her dad. Christopher Case Case, Christopher null
5696 Relationships are hard. It's like a full-time job, and we should treat it like one. If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants to leave you, they should give you two weeks' notice. There should be severance pay, and before they leave you, they should have to f Bob Ettinger Ettinger, Bob null
5697 I've been doing the Fonda Workout: the Peter Fonda Workout. That's where I wake up, take a hit of acid, smoke a joint, and go to my sister's house and ask her for money. Kevin Meaney Meaney, Kevin null
5698 A lady came up to me on the street and pointed at my suede jacket. "You know a cow was murdered for that jacket?" she sneered. I replied in a psychotic tone, "I didn't know there were any witnesses. Now I'll have kill you too." Jake Johansen Johansen, Jake null
5699 If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either. Dick Cavett Cavett, Dick null
5700 I have such poor vision I can date anybody. Garry Shandling Shandling, Garry null
5701 I was a vegetarian until I started leaning towards sunlight. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
5702 If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me. Bobcat Goldthwait Goldthwait, Bobcat null
5703 Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait. A. Whitney Brown Brown, A. Whitney null
5704 I'm a psychic amnesiac. I know in advance what I'll forget. Michael McShane McShane, Michael null
5705 My mom said she learned how to swim. Someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. That's how she learned how to swim. I said, "Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim." Paula Poundstone Poundstone, Paula null
5706 Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not commit adultery. Don't eat pork. I'm sorry, what was that last one? Don't eat pork. God has spoken. Is that the word of God or is that pigs trying to outsmart everybody? Jon Stewart Stewart, Jon null
5707 In elementary school, in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file line from smallest to tallest. What is the logic? Do tall people burn slower? Warren Hutcherson Hutcherson, Warren null
5708 I voted for the Democrats because I didn't like the way the Republicans were running the country. Which is turning out to be like shooting yourself in the head to stop your headache. Jack Mayberry Mayberry, Jack null
5709 I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three. Elayne Boosler Boosler, Elayne null
5710 Ever wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? John Mendoza Mendoza, John null
5711 Today I met with a subliminal advertising executive for just a second. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5712 A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: Duh! Conan O'Brien O'Brien, Conan null
5713 When I was a kid, I had two friends, and they were imaginary and they would only play with each other. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
5714 I haven't taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin. Winston Spear Spear, Winston null
5715 I don't know what's wrong with my television set. I was getting C-Span and the Home Shopping Network on the same station. I actually bought a congressman. Bruce Baum Baum, Bruce null
5716 I had a linguistics professor who said that it's man's ability to use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet. That may be, but I think there's one other thing that separates us from animals. We aren't afraid of vaccuum cleaners. Jeff Stilson Stilson, Jeff null
5717 Did you ever walk in a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives. Sue Murphy Murphy, Sue null
5719 My grandfather's a little forgetful, but he likes to give me advice. One day, he took me aside and left me there. Ron Richards Richards, Ron null
5720 I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else. Lily Tomlin Tomlin, Lily null
5721 Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: "This looks much better on." On what? On fire? Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
5722 I was raised by just my mom. See, my father died when I was eight years old. At least, that's what he told us in the letter. Drew Carey Carey, Drew null
5723 The ad in the paper said "Big Sale. Last Week." Why advertise? I already missed it. They're just rubbing it in. Yakov Smirnoff Smirnoff, Yakov null
5724 Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease. Bill Maher Maher, Bill null
5725 Little acts of kindness, little words of love make our earth an Eden like heaven above. Julia Carney Carney, Julia null
5726 Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a t-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem. Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash. Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld, Jerry null
5727 USA today has come out with a new survey. Apparently three out of four people make up 75 percent of the population. David Letterman Letterman, David null
5728 If God doesn't destroy Hollywood Boulevard, He owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology. Jay Leno Leno, Jay null
5729 I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was, "You'll never find anyone like me again!" I'm thinking, "I should hope not! If I don't want you, why would I want someone like you?" Larry Miller Miller, Larry null
5730 I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific. Lily Tomlin Tomlin, Lily null
5731 The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever see that little swiss army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, le Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld, Jerry null
5732 Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I'm halfway through my fishburger and I realize, Oh my God! I could be eating a slow learner. Lynda Montgomery Montgomery, Lynda null
5733 I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5734 If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead. Johnny Carson Carson, Johnny null
5735 If you're cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you see okay? John Mendoza Mendoza, John null
5736 I don't kill flies but I like to mess with their minds. I hold them above globes. They freak out and yell, "Whoa, I'm way too high!" Bruce Baum Baum, Bruce null
5737 Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography. Paul Rodriguez Rodriguez, Paul null
5738 I don't do drugs anymore 'cause I find I get the same effect just by standing up really fast. Johnathan Katz Katz, Johnathan null
5739 Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God's final word on where your lips end. Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld, Jerry null
5740 I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, "Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough. Let's go west." Richard Jeni Jeni, Richard null
5741 I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for the evening in two minutes. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5742 And always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said, "Shit! A truck!" Emo Philips Philips, Emo null
5743 24 hours in a day - 24 beers in a case - coincidence? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5744 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5745 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5746 A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5747 A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5748 A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5749 A fool and his money are soon partying. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5750 All of the people in my building are insane. The guy above me designs synthetic hairballs for ceramic cats. The lady across the hall tried to rob a department store, with a pricing gun. She said, "Give me all of the money in the vault, or I'm marking down Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5751 All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5752 Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5753 Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5754 Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5755 Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5756 Clones are people two. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5757 Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5758 Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5759 Don't you hate when your hand falls asleep and you know it will be up all night. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5760 Drugs may lead to nowhere, but at least it's the scenic route. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5761 Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5762 Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zigzag? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5763 Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5764 Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5765 For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5766 George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge, you can't hear him talk. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5767 Half the people you know are below average. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5768 Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5769 How come abbreviated is such a long word? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5770 How do I set my laser printer on stun? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5771 How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5772 How is it possible to have a civil war? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5773 I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5774 I collect rare photographs. I have one of Houdini locking his keys in his car. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5775 I got my driver's license photo taken out of focus on purpose. Now when I get pulled over, the cop looks at it moving it nearer and farther, trying to see it clearly, and says, "Here, you can go." Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5776 I installed a skylight in my apartment. The people who live above me were furious! Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5777 I intend to live forever - so far, so good. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5778 I thought about how mothers feed their babies with little tiny spoons and forks, so I wonder what Chinese mothers use. Toothpicks? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5779 I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5780 I used to work at a factory where they made hydrants; but you couldn't park anywhere near the place. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5781 I was pulled over for speeding today. The officer said, "Don't you know the speed limit is 55 miles an hour?" I replied, "Yes, but I wasn't going to be out that long." Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5782 I was thinking about how people seem to read the bible a whole lot more as they get older, then it dawned on me. They were cramming for their finals. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5783 I was thinking that women should put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5784 I was walking down the street and all of a sudden the prescription for my eye-glasses ran out. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5785 I went for a walk last night and my kids asked me how long I'd be gone. I said, "The whole time." Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5786 I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5787 If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5788 If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5789 If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5790 If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5791 If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5792 If most car accidents occur within five miles of home, why doesn't everyone just move 10 miles away? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5793 If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5794 If quitters never win, and winners never quit, what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5795 If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5796 If the black box flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of the stuff? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5797 If work is so terrific, how come they have to pay you to do it? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5798 If you ate pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5799 If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5800 If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5801 If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5802 If you're born again, do you have two bellybuttons? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5803 Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5804 Isn't Disney World a people trap operated by a mouse? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5805 Many people quit looking for work when they find a job. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5806 Monday is an awful way to spend one seventh of your life. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5807 My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5808 No one is listening until you make a mistake. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5809 OK, so what's the speed of dark? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5810 One day I came home to my apartment and someone had stolen all of my furniture and replaced it with identical stuff. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5811 One time a cop pulled me over for running a stop sign. He said "Didn't you see the stop sign?" I said "Yeah, but I don't believe everything I read." Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5812 Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5813 Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5814 Since Americans throw rice at weddings, do Asians throw hamburgers? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5815 Since light travels faster than sound, isn't that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5816 Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5817 The colder the X-Ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5818 The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5819 The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5820 The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5821 The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5822 The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5823 To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism - to steal from many is research. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5824 What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5825 What happens if you get scared half to death twice? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5826 What happens when none of your bees wax? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5827 When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5828 When I'm not in my right mind, my left mind gets pretty crowded. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5829 Where are we going? And what's with this hand basket?" Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5830 Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have an "s" in it? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5831 Why do psychics have to ask you for your name? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5832 Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the post office? What are we supposed to do, write to these men? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen could look for them while they delivered the mail? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5833 Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5834 Why is there an expiration date on sour cream? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5835 Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5836 I bought my brother some gift-wrap for christmas. I took it to the gift wrap department and told them to wrap it, but in a different print so he would know when to stop unwrapping. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5837 I bought this thing for my car. You put it on your car, it sends out this little noise, so when you drive through the woods, deer won't run in front of your car. I installed it backwards by accident. Now I'm driving down the street with herds of deer chas Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5838 I didn't get a toy train like the other kids. I got a toy subway instead. You couldn't see anything, but every now and then you'd hear this rumbling noise go by. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5839 I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one tiny little car. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5840 I spilled spot remover on my dog. He's gone now. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5841 I was born by Cesarean Section, but not so you'd notice. It's just that when I leave a house, I go out through the window. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5842 I was in the supermarket the other day, and I met a lady in the aisle where they keep the generic brands. Her name was "woman". Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5843 I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5844 I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, "Hey, the sign says you're open 24 hours." he said, "Yes, but not in a row." Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5845 I'd like to tell you a story about my old girlfriend. It's called, "They'll find her when the leaves blow away 'cause I'm not raking 'til spring". Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5846 I'm writing an unauthorized autobiography. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5847 If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5848 If toast always lands butter side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happen if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5849 If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5850 In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5851 Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone just stood around and sang "Happy Birthday". Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5852 My aunt gave me a walkie-talkie for my birthday. She says if I'm good, she'll give me the other one next year. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5853 My dental hygienist is cute. Every time I visit, I eat a whole package of oreo cookies while I'm in the waiting room. Sometimes she has to cancel the rest of the afternoon's appointments. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5854 My girlfriend and I went on a picnic. I don't know how she did it, but she got poison ivy on the brain. When it itched, the only way she could scratch it was to think about sandpaper. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5855 One night I walked home very late and fell asleep in somebody's satellite dish. My dreams were showing up on TV's all over the world. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5856 Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5857 Smoking cures weight problems... Eventually. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5858 The ice cream truck in my neighborhood plays "Helter Skelter". Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5859 The other day, I was walking my dog around my building - on the ledge. Some people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5860 There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5861 There's a pizza place near where I live that sells only slices. In the back you can see a guy tossing a triangle in the air. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5862 When I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand in a closet for five minutes without moving. He said it was elevator practice. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5863 When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, "Did you sleep good?" I said, "No, I made a few mistakes." Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5864 Trees that grow in very smoggy cities are needed to make carbon paper. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5865 What happens if you put a slinky on an escalator? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5866 When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, "Well, what do you need?" Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5867 Why doesn't the fattest man in the world become a hockey goalie? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5868 You know how it is when you decide to lie and say the check is in the mail, and then you remember it really is? Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
5869 We can't cross a bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time. Bernard Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. null
5870 Our aim is not to do away with corporations ... we draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
5871 Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
5872 Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else; this is not advice, it is merely custom. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
5873 A sufficient and sure method of civilization is the influence of good women. R. W. Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
5874 The same wind that carries one vessel into port may blow another off shore. C. N. Bovee Bovee, Christian Nestell null
5875 I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so every poor man can have a home. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
5876 Every man has a perfect right to his opinion, provided it agrees with ours. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
5877 If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. Alexander Hamilton Hamilton, Alexander null
5878 The important thing is not that we can live on hope alone, but that life is not worth living without it. Harvey Milk Milk, Harvey null
5879 Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history, we make history. Sen. John McCain McCain, John null
5880 Be careful what you say to children. ... When their bones are brittle and their hair silver, they will quote you in their hearts. Rheta Grimsley Johnson Johnson, Rheta Grimsley null
5881 I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Stanton, Elizabeth Cady null
5882 If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it. Anthony J. D'Angelo D'Angelo, Anthony J. null
5883 Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave null
5884 There are risks and costs to action, but they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
5885 Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. Quintilian Quintilian null
5886 It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin Darwin, Charles null
5887 Marriage is not just spiritual communion; It is also remembering to take out the trash. Joyce Brothers Brothers, Dr. Joyce null
5888 It's never too soon or too late to build for your future. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
5889 The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even heard. They must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
5890 You don't write because you want to say something. You write because you've got something to say. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott null
5891 To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Stanton, Elizabeth Cady null
5892 You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
5893 I have not failed. I've just found ten thousand ways that won't work. Thomas Alva Edison Edison, Thomas Alva null
5894 How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank Frank, Anne null
5895 Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. Babe Ruth Ruth, Babe null
5896 I don't do things half-heartedly. because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results. Michael Jordan Jordan, Michael null
5897 Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of Rita Mae Brown Brown, Rita Mae null
5898 Facts do not make history; facts do not even make events. A fact is an isolated particle of experience, is reflected light without a source, planet with no sun, star without constellation, constellation beyond galaxy, galaxy outside the universe - fact is Russell Banks Banks, Russell null
5899 Democracy is a team sport. It is not like going to a ballgame where you sit passively and decide if you like the players and evaluate their abilities after watching the game. We are the players, we are the team, in a democratic nation or a democratic worl John Renesch Renesch, John null
5900 Meanness inherits a set of silverware and keeps it in the bank. Economy uses it only on important occasions, for fear of loss. Thrift sets the table with it every night for pure pleasure, but counts the butter spreaders before they are put away. Phyllis McGinley McGinley, Phyllis null
5901 The great British Library - one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or "pure English, undefiled" wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought. Washington Irving Irving, Washington null
5902 I believe world civilization can be built only upon the common basis of international living. The ideal life would be to live in an English cottage, with American heating, and have a Japanese wife, a French mistress, and a Chinese cook. Lin Yutang Yutang, Lin null
5903 History, with its long, leisurely, gentlemanly labors, the books arriving by post, the cards to be kept and filed, the sections to be copied, the documents to be checked, is the ideal pursuit for the New England mind. Elizabeth Hardwick Hardwick, Elizabeth null
5904 What you have when everyone wears the same playclothes for all occasions, is addressed by nickname, expected to participate in Show and Tell, and bullied out of any desire for privacy, is not democracy, it is kindergarten. Judith Martin Martin, Judith null
5905 The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust. Elizabeth Bowen Bowen, Elizabeth null
5906 Whatever you are from Nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what Nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing. Sydney Smith Smith, Sydney null
5907 The world seems to be divided into two groups of people: those who say you can never get something for nothing, and those muddled but happy creatures who maintain that the best things in life are free. Janet Gillespie Gillespie, Janet null
5908 Great beauty, great strength and great riches are really and truly of no great use; A right heart exceeds all. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5909 Confront a man in his office with a nuclear alarm, and you have a documentary. If the news reaches him in his living room, you have a drama. If it catches him in the lavatory, the result is comedy. Stanley Kubrick Kubrick, Stanley null
5910 It scarcely bears thinking about, the time and labor that man and womankind have devoted to the preparation of dishes that are to melt and vanish in a moment like smoke or a dream, like a shadow. Rose Macaulay Macaulay, Rose null
5911 All of the arts - poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater - must singly and together create the most comprehensive art of all: a humanized society, and its masterpiece, free man. Bernard Berenson Berenson, Bernard null
5912 People's dreams are made out of what they do all day, the same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around. Barbara Kingsolver Kingsolver, Barbara null
5913 A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind. John Cheever Cheever, John null
5914 For insight into human affairs I turn to stories and poems rather than to sociology. I am not able to make use of the wisdom of the sociologists because I do not speak their language. Freeman Dyson Dyson, Freeman null
5915 The real connoisseurs in art are those who make people accept as beautiful something everybody used to consider ugly, by revealing and resuscitating the beauty in it. Edmond and Jules de Goncourt de Goncourt, Edmond and Jules null
5916 If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that, too. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
5917 After the Go-Gos sold three or four million albums, we thought we wouldn't be treated like an all-girl band anymore, but as a rock 'n' roll band. That never really worked. Belinda Carlisle Carlisle, Belinda null
5918 The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple, and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe-walking. Isadora Duncan Duncan, Isadora null
5919 We have to serve the truth as candidates for public office and not mislead, misguide, misdirect the people merely to provoke emotional responses and win votes that way. Adlai Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai E. null
5920 I am an advocate of paper money, but the paper money must represent what it professes on its face. I do not wish to hold in my hands the printed lies of government. James A. Garfield Garfield, James A. null
5921 A child of one can be taught not to do certain things such as touch a hot stove, turn on the gas, pull lamps off their tables by their cords, or wake Mommy before noon. Joan Rivers Rivers, Joan null
5922 Champions know that success is inevitable, that there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. They know that the best way to forecast the future is to create it. Michael Gelb Gelb, Michael null
5923 I wake up in the morning and make myself a bowl of instant oatmeal, and then I don't do anything for an hour. I should get the regular oatmeal and feel productive. Mitch Hedberg Hedberg, Mitch null
5924 The only faith that wears well and holds its color in ail weathers is that which is woven of convictions and set with the sharp mordant of experience. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
5925 In science, one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. Paul Dirac Dirac, Paul null
5926 The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth - persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
5927 When the first baby laughed for the first time, his laugh broke into a million pieces, and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies. J. M. Barrie Barrie, James Matthew null
5928 The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
5929 I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
5930 A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to have but little. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
5931 There can be no truer principle than this: That every individual of the community at large has an equal right to the protection of government. Alexander Hamilton Hamilton, Alexander null
5932 What is wrong with a revolution is that it is natural. It is as natural as natural selection, as devastating as natural selection, and as horrible. William Golding Golding, William null
5933 Is anyone educated in who the powers of conscious reasoning are untrained or undeveloped, however great may be the store of accumulated knowledge? Joseph H. Odell Odell, Joseph H. null
5934 Music was originally discreet, seemly, simple, masculine, and of good morals. Have not the moderns rendered it lascivious beyond measure? Jacob of Liege, 1425 Jacob of Liege null
5935 The few really great - the major novelists are significant in terms of the human awareness they promote; awareness of the possibilities of life. F. R. Leavis Leavis, F. R. null
5936 But in truth there are only three types of people in the world: people who work, people who are not allowed to, and people who don't have to. Elvis Costello Costello, Elvis null
5937 I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
5938 "Skeptic" does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found. Miguel de Unamuno de Unamuno, Miguel null
5939 In my ballets, woman is first, men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men; they are better. George Ballanchine Ballanchine, George null
5940 Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders. Sloan Wilson Wilson, Sloan null
5941 The composer who stumbles in taking a step forward is worth more attention than the composer who shows us how easily he can step backwards. Ernest Reyer Reyer, Ernest null
5942 Culture is a product of man: He projects himself into it, he recognizes himself in it; that critical mirror alone offers him his image. Jean-Paul Sartre Sartre, Jean-Paul null
5943 Looking repeatedly into the past, you do not necessarily become fascinated with your own life, but rather with the phenomenon of memory. Patricia Hampl Hampl, Patricia null
5944 Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value. R. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster null
5945 It has been said that a careful reading of "Anna Karenina," if it teaches you nothing else, will teach you how to make strawberry jam. Julian Mitchell Mitchell, Julian null
5946 Nature is amoral, not immoral. It existed for eons before we arrived, didn't know we were coming, and doesn't give a damn about us. Stephen Jay Gould Gould, Stephen Jay null
5947 The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can't change. After I die, I'll probably come back as a paintbrush. Sylvester Stallone Stallone, Sylvester null
5948 It takes a great deal to produce ennui in an Englishman, and if you do, he only takes it as convincing proof that you are well-bred. Margaret Halsey Halsey, Margaret null
5949 I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them. Carlos Fuentes Fuentes, Carlos null
5950 The clever men at Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed. But they none of them know one half as much, as intelligent Mr. Toad. Kenneth Grahame Grahame, Kenneth null
5951 To see teenagers sitting around trying to solve the problems of the world, I figured, all things considered, I'd rather be dancing. Joni Mitchell Mitchell, Joni null
5952 There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then. Hazel Scott Scott, Hazel null
5953 It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. S. I. Hayakawa Hayakawa, Samuel I. null
5954 In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order. Will Durant Durant, Will null
5955 Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver null
5956 The violence and obscenity are left unadulterated, as manifestation of the mystery and pain which ever accompanies the act of creation. Anais Nin Nin, Anais null
5957 To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. Henri Poincare Poincare, Henri null
5958 The blood also thinks inside a man, darkly and ponderously. It thinks in desires and revulsions, and it makes strange conclusions. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
5959 They are spoiling the oldest art in the world - the art of pantomime. They are ruining the great beauty of silence. Charlie Chaplin, on talkies Chaplin, Charlie null
5960 Before I go out on the stage, I must place a motor in my soul. If I do not get time to put that motor in my soul, I cannot dance. Isadora Duncan Duncan, Isadora null
5961 Look to the end, no matter what it is you are considering. Often enough God gives a man a glimpse of happiness and then utterly ruins him. Solon Solon null
5962 The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot. Salvador Dali Dali, Salvador null
5963 Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Marquez, Gabriel Garcia null
5964 Distinction of rank is necessary for the economy of the world, and was never called in question but by barbarians and enthusiasts. Nicholas Rowe Rowe, Nicholas null
5965 Our audience is like people who like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice. Jerry Garcia Garcia, Jerry null
5966 If we are not responsible for the thoughts that pass our doors, we are at least responsible for those we admit and entertain. Charles B. Newcomb Newcomb, Charles B. null
5967 I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. Franklin P. Adams Adams, Franklin P. null
5968 Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. Hannah Arendt Arendt, Hannah null
5969 Peace, political stability, and reconciliation are not too much to ask for. They are the minimum that a decent society provides. George Mitchell Mitchell, George null
5970 The bigotry of civilization which is the taproot of intellectual prejudice begins far back and must be corrected at its source. Arthur Schomburg Schomburg, Arthur null
5971 We shared everything all our lives, the important ones and the trivial ones, and it's the trivial ones that build ties between people. Rae Foley Foley, Rae null
5972 I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule. Consequently, my family pride is something inconceivable. W. S. Gilbert Gilbert, W. S. null
5973 Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy. Amy Strum Alcott Alcott, Amy Strum null
5974 What would it be like to have not only color vision but culture vision, the ability to see the multiple worlds of others. Mary Catherine Bateson Bateson, Mary Catherine null
5975 To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with magnanimity is to blunt our hatred for him. Eric Hotter Hotter, Eric null
5976 After all, it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. Evelyn Underhill Underhill, Evelyn null
5977 We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing. R. D. Laing Laing, R. D. null
5978 I suppose the one quality in an astronaut more powerful than any other is curiosity. They have to get some place nobody's ever been. John Glenn Glenn, John null
5979 Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love. Frank Moore Colby Colby, Frank Moore null
5980 The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the secret anniversaries of the heart. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
5981 It is a brave act to despise death; but where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live. Sir Thomas Browne Browne, Sir Thomas null
5982 Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world. Harry Reasoner Reasoner, Harry null
5983 Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and "historical tasks" is an actual or potential assassin. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
5984 If we would please in society, we must be prepared to be taught many things we know already by people who do not know them. Sebastien Chamfort Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas null
5985 I had never gone to a doctor in my adult life, feeling instinctively that doctors meant either cutting or, just as bad, diet. Carson McCullers McCullers, Carson null
5986 A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mouse long after she's killed it. H. H. Munro Munro, H. H. null
5987 About mistakes it's funny. You got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs they get mad. Edna Ferber Ferber, Edna null
5988 Just as a Hollywood pin-up represented sex, so I represented the ideal daughter millions of fathers and mothers wished they had. Deanna Durbin Durbin, Deanna null
5989 It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. Evelyn Waugh Waugh, Evelyn null
5990 Even when it was easy, music's patterning shaped the emotions. Music proclaimed an orderly universe, promised a better place. Ellen Hunnicutt Hunnicutt, Ellen null
5991 Just point me to the piano and give me my money. In fifteen minutes I'll have 'em shaking, shouting, shivering, and shacking. Jerry Lee Lewis Lewis, Jerry Lee null
5992 Love is as necessary to human beings as food and shelter; but, without intelligence, love is impotent and freedom unattainable. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
5993 In order to live a fully human life, we must touch the unity and resonance of our physicality, our bond with the natural order. Adrienne Rich Rich, Adrienne null
5994 Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. George Sand Sand, George null
5995 The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account. Alice Walker Walker, Alice null
5996 People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry. Marie-Jeanne Roland Roland, Marie-Jeanne null
5997 I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival. Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. null
5998 As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma null
5999 The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is that it gives me the greater freedom of playing the fool. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander null
6000 The drama in a Gary Grant movie is always seeing whether the star can be made to lose his wry, elegant, and habitual aplomb. Richard Schickel Schickel, Richard null
6001 I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When, and How and Where and Who. Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard null
6002 Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well-informed about the United States. J. Bartlet Brebner Brebner, J. Bartlet null
6003 The "control of nature" is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man. Rachel Carson Carson, Rachel null
6004 To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William null
6005 The need to find meaning in the universe is as real as the need for trust and for love, for relations with other human beings. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret null
6006 I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast, but there was no one to tell me. George Washington Carver Carver, George Washington null
6007 You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned. Fay Weldon Weldon, Fay null
6008 The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. null
6009 When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign: that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan null
6010 No point in asking Greenfield what he was up to; he had pulled up his mental drawbridge and there was no way over the moat. Lucille Kallen Kallen, Lucille null
6011 We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of dreams. We are the movers and shakers, of the world forever, it seems. Arthur O'Shaughnessy O'Shaughnessy, Arthur null
6012 If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading. Don Marquis Marquis, Don null
6013 Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well-supplied with it. Rene Descartes Descartes, Rene null
6014 "Doublethink" means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. George Orwell Orwell, George null
6015 The liberty of the press is most generally approved when it takes liberties with the other fellow, and leaves us alone. Edgar Watson Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
6016 I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves. Bruce Grocott Grocott, Bruce null
6017 Neither snow. nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Herodotus Herodotus null
6018 Existence is no more than the precarious attainment of relevance in an intensely mobile flux of past, present, and future. Susan Sontag Sontag, Susan null
6019 When the insects take over the world we hope they will remember, with gratitude, how we took them along on all our picnics. Bill Vaughan Vaughan, Bill null
6020 Life may be brimming over with experiences, but somewhere, deep inside, all of us carry a vast and fruitful loneliness. Etty Hillesum Hillesum, Etty null
6021 You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best you have to give. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
6022 I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
6023 A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of others. Norman Shidle Shidle, Norman null
6024 Someone asked someone who was about my age: "How are you?" The answer was. "Fine. If you don't ask for details." Katharine Hepburn Hepburn, Katharine null
6025 When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen. Edith Sitwell Sitwell, Dame Edith null
6026 Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it, and that a very severe one. Hannah More More, Hannah null
6027 What most of us are after, when we have a picture taken, is a good natural-looking picture that doesn't resemble us. Peg Bracken Bracken, Peg null
6028 Foreign relations are like human relations. They are endless. The solution of one problem usually leads to another. James Reston Reston, James null
6029 A letter is a barrier, a reprieve, a charm against the world, an almost infallible method of acting at a distance. Iris Murdoch Murdoch, Iris null
6030 What is lovely never dies, but passes into other loveliness, stardust, or sea foam, flower or winged air. Thomas Bailey Aldrich Aldrich, Thomas Bailey null
6031 How one lives is, after all, one of the rights left to the individual -- when and if he has opportunity to choose. Alice Walker Walker, Alice null
6032 Mothers are basically a patient lot. They have to be or they would devour their offspring early on, like guppies. Mary Daheim Daheim, Mary null
6033 Goodness and nobility have an inherent power to attract, whereas self-seeking and evil inevitably repel. Francis Bowes Sayre Sayre, Francis Bowes null
6034 What I learned from Mr. Bogart - I learned from a master, and that, God knows, has stood me in very good stead. Lauren Bacall Bacall, Lauren null
6035 Let me tell you quite bluntly that this "king" business has given me personally nothing but headaches. Mohammed Reza Pahlevi Pahlevi, Mohammed Reza null
6036 We're going to have to recognize that there are a lot of things that can be done only if we do them together. Bert Seidman Seidman, Bert null
6037 Peace is not absence of war. It is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Baruch Spinoza Spinoza, Baruch null
6038 Love cannot remain by itself; it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
6039 People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive. Norman Vincent Peale Peale, Norman Vincent null
6040 What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about the origin and destiny of cats? Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
6041 I don't grasp things this early in the day. I mean, I hear voices, all right, but I can't pick out the verbs. Jean Kerr Kerr, Jean null
6042 It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort of talent - like a carrier pigeon. George Eliot Eliot, George null
6043 I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
6044 There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word that raises us above ourselves. Arthur P. Stanley Stanley, Arthur P. null
6045 I feel very strongly that the director is supposed to be the boss. Art was never created by democracy. Charlton Heston Heston, Charlton null
6046 We cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than in having a clear conscience. Socrates Socrates null
6047 Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
6048 Men don't live well by themselves. They don't even live like people. They live like bears with furniture. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
6049 There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
6050 Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all. Gerald White Johnson Johnson, Gerald White null
6051 Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
6052 The Liberals talk about a stable government, but we don't know how bad the stable is going to smell. Thomas Douglas Douglas, Thomas null
6053 The camel has a single hump, the dromedary, two; Or else the other way around, I'm never sure. Are you? Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
6054 Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it, and that's true anywhere in the world. Andrew Young Young, Andrew null
6055 If the better part of valor is discretion, how much more is not discretion the better part of vice? Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
6056 A handwritten, personal letter has become a genuine modern-day luxury, like a child's pony ride. Shana Alexander Alexander, Shana null
6057 Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
6058 Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter. Katherine Paterson Paterson, Katherine null
6059 Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. Harper Lee Lee, Harper null
6060 Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
6061 People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything. Agnes Repplier Repplier, Agnes null
6062 I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks. Joe E. Lewis Lewis, Joe E. null
6063 I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate. Lady Astor Astor, Lady Nancy null
6064 Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
6065 Once you've danced, you always dance. You can't deny the gifts that God sends your way. Judith Jamison Jamison, Judith null
6066 Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding. Marc Chagall Chagall, Marc null
6067 Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again. Spike Lee Lee, Spike null
6068 Many older women are inhibited and afraid to act. It is such a waste of human potential. Frances Lear Lear, Frances null
6069 In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes. Elizabeth Ashley Ashley, Elizabeth null
6070 Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. Jane Rule Rule, Jane null
6071 Comedy takes place in a world where the mind is always superior to the emotions. Joseph Wood Krutch Krutch, Joseph Wood null
6072 Over in Hollywood they almost made a great picture, but they caught it just in time. Wilson Mizner Mizner, Wilson null
6073 An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. Henri Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic null
6074 I've been a film star so long that I don't know what it would feel like not to be one. Kevin Bacon Bacon, Kevin null
6075 She had hard gray hair pressed into waves that grasped her scalp like a migraine. Susanna Kaysen Kaysen, Susanna null
6076 Now it's time for us to claim ownership, to own a piece of the American rock. Sharon Pratt Kelly Kelly, Sharon Pratt null
6077 I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
6078 The good die young - because they see no point in living if you have to be good. John Barrymore Barrymore, John null
6079 I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted. Jesse Jackson Jackson, Jesse null
6080 Love in any language, straight from the heart, pulls us all together - never apart. Sandy Patti Patti, Sandy null
6081 How hard it is to make an Englishman acknowledge that he is happy. William Makepeace Thackeray Thackeray, William Makepeace null
6082 I don't care for modern films - all crashing cars and close-ups of people's feet. Lillian Gish Gish, Lillian null
6083 No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. Sam Rayburn Rayburn, Sam null
6084 Just a little more loving and a lot less fighting and the world would be all right. Mae West West, Mae null
6085 Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott null
6086 If I can't blow up the world in the first ten seconds, then the show is a flop. Irwin Allen Allen, Irwin null
6087 A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating. Arnold Bennett Bennett, Arnold null
6088 However wretched a fellow mortal may be, he is still a member of our common species. Seneca Seneca null
6089 Your morals are like roads through the Alps. They make these hairpin turns all the time. Erica Jong Jong, Erica null
6090 I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns. Ella Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, Ella null
6091 If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
6092 It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure why take the chance? Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
6093 You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for. Jane Fonda Fonda, Jane null
6094 When someone does something good, applaud! You'll make two people happy. Samuel Goldwyn Goldwyn, Samuel null
6095 Five minutes - Zounds! I have been five minutes too late all my lifetime. Hannah Cowley Cowley, Hannah null
6096 Nightclubs are places where the tables are reserved and the guests aren't. Frank Caspar Caspar, Frank null
6097 Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
6098 What is acting but lying and what is good acting but convincing lying? Laurence Olivier Olivier, Laurence null
6099 We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
6100 A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. George Ade Ade, George null
6101 It is the hour when from the boughs the nightingale's high note is heard. Lord Byron Byron, Lord null
6102 I am not a writer. My plays and scripts are skeletons awaiting sinew. Ingmar Bergman Bergman, Ingmar null
6103 Civilization is such a good idea that somebody ought to start it. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
6104 Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. Michael Jordan Jordan, Michael null
6105 Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite. Dan Quayle Quayle, Dan null
6106 Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. O. Henry Henry, O. null
6107 I never had a huge need to be a big movie star or a billionaire. Patricia Arquette Arquette, Patricia null
6108 How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. Alexander the Great Alexander the Great null
6109 The world is grand, beautiful, thrilling. But I love New York. Dorothy Kilgallen Kilgallen, Dorothy null
6110 That is happiness: to be dissolved into something completely great. Willa Cather Cather, Willa null
6111 It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up. Rita Warford Warford, Rita null
6112 There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. Martha Graham Graham, Martha null
6113 No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
6114 Now me, when I want ready-made trouble. I dig up a handsome man. Gloria Naylor Naylor, Gloria null
6115 Youth is something very new: Twenty years ago no one mentioned it. Coco Chanel Chanel, Gabrielle "Coco" null
6116 It is by those who have suffered that the world has been advanced. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
6117 Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy null
6118 Whatever you do, trample down abuses, and love those who love you. Voltaire Voltaire null
6119 We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them. Thucydides Thucydides null
6120 You can't undo the past - but you can certainly not repeat it. Bruce Willis Willis, Bruce null
6121 Occasionally, when honesty was the best policy, he was honest. Gregory Nunn Nunn, Gregory null
6122 Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. Georges Simenon Simenon, Georges null
6123 Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. Marie Curie Curie, Marie null
6124 This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
6125 The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. Audre Lorde Lorde, Audre null
6126 The wording of laws should mean the same thing to all men. Montesquieu Montesquieu null
6127 Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote Capote, Truman null
6128 All science is either physics or stamp collecting. Ernest Rutherford Rutherford, Ernest null
6129 The cinema means nothing to me, I cannot remember it. Brigitte Bardot Bardot, Brigitte null
6130 Praising what is lost, makes the remembrance dear. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
6131 Since when was genius found respectable? Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth Barrett null
6132 The cruelest lies are often told in silence. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
6133 Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
6134 Time is the longest distance between two places. Tennessee Williams Williams, Tennessee null
6135 A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard. Martin Luther King Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
6136 The hardest part of growing up is learning how to wait. Leo Rosten Rosten, Leo null
6137 It is strange what society will endure from its idols. L. E. Landon Landon, L. E. null
6138 The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle Aristotle null
6139 A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side. George Eliot Eliot, George null
6140 The drop hollows the stone not by force but by often falling. Ovid Ovid null
6141 Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund null
6142 Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination. Lily Tomlin Tomlin, Lily null
6143 To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
6144 Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. Vince Lombardi Lombardi, Vince null
6145 Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. Twyla Tharp Tharp, Twyla null
6146 Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better. Smile Coue Coue, Smile null
6147 Fun is fun but no girl wants to laugh all of the time. Anita Loos Loos, Anita null
6148 What an endless chain of unhappiness prejudice forges. Lena Horne Horne, Lena null
6149 The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart. Meng Tse Tse, Meng null
6150 I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Bronte Bronte, Charlotte null
6151 People will buy anything that's one to a customer. Sinclair Lewis Lewis, Sinclair null
6152 I shall be like that tree. I shall die at the top. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan null
6153 Don't talk unless you can improve the silence. Jorge Luis Borges Borges, Jorge Luis null
6154 Letters are expectation packed in an envelope. Shana Alexander Alexander, Shana null
6155 Writing is turning one's worst moments into money. J. P. Donleavy Donleavy, J. P. null
6156 In order to possess, one must first have desired. Marcel Proust Proust, Marcel null
6157 I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. Isaac Asimov Asimov, Isaac null
6158 A whaleship was my Yale College and my Harvard. Herman Melville Melville, Herman null
6159 'Tis always morning somewhere in the world. Richard Henry Home Home, Richard Henry null
6160 Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs. Marlene Dietrich Dietrich, Marlene null
6161 Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. Henry Kaiser Kaiser, Henry J. null
6162 Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. Thomas Gray Gray, Thomas null
6163 Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader. Tacitus Tacitus null
6164 Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. Saint Teresa of Avila Saint Teresa of Avila null
6165 Love is an exploding cigar which we willingly smoke. Lynda Barry Barry, Lynda null
6166 And O! She was the Sunday, in every week. Austin Clarke Clarke, Austin null
6167 Nothing is more revealing than movement. Martha Graham Graham, Martha null
6168 Arrange whatever pieces come your way. Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia null
6169 Art is the signature of civilizations. Beverly Sills Sills, Beverly null
6170 I wish he would explain his explanation. Lord Byron Byron, Lord null
6171 If there isn't a law, there will be. Harold Faber Faber, Harold null
6172 The eye is bigger than the belly. George Herbert Herbert, George null
6173 Mental inertia is death. T. Thomas Fortune Fortune, T. Thomas null
6174 The only thing better than singing is more singing. Ella Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, Ella null
6175 A journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step. Lao-Tze Laozi null
6176 You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If somebody drives it off a cliff, that's it. Rita Mae Brown Brown, Rita Mae null
6177 Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less materials you need. Charles F. Kettering Kettering, Charles F. null
6178 If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, then you will be fired with enthusiasm. Vince Lombardi Lombardi, Vince null
6179 Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss null
6180 There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow. Orison Swett Marden Marden, Orison Swett null
6181 Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Sanskrit Proverb Proverb - Sanskrit null
6182 The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well and doing well whatever you do. H. W. Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
6183 Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to those who have none. Jules Renard Renard, Jules null
6184 Between my finger and my thumb the squat pen rests. I'll dig with it. Seamus Heaney Heaney, Seamus null
6185 Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan null
6186 A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
6187 Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; and working together is success. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
6188 A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction. Benjamin Spock Spock, Dr. Benjamin null
6189 I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
6190 If I have been able to see farther than others, it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants. Sir Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac null
6191 The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself. Dale Carnegie Carnegie, Dale null
6192 We have the great privilege - the only group with this privilege - to question a president. Helen Thomas Thomas, Helen null
6193 It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can. Sydney Smith Smith, Sydney null
6194 It's not good enough that we do our best; Sometimes we have to do what's required. Sir Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
6195 It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. Yogi Berra Berra, Yogi null
6196 Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy. Gilbert K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
6198 Wise men never sit and wail their loss; They cheerily seek how to redress their harms. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
6199 A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me. Frederick Douglass Douglass, Frederick null
6200 I take it to be a principle rule of life not to be too much addicted to any one thing. Terence Terence null
6201 People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. Joseph F. Newton Newton, Joseph F. null
6202 There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have. Don Herold Herold, Don null
6203 Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. Jean Paul Richter Richter, Jean Paul null
6204 Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time: It's ten-to-one if they hang long together. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
6205 A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. Ed Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
6206 Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
6207 There is trouble and sorrow enough in the world without making it on purpose. William Dean Howells Howells, William Dean null
6208 Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us. Vincent Voiture Voiture, Vincent null
6209 It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; We can dodge an elephant but we can't dodge a fly. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
6210 A youth with his first cigar makes himself sick; A youth with his first girl makes everyone sick. M. W. Little Little, M. W. null
6211 The end of good government is to cultivate humanity, and promote the happiness of all. John Wise Wise, John null
6212 Eight hours to work; Eight hours to play; Eight hours to sleep; seems the ideal division. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew null
6213 There are two things in this life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is twins. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
6214 The books which help you most are those which make you think the most. Theodore Parker Parker, Theodore null
6215 Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to borrow money to do it with. Artemus Ward Ward, Artemus null
6216 It makes no difference what it is, a woman will buy anything she thinks a store is losing money on. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
6217 A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
6218 You can take a boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy. Arthur "Bugs" Baer Baer, Arthur "Bugs" null
6219 What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise. Barbara Jordan Jordan, Barbara null
6220 A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
6221 A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child. Henry Wadsorth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsorth null
6222 If you would lift me up, you must be on higher ground. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
6223 Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. Robert Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green null
6224 When you're down and out, something always turns up - and it's usually the noses of your friends. Orson Welles Welles, Orson null
6225 A pun is the lowest form of humor - when you don't think of it first. Oscar Levant Levant, Oscar null
6226 Some men are like a clock on a roof; They are useful only to the neighbors. Austin O'Malley O'Malley, Austin null
6227 The biggest word in the language of business is not gross, but net. Herbert Casson Casson, Herbert null
6228 The prime purpose of eloquence is to keep other people from talking. Louis Vermeil Vermeil, Louis null
6229 A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence but doesn't climb over it. Arthur "Bugs" Baer Baer, Arthur "Bugs" null
6230 There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
6231 When a woman says, "I don't wish to mention any names," it means it ain't necessary to mention any names. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
6232 You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself. Sam Levenson Levenson, Sam null
6233 What is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest null
6234 To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have. Ken Keyes Jr. Keyes, Ken, Jr. null
6235 No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days. Plautus Plautus null
6236 The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
6237 The head learns new things, but the heart forever more practices old experiences. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
6238 People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker. Mary Austin Austin, Mary null
6239 There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
6240 Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers. C. N. Bovee Bovee, Christian Nestell null
6241 If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
6242 I honestly believe it is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
6243 Trouble springs from idleness and grievous toil from needless ease. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
6244 Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
6245 One of the saddest lines in the world is, "Oh come now - be realistic." The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride. Richard Nelson Bolles Bolles, Richard Nelson null
6246 I am poor and naked, but I am chief of the nation. We do not want riches, we do not seek riches, but we want our children properly trained and brought up. Our riches will do us no good; we cannot take away into the other world anything we have. Red Cloud Red Cloud null
6247 If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret null
6248 I find commercials fascinating. They are so exquisitely vulgar and so delightfully tasteless that they must be irresistible to everyone save the few who aren't enchanted by discussions of nasal passages and digestive tracts. Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock, Alfred null
6249 The divine right of kings may have been a plea for feeble tyrants, but the divine right of government is the keystone of human progress, and without it governments sink into police, and a nation is degraded into a mob. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
6250 In the society of men, the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so ugly if seen in the light of exiled truth, and beauty is no longer possible if it is not a lie. R. D. Laing Laing, R. D. null
6251 I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
6252 Being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own history. And a time to pick up the pieces when it's all over. Gloria Naylor Naylor, Gloria null
6253 Actually, I became a vegetarian not so much because I love animals but because I hate plants. I still like to hunt though. In fact, I've found that plants are a lot easier than animals to sneak up on. A. Whitney Brown Brown, A. Whitney null
6254 Like actors in the days of Henry VIII, dance-band musicians - and jazzmen are inextricably mixed in with them - are generally regarded by their fellow men today as rogues and vagabonds. Humphrey Lyttelton Lyttelton, Humphrey null
6255 You need a strong, unified family base to allow you to have courage to go out there and take risks that you probably wouldn't have taken had you not had the strong foundation to fall back on. L. L. Cool J. L. L. Cool J. null
6256 An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasurable activity. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
6257 Errors look so very ugly in persons of small means - one feels they are taking quite a liberty in going astray; whereas people of fortune may naturally indulge in a few delinquencies. George Eliot Eliot, George null
6258 There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
6259 I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have sense enough to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to. Harry S Truman Truman, Harry S. null
6260 Naming is a difficult and time-consuming process; it concerns essences, and it means power. But on the wild nights who can call you home? Only the one who knows your name. Jeanette Winterson Winterson, Jeanette null
6261 The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
6262 An international political alliance is the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
6263 If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain. Adlai E. Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai E. null
6264 I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky, Igor null
6265 My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who's lost three husbands. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
6266 I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies. I love it as an artist. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
6267 Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation. Alexander Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr null
6268 I do not like elections, but it is in my many elections that I have learnt to know and honor the people of this island. They are good through and through. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
6269 Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to open her mouth. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
6270 Soul is not about black or white music. Soul is a physical manifestation of higher consciousness. Soul is a howling at the moon - and having the moon respond. Daryl Hall Hall, Daryl null
6271 He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses, yet on it glides, and will glide on forever. Horace Horace null
6272 I've about had it - the agencies, the winking, the networks, the ratings. Anyone who thinks TV is an art medium is crazy - it's an advertising medium. Robert Altman Altman, Robert null
6273 It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised by sobriety. Thomas de Quincey de Quincey, Thomas null
6274 A neurotic is the man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. And a psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent. Lord Webb-Johnson Webb-Johnson, Lord null
6275 Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
6276 All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once! Camille Paglia Paglia, Camille null
6277 Even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is, you might say, out of this world. George Foreman, on leaving boxing to become a preacher Foreman, George null
6278 Art thou less a slave by being loved and favored by thy master? Thou art indeed well off, slave. Thy master favors thee; he will soon beat thee. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
6279 The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Sir Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
6280 Composing a piece of music is very feminine. It is sensitive, emotional, contemplative. By comparison, doing housework is positively masculine. Barbara Kolb Kolb, Barbara null
6281 Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. Robert Fulghum Fulghum, Robert null
6282 A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both. Fawn M. Brodie Brodie, Fawn M. null
6283 Everything is always impossible before it works. That is what entrepreneurs are all about - doing what people have told them is impossible. Hunt Greene Greene, Hunt null
6284 I don't know why people complain about secondhand smoke. At nearly three dollars a pack, don't they realize how much money they're saving? Dennis Miller Miller, Dennis null
6285 The surest way to corrupt a young man is to teach him to esteem more highly those who think alike than those who think differently. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
6286 Italian virtues of fantasy, passion, drama, creativity, color, and perspective have informed both the cuisine and the arts of that nation. Fred Plotkin Plotkin, Fred null
6287 Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt. Henri Frederic Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic null
6288 In the long run you only hit what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
6289 Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal. a good cigar, and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle. George Burns Burns, George null
6290 Loveliest of trees, the cherry now / Is hung with bloom along the bough. / And stands about the woodland ride / Wearing white for Eastertide. A. E. Housman Housman, Alfred Edward null
6291 None of us wants to be average. That we are so is a melancholy fact borne in upon us in middle life, and we do not always relish it. Margaret Benson Benson, Margaret null
6292 There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech. Allan Bloom Bloom, Allan null
6293 When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. William Blake Blake, William null
6294 I'm the female equivalent of a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill. Half of what you see is a pretty good reproduction, and the rest is a fraud. Cher Cher null
6295 Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt. Bergen Evans Evans, Bergen null
6296 I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
6297 No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
6298 It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. null
6299 Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name. Philip Larkin Larkin, Philip null
6300 Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
6301 A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude. Ruth Benedict Benedict, Ruth null
6302 I now perceive one immense omission in my psychology - the deepest principle of Human Nature is the craving to be appreciated. William James James, William null
6303 For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
6304 I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty. W. R. Inge Inge, William Ralph null
6305 The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our destruction. Aesop Aesop null
6306 Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other. David Riesman Riesman, David null
6307 Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran null
6308 Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. George Santayana Santayana, George null
6309 Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew null
6310 Judging films should be the same as judging jokes. It's no good saying this is a wonderful joke if no one laughs at it. Anthony Lejeunne Lejeunne, Anthony null
6311 Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. null
6312 But a priest's life is not supposed to be well-rounded; it is supposed to be one-pointed - a compass, not a weathercock. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
6313 There's only one kind of critic I do resent: the kind that affects to believe that I am writing with my tongue in my cheek. James Joyce Joyce, James null
6314 One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young. Dorothy Canfield Fisher Fisher, Dorothy Canfield null
6315 In criticism I will be bold, and sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me. Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan null
6316 We should stop kidding ourselves. We should let go of things that aren't true. It's always better with the truth. R. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster null
6317 Kerouac opened a million coffee bars and sold a million pairs of Levis to both sexes. Woodstock rises from his pages. William Burroughs Burroughs, William Seward null
6318 This is how Americans think. You believe that if something terrible happens to someone, they must have deserved it. Barbara Kingsolver Kingsolver, Barbara null
6319 Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years. Anthony Powell Powell, Anthony null
6320 The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers. William James James, William null
6321 I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
6322 Modern art has been a series of individual explosions tearing at strata accumulated by centuries of communal inertia. Harold Rosenberg Rosenberg, Harold null
6323 Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know. William Saroyan Saroyan, William null
6324 Nearly every move in baseball - the windup, the pitch, the motion of the infielders - is different from other games. Alistair Cooke Cooke, Alistair null
6325 He was a wise fellow that. being bid to ask what he would of the king. desired he might know none of his secrets. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
6326 Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. Stephen King King, Stephen null
6327 Of course there is no formula for success except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings. Artur Rubinstein Rubinstein, Arthur null
6328 The main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions. Sydney Harris Harris, Sydney J. null
6329 People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people. Charles F. Kettering Kettering, Charles F. null
6330 The Devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea. and the business now suffers from competition. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
6331 Results are often obtained by impetuosity and daring which could never have been obtained by ordinary methods. Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolo null
6332 Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is. Duke Ellington Ellington, Duke null
6333 Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling? Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
6334 Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making. Salvador Dali Dali, Salvador null
6335 An artist needn't be a clergyman or a church warden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men. Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh, Vincent null
6336 We get so much in the habit of wearing a disguise before others that we eventually appear disguised before ourselves. Jim Bishop Bishop, Jim null
6337 Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. Dale Carnegie Carnegie, Dale null
6338 The lowest pool hustler in the business is four times more respectable than some of those humbugs in Washington. Minnesota Fats Minnesota Fats null
6339 The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. James Madison Madison, James null
6340 A man with a career can have no time to waste upon his wife and friends; he has to devote it wholly to his enemies. John Hobbes Hobbes, John null
6341 Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep. William Cullen Bryant Bryant, William Cullen null
6342 Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. Andre Gide Gide, Andre null
6343 Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it cannot appreciate it. Lucretia Mott Mott, Lucretia null
6344 A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards. Jean Paul Richter Richter, Jean Paul null
6345 I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
6346 What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists. One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming. Edgar Degas Degas, Edgar null
6347 One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
6348 He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
6349 We have a generation enslaving itself to drugs, young men and women doing to our race what slavery couldn't. Lucille Clifton Clifton, Lucille null
6350 The larger office, the corner space, the extra window are the teddy bears and tricycles of adult office life. Willard Gaylin Gaylin, Willard null
6351 While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. Henry C. Link Link, Henry C. null
6352 I easily sink into mere absorption of what other minds have done, and should like a whole life for that alone. George Eliot Eliot, George null
6353 The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Err and err and err again but less and less and less. Piet Hein Hein, Piet null
6354 The majority rules. If they want anything, they get it. If they want anything not right, they get it, too. Sojourner Truth Truth, Sojourner null
6355 Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
6356 Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth. John Stuart Mill Mill, John Stuart null
6357 Self-respect is the fruit of discipline: the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. Abraham Heschel Heschel, Abraham null
6358 Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself about things. Marcel Proust Proust, Marcel null
6359 Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
6360 When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. Leo Burnett Burnett, Leo null
6361 Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive, easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. Henry Brougham Brougham, Henry null
6362 An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling. Donald Sinden Sinden, Donald null
6363 The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from the fear. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
6364 The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
6365 True love is like a psychic experience. Everyone tells ghost stories, but few have ever seen a ghost. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
6366 Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
6367 Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
6368 When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself. Jules Renard Renard, Jules null
6369 Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of the conditions of men. Horace Mann Mann, Horace null
6370 So long as there is any subject which men may not freely discuss, they are timid upon all subjects. John Jay Chapman Chapman, John Jay null
6371 There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell Powell, Colin null
6372 Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their marriage were not perceived to have any relation. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
6373 Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
6374 One's existence should be in two parts: one should live like a bourgeois and think like a demigod. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave null
6375 When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you. Irving Layton Layton, Irving null
6376 There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
6377 It is not the criminal things which are hardest to confess, but the ridiculous and shameful. Jean Jacques Rousseau Rousseau, Jean-Jacques null
6378 Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of the birds? Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
6379 A moose is an animal with horns on the front of his head and a hunting lodge wall on the back of it. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
6380 It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow citizens. John Maynard Keynes Keynes, John Maynard null
6381 The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke Clarke, Arthur C. null
6382 A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
6383 If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old. Edgar Watson Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
6384 We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence. Remy de Gourmont de Gourmont, Remy null
6385 If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win. Walter Reuther Reuther, Walter null
6386 A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them. Frank A. Dark Dark, Frank A. null
6387 The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one, or both. Usually both. Susan Sontag Sontag, Susan null
6388 Flops are a part of life's menu, and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses. Rosalind Russell Russell, Rosalind null
6389 To make laws that man cannot, and will not, obey serves to bring all law into contempt. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Stanton, Elizabeth Cady null
6390 Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. Carol Channing Channing, Carol null
6391 A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
6392 Men are more ready to offend one who desires to be loved than one who wishes to be feared. Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolo null
6393 I never made a mistake in my life, at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterward. Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard null
6394 Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public. Edgar Watson Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
6395 If you haven't at least a slight poetic crack in the heart, you have been cheated by nature. Phyllis Battelle Battelle, Phyllis null
6396 Hope, deceitful as she is, serves at least to conduct us through life by an agreeable path. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
6397 Life comes in clusters, clusters of solitude, then clusters when there is hardly time to breathe. May Sarton Sarton, May null
6398 A hungry people listens not to reason, nor cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers. Seneca the Younger Seneca the Younger null
6399 It is easy enough to hold an opinion, but hard work to actually know what one is talking about. Paul F. Ford Ford, Paul F. null
6400 Without measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
6401 I thought he was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. Arthur James Balfour Balfour, Arthur James null
6402 The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. Jean de La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
6403 My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder. William Golding Golding, William null
6404 Kissinger brought peace to Vietnam the same way Napoleon brought peace to Europe: by losing. Joseph Heller Heller, Joseph null
6405 If it is for fame that men do brave actions, they are only silly fellows after all. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
6406 No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times. Martha Graham Graham, Martha null
6407 The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him. James Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur null
6408 We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones. Andy Rooney Rooney, Andrew A. null
6409 Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be safely insane every night of the week. Dr. Charles Fisher Fisher, Dr. Charles null
6410 There are few things that so touch us with instinctive revulsion as a breach of decorum. Thorstein Veblen Veblen, Thorstein null
6411 Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave null
6412 If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
6413 Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems. Nelson A. Rockefeller Rockefeller, Nelson A. null
6415 There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything, and I do. Vince Lombardi Lombardi, Vince null
6416 Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
6417 The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear. Herbert Agar Agar, Herbert null
6418 The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. Malcolm Bradbury Bradbury, Malcolm null
6419 The British press is always looking for stuff to fill the space between the cartoons. Bernadette Devlin Devlin, Bernadette null
6420 The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. Daniel Boorstin Boorstin, Daniel null
6421 He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things. George Savile (Lord Halifax) Savile, Sir George null
6422 Sins become more subtle as you grow older: You commit sins of despair rather than lust. Piers Paul Read Read, Piers Paul null
6423 The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself. John Ciardi Ciardi, John null
6424 The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent. Sam Levenson Levenson, Sam null
6425 Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollected in tranquility. William Wordsworth Wordsworth, William null
6426 In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. Simone de Beauvoir Beauvoir, Simone de null
6427 For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
6428 I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
6429 I like to appear as a chameleon. So all my career I've attempted to disguise myself. Laurence Olivier Olivier, Laurence null
6430 From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned. Immanuel Kant Kant, Immanuel null
6431 Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William null
6432 The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
6433 Perhaps one should not think so much of oneself, though it is an interesting subject. Norman Douglas Douglas, Norman null
6434 There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall null
6435 People, human beings with all their creative diversity, are the makers of history. Mikhail Gorbachev Gorbachev, Mikhail null
6436 I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
6437 We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion just as effectively as by bombs. Kenneth Dark Dark, Kenneth null
6438 The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement. John Stuart Mill Mill, John Stuart null
6439 A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right. Lyndon B. Johnson Johnson, Lyndon Baines null
6440 Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest null
6441 The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it. Gail Godwin Godwin, Gail null
6442 Physics is puzzle-solving, puzzles created by nature, not by the mind of man. Maria Goeppert Mayer Mayer, Maria Goeppert null
6443 We need an education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
6444 Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. Erich Fromm Fromm, Erich null
6445 Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
6446 Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
6447 There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
6448 Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
6449 When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
6450 Poverty is the open-mouthed, relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. Henry George George, Henry null
6451 A color commentator is a guy who's paid to talk while everyone goes to the bathroom. Bill Curry Curry, Bill null
6452 Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
6453 Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces pent up within him. Ernest Jones Jones, Ernest null
6454 Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
6455 There's one blessing only. the source and cornerstone of beatitude - confidence in self. Seneca Seneca null
6456 Political parties serve to keep each other in check, one keenly watching the other. Henry Clay Clay, Henry null
6457 Like all weak men, he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
6458 Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
6459 A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook. Francis James Grimke Grimke, Francis James null
6460 Poets and philosophers are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe null
6461 Whatever is universally necessary has been granted to mankind on easy terms. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
6462 Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. William James James, William null
6463 Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind. Austin O'Malley O'Malley, Austin null
6464 I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated His ability. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
6465 It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
6466 I won't quit acting until I get run over by a truck, a producer, or a critic. Jack Lemmon Lemmon, Jack null
6467 Private passions grow tired and wear themselves out; political passions, never. Lamartine Lamartine, Alphonse de null
6468 We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. Lord Byron Byron, Lord null
6469 An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it. Robert Bresson Bresson, Robert null
6470 I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface. Stephen Sondheim Sondheim, Stephen null
6471 Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented. Leo Rosten Rosten, Leo null
6472 Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis null
6473 I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
6474 Success is never final and failure never fatal. It's courage that counts. George Tilton Tilton, George null
6475 Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. Bernard Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. null
6476 All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. Grant Wood Wood, Grant null
6477 He who always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. Aesop Aesop null
6478 We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge doubt increases. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
6479 Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
6480 What passes for culture in my head is really a bunch of commercials. Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. null
6481 Democracy is not a static thing. It is an everlasting march. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano null
6482 It has yet to be proved that intelligence has any survival value. Arthur C. Clarke Clarke, Arthur C. null
6483 It is the gods' custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness. Herodotus Herodotus null
6484 Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self. Jean-Luc Godard Godard, Jean-Luc null
6485 Listening, not imitation, may be the sheerest form of flattery. Joyce Brothers Brothers, Dr. Joyce null
6486 When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something. Robert Browning Browning, Robert null
6487 The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first. Ginger Rogers Rogers, Ginger null
6488 Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously. Henry Miller Miller, Henry null
6489 I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
6490 Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do. Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia null
6491 To understand just one life, you have to swallow the world. Salman Rushdie Rushdie, Salman null
6492 The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. Confucius Confucius null
6493 Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience. Clarence Day Day, Clarence null
6494 Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. Norman Mailer Mailer, Norman null
6495 Human passion is the hallucination of a distempered mind. William Whipper Whipper, William null
6496 The only thing wrong with architecture is architects. Frank Lloyd Wright Wright, Frank Lloyd null
6497 A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one. Rita Mae Brown Brown, Rita Mae null
6498 Happiness is a how, not a what; a talent, not an object. Hermann Hesse Hesse, Hermann null
6499 Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. Anne Frank Frank, Anne null
6500 The most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishment. Edgar Rowe Rowe, Edgar null
6501 Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art. Susan Sontag Sontag, Susan null
6502 Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. Sophia Loren Loren, Sophia null
6503 It's the most unhappy people who most fear change. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
6504 Experience is the universal mother of sciences. Miguel de Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de null
6505 No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
6506 I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right. Tallulah Bankhead Bankhead, Tallulah null
6507 Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Cesare Pavese Pavese, Cesare null
6508 Soldiers win battles and generals get the credit. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
6509 Most people would rather get than give affection. Aristotle Aristotle null
6510 A happy heart is better than a full purse. Italian Proverb Proverb - Italian null
6511 Forget your opponents; always play against par. Sam Snead Snead, Sam null
6512 Education is the art of making man ethical. George Hegel Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich null
6513 Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
6514 Neurosis seems to be a human privilege. Sigmund Freud Freud, Sigmund null
6515 Never confuse movement with action. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest null
6516 If youth only knew; if age only could. Henri Estienne Estienne, Henri null
6517 There are no conditions to which a man cannot become accustomed. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
6518 Honesty is not only the first step toward greatness - it is greatness itself. C. N. Bovee Bovee, Christian Nestell null
6519 Flattery won't hurt you if you don't swallow it. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
6520 Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
6521 Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
6522 Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
6523 We'd all like to vote fer the best man, but he's never a candidate. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
6524 When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
6525 There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it? Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
6526 There is plenty of peace in any home where the family doesn't make the mistake of trying to get together. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
6527 We can know nothing of any nation unless we know its history. Agnes Repplier Repplier, Agnes null
6528 Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for movie stars. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
6529 Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
6530 Few things are more important to a community than the health of its women. All men need mothers of strong frame. T. Higginson Higginson, Thomas Wentworth null
6531 Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
6532 Never run after your own hat - others will be delighted to do it; Why spoil their fun? Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
6533 Inherited wealth is a big handicap to happiness. it is as certain death to ambition as cocaine is to morality. William Vanderbilt Vanderbilt, William null
6534 A single bad habit will mar an otherwise flawless character as a single ink drop soils the pure white page. Hosea Ballou Ballou, Hosea null
6535 What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. E. W. Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
6536 Insanity is hereditary; You can get it from your children. Sam Levenson Levenson, Sam null
6537 If the bee bites you once, it's the bee's fault. if the bee bites you twice, it's your fault. Source Obscure Unknown null
6538 Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him. Johann Kaspar Lavater Lavater, Johann Kaspar null
6539 When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both. Al Franken Franken, Al null
6540 There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them. Phyllis Bottome Bottome, Phyllis null
6541 Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession. Julia Ward Howe Howe, Julia Ward null
6542 With a gentleman, I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half. Otto von Bismarck Bismarck, Otto von null
6543 The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
6544 No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. Henry Brooks Adams Adams, Henry Brooks null
6545 Nothing more detestable does the earth produce than an ungrateful man. Ausonius Ausonius null
6546 The difficult is that which can be done immediately, the impossible that which takes a little longer. George Santayana Santayana, George null
6547 More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much. P. T. Barnum Barnum, P. T. null
6548 Often it is just a lack of imagination that keeps a man from suffering very much. Marcel Proust Proust, Marcel null
6549 Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life, than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith. Harry A. Overstreet Overstreet, Harry A. null
6550 Man's fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness. Morris Leopold Ernst Ernst, Morris Leopold null
6551 Don't hudge a man by his opinions, but by what his opinions have made him. G. C. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph null
6552 A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure. Arthur "Bugs" Baer Baer, Arthur "Bugs" null
6553 Music is harmony; Harmony is perfection; Perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven. Henri Frederic Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic null
6554 When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know Bill Parcells Parcells, Bill null
6555 If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now. Marie Osmond Osmond, Marie null
6556 Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. Judy Garland Garland, Judy null
6557 Some people with great virtues are disagreeable, while others with great vices are delightful. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
6558 A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
6559 The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible. Jean Kerr Kerr, Jean null
6560 Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something. Robert A. Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. null
6561 You have a moral responsibility, when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently. J. K. Rowling Rowling, J. K. null
6562 A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he got the biggest piece. Ludwig W. Erhard Erhard, Ludwig W. null
6563 Never lend books, nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me. Anatole France France, Anatole null
6564 Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret null
6565 Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
6566 Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Alva Edison Edison, Thomas Alva null
6567 The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
6568 Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
6569 A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence. Otto von Bismarck Bismarck, Otto von null
6570 Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened. Arnold Bennett Bennett, Arnold null
6571 The man of thirty who loves for the first time is usually the embodiment of cautious discretion. He does not fall in love with a violent descent, but rather lets himself gently down, continually testing the rope. Arnold Bennett Bennett, Arnold null
6572 Sometimes men come by the name of "genius" in the same way that certain insects come by the name of "centipede" - not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen. G. C. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph null
6573 When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson null
6574 The politician regards public opinion as a given fact and submits to it. whereas the statesman creates public opinion, seeing through the talk of the day to the hidden will, which he awakens. Karl Jaspers Jaspers, Karl null
6575 This is when we say "words fail" and mean this literally. We should need new words. The old ones just would not fit. They aren't meant to cover this kind of case. John Austin, on Kafka's "Metamorphosis" Austin, John null
6576 What disqualifies war from being a true game is probably what also disqualifies the stock market and business - the rules are not fully known nor accepted by all the players. Marshall McLuhan McLuhan, Marshall null
6577 The actor who's in everything is Gerard Depardieu. I've never seen a French film he wasn't in except "La Cage aux Folles," and he might be in the chorus of that for all I know. Gene Hackman Hackman, Gene null
6578 Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. Erich Fromm Fromm, Erich null
6579 I have, all my life long, lain in bed till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
6580 This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled to walk through its streets perpetually. One feels them passing like a whiff of air. William Butler Yeats Yeats, William Butler null
6581 Los Angeles is where you've got to be as an actor. You have no choice. You go there or New York. I flipped a coin - it came up New York. So I flipped it again. Harrison Ford Ford, Harrison null
6582 I call a wrong number. A guy on the other end says, "Well, what number did you dial?" "Well, did it ring at your house? Then I guess I dialed yours, Mr. Wizard!" Larry Reeb Reeb, Larry null
6583 The kids from fifteen countries took math and science tests. The USA came in fourteenth, behind Slovenia, which has been a country only since last Tuesday. Bill Maher Maher, Bill 13/20
6584 He speaks the kindest words, and looks such things, Vows with so much passion, swears with so much grace. That 'tis a kind of heaven to be deluded by him. Nathaniel Lee Lee, Nathaniel null
6585 By always thinking unto them...! keep the subject constantly before me and wait till the first dawnings open little by little into the full light. Sir Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac null
6586 The only thing experience teaches you is what you can't do. When you start, you think you can do anything. And then you start to get a little tired. Elaine May May, Elaine null
6587 What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. Andy Warhol Warhol, Andy null
6588 The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for the highest ends. So be it this day. C. H. Spurgeon Spurgeon, Charles H. null
6589 The main problem of the actor is not to let the audience go to sleep, then wake up and go home feeling they've wasted their money. Laurence Olivier Olivier, Laurence null
6590 His mistaken belief in his own superiority cuts him off from reality as completely as if he were living in a colored glass jar. Margery Allingham Allingham, Margery null
6591 It is impossible to remain silent in the face of tyranny without, by this very act of silence becoming an agent of that tyranny. Jeffrey Masson Masson, Jeffrey null
6592 Walk away from it until you're stronger. All your problems will be there when you get back. but you'll be better able to cope. Lady Bird Johnson Johnson, Claudia "Lady Bird" null
6593 The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self. to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. Toni Morrison Morrison, Toni 23/30
6594 The current state of music presents a variety of solutions in search of a problem, the problem being to find somebody left to listen. Ned Rorem Rorem, Ned null
6595 All you have to do is keep the five players who hate your guts away from the five who are undecided. Casey Stengel, on managing a baseball team Stengel, Casey null
6596 There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
6597 The true artist destroys the accepted world by way of revealing the unseen, and creating that which is new and uniquely his own. Ralph Ellison Ellison, Ralph null
6598 In the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbors on an empty stomach. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
6599 The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano null
6600 The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them. Henry Miller Miller, Henry null
6601 Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the gods. Seneca Seneca 31/40
6602 I enjoyed talking to her, but thought nothing of her writing, I considered her a beautiful little knitter. Edith Sitwell. on Virginia Woolf Sitwell, Dame Edith null
6603 It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims. kindred to the great God who made him. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
6604 In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
6605 People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas. Bob Dylan Dylan, Bob null
6606 Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you opportunity to commit more. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
6607 Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept, unknown, because they lack a sacred poet. Horace Horace null
6608 It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
6609 The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death. Voltaire Voltaire null
6610 Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de 40/50
6611 I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
6612 Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
6613 Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
6614 In America, journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history; in Britain, as an extension of conversation. Anthony Sampson Sampson, Anthony null
6615 The women who do the most work get the least money, and the women who have the most money do the least work. Charlotte Perkins Gilman Gilman, Charlotte Perkins null
6616 E-mail is a unique communication vehicle for a lot of reasons. However, e-mail is not a substitute for direct interaction. Bill Gates Gates, Bill null
6617 Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tend to balance out. Raoul Vaneigem Vaneigem, Raoul 47/60
6618 To despise riches may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily must surely be more beneficial to mankind. Fanny Burney Fanny, Burney null
6619 Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
6620 Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
6621 I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought I'd rather dance with the cows until you come home. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
6622 Take heart again; put your dismal fears away. One day, who knows? Even these hardships will be grand things to look back on. Virgil Virgil null
6623 No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
6624 Together with a few human beings, dead and living, and their achievements, trees are what I most love and revere. Hildegard Planner Planner, Hildegard null
6625 Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
6626 Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. George Santayana Santayana, George 56/70
6627 Come, let us give a little time to folly, and even in a melancholy day let us find time for an hour of pleasure. Saint Bonaventura Bonaventura, Saint null
6628 The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back. Seneca Seneca null
6629 Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men. Herbert Hoover Hoover, Herbert Clark null
6630 I am for lifting everyone off the social bottom. In fact, I am for doing away with the social bottom altogether. Clare Boothe Luce Luce, Clare Boothe null
6631 I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
6632 You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car. Harvey Diamond Diamond, Harvey null
6633 What we think and feel and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and our viscera. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
6634 I was more pleased with possessing your heart than with any other happiness; the man was the thing I least valued in you. Heloise Heloise 64/80
6635 Truly, to tell ties is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable. Sophocles Sophocles null
6636 Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
6637 Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
6638 A poem is never finished; it's always an accident that puts a stop to it - that is to say, gives it to the public. Paul Valery Valery, Paul null
6639 Logic: a game invented by a race of beings who cannot define love, explain hate, or replace prejudice with distaste. Leo Rosten Rosten, Leo null
6640 I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success. Ingrid Bergman Bergman, Ingrid null
6641 Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
6642 Science arose from poetry - when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von 72/90
6643 When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news. John B. Bogart Bogart, John B. null
6644 My failure to get the nomination was a good thing. A politician ought to know how it feels to be licked. Katherine St. George St. George, Katherine null
6645 Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after. Homer Homer null
6646 One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien, J. R. R. null
6647 He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
6648 Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
6649 In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
6650 Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to the more ought law to weed it out. Sir Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis 80/100
6651 Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
6652 Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; In the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. Ovid Ovid null
6653 It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends. J. K. Rowling Rowling, J. K. null
6654 Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
6655 We have neither the strength nor the opportunity to accomplish all the good and all the evil which we design. Vauvenargues de Vauvenargues null
6656 I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place. Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Harriet Beecher null
6657 Spring is shoving up the front windows and resting your elbows on the sill, the sun burning your nose a little. Ruth Wolff Wolff, Ruth null
6658 He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
6659 One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
6660 People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant. Helen Keller Keller, Helen 90/110
6661 Advertising is the modem substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better. George Santayana Santayana, George null
6662 Meryl Streep just about always seems miscast. She makes a career out of seeming to overcome being miscast. Pauline Kael Kael, Pauline null
6663 Who thinks the law has anything to do with justice? It's what we have because we can't have justice. William McIlvanney McIlvanney, William null
6664 With the exception of Lassie, Sean Connery is the only person I know who's never been spoiled by success. Terence Young Young, Terence null
6665 It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
6666 Crooked things may be as stiff and inflexible as straight: and men may be as positive in error as in truth. John Locke Locke, John null
6667 Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing. Aristotle Aristotle 97/120
6668 At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
6669 For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
6670 The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity reveals the possibilities of the media. Anais Nin Nin, Anais null
6671 There is no sound but shall find some lovers, as the bitterest confections are grateful to some palates. Ben Jonson Jonson, Ben null
6672 The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston null
6673 Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous. Sir Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
6674 From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. Sir Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston 104/130
6675 Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man. William Inge Inge, William Ralph null
6676 When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it, but the scratching of a pen. Samuel Lover Lover, Samuel null
6677 It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself. Floyd Patterson Patterson, Floyd null
6678 Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon wilt be so. Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan null
6679 Yet in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia null
6680 A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. James Joyce Joyce, James null
6681 Cities force growth, and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
6682 I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old. Robert Frost Frost, Robert 112/140
6683 Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
6684 The bad news is our only child is going to college. The good news is it opens up another bedroom. Bill Clinton Clinton, William J. null
6685 An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
6686 The determination to outwit one's situation means that one has no models, only object lessons. James Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur null
6687 An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
6688 I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
6689 As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano null
6690 Dancing: the highest intelligence in the freest body. Isadora Duncan Duncan, Isadora demazette 10-1-09
6691 Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. Francois de La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
6692 Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon. Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
6693 Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult. Hippocrates Hippocrates null
6694 Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions. Iris Murdoch Murdoch, Iris null
6695 The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and therefore should be treated with caution. J. K. Rowling Rowling, J. K. null
6696 Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
6697 Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
6698 Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks. Euripides Euripides 128/160
6699 The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. Sigmund Engel Engel, Sigmund null
6700 Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
6701 He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
6702 In the mind and nature of a man a secret is an ugly thing, like a hidden physical defect. Isak Dinesen Dinesen, Isak null
6703 Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. Socrates Socrates null
6704 What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. Confucius Confucius null
6705 Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
6706 Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. Will Rogers Rogers, Will 137/170
6707 Man is the only kind of varmint that sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it. John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John null
6708 Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
6709 The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. George Santayana Santayana, George null
6710 If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders. Hal Abelson Abelson, Hal null
6711 Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked. Pearl S. Buck Buck, Pearl S. null
6712 She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
6713 There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past. George Carlin Carlin, George null
6714 Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho 145/180
6715 To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary Bierce, Ambrose null
6716 With affection beaming out of one eye, and calculation shining out of the other. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
6717 It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. Aristotle Aristotle null
6718 We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
6719 I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. Homer Homer null
6720 Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
6721 I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
6722 Often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision. Harry A. Hopf Hopf, Harry A. 153/190
6723 I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
6724 I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
6725 An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. Sir Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
6726 When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
6727 Only difference between me and other actors is I've spent more time in jail. Robert Mitchum Mitchum, Robert null
6728 It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long. Homer Homer null
6729 It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune. Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
6730 Most of the evils of life arise from man's inability to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
6731 He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
6732 If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. Paul McCartney McCartney, Paul 163/200
6733 University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. Henry Kissinger Kissinger, Henry A. null
6734 Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
6735 Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary Bierce, Ambrose null
6736 Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. Plato Plato null
6737 He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. Confucius Confucius null
6738 Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike. J. K. Rowling Rowling, J. K. 169/210
6739 Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right; By these we reach divinity. John Donne Donne, John null
6740 Just because you're miserable doesn't mean you can't enjoy your life. Annette Goodheart Goodheart, Annette null
6741 In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side. Euripides Euripides null
6742 Chew before you swallow. George W. Bush, about his passing out while eating a pretzel Bush, George W. null
6743 Arguments are to be avoided, they are always vulgar and often convincing. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
6744 Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. Laozi (Lao-Tzu) Laozi null
6745 Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
6746 The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law. Aristotle Aristotle null
6747 Partake of some of life's sweet pleasures. And yes, get comfortable with yourself. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah 178/220
6748 I'm an artist, and if you give me a tuba, I'll bring something out of it. John Lennon Lennon, John null
6749 The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
6750 Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
6751 No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
6752 Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
6753 As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
6754 It is misery, not pleasure, which contains the secret of divine wisdom. Simone Weil Weil, Simone null
6755 Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel 186/230
6756 Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
6757 I've never been a millionaire but l just know I'd be darling at it. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy null
6758 I'm against a homogenized society, because I want the cream to rise. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
6759 I never forget a face, but in your case, I'll be glad to make an exception. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
6760 All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
6761 It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. Aesop, The Jay and the Peacock Aesop null
6762 As a matter of principle. I never attend the first annual anything. George Carlin Carlin, George null
6763 It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus null
6764 Does fashion matter? Always - though not quite as much after death. Joan Rivers Rivers, Joan 195/240
6765 Numberless are the world's wonders, but none more wonderful than man. Sophocles Sophocles null
6766 Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. Dave Barry Barry, Dave null
6767 A new idea is like a child. It's easier to conceive than to deliver. Ted Koysis Koysis, Ted null
6768 You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. James Thurber Thurber, James null
6769 The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
6770 Light (God's eldest daughter} is a principal beauty in building. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas null
6771 The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston null
6772 Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus 203/250
6773 He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire. Laozi (Lao-Tzu) Laozi null
6774 Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together. Ovid Ovid null
6775 Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
6776 I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. Socrates Socrates null
6777 Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. Seneca Seneca null
6778 History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. Sir Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
6779 Through art we express our conception of what nature is not. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
6780 In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo 211/260
6781 We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
6782 Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
6783 Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else? James Thurber Thurber, James null
6784 Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
6785 A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Sir Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
6786 God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. Voltaire Voltaire null
6787 A successful marriage is not a gift; it is an achievement. Ann Landers Landers, Ann null
6788 Animals are my friends, and I do not eat my friends. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
6789 The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression. W. E. B. Du Bois Du Bois, W. E. B. null
6790 It's okay if you mess up. You should give yourself a break. Billy Joel Joel, Billy 221/270
6791 God never made a promise that was too good to be true. Dwight L. Moody Moody, Dwight L. null
6792 When ideas fail, words come in very handy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
6793 In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
6794 It's a dangerous business going out your front door. J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien, J. R. R. null
6795 He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
6796 Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking. Horace Horace null
6797 Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
6798 There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. James Thurber Thurber, James null
6799 Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances. Euripides Euripides 230/280
6800 There is a fullness of all things, even of sleep and love. Homer Homer null
6801 In fact, nothing is said that has not been said before. Terence Terence null
6802 Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love. Virgil Virgil null
6803 We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
6804 Drive thy business or it will drive thee. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
6805 Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
6806 Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas null
6807 Only sick music makes money today. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
6808 Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. Confucius Confucius null
6809 Don't be afraid to see what you see. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald 240/290
6810 How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus null
6811 A hospital is no place to be sick. Samuel Goldwyn Goldwyn, Samuel null
6812 Nobody ever went broke saving money. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
6813 Only the dead have seen the end of war. Plato Plato null
6814 How many things I can do without! Socrates Socrates null
6815 Little by little, one travels far. J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien, J. R. R. null
6816 What a splendid head, yet no brain. Aesop Aesop null
6817 To be worn out is to be renewed. Laozi (Lao-Tzu) Laozi 248/300
6818 Unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything. Peter Marshall Marshall, Peter null
6819 In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth. Rachel Carson Carson, Rachel null
6820 Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. Noah Webster Webster, Noah null
6821 Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was to keep swinging. Hank Aaron Aaron, Hank null
6822 I always believed that if you set out to be successful, then you already were. Katherine Dunham Dunham, Katherine null
6823 If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. Katharine Hepburn Hepburn, Katharine null
6824 All the gold in the world has no significance. That which is lasting are the thoughtful acts which we do for our fellow man. Adolfo Prieto Prieto, Adolfo null
6825 Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
6826 We live surrounded by a sea of poverty. nevertheless, this sea can decrease in size. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
6827 Statistically, one hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in. Wayne Gretzky Gretzky, Wayne null
6828 Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. Marie Curie Curie, Marie null
6829 Be nice to people on your way up because you may meet them on your way down. Jimmy Durante Durante, Jimmy null
6830 If I'm going slow I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them. Raymond Chandler Chandler, Raymond null
6831 You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning. Billy Wilder Wilder, Billy null
6832 What we have done done for ourselves alone dies with us; What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. Albert Pike Pike, Albert null
6833 As you simplify life, the laws of the universe will be simpler. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
6834 Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
6835 If common sense is so common, why is there so little of it? Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
6836 It is not what we intend but what we do that makes us useful. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
6837 I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. Michael Jordan Jordan, Michael null
6838 Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
6839 You may never know what results come from your action, but if you do nothing, there will be no result. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
6840 I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow. Bela Lugosi Lugosi, Bela null
6841 Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. Arnold H. Glasow Glasow, Arnold Henry null
6842 To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, every cubic inch of space is a miracle. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
6843 What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot Eliot, George null
6844 Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. Buddha Buddha null
6845 At the timberline where the storms strike with the most fury, the sturdiest trees are found. James Hudson Taylor Taylor, James Hudson null
6846 Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. William Ralph Inge Inge, William Ralph null
6847 Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. Gen. Omar N. Bradley Bradley, Gen. Omar N. null
6848 If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "Thank you," that would suffice. Meister Eckhart Eckhart, Meister null
6849 In my music I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. Charles Mingus Mingus, Charles null
6850 I like to write when I feel spiteful; It's like having a good sneeze. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
6851 In times like these it is good to remember that there have always been times like these. Paul Harvey Harvey, Paul null
6852 It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
6853 Yes, I suppose some editors are failed writers - but so are most writers. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
6854 Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it. Gen. Omar N. Bradley Bradley, Gen. Omar N. null
6855 If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis null
6856 Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
6857 Among individuals as among nations, the respect to other people's rights is peace. Benito Juarez Juarez, Benito null
6858 The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. Dave Barry Barry, Dave null
6859 Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting. Bernard Meltzer Meltzer, Bernard null
6860 Every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves. Princess Diana Diana, Princess of Wales null
6861 Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. Gen. Omar N. Bradley Bradley, Gen. Omar N. null
6862 A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Lou Holtz Holtz, Lou null
6863 A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it. William Feather Feather, William null
6864 All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. Toni Morrison Morrison, Toni null
6865 Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can. Princess Diana Diana, Princess of Wales null
6866 Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral. Frank Lloyd Wright Wright, Frank Lloyd null
6867 A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
6868 Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
6869 The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. Morrie Schwartz Schwartz, Morrie null
6870 These few dollars you lose here today are going to buy you stories to tell your children and great-grandchildren. John Dillinger Dillinger, John null
6871 To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable. Aaron Copeland Copeland, Aaron null
6872 But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
6873 Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so. Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus null
6874 Life is partly what we make it and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. Tennessee Williams Williams, Tennessee null
6875 The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. William Safire Safire, William null
6876 Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping. Bo Derek Derek, Bo null
6877 When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it. Madonna Madonna null
6878 I try to believe like I believed when I was five ... when your heart tells you everything you need to know. Lucy Liu Liu, Lucy null
6879 Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. be one. Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus null
6880 Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent. Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
6881 A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
6882 We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free. Jiddu Krishnamurti Krishnamurti, Jiddu null
6883 Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Sir Walter Scott, from the 1808 poem: "Marmion" Scott, Sir Walter null
6884 Cheers to the New Year and another chance for us to get it right. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
6885 New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time. James Agate Agate, James null
6886 When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it. Vinoba Bhave Bhave, Vinoba null
6887 Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear when you ignore them long enough. Earl Wilson Wilson, Earl null
6888 In seeing ourselves from outside we find it difficult to take our lives seriously. This loss of conviction, and the attempt to regain it, is the problem of the meaning of life. Thomas Nagel Nagel, Thomas #14 Summer 2009
6889 There is hardly any place or any company where you may not gain knowledge, if you please; almost everybody knows some one thing and is glad to talk about that one thing. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord #15
6890 It is difficult to love mankind unless one has a reasonable private income, and when one has a reasonable private income, one has better things to do than loving mankind. Hugh Kingsmill Kingsmill, Hugh #16
6891 Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but your views become more extensive. Ingmar Bergman Bergman, Ingmar #17
6892 In any American village, North or South, East or West, there is no problem which cannot be solved in half an hour by the morons who lounge about the village store. Walter White White, Walter #19
6893 I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer. Sylvester Stallone Stallone, Sylvester #20
6894 Things which matter cost money, and we've got to spend the money if we don't want to have generations of parasites rather than generations of citizens. Barbara Jordan Jordan, Barbara #21
6895 Just as eating against one's will is injurious to health, so study without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in. Leonardo da Vinci da Vinci, Leonardo #22
6896 Curiosity ... endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will. Alistair Cooke Cooke, Alistair #23
6897 Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and some pure foolishness. May Sarton Sarton, May #24
6898 Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano #25
6899 America is a land where a citizen will cross the ocean to fight for democracy - and won't cross the street to vote in a national election. Bill Vaughan Vaughan, Bill #26
6900 It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope. Paul Goodman Goodman, Paul #27
6901 When our friends are prosperous, we should wait till we are summoned. When they are unfortunate, we should go to them unbidden. Demetrius Phalereus Phalereus, Demetrius #28
6902 Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. Socrates Socrates #31
6903 Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas #33
6904 Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch. Jane Austen, "Mansfield Park" Austen, Jane #34
6905 It would be impossible to "love" anyone or anything one knew completely. Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object. Paul Valery Valery, Paul #35
6906 The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory. George S. Patton Patton, George S. #37
6907 The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret. Henri Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic #38
6908 Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other. Pietro Metastasio Metastasio, Pietro #39
6909 The greatest violence is when you attack somebody with the notion that they're hopeless, that they can't change. That is violence. Sean Penn Penn, Sean #40
6910 Life has this in common with prizefighting: If you've received a belly blow, it's likely to be followed by a right to the jaw. Amanda Cross Cross, Amanda #41
6911 I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Lucille Ball Ball, Lucille #45
6912 If you try to nail anything down in the novel, either it kills the novel, or the novel gets up and walks away with the nail. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. #46
6913 I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician. Charlie Chaplin Chaplin, Charlie #47
6914 The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. #48
6915 All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. Sir Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston #49
6916 When you have found out the prevailing passion of any man, remember never to trust him where that passion is concerned. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord #50
6917 Live in terms of your strong points. Magnify them. Let your weaknesses shrivel up and die from lack of nourishment. William Young Elliott Elliott, William Young #51
6918 Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self. Iris Murdoch Murdoch, Iris #52
6919 If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted? George Carlin Carlin, George #53
6920 They told me to fix my teeth, change my nose, even get out of the business. But I stayed, and learned, and didn't give up. Lauren Hutton Hutton, Lauren #55
6921 Every reform is only a mask under cover of which a more terrible reform, which dares not yet name itself, advances. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo #56
6922 The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs. Marlene Dietrich Dietrich, Marlene #68
6923 I have been told I was on the road to hell, but I had no idea it was just a mile down the road with a dome on it. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham #70
6924 If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear? Confucius Confucius #71
6925 When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous. Katharine Hepburn Hepburn, Katharine #72
6926 What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. #78
6927 Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. Horace Horace #79
6928 We do not what we ought; What we ought not, we do; And lean upon the thought, that chance will bring us through. Matthew Arnold Arnold, Matthew #80
6929 This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim. James Reston Reston, James #83
6930 I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald #84
6931 I'm astounded by people who want to "know" the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. Woody Allen Allen, Woody #85
6932 Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius #86
6933 Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin #87
6934 The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset #88
6935 Absurdity, noun: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" Bierce, Ambrose #89
6936 Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric #90
6937 We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas #91
6938 The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand #92
6939 There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his. Helen Keller Keller, Helen #95
6940 Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald #96
6941 All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God. Voltaire Voltaire #97
6942 To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood. George Santayana Santayana, George #98
6943 By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates Socrates #99
6944 Fortune is the ruler in half our actions, but she allows the other half or thereabouts to be governed by us. Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolo #100
6945 Americans have always been eager for travel, that being how they got to the new world in the first place. Otto Friedrich Friedrich, Otto #101
6946 It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston #102
6947 The person who agrees with everything you say either isn't listening to you or plans to sell you something. Bud Holiday Holiday, Bud #103
6948 Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress and you've seen the devil. W. C. Fields Fields, W. C. #104
6949 We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo #105
6950 Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. Stephen Leacock Leacock, Stephen #106
6951 I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far. Neil Simon Simon, Neil #108
6952 In a story, the craftsmanship is fully exposed. A novel is like charity; it covers a multitude of faults. Thea Astley Astley, Thea #111
6953 Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace. Horace Horace #114
6954 Solitude affects some people like wine; they must not take too much of it, for it flies to the head. Mary Coleridge Coleridge, Mary #115
6955 You have to have a catcher, because if you don't, the pitch will roll all the way back to the screen. Casey Stengel Stengel, Casey #116
6956 The best way you can surprise a woman with an anniversary gift is to give her just what she wanted. Arbuth Arundale Arundale, Arbuth #117
6957 There is no sense in having an argument with a man so stupid he doesn't know you have the better of him. John Roper Roper, John #121
6958 Every little girl knows about love. It is only her capacity to suffer because of it that increases. Francoise Sagan Sagan, Francoise #122
6959 Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. C. S. Lewis Lewis, C. S. #123
6960 He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund #124
6961 Don't tell your friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall #127
6962 A country can get more real joy out of just hollering for their freedom than they can if they get it. Will Rogers Rogers, Will #128
6963 If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil #129
6964 It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave. Homer Homer #130
6965 If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston #131
6966 There is a supreme lucidity, which is the precisely calculated awareness which is called madness. Martha Graham Graham, Martha #132
6967 I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. #133
6968 The only people who learn from computer assisted instruction are the authors of the software. Ben Schneiderman Schneiderman, Ben #135
6969 After a certain age, the more one becomes oneself, the more obvious one's family traits become. Marcel Proust Proust, Marcel #137
6970 A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes that he is no longer indispensable. Richard E. Byrd Byrd, Richard E. #140
6971 The chiefest sanctity of a temple is that it is a place to which men go to weep in common. Miguel De Unamuno de Unamuno, Miguel #142
6972 Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand #143
6973 The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation. George Santayana Santayana, George #144
6974 Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony. Seneca Seneca #145
6975 Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. Jane Austen, "Emma" Austen, Jane #146
6976 What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable. Louise Nevelson Nevelson, Louise #147
6977 If Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people, Hollywood is a Washington for the simple-minded. John McCain McCain, John #148
6978 Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave #149
6979 If people knew how hard I have had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful. Michelangelo Michelangelo #150
6980 If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies. Karl Kraus Kraus, Karl #151
6981 If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham #152
6982 Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius #153
6983 I do not know the American gentleman. God forgive me for putting two such words together. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles #154
6984 Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin #155
6985 I think it is likely that there is life out there. I fear we shall never know about it. Richard Dawkins Dawkins, Richard #157
6986 The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery. Thorstein Veblen Veblen, Thorstein #158
6987 All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution. Havelock Ellis Ellis, Havelock #159
6988 It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston #160
6989 I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah #161
6990 There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be impenetrable. Voltaire Voltaire #162
6991 Adam was the only man who, when he said a good thing, knew that nobody said it before him. Mark Twain Twain, Mark #165
6992 People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. #166
6993 No matter how old you are and no matter what you do, you can never escape your mother. George W. Bush Bush, George W. #167
6994 It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters. Aesop Aesop #168
6995 There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. Will Rogers Rogers, Will #169
6996 A bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch. Kingsley Amis Amis, Kingsley #171
6997 I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. J. K. Rowling Rowling, J. K. #172
6998 My education was dismal. I went to a series of schools for mentally disturbed teachers. Woody Allen Allen, Woody #173
6999 I want a man who is kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a billionaire? Zsa Zsa Gabor Gabor, Zsa Zsa #174
7000 The great snare in human thought is unconditional acceptance or irrational assumptions. Will Durant Durant, Will #175
7001 No arsenal ... is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald #177
7002 Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance. Seneca Seneca #178
7003 Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset #180
7004 To many people, the word "God" is a formula on Sundays and an oath on weekdays. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher #181
7005 Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. Gertrude Stein Stein, Gertrude #182
7006 Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it. Charles Lamb Lamb, Charles #183
7007 When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. Confucius Confucius #187
7008 Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas #188
7009 Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. Plato Plato #189
7010 Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin #190
7011 It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar #191
7012 Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas #192
7013 I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead. Samuel Goldwyn Goldwyn, Samuel #193
7014 Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It's good to be silly at the right moment. Horace Horace #194
7015 The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself. Will Rogers Rogers, Will #196
7016 Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And easy to build too. Henrik Ibsen Ibsen, Henrik #197
7017 Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand #198
7018 We are each responsible for our own life - no other person is or even can be. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah #201
7019 Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business. Francis Ford Coppola Coppola, Francis Ford #202
7020 A medium vodka dry martini - with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred. Ian Fleming Fleming, Ian #203
7021 Why pose and posture a self that is other than you, when I know your true name. Leon Forrest Forrest, Leon #204
7022 How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David #205
7023 If I had to live my life over again, I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. Nadine Stair Stair, Nadine #207
7024 Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in the position to look too close. Robert Frost Frost, Robert #208
7025 The intelligence of the planet is constant and the population is growing. Arthur C. Clarke Clarke, Arthur C. #210
7026 Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away. Francois de La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de #211
7027 Modern science was largely conceived of as an answer to the servant problem. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran #212
7028 A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. #214
7029 Few men know how to kiss well - fortunately, I've always had time to teach them. Mae West West, Mae #216
7030 Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well, I have others. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho #217
7031 It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor #218
7032 I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of a hill. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma #219
7033 Have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel? Billy Connolly Connolly, Billy #220
7034 The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo #221
7035 A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius #222
7036 When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him. Euripides Euripides #223
7037 One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. Jane Austen, "Emma" Austen, Jane #224
7038 To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar #225
7039 We set sail on this new sea because there is knowledge to be gained. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald #226
7040 Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston #227
7041 There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset #229
7042 Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the comer. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset #230
7043 When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano #231
7044 A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king. Homer Homer #232
7045 It is impossible to know accurately how you look in your sunglasses. George Carlin Carlin, George #234
7046 There is no good or evil; only power and those too weak to seek it. J. K. Rowling Rowling, J. K. #235
7047 The covers of this book are too far apart. Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" Bierce, Ambrose #236
7048 Rock 'n' roll's a man's job, little brother. Freddie Mercury, to Michael Jackson Mercury, Freddie #238
7049 Only when we know little do we know anything; doubt grows with knowledge. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von #239
7050 Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue. Francois de La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de #241
7051 Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana Santayana, George #242
7052 Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone? James Thurber Thurber, James #243
7053 Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich #244
7054 Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor #249
7055 Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference. Voltaire Voltaire #250
7056 People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge. Laozi (Lao-Tzu) Laozi #252
7057 Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. Bill Gates Gates, Bill #253
7058 A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus #255
7059 I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand #256
7060 Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket. George Orwell Orwell, George #257
7061 It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. Leonardo da Vinci da Vinci, Leonardo #258
7062 No question is ever settled until it is settled right. Ella Wheeler Wilcox Wilcox, Ella Wheeler #259
7063 The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything. Lee Iaccoca Iaccoca, Lee #260
7064 Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil #261
7065 Giving peace a chance does not mean taking a chance on peace. George Bush Bush, George #262
7066 I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho #263
7067 Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. Robert Frost Frost, Robert #264
7068 Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas #265
7069 We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von #266
7070 Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. Will Rogers Rogers, Will #267
7071 It is a youthful failing to be unable to control one's impulses. Seneca Seneca #268
7072 The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. Horace Horace #273
7073 Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin #274
7074 Let no man pull you low enough to hate him. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. #275
7075 Against logic there is no armor like ignorance. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston #276
7076 Men seldom make passes, at girls who wear glasses. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy #277
7077 The pleasure of love is in loving. Francois de La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de #278
7078 Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. Sir Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis #279
7079 If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. Harry S. Truman Truman, Harry S. #280
7080 Gossip is what some invent and others enlarge. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan #281
7081 The wisest mind has something yet to learn. George Santayana Santayana, George #282
7082 Never spend your money before you have it. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas #283
7083 Television has raised writing to a new low. Samuel Goldwyn Goldwyn, Samuel #284
7084 God is always on the side of the big battalions. Voltaire Voltaire #285
7085 No man loves life like him that's growing old. Sophocles Sophocles #286
7086 Do not consider painful what is good for you. Euripides Euripides #287
7087 I tended to place my wife under a pedestal. Woody Allen Allen, Woody #288
7088 Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. Plato Plato #289
7089 The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. Aesop Aesop #290
7090 Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. Confucius Confucius #291
7091 The fates have given mankind a patient soul. Homer Homer #292
7092 Tears at times have all the weight of speech. Ovid Ovid #293
7093 Go, and never darken my towels again. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho #294
7094 Today is the pupil of yesterday. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus #295
7095 Your descendants shall gather your fruits. Virgil Virgil #296
7096 Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham #297
7097 We make war that we may live in peace. Aristotle Aristotle #298
7098 Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody. Dick Armey Armey, Dick null
7099 Everybody is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes. Edgard Varese Varese, Edgard null
7100 A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
7101 What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down. Mary Pickford Pickford, Mary null
7102 Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out. Martin Scorsese Scorsese, Martin null
7103 All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. Orison Swett Marden Marden, Orison Swett null
7104 The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. John E. Southard Southard, John E. null
7105 Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Clarke, Arthur C. null
7106 If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. Dolly Parton Parton, Dolly null
7107 You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face. Ian Fleming Fleming, Ian null
7108 Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to keep up with you. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma null
7109 There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free. Walter Cronkite Cronkite, Walter null
7110 The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before. Neil Gaiman Gaiman, Neil null
7111 Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. Maria Robinson Robinson, Maria null
7112 For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
7113 Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process. Anne Wilson Schaef Schaef, Anne Wilson null
7114 A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. Wayne Gretzky Gretzky, Wayne null
7115 Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air. Jack Benny Benny, Jack null
7116 Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. Dick Armey Armey, Dick null
7117 The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he's given the freedom to starve anywhere. S. J. Perelman Perelman, S. J. null
7118 I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. Muhammad Ali Ali, Muhammad null
7119 There are two ways to live: You can live as if nothing is a miracle; You can live as if everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
7120 I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it. Steve Prefontaine Prefontaine, Steve null
7121 Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. Tom Landry Landry, Tom null
7122 The upper classes are merely a nation's past; The middle class is its future. Ayn Rand Rand, Ayn null
7123 No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating. H. Rosenberg Rosenberg, Harold null
7124 A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning. James Dickey Dickey, James null
7125 Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
7126 There must be millions of people all over the world who never get any love letters - I could be their leader. Charlie Brown Brown, Charlie null
7127 Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light. George Washington Washington, George null
7128 Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
7129 The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning. Ivy Baker Priest Priest, Ivy Baker null
7130 The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done. George MacDonald MacDonald, George null
7131 If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words. Dolly Parton Parton, Dolly null
7132 Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them. Jim Davis Davis, Jim null
7133 Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor. H. Jackson Brown Jr. Brown, H. Jackson, Jr. null
7134 You become successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
7135 Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. David Lloyd George George, David Lloyd null
7136 Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Abraham Lincoln (unverified attribution) Lincoln, Abraham null
7137 The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present. Bill Watterson Watterson, Bill null
7138 The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
7139 All who would win joy must share it - Happiness was born a twin. Lord Byron Byron, Lord null
7140 Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls. David Thomas Thomas, David null
7141 Fare often to find the friend you trust; Brambles grow in the rare-trodden road. Source Obscure Unknown null
7142 To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. David Viscott Viscott, David null
7143 True friendship is like sound health; The value of it is seldom known until it be lost. Charles Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
7144 Not what we give but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
7145 Friendship is a breathing rose with sweets in every fold. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
7146 To be able to find joy in another's joy, that is the secret of happiness. Georges Bernanos Bernanos, Georges null
7147 Only cat lovers know the luxury of fur-coated musical hot water bottles that never go cold. Susanne Millen Millen, Susann null
7148 The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
7149 If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden. Claudia Ghandi Ghandi, Claudi null
7150 The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. Humphrey Bogart Bogart, Humphrey null
7151 A cat refuses to be the object of sentimentality - If she doesn't want to be cuddled. that's it. Samantha Armstrong Armstrong, Samantha null
7152 There are those who give joy and that joy is their reward. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
7153 Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower. Hans Christian Andersen Andersen, Hans Christian null
7154 Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid. Fyodor Dostoyevsky Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich null
7155 Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you. H. Jackson Brown Jr. Brown, H. Jackson, Jr. null
7156 There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones. Anwar El Sadat Sadat, Anwar El null
7157 A friend is one of the nicest things you can have and one of the best things you can be. Douglas Pagels Pagels, Douglas null
7158 We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
7159 Vacation is what you take when you can't take what you've been taking any longer. Source Unknown Unknown null
7160 The best way to predict the future is to create it. Peter F. Drucker Drucker, Peter F. null
7161 Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar. Mickey Spillane Spillane, Mickey null
7162 Slavery tolerates no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no freedom of opinion. Hinton Rowan Helper Helper, Hinton Rowan null
7163 You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour. Jim Rohn Rohn, Jim null
7164 Those who embrace change will be the winners; Those who resist it will be the losers. Jack Welch Welch, Jack null
7165 Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia. Charles Schulz Schulz, Charles M. null
7166 We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. Ben Sweetland Sweetland, Ben null
7167 Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Henry Steele Commager Commager, Henry Steele null
7168 We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give. Jean Petit-Senn Petit-Senn, Jean null
7169 Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; All politics can do is keep us out of war. Maria Montessori Montessori, Maria null
7170 All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
7171 There is always a way to be honest without being brutal. Arthur Dobrin Dobrin, Arthur null
7172 It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. Adlai Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai E. null
7173 I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. Everett Dirksen Dirksen, Everett 19-Apr
7174 An advertising agency is eighty-five percent confusion and fifteen percent commission. Fred Allen Allen, Fred 20-Apr
7175 Gamblers are creatures of contractions - they are fiercely greedy, lavishly generous, wary in many things, reckless of life, ready to take any advantage, yet possessed of a diseased sense of honor. James Runciman Runciman, James 1 Fall 2009
7176 I used to play a lot of lab assistants. I'd be the guy running in, yelling "The place is on fire!" I never got shot or died - if that had happened, I would've gotten more screen time than average. Clint Eastwood Eastwood, Clint 2
7177 Wherever is found what is called a paternal government was found a State education. It had been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin 3
7178 The chief factor in the gambling habit is the belief in luck; and this belief is apparently traceable, at least in its elements, to a stage in human evolution antedating the predatory culture. Thorstein Veblen Veblen, Thorstein 5 (4)
7179 Reason and Progress, the old firm, is selling out! Everyone get out while the going's good. Those forgotten shares you had In the old traditions, the old beliefs are going up - up and up and up. John Osborne Osborne, John 6 (5)
7180 Twaddle, rubbish, and gossip is what people want, not action. The secret of life is to chatter freely about all one wishes to do and how one is always being prevented - and then do nothing. Soren Kierkegaard Kierkegaard, Soren 7 (6)
7181 Unaccompanied Bach is for me one of the severest hardships of the calling of musical critic. It is probably good, even jolly, to play, but to have to listen to it is worse than breaking stones. Neville Cardus Cardus, Neville 8 (7)
7182 The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart away from nature becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, having things soon led to lack of respect for humans too. Chief Luther Standing Bear Standing Bear, Chief Luther 10 (8)
7183 The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web, bringing people, languages, ideas, and values together. Bill Gates Gates, Bill 11 (9)
7184 What we strive to gratify, though we may call it a distant hope, is an immediate desire; the future estate for which men drudge up city alleys exists already in their imagination and love. George Eliot Eliot, George 13 (10)
7185 The blues itself knows no color line. It is about people learning how to go inside themselves and touch something. The blues is like vocal crying. It is a way for a man to cry with dignity. Ruth Brown Brown, Ruth 14 (11)
7186 Ironically, rural America has become viewed by a growing number of Americans as having a higher quality of life not because of what it has, but rather because of what it does not have! Don A. Dillman Dillman, Don A. 15 (12)
7187 I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. Elwyn Brooks White White, Elwyn Brooks 16 (13)
7188 Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being "somebody," to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases. One can either see or be seen. John Updike Updike, John 18 (14)
7189 Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph. Haile Selassie Selassie, Haile 21 (15)
7190 We revolutionaries often lack the knowledge and the intellectual audacity to face the task of the development of a new man by methods different from the conventional ones. Ernesto "Che" Guevara Guevara, Ernesto "Che" 23 (16)
7191 The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance; that poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music. Ezra Pound Pound, Ezra 24 (17)
7192 The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter. Sir Joshua Reynolds Reynolds, Sir Joshua 25 (18)
7193 My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh - anything but work. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham 26 (19)
7194 People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order, so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say. Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. 27 (20)
7195 Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror. Al Boliska Boliska, Al 21-Apr
7196 I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have gone ourselves E. M. Forster Forster, E. M. 28 (21)
7197 Being the designated driver is not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house. Jeff Foxworthy Foxworthy, Jeff 29 (22)
7198 The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth 31 (23)
7199 We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. Jawaharlal Nehru Nehru, Jawaharlal 32 (24)
7200 You know that the beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing: for that is the time when the character is being formed. Plato Plato 33 (25)
7201 I think there are only three things America will be known for two thousand years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball. Gerald Early Early, Gerald 34 (26)
7202 To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization. Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Harriet Beecher 35 (27)
7203 I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the seed germinates and roots itself. Florence Nightingale Nightingale, Florence 36 (28)
7204 Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert 37 (29)
7205 About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all. Rita Mae Brown Brown, Rita Mae 39 (30)
7206 The conscience is a built-in feature / That haunts the sinner, helps the preacher. / Some sins it makes us turn and run from, / But most it simply takes the fun from. Richard Armour Armour, Richard 40 (31)
7207 A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about. Fyodor Dostoyevsky Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich 41 (32)
7208 If you would be happy for a week, get married. If you would be happy for a month, kill your pig and eat it. If you would be happy all your life, plant a garden. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese 42 (33)
7209 0 sleep, 0 gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down and steep my senses in forgetfulness? William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William 43 (34)
7210 I didn't even make it to class clown. I had nowhere near the amount of notoriety. I didn't have the flair to be a complete jerk. It was like I didn't exist. Bruce Springsteen Springsteen, Bruce 44 (35)
7211 Theology is never any help; It is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything. Robert A. Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. 45 (36)
7212 If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or my music, then in that respect you can call me that. I believe in what I do, and I'll say it. John Lennon Lennon, John 46 (37)
7213 Freedom has never been free ... I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them. Medgar Evers Evers, Medgar 47 (38)
7214 What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; It is rather not finding them in the familiar place. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. 49 (39)
7215 What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of civilization as from the upbuilding of one. Margaret Mitchell Mitchell, Margaret 50 (40)
7216 Since society exists, we have to believe that man wants to live in it, but from the beginning he has used a fair share of his energy to fight against it. Georges Simenon Simenon, Georges 51 (41)
7217 It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Mark Twain Twain, Mark 23-Apr
7218 A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. 24-Apr
7219 High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. Charles Kettering Kettering, Charles F. 4/26 - 4/27 is a dupe
7220 Since charity is the queen and the soul of all virtues, every act inspired by it will have by far more merit than acts inspired by fear or by hope. Adolphe Tanqueray Tanqueray, Adolphe 52 (42)
7221 It is well for a man to respect his own vocation, whatever it is, and to think himself bound to uphold it and to claim for it the respect it deserves. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles 53 (43)
7222 Everything ends this way in France. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings. affairs of state - everything is a pretext for a good dinner. Jean Anouith Anouith, Jean 54 (44)
7223 Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. 55 (45)
7224 We are hidden in ourselves, like a truth hidden in isolated facts. When we know that this One in us is One in all, then our truth is revealed. Rabindranath Tagore Tagore, Rabindranath 56 (46)
7225 What experience and history teach is this - that peoples and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it. Georg Hegel Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 57 (47)
7226 Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. Thomas Edison Edison, Thomas Alva 58 (48)
7227 One of the pleasures of middle age is to find out that one was right, and that one was much righter than one knew at, say, seventeen or twenty-three. Ezra Pound Pound, Ezra 59 (49)
7228 A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; The burden of the years cannot depress it, and love that is founded on it endures to the end. Ovid Ovid 60 (50)
7229 The great crises of life are not, I think, necessarily those which are in themselves the hardest to bear, but those for which we are least prepared. Mary Adams Adams, Mary 61 (51)
7230 I am here and I like New York City. But I love to go out in a car. I'm crazy about weekend drives, even if I drive in the middle of the week. Willem de Kooning Kooning, Willem de 62 (52)
7231 She looks like a million dollars, but she only knows a hundred and twenty words and she's only got two ideas in her head. The other one's hats. Eric Linklater Linklater, Eric 63 (53)
7232 Music is the vapor of art. It is to poetry what reverie is to thought, what fluid is to liquid, what the ocean of clouds is to the ocean of waves. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor 64 (54)
7233 I think I understand what military fame is: to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers. William Tecumseh Sherman Sherman, William Tecumseh 65 (55)
7234 The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 66 (56)
7235 Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest. Gail Hamilton Hamilton, Gail 67 (57)
7236 So many people dwell on negativity, and I've survived by ignoring it: It dims your light and it's harder each time to turn the power up again. Judith Jamison Jamison, Judith 68 (58)
7237 In doing good, we are generally cold, and languid, and sluggish. But the works of malice and injustice are finished with a bold, masterly hand. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund 69 (59)
7238 We don't live here long enough to be mean. Everyone that lives should try to help one another. And if you help, you're really helping yourself. Dave Thomas Thomas, Dave 70 (60)
7239 If tolerance of diversity involves an admitted element of risk to national unity, intolerance involves a certainty that unity will be destroyed. Alan Barth Barth, Alan 71 (61)
7240 If this was adulthood, the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert without eating her vegetables. Lisa Alther Alther, Lisa 73 (62)
7241 The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. Anatole France France, Anatole 75 (63)
7242 It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself the face of pain. Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph 76 (64)
7243 Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind. E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks 77 (65)
7244 It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh, Anne Morrow 78 (66)
7245 Scientists announced today that they have discovered a cure for apathy. However, they claim no one has shown the slightest interest in it. George Carlin Carlin, George 79 (67)
7246 The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell. Ben Okri Okri, Ben 80 (68)
7247 It is next to impossible, I believe, to toss a brick in the air anywhere in County Galway without it landing on the head of some musician. James Galway Galway, James 81 (69)
7248 Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits. Katherine Paterson Paterson, Katherine 82 (70)
7249 Obscenity is too valuable a commodity to chuck around all over the place; it should be taken out of the safe on special occasions only. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy 83 (71)
7250 I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas 84 (72)
7251 As of yet there have been no deaths attributed to the killer bees in Texas. However, two bees were caught this week planning a murder. Dennis Miller Miller, Dennis 85 (73)
7252 The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet. Carl Jung Jung, Carl Gustav 89 (74)
7253 Where one goes wrong when looking for the ideal girl is in making one's selection before walking the full length of the counter. P. G. Wodehouse Wodehouse, P. G. 90 (75)
7254 Disappointment is the lot of women. It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman's heart until she bows down to it no longer. Lucy Stone Stone, Lucy 91 (76)
7255 If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door, greet him with, "Who could have done this? We have no enemies." Phyllis Diller Diller, Phyllis 92 (77)
7256 We didn't really have a band with Cream. We rarely played as an ensemble; We were three virtuosos, all of us soloing all the time. Eric Clapton Clapton, Eric 93 (78)
7257 Golf is the only game in the world in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn you a reputation for bad sportsmanship. Patrick Campbell Campbell, Patrick 94 (79)
7258 Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all; the conscientious historian will correct these defects. Herodotus Herodotus 95 (80)
7259 We should be ashamed of resting or having a square meal so long as there is one able-bodied man or woman without work or food. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas 96 (81)
7260 With history one can never be certain, but I think I can safely say that Aristotle Onassis would not have married Mrs. Khrushchev. Gore Vidal Vidal, Gore 97 (82)
7261 He was a short man, well below average, and he walked with his chin up, gazing about as though searching for his missing inches. Helen Hudson Hudson, Helen 98 (83)
7262 America is a nation created by all the hopeful wanderers of Europe, not out of geography and genetics, but out of purpose. Theodore H. White White, Theodore H. 101 (84)
7263 The striking point, in the face of all the propaganda about the model family, is how few Americans actually live this way. Louise Kapp Howe Howe, Louise Kapp 102 (85)
7264 When I appear in public people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth, paw the ground and swish my tail - none of which is easy. Princess Anne Princess Anne 103 (86)
7265 If a man does something silly, people say, "Isn't he silly?" If a woman does something silly, people say, "Aren't women silly?" Doris Day Day, Doris 106 (87)
7266 The events which we see, and which look like freaks of chance, are only the last steps in long lines of causation. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North 107 (88)
7267 Wealth after all is a relative thing, since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more. C. C. Colton Colton, Charles Caleb 108 (89)
7268 Love can find an entrance, not only into an open heart, but also into a heart well fortified, if watch be not well kept. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis 111 (90)
7269 During the whole period of written history, it is not the workers but the robbers who have been in control of the world. Scott Nearing Nearing, Scott 112 (91)
7270 Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong. Stephen Decatur Decatur, Stephen 113 (92)
7271 What happened to Truman Capote was that he got inside the establishment and tried to stay. It's just a place to visit. Dominick Dunne Dunne, Dominick 115 (93)
7272 I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on. Jean Kerr Kerr, Jean 116 (94)
7273 If it hadn't been for him there wouldn't have been none of us. I want to thank Mr. Louis Armstrong for my livelihood. Dizzy Gillespie Gillespie, Dizzy 117 (95)
7274 Marriage represents the intervention of the state in a love affair which probably wasn't going too well anyway. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon 118 (96)
7275 What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure. Gene Perret Perret, Gene 119 (97)
7276 Now, nature, as I am only too well aware, has her enthusiasts, but on the whole, I am not to be counted among them. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran 120 (98)
7277 For a people to be without history, or to be ignorant of its history, is as for a man to be without memory. Henry Steele Commager Commager, Henry Steele 121 (99)
7278 Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. When I get tired of one I spend the night with the other. Anton Chekhov Chekhov, Anton 122 (100)
7279 Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. 123 (101)
7280 God knows I wanted love. But the moment I had to choose between the man I loved and my dresses, I chose the dresses. Coco Chanel Chanel, Gabrielle "Coco" 124 (102)
7281 Life is not easy for any of us, but what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. Marie Curie Curie, Marie 125 (103)
7282 I've always thought there must be some reason why the French words for "attorney" and "avocado" were the same. Katherine Neville Neville, Katherine 126 (104)
7283 A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. Garrison Keillor Keillor, Garrison 127 (105)
7284 The trouble with a movie these days is that it's old before it's released. It's no accident that it comes in a can. Orson Welles Welles, Orson 128 (106)
7285 The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. Daniel Defoe Defoe, Daniel 129 (107)
7286 There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television. Jack Nicholson Nicholson, Jack 130 (108)
7287 I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men. Duke of Wellington, on Napoleon Duke of Wellington 131 (109)
7288 I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in fifty years what my father taught by example in one week. Mario Cuomo Cuomo, Mario 132 (110)
7289 Great champions are those who are driven to show the world - and prove to themselves - just how good they are. Nancy Lopez Lopez, Nancy 134 (111)
7290 This is my prediction for the future - whatever hasn't happened will happen and no one will be safe from it. J. B. S. Haldane Haldane, J. B. S. 135 (112)
7291 We should render a service to a friend to bind him closer to us, and to an enemy in order to make a friend of him. Cleobulus Cleobulus 136 (113)
7292 The secret motive of the absent-minded is to be innocent while guilty. Absentmindedness is spurious innocence. Saul Bellow Bellow, Saul 137 (114)
7293 Isn't egomania always the precondition of all creative work? I have found little to dispel that notion. Tennessee Williams Williams, Tennessee 138 (115)
7294 He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers. Charles Peguy Peguy, Charles 140 (116)
7295 Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric 144 (117)
7296 America is the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant. Garry Trudeau Trudeau, Garry 145 (118)
7297 My grandfather invented Cliffs Notes. It all started back in 1912. Well, to make a long story short ... Steven Wright Wright, Steven 151 (119)
7298 Fear is like fire: If controlled it will help you; if uncontrolled, it will rise up and destroy you. John F. Milburn Milburn, John F. 152 (120)
7299 Californians are good at planning for the earthquake, while simultaneously denying it will happen. Sheila Ballantyne Ballantyne, Sheila 153 (121)
7300 It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon 154 (122)
7301 The world is divided into two classes: Those who believe the incredible and those who do the improbable. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar 155 (123)
7302 I read Shakespeare and the Bible and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education. Tallulah Bankhead Bankhead, Tallulah 157 (124)
7303 We need to be loved, and we need to give love. When we are thwarted in this, we suffer terribly. G. H. Montgomery Montgomery, G. H. 158 (125)
7304 There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. Roger Ascham Ascham, Roger 159 (126)
7305 The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. Charles M. Schwab Schwab, Charles M. 163 (127)
7306 When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about. Elias Canetti Canetti, Elias 164 (128)
7307 I just put on what the lady says. I've been married three times, so I've been well-supervised. Upton Sinclair Sinclair, Upton 165 (129)
7308 Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty. Mary Astell Astell, Mary 166 (130)
7309 I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together. George W. Bush Bush, George W. 170 (131)
7310 A bargain is something you can't use but which is so cheap you can't afford not to buy it. Herbert Prochnow Prochnow, Herbert V. 171 (132)
7311 It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think. Golda Meir Meir, Golda 172 (133)
7312 I don't think secrets agree with me; I feel rumpled up in my mind since you told me that. Louisa May Alcott Alcott, Louisa May 173 (134)
7313 The world believes that all blondes are stupid and brunettes are smarter. Well, I disagree. Anna Kournikova Kournikova, Anna 174 (135)
7314 Every American carries in his bloodstream the heritage of the malcontent and the dreamer. Dorothy Fuldheim Fuldheim, Dorothy 175 (136)
7315 Wedlock: The deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise. Mrs. Patrick Campbell Campbell, Mrs. Patrick 176 (137)
7316 If you gave him a good script, actors, and technicians, Mickey Mouse could direct a movie. Nicholas Hytner Hytner, Nicholas 177 (138)
7317 The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money. Marlon Brando Brando, Marlon 178 (139)
7318 I will seize Fate by the throat; It shall certainly not bend and crush me completely. Ludwig van Beethoven Beethoven, Ludwig Van 179 (140)
7319 My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think, or of my opinions. Eartha Kitt Kitt, Eartha 183 (141)
7320 When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. Miguel de Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de 184 (142)
7321 No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas 185 (143)
7322 When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers. Colleen C. Barrett Barrett, Colleen C. 187 (144)
7323 Thoughts are energy, and you can make your world or break your world by your thinking. Susan L. Taylor Taylor, Susan L. 189 (145)
7324 When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion. Sam Fuller Fuller, Sam 192 (146)
7325 The sea never changes, and its works, for all the talk of men, are wrapped in mystery. Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph 193 (147)
7326 I've lost roles because my shoulders were broader than those of the leading men. Sigourney Weaver Weaver, Sigourney 204 (148)
7327 One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger. Francois de La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de 206 (149)
7328 How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size? Woody Allen Allen, Woody 207 (150)
7329 The fulfillment of spiritual duty in our daily life is vital to our survival. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston 209 (151)
7330 The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's. W. R. Inge Inge, William Ralph 210 (152)
7331 The need to become a separate self is as urgent as the yearning to merge forever. Judith Viorst Viorst, Judith 211 (153)
7332 It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. 213 (154)
7333 A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying. Lawrence Durrell Durrell, Lawrence 214 (155)
7334 Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life. Jeremy Thorpe Thorpe, Jeremy 215 (156)
7335 Not even a collapsing world looks dark to a man who is about to make his fortune. E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks 216 (157)
7336 One cannot raise the bottom of society without benefiting everyone above. Michael Harrington Harrington, Michael 217 (158)
7337 I know a lot of people think I'm dumb. Well, at least I ain't no educated fool. Leon Spinks Spinks, Leon 218 (159)
7338 Oh, my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. Pindar Pindar 221 (160)
7339 If you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labeled commercial. Herbie Mann Mann, Herbie 222 (161)
7340 In writing songs, I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie. Bob Dylan Dylan, Bob 223 (162)
7341 I'd like to introduce myself as the world's most successful failure. R. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster 224 (163)
7342 After years of playing with images of life and death, life has made me shy. Ingmar Bergman Bergman, Ingmar 225 (164)
7343 One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others. Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolo 226 (165)
7344 Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah 227 (166)
7345 A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward 228 (167)
7346 Beauty: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose 229 (168)
7347 There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other. J. K. Rowling Rowling, J. K. 231 (169)
7348 Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. Sir Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston 232 (170)
7349 He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin 233 (171)
7350 Begin at the beginning ... and go on till you come to the end: Then stop. Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis 234 (172)
7351 I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em. Satchel Paige Paige, Leroy "Satchel" 235 (173)
7352 The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms. William O. Douglas Douglas, William O. 238 (174)
7353 Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. Will Rogers Rogers, Will 240 (175)
7354 Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire Voltaire 241 (176)
7355 Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles 242 (177)
7356 I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown. Homer Homer 243 (178)
7357 The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de 244 (179)
7358 There is something about conscious tact that is very irritating. Agatha Christie Christie, Agatha 248 (180)
7359 Here was a born salesman. Every time he spoke, he convinced himself. Emma Lathen Lathen, Emma 249 (181)
7360 Angels are pure thoughts from God, winged with truth and love. Mary Baker Eddy Eddy, Mary Baker 251 (182)
7361 The rich hate signing checks. Hence the success of credit cards. Graham Greene Greene, Graham 252 (183)
7362 I was so mad you could have boiled a pot of water on my head. Alice Childress Childress, Alice 253 (184)
7363 Few rich men own their own property; the property owns them. Robert Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green 254 (185)
7364 I think success has no rules, but you can learn a lot from failure. Jean Kerr Kerr, Jean 255 (186)
7365 My stockbroker asked me something important today: paper or plastic? Jay Leno Leno, Jay 256 (187)
7366 A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. 257 (188)
7367 The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich 258 (189)
7368 Whistling to keep up courage is good practice for whistling. Henry Hoskins Hoskins, Henry 260 (190)
7369 When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far. Eustace Budgell Budgell, Eustace 262 (191)
7370 I believe it is harder to be fair to oneself than to others. Andre Gide Gide, Andre 263 (192)
7371 Education is the best provision for the journey to old age. Aristotle Aristotle 264 (193)
7372 Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset 265 (194)
7373 Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order. Seneca Seneca 266 (195)
7374 Status refers to the amounts of deference received. C. Wright Mills Mills, C. Wright 268 (196)
7375 My friend is one ... who take me for what I am. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David 270 (197)
7376 The supreme sin is to not be able to forgive yourself. Waldo Frank Frank, Waldo 272 (198)
7377 Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho 273 (199)
7378 Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another. Sophocles Sophocles 274 (200)
7379 Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. Woody Allen Allen, Woody 275 (201)
7380 He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many. Sir Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis 276 (202)
7381 Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato Plato 277 (203)
7382 Nothing has yet been said that's not been said before. Terence Terence 278 (204)
7383 What is strength without a double share of wisdom? John Milton Milton, John 279 (205)
7384 Without friends, the world is but a wilderness. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis 280 (206)
7385 Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. Horace Horace 281 (207)
7386 They are not all saints who use holy water. English Proverb Proverb - English 282 (208)
7387 Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it. Homer Homer 283 (209)
7388 Every artist writes his own autobiography. Havelock Ellis Ellis, Havelock 284 (210)
7389 Study the past if you would define the future. Confucius Confucius 285 (211)
7390 An optimist is anyone who expects change. John J. Plomp Plomp, John J. 287 (212)
7391 Depend not on fortune, but on conduct. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus 288 (213)
7392 For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. Lily Tomlin Tomlin, Lily 289 (214)
7393 The wisest men follow their own direction. Euripides Euripides 290 (215)
7394 A happy life consists in tranquility of mind. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius 291 (216)
7395 They can do all because they think they can. Virgil Virgil 292 (217)
7396 The slum is the measure of civilization. Jacob Riis Riis, Jacob 293 (218)
7397 Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction. Aesop Aesop 294 (219)
7398 Solitude is the place of purification. Martin Buber Buber, Martin 295 (220)
7399 The more we share, the more we have. Leonard Nimoy Nimoy, Leonard 297 (221)
7400 She looked as new as a peeled egg. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy 298 (222)
7401 In anger, you look ten years older. Hedda Hopper Hopper, Hedda 299 (223)
7402 No doing without some ruing. Sigrid Undset Undset, Sigrid 300 (224)
7403 He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. Edgar R. Fiedler Fiedler, Edgar R. 4/29 4/28 is a dupe
7404 If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. Howard Aiken Aiken, Howard 30-Apr
7405 I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
7406 It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
7407 I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love. Tiger Woods Woods, Tiger null
7408 If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been. Robert H. Schuller Schuller, Robert H. null
7409 A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. Jean Cocteau Cocteau, Jean null
7410 The sweetest sounds to mortals given; are heard in mother, home and heaven. William Goldsmith Brown Brown, William Goldsmith null
7411 The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
7412 Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur null
7413 If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research. Wilson Mizner Mizner, Wilson null
7414 Just when you think you've graduated from the school of experience. someone thinks up a new course. Mary Waldrip Waldrip, Mary null
7415 The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain. Jennifer Aniston Aniston, Jennifer null
7416 I love being a writer. what I can't stand is the paperwork. Peter de Vries de Vries, Peter null
7417 Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
7418 Surely the consolation of old age is finding out how few things are worth worrying over. Dorothy Dix Dix, Dorothy null
7419 Science without religion is lame; Religion without science is blind. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
7420 I like women. I don't understand them, but I like them. Sean Connery Connery, Sean null
7421 There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age. Dr. Benjamin Spock Spock, Dr. Benjamin null
7422 The wastepaper basket is the writer's best friend. Isaac B. Singer Singer, Isaac Bashevis null
7423 Live now, believe me, wait not till tomorrow; gather the roses of life today. Pierre de Ronsard Ronsard, Pierre de null
7424 I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face. Johnny Depp Depp, Johnny null
7425 The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault. Henry Kissinger Kissinger, Henry A. null
7426 This will remain the land of the free only as long as it is the home of the brave. Elmer Davis Davis, Elmer null
7427 Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. Emeril Lagasse Lagasse, Emeril null
7428 Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. Jim Rohn Rohn, Jim null
7429 All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
7430 If God had really intended men to fly, He'd make it easier to get to the airport. George Winters Winters, George null
7431 Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
7432 Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. Anatole France France, Anatole null
7433 A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night. Marilyn Monroe Monroe, Marilyn null
7434 A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. Pioneer Girls Leaders' Handbook Unknown null
7435 A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. Robert Orben Orben, Robert null
7436 Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh. Gilda Radner Radner, Gilda null
7437 Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation. Elizabeth Drew Drew, Elizabeth null
7438 The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away. Barbara Kingsolver Kingsolver, Barbara null
7439 Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. Carl Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
7440 Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jundle, it is a human zoo. Desmond Morris Morris, Desmond null
7441 The theater was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation. Stella Adler Adler, Stella null
7442 By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong. Charles Wadsworth Wadsworth, Charles null
7443 Summer afternoon; To me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. Henry James James, Henry null
7444 Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness. Ray Bradbury Bradbury, Ray null
7445 Give, and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return. Book of Luke Book of Luke null
7446 The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. Voltaire Voltaire null
7447 I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
7448 Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
7449 I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob. Bo Diddley Diddley, Bo null
7450 Know when to tune out. If you listen to too much advice, you may wind up making other people's mistakes. Ann Landers Landers, Ann null
7451 There is nothing love cannot face; There is no limit to its faith, its hope, and endurance. Corinthians 13:7 Corinthians null
7452 To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
7453 Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart. Alan Alda Alda, Alan null
7454 Day: n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
7455 Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present. Roger Babson Babson, Roger null
7456 A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
7457 Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
7458 A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing. Emo Philips Philips, Emo null
7459 Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
7460 Let us not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness. James Thurber Thurber, James null
7461 A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice. Bill Cosby Cosby, Bill null
7462 Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you. Satchel Paige Paige, Leroy "Satchel" null
7463 All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and Profanity. Gordie Howe Howe, Gordie null
7464 Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. Fred Brooks Brooks, Fred null
7465 Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. James Arthur Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur null
7466 Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. Jean de La Fontaine La Fontaine, Jean de null
7467 Contemporary criticism only represents the amount of ignorance genius has to contend with. Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe null
7468 Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. John D. Rockefeller Sr. Rockefeller, John D., Sr. null
7469 To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund null
7470 Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more. Benjamin Cardozo Cardozo, Benjamin null
7471 Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
7472 Take only pictures and leave only footprints. The Backpacker's Code Backpacker's Code, The null
7473 One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. Marie Curie Curie, Marie null
7474 I have come to understand that every day is something to cherish. Nadine Stair Stair, Nadine null
7475 Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
7476 It's so much easier to be enthusiastic than to reason. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
7477 We can do no great things, only small things with great love. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
7478 That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
7479 Publicity is like poison; It doesn't hurt unless you swallow it. Joe Paterno Paterno, Joe null
7480 Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
7481 All the people like us are we, and everyone else is they. Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard null
7482 The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die. Bob Dylan Dylan, Bob null
7483 Equality is the soul of liberty; There is, in fact, no liberty without it. Frances Wright Wright, Frances null
7484 Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were. George E. Bergman Bergman, George E. null
7485 Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
7486 A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years. Rupert Brooke Brooke, Rupert null
7487 A goal is not always meant to be reached; It often serves simply as something to aim at. Bruce Lee Lee, Bruce null
7488 Alone we can do so little; Together we can do so much. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
7489 Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. Chuck Norris Norris, Chuck null
7490 If you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done. Mike Ditka Ditka, Mike null
7491 I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
7492 There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. Gilbert K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
7493 Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Laozi (Lao-Tzu) Laozi null
7494 Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. E. M. Forster Forster, E. M. null
7495 Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
7496 What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you. Nora Ephron Ephron, Nora null
7497 A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar 31-Aug
7498 When a gambler walks around his chair to change his luck he is marking out a circle to keep out the evil spirits, and when he blows on the dice he is symbolically blowing life into a dying object. J. Philip Jones Jones, J. Philip 1 - Winter 2010
7499 Nature has made us a present of a broad capacity for entertaining ourselves apart, and often calls us to do so, to teach us that we owe ourselves in part to society, but in the best part to ourselves. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De 3 (2)
7500 The worst thing that can happen to old good music is that it might become dated for awhile, but watch out, in twenty years it will come drifting back like bell-bottoms and W. C. Fields movies. Hampton Hawes Hawes, Hampton 5 (4)
7501 He has the lucidity which is the by-product of a fundamentally sterile mind. He does not have to struggle with the crowded pulsations of a fecund imagination. Aneurin Bevan, on Neville Chamberlain Bevan, Aneurin 6 (5)
7502 The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard 8 (6)
7503 In all those expressions of conscious beauty, which when imitated become clumsy, or arrogant, or ridiculous, there is a manifestation of what Hollywood cannot destroy. Cecil Beaton, on Greta Garbo Beaton, Cecil 9 (7)
7504 The maltreatment of the natural world and its impoverishment leads to the impoverishment of the human soul. To save the natural world today means to save what is human in humanity. Raisa Gorbachev Gorbachev, Raisa 10 (8)
7505 They sit around, they follow the owner going "Mmm, oops, happy; sad, angry, all right?" What else do they have to do all day? They don't watch the news. Brian Kilcommons, on dogs Kilcommons, Brian 11 (9)
7506 People pay all that money to sit in a chair in the theater mainly because it is a respectable way to see and experience things they cannot see and experience in their own lives. Elizabeth Ashley Ashley, Elizabeth 12 (10)
7507 If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. William Lyon Phelps Phelps, William Lyon 13 (11)
7508 I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend? Robert Redford Redford, Robert 14 (12)
7509 The truth in these matters may be stated as a scientific law: "The persistence of public officials varies inversely with the importance of the matter on which they are persisting." Bernard Levin Levin, Bernard 15 (13)
7510 If takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative, especially in the theater. You have to care so much that you can't sleep, you can't eat, you can't talk to people. Agnes de Mille de Mille, Agnes 16 (14)
7511 I had no reason to doubt that brains were suitable for a woman. And as I had my father's kind of mind - which was also his mother's - I learned that the mind is not sex-typed. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret 17 (15)
7512 For some unexplained reason, it's always the other end of the table that's wild and raucous, with screaming laughter and a fella who plays "Holiday for Strings" on water glasses. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma 18 (16)
7513 Education is the established church of the United States. It is one of the religions that Americans believe in. It has its own orthodoxy, its pontiffs, and its noble buildings. Michael Sadler Sadler, Michael 19 (17)
7514 Some persons dodder at age thirty, others at eighty, and some pass through life without doddering at all. Our concern should be with competency, not age, race, sex, or religion. Claude Pepper Pepper, Claude 20 (18)
7515 Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves. Rebecca West West, Dame Rebecca 21 (19)
7516 Frankness and complete trust in the natural kindness of human nature will seldom fail, perhaps because it gives one even greater satisfaction to be helpful than helped. Fulton Charles Oursler Oursler, Fulton Charles 22 (20)
7517 Life is short, and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift to live, make haste to be kind! Henri Frederic Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic 23 (21)
7518 Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life. Sean O'Casey O'Casey, Sean 24 (22)
7519 There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while. Pearl Bailey Bailey, Pearl 25 (23)
7520 I had reasoned this out in my mind, there were two things I had a right to: liberty and death. If I could not have one, I would have the other, for no man should take me alive. Harriet Tubman Tubman, Harriet 26 (24)
7521 I am prisoner of a gaudy and unlivable present, where all forms of human society have reached an extreme of their cycle and there is no imagining what new forms they may assume. Italo Calvino Calvino, Italo 27 (25)
7522 Games must be regarded not as conscious inventions, but as survivals from primitive conditions, under which they originated in magical rites and chiefly as means of divination. Stewart Culin Culin, Stewart 28 (26)
7523 It is not easy to get a truly and constantly productive spirit to read. He is to a reader as a locomotive is to a tourist. Also, one does not ask a tree how it likes the scenery. Karl Kraus Kraus, Karl 29 (27)
7524 I believe and I say it is true Democratic feeling, that all the measures of the government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. William Henry Harrison Harrison, William Henry 30 (28)
7525 Every time you wake up and ask yourself, "What good things am I going to do today?", remember that when the sun goes down at sunset, it will take a part of your life with it. Indian Proverb Proverb - Indian 31 (29)
7526 A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite unadulterated, in which he establishes his true freedom and chief place of seclusion and solitude. Michel de Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De 32 (30)
7527 In truth, the Library includes all verbal structures, all variations permitted by the twenty-five orthographical symbols, but not a single example of absolute nonsense. Jorge Luis Borges Borges, Jorge Luis 33 (31)
7528 It is by the goodness of God that we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. Mark Twain Twain, Mark 34 (32)
7529 At the present time there exist problems beyond our ability to solve, not because of theoretical difficulties, but because of insufficient means of mechanical computation. Howard Aiken Aiken, Howard 36 (33)
7530 The gains in education are never really lost. Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth, like the yearning for freedom, lives in the hearts of humble men. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 37 (34)
7531 I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes. Fidel Castro Castro, Fidel 38 (35)
7532 Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float-fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel 39 (36)
7533 Life is a test and this world a place of trial. Always the problems - or it may be the same problem - will be presented to every generation in different forms. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston 40 (37)
7534 The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 41 (38)
7535 One grandmother will spoil a baby. Two working together will bring him up in the way he should go, for each will suspect the other of spoiling him and will check it. William Allen White White, William Allen 42 (39)
7536 James Bond in his Sean Connery days was the first well-known bachelor on the American scene who was not a drifter or a degenerate and did not eat out of cans. Barbara Ehrenreich Ehrenreich, Barbara 43 (40)
7537 They call me the Queen of the Newsstands. There are not enough hours in the day for me to do all the things they say I do, and with all the people they say I do them with. Cher Cher 44 (41)
7538 Not armies, not nations, have advanced the race; but here and there, in the course of ages, an individual has stood up and cast his shadow over the world. Edwin Hubbell Chapin Chapin, Edwin Hubbell 45 (42)
7539 An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. Anatole France France, Anatole 46 (43)
7540 Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae. Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. 47 (44)
7541 You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair. Douglas MacArthur MacArthur, Douglas 48 (45)
7542 I've met a few people in my time who were enthusiastic about hard work. And it was just my luck that all of them happened to be men I was working for at the time. Bill Gold Gold, Bill 49 (46)
7543 So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis 50 (47)
7544 While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called theory, or idea, or fact. Andrea Dworkin Dworkin, Andrea 51 (48)
7545 Progress? It ought to be stopped, that's what I say. If the Lord meant chickens to come out of incubators he'd never have made hens, it stands to reason. Winifred Holtby Holtby, Winifred 53 (49)
7546 God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: We should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom. Johann von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von 54 (50)
7547 In my stars I am above thee; but be not afraid of greatness: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William 55 (51)
7548 I looked up the word "politics" in the dictionary and it's actually a combination of two words: "poli," which means many, and "tics," which means bloodsuckers. Jay Leno Leno, Jay 56 (52)
7549 Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table. William Powell Powell, William 57 (53)
7550 It is the mistake of youth to think imagination a substitute for experience; it is the mistake of age to think experience a substitute for intelligence. Lyman Bryson Bryson, Lyman 59 (54)
7551 A child's back must be made to bend, but not be broken. He must be ruled, but not with a rod of iron. His spirit must be conquered, but not crushed. Charles Spurgeon Spurgeon, Charles H. 60 (55)
7552 Cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals, the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists. Roland Barthes Barthes, Roland 61 (56)
7553 A young man gave up his lucrative job to become a writer. He was asked, "Have you sold anything yet?" He replied, "Yes, my car and my television." Patrick Dickinson Dickinson, Patrick 62 (57)
7554 One of the conditions of being human is that, even if we're surrounded by others, we essentially live our lives alone: Real life takes place inside us. Paul Auster Auster, Paul 63 (58)
7555 When it is time to part, then it is time to part. There should be no regrets. The beauty of marriage is like the fleeting perfection of a snowflake. Deng Ming-Dao Ming-Dao, Deng 64 (59)
7556 It wasn't why he painted a Campbell's soup can. It was "What sort of man paints a Campbell's soup can?" That's what aggravates people. David Bowie, on Andy Warhol Bowie, David 65 (60)
7557 Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother. Susan B. Anthony Anthony, Susan B. 67 (61)
7558 Though nought of me remains save smoke drawn out across the windless sky, yet shall I drift to thee unerringly amid the trackless fields of space. Lady Murasaki Lady Murasaki 68 (62)
7559 Every builder of every home should be compelled to attach his name, in some permanent but inconspicuous way, to that house, for better or for worse. Andy Rooney Rooney, Andrew A. 69 (63)
7560 I put a million monkeys on typewriters to see if they would type the works of Shakespeare, but all I got was the collected works of Francis Bacon. Bill Hirst Hirst, Bill 70 (64)
7561 Each generation criticizes the unconscious assumptions made by its parents. It may assent to them, but it brings them out into the open. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North 71 (65)
7562 If I weren't earning three million dollars a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming. Charles Barkley Barkley, Charles 72 (66)
7563 Minorities are individuals or groups of individuals especially qualified. The masses are the collection of people not specially qualified. Jose Ortega y Gasset Gasset, Jose Ortega y 73 (67)
7564 Most of the worthwhile, the beautiful, the progressive, and the useful achievements of Homo sapiens had been produced by introverted neurotics. Anne Blaisdell Blaisdell, Anne 74 (68)
7565 The message from the moon which we have flashed to the far corners of this planet is that no problem need any longer be considered insoluble. Norman Cousins Cousins, Norman 75 (69)
7566 Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body. Arnold Schwarzenegger Schwarzenegger, Arnold 76 (70)
7567 Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointment, trials and illnesses. Maggie Kuhn Kuhn, Maggie 77 (71)
7568 But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. Sir Thomas Browne Browne, Sir Thomas 78 (72)
7569 The prohibition law, written for weaklings and derelicts, has divided the nation, like Gaul, into three parts: wets, drys, and hypocrites. Florence Sabin Sabin, Florence 79 (73)
7570 The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men. Jacob Bronowski Bronowski, Jacob 80 (74)
7571 Nothing we see, but means our good, As our delight or as our treasure: The whole is either our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure. George Herbert Herbert, George 81 (75)
7572 Most writers are always teaching men what they should be, and hardly ever trouble their heads with telling them what they really are. Bernard Mandeville Mandeville, Bernard 82 (76)
7573 There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves. Albert Guinon Guinon, Albert 83 (77)
7574 I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden 84 (78)
7575 Nothing would disgust me more, morally, than winning an Oscar. Nothing in the world would make me accept it. I wouldn't have it in my home. Luis Bunuel Bunuel, Luis 85 (79)
7576 It's as if I've arrived in a place where it's all spirit and no body - an overwhelming sense of calm. I actually began to feel blessed. Gloria Naylor Naylor, Gloria 87 (80)
7577 We should give as we would receive: cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. Seneca Seneca 88 (81)
7578 If you never want to see a man again, say, "I love you, I want to marry you, I want to have children" - sometimes they leave skid marks. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita 89 (82)
7579 My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions. Elayne Boosler Boosler, Elayne 90 (83)
7580 Any who have heard that sound will shrink at the recollection of it; it is the sound of English county families baying for broken glass. Evelyn Waugh Waugh, Evelyn 91 (84)
7581 When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means - that is philosophy. Voltaire Voltaire 92 (85)
7582 We are so clothed in rationalization and dissemblance that we can recognize but dimly the deep primal impulses that motivate us. James Ramsey Ullman Ullman, James Ramsey 93 (86)
7583 I have seen the Mississippi. That is muddy water. I have seen the St. Lawrence. That is crystal water. But the Thames is liquid history. John Burns Burns, John 94 (87)
7584 Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clean and straight. Indecision is a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind. Jan McKeithen McKeithen, Jan 95 (88)
7585 Fiction is the great virus waiting to do away with fact - that is one of the most ominous meanings of the film. David Thompson, on "Citizen Kane" Thompson, David 96 (89)
7586 In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women. Theodor Reik Reik, Theodor 98 (90)
7587 "Dynasty" was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than walking around like a library book waiting to be loaned out. Joan Collins Collins, Joan 99 (91)
7588 Mozart, immortal Mozart, how many, how infinitely many inspiring suggestions of a finer, better life have you left in our souls? Franz Schubert Schubert, Franz 100 (92)
7589 I was raised by, and have raised, people who regard telling one story when two would do as a sign someone is not really trying. Linda Ellerbee Ellerbee, Linda 101 (93)
7590 You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the presidency. Wendell Phillips Phillips, Wendell 102 (94)
7591 In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock! Orson Welles Welles, Orson 103 (95)
7592 July was the month when summer, like bread in the oven, might change color, but it would rise no higher. It was at its height. Jessamyn West West, Jessamyn 104 (96)
7593 Although it is dangerous to have too much knowledge of certain subjects, it is still more dangerous to be totally ignorant of them. Columbat Columbat 105 (97)
7594 Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious. L. E. Landon Landon, L. E. 106 (98)
7595 Most people are brave only in the dangers to which they accustom themselves, either in imagination or practice. Edward George Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George 107 (99)
7596 To your generation, I must represent the literary equivalent of tufted furniture and gas chandeliers. Edith Wharton, to F. Scott Fitzgerald Wharton, Edith 108 (100)
7597 Ignorance is the necessary condition of life itself. If we knew everything, we could not endure existence for a single hour. Anatole France France, Anatole 109 (101)
7598 When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. Louis Pasteur Pasteur, Louis 114 (103)
7599 Now the thing about having a baby - and I can't be the first person to have noticed this - is that thereafter you have it. Jean Kerr Kerr, Jean 115 (104)
7600 His strength was in reflection, not in production: he was the surveyor, not the builder of science. William Hazlitt, on Francis Bacon Hazlitt, William 116 (105)
7601 I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. Harry S. Truman Truman, Harry S. 117 (106)
7602 Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike. Madame de Stael Stael, Madame de 118 (107)
7603 Years ago fairy tales all began with "Once upon a time...." Now we know they all begin with, "If I am elected." Carolyn Warner Warner, Carolyn 119 (108)
7604 If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas 121 (109)
7605 The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas 122 (110)
7606 We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?" Actually, who are you not to be? Marianne Williamson Williamson, Marianne 123 (111)
7607 Alas, for our towns and cities. Monstrous carbuncles of concrete have erupted in gentle Georgian squares. Raine, Countess Spencer Raine, Countess Spencer 125 (112)
7608 Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston 126 (113)
7609 The trouble with jogging is that by the time you realize you're not in shape for it, it's too far to walk back. Franklin Jones Jones, Franklin P. 127 (114)
7610 She was not a woman of many words: for, unlike people in general, she proportioned them to the number of her ideas. Jane Austen Austen, Jane 128 (115)
7611 As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all innovations, which are the birth of time. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis 129 (116)
7612 English is a funny language - that explains why we park our car on the driveway and drive our car on the parkway. Mark Grasso Grasso, Mark 130 (117)
7613 If you are ever in doubt as to whether or not you should kiss a pretty girl, give her the benefit of the doubt. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas 131 (118)
7614 Why should people go out and pay to see bad movies when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing? Sam Goldwyn Goldwyn, Samuel 134 (119)
7615 One of the things a writer is for is to say the unsayable, speak the unspeakable, and ask difficult questions. Salman Rushdie Rushdie, Salman 135 (120)
7616 High on the agenda for the twenty-first century will be the need to restore some kind of tragic consciousness. Carlos Fuentes Fuentes, Carlos 136 (121)
7617 If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. Nadine Stair Stair, Nadine 137 (122)
7618 There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline, and humility are required. Prince Andrew Prince Andrew 138 (123)
7619 It's not your blue blood, your pedigree or your college degree. It's what you do with your life that counts. Millard Fuller Fuller, Millard 141 (124)
7620 All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. Cyril Connolly Connolly, Cyril 142 (125)
7621 Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear if it. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand 143 (126)
7622 They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin 144 (127)
7623 The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous 145 (128)
7624 No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. Booker T. Washington Washington, Booker T. 146 (129)
7625 By being myself I will distinguish myself from my father, because we're two separately different people. George W. Bush Bush, George W. 148 (130)
7626 When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beaten us to it. Ilka Chase Chase, Ilka 149 (131)
7627 The intellect is a very nice whirligig toy, but how people take it seriously is more than I can understand. Ezra Pound Pound, Ezra 152 (132)
7628 Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters - and with much the same defensive mechanisms. Barbara Walters Walters, Barbara 153 (133)
7629 When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel 156 (134)
7630 They had not much original wit, but had inherited a stock of cheerful sayings which passed as such. Flora Thompson Thompson, Flora 157 (135)
7631 How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers' names. Alice Walker Walker, Alice 159 (136)
7632 The revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day. Ernesto "Che" Guevara Guevara, Ernesto "Che" 160 (137)
7633 Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway. And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver 161 (138)
7634 The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other. Will Rogers Rogers, Will 162 (139)
7635 I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. Preston Bradley Bradley, Preston 163 (140)
7636 If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell Orwell, George 164 (141)
7637 Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston 165 (142)
7638 My old movies have been on so many channels lately, I can flip the dial and watch the hairline recede. Bob Hope Hope, Bob 166 (143)
7639 Memory touches up an old love affair just as a good professional photographer touches up a portrait. Ann Schade Schade, Ann 167 (144)
7640 I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me. Gloria Grahame Grahame, Gloria 168 (145)
7641 There are only three ages for women in Hollywood: babe, district attorney, and "Driving Miss Daisy." Goldie Hawn Hawn, Goldie 169 (146)
7642 There is, happily, no limit to the faith of human nature in believing what it wants to believe. Caitlin Thomas Thomas, Caitlin 170 (147)
7643 I learned to play tennis because the tennis courts were the closest athletic facility to my house. Arthur Ashe Ashe, Arthur 171 (148)
7644 For a politician to complain about the press is like a ship's captain complaining about the sea. Enoch Powell Powell, Enoch 173 (149)
7645 Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh, Anne Morrow 174 (150)
7646 Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas. Elizabeth Murray Murray, Elizabeth 177 (151)
7647 The best thing we can do is to make wherever we're lost in look as much like home as we can. Christopher Fry Fry, Christopher 178 (152)
7648 Fortune, in order to come to me, must conform to certain conditions imposed on her by my character. Chamfort Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas 179 (153)
7649 If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. Henry Miller Miller, Henry 180 (154)
7650 She resented the way in which he walked in and out of her mind as if it was his own flat. Dorothy L. Sayers Sayers, Dorothy L. 181 (155)
7651 The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. 182 (156)
7652 It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody. Baltasar Gracian Gracian, Baltasar 183 (157)
7653 Let's face it, you can't worship a guy for destroying an instrument in the name of rock. Pete Townshend Townshend, Pete 188 (158)
7654 Walking is a form of exercise that loses some appeal when it's done behind a lawn mower. Gary Fletchall Fletchall, Gary 189 (159)
7655 The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music. Peter de Vries de Vries, Peter 190 (160)
7656 Here's to woman! Would that we could fall into her arms without falling into her hands. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose 192 (161)
7657 The only performance that makes it, that really makes it, is the one that ends in madness. Mick Jagger Jagger, Mick 193 (162)
7658 I have seen hypocrisy that was so artful that it was good judgment to be deceived by it. Josh Billings Billings, Josh 194 (163)
7659 Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light. Dorothy Thompson Thompson, Dorothy 203 (164)
7660 No plagiarist can excuse the wrong by showing how much of his work he did not pirate. Learned Hand Hand, Learned 204 (165)
7661 There are the lover and the beloved, but these two come from different countries. Carson McCullers McCullers, Carson 205 (166)
7662 The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. 206 (167)
7663 Every scientific fulfillment raises new questions; it asks to be surpassed and outdated. Max Weber Weber, Max 207 (168)
7664 Comedy, the institution of the absurd, seems to me more heart-rending than tragedy. Eugene Ionesco Ionesco, Eugene 208 (169)
7665 To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history. Clifton Fadiman Fadiman, Clifton 209 (170)
7666 All argument is against it; but all belief is for it. Samuel Johnson, on the existence of ghosts Johnson, Dr. Samuel 210 (171)
7667 We do what we can and then make a theory to prove our performance the best. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo 211 (172)
7668 The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. Gloria Steinem Steinem, Gloria 212 (173)
7669 You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. John Plomp Plomp, John J. 213 (174)
7670 Every man rushes elsewhere and into the future because no man has arrived at himself. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De 214 (175)
7671 Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. Peter Drucker Drucker, Peter F. 215 (176)
7672 No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. Alice Walker Walker, Alice 216 (177)
7673 The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric 217 (178)
7674 Are we so accustomed to our chains that we are no longer conscious of them? B. H. Liddell Hart Hart, B. H. Liddell 218 (179)
7675 For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt. Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian 219 (180)
7676 Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. 221 (181)
7677 Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it is awfully hard to get it back in. H. R. Haldeman Haldeman, H. R. 222 (182)
7678 A simple style is like white light. Although complex, it does not appear so. Anatole France France, Anatole 223 (183)
7679 No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat. Lawrence Durrell Durrell, Lawrence 225 (184)
7680 I always try to believe the best of everybody - it saves so much trouble. Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard 226 (185)
7681 As a child, my family's meal consisted of two choices: take it or leave it. Buddy Hackett Hackett, Buddy 229 (186)
7682 I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture. Henri Matisse Matisse, Henri 230 (187)
7683 Not in novelty but in habit and custom do we find the greatest pleasure. Raymond Radiguet Radiguet, Raymond 231 (188)
7684 The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Will Rogers Rogers, Will 232 (189)
7685 Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah 233 (190)
7686 Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. Mary McLeod Bethune Bethune,Mary McLeod 236 (191)
7687 True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. Dave Tyson Gentry Gentry, Dave Tyson 237 (192)
7688 Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Confucius Confucius 238 (193)
7689 Ever notice that people never say "It's only a game" when they're winning? Ivern Ball Ball, Ivern 243 (194)
7690 A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph 244 (195)
7691 There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin 246 (196)
7692 Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan 247 (197)
7693 You can make a throne of bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long. Boris Yeltsin Yeltsin, Boris 248 (198)
7694 A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes on to another. Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus 249 (199)
7695 You don't know anything about a woman until you meet her in court. Norman Mailer Mailer, Norman 250 (200)
7696 Good movies make you care, make you believe in possibilities again. Pauline Kael Kael, Pauline 251 (201)
7697 As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don't. Carrie Fisher Fisher, Carrie 252 (202)
7698 Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. George Jean Nathan Nathan, George Jean 253 (203)
7699 Dream no small dreams, for they have no power to move the hearts of men. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von 254 (204)
7700 Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel 255 (205)
7701 The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame. Rod Steiger Steiger, Rod 256 (206)
7702 If I'd seen me at a party, I'd never have gone up and met me. Dustin Hoffman Hoffman, Dustin 259 (207)
7703 All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. Elias Canetti Canetti, Elias 264 (208)
7704 Look to be treated by others as you have treated others. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus 265 (209)
7705 Friendship, like credit, is highest where it is not used. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green 266 (210)
7706 Journalism is the only thinkable alternative to working. Jeffrey Bernard Bernard, Jeffrey 267 (211)
7707 Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. Rita Mae Brown Brown, Rita Mae 268 (212)
7708 I like to tease my plants. I water them with ice cubes. Steven Wright Wright, Steven 269 (213)
7709 It is never too late to give up your prejudices. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David 270 (214)
7710 I'm the first queen who's ever been able to drive. Queen Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth I 272 (215)
7711 My cat does not talk as respectfully to me as I do to her. Colette Colette 273 (216)
7712 It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth. Seneca Seneca 274 (217)
7713 The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. 275 (218)
7714 My one regret in life is that I am not someone else. Woody Allen Allen, Woody 276 (219)
7715 It takes twenty years to make an overnight success. Eddie Cantor Cantor, Eddie 277 (220)
7716 How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong! Sophocles Sophocles 278 (221)
7717 Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen. Homer Homer 279 (222)
7718 Happiness is never as welcome as changelessness. Graham Greene Greene, Graham 280 (223)
7719 Slight not what's near, while aiming at what's far. Euripides Euripides 281 (224)
7720 Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad. Diogenes Diogenes 282 (225)
7721 Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius 283 (226)
7722 The best of us must sometimes eat our words. J. K. Rowling Rowling, J. K. 285 (227)
7723 Because I don't trust him, we are friends. Bertolt Brecht Brecht, Bertolt 286 (228)
7724 Few forms of life are so engaging as birds. Ellen Glasgow Glasgow, Ellen 287 (229)
7725 Pride is the never-failing vice of fools. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander 288 (230)
7726 Choose an author as you choose a friend. Lord Roscommon Roscommon, Lord 289 (231)
7727 Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. Aesop Aesop 290 (232)
7728 A good beginning makes a good ending. English Proverb Proverb - English 291 (233)
7729 Nothing happens unless first we dream. Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl 292 (234)
7730 The soul of man is immortal and imperishable. Plato Plato 293 (235)
7731 Walls have tongues, and hedges ears. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan 294 (236)
7732 The appearance of right oft leads us wrong. Horace Horace 295 (237)
7733 Prejudice is opinion without judgment. Voltaire Voltaire 296 (238)
7734 Politics makes estranged bedfellows. Goodman Ace Ace, Goodman 297 (239)
7735 His hobby is collecting old echoes. Fred Allen Allen, Fred 298 (240)
7736 A word spoken is past recalling. John Clarke Clarke, John 299 (241)
7737 To teach is to learn twice. Joseph Joubert Joubert, Joseph 300 (242)
7738 When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue, you sell him a whole new life. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher null
7739 You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories. Stanislaw J. Lec Lec, Stanislaw Jerzy null
7740 The greatest misfortune that ever befell man was the invention of printing. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
7741 As we are, so we do; and as we do, so is done to us. We are the builders of our fortunes. R. W. Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
7742 However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words. Ivan Turgenev Turgenev, Ivan null
7743 Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. Martin Luther King Jr King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
7744 There is nothing truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph null
7745 A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
7746 Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
7747 The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly become a thought. Thomas Mann Mann, Thomas null
7748 Beware, lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Aesop Aesop null
7749 Mediocre people have an answer for everything and are astonished at nothing. Eugene Delacroix Delacroix, Eugene null
7750 The blues is my business, and business is good. Etta James James, Etta null
7751 There's a lot of terrible things goin' on all the time, but you gotta try and have some fun in the end. Mose Allison Allison, Mose null
7752 The thing about my music is, there really is no point. Neil Young Young, Neil null
7753 Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end. Sid Caesar Caesar, Sid null
7754 The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet. Edward Thomas Thomas, Edward null
7755 A poem is never a put-up job so to speak. It begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a home-sickness, a love sickness. It is never a thought to begin with. Robert Frost Frost, Robert modified Vacation 2011
7756 Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion. Pythagoras Pythagoras null
7757 Perhaps in time the so-called dark ages will be thought of as including our own. Georg C. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph null
7758 Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also. Charles Horton Cooley Cooley, Charles Horton null
7759 Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. Elvis Presley Presley, Elvis null
7760 Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl null
7761 A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. Gertrude Stein Stein, Gertrude null
7762 Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content. Alfred de Musset Musset, Alfred de null
7763 I couldn't wait for success so I went ahead without it. Jonathan Winters Winters, Jonathan null
7764 Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death. Erik H. Erikson Erikson, Erik H. null
7765 A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
7766 An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. George Santayana Santayana, George null
7767 O can't you see, brother - death's a congested road for fighters now, and hero a cheap label. C. D. Andrews Andrews, C. D. null
7768 Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile. Julie Burchill Burchill, Julie null
7769 From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. Edvard Munch Munch, Edvard null
7770 When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing. Enrique Jardiel Poncela Poncela, Enrique Jardiel null
7771 When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
7772 Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone. Jim Fiebig Fiebig, Jim null
7773 Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
7774 Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast. Joe Garagiola Garagiola, Joe null
7775 Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. Bertolt Brecht Brecht, Bertolt null
7776 An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her. Agatha Christie Christie, Agatha null
7777 Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out. Anton Chekhov Chekhov, Anton null
7778 Education is a social process. Education is growth. John Dewey Dewey, John null
7779 Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. Rene Descartes Descartes, Rene null
7780 Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed. Roger Kahn Kahn, Roger null
7781 If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. Gail Sheehy Sheehy, Gail null
7782 Do not dwell in the past. Do not dream of the future. Concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha Buddha null
7783 Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. Daniel Boorstin Boorstin, Daniel null
7784 Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play. Mike Singletary Singletary, Mike null
7785 If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
7786 How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete. C. S. Lewis Lewis, C. S. null
7787 He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
7788 Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. Gilbert K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
7789 Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly. Linus Pauling Pauling, Linus null
7790 Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. Dan Gable Gable, Dan null
7791 They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Confucius Confucius null
7792 I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap. Bob Hope Hope, Bob null
7793 Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. Richard Bach Bach, Richard null
7794 I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a ferris wheel. E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks null
7795 Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. Warren Spahn Spahn, Warren null
7796 We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. Harrison Ford Ford, Harrison null
7797 I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. Alice Roosevelt Longworth Longworth, Alice Roosevelt null
7798 If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
7799 Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. Frank Herbert Herbert, Frank null
7800 I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to its path. Where the fear has go Frank Herbert (from Dune) Herbert, Frank null
7801 In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and days long. Source Obscure Unknown null
7802 I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it. Charles Schulz Schulz, Charles M. null
7803 In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last. Hugh Walpole Walpole, Hugh null
7804 If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf. Bob Hope Hope, Bob null
7805 History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man. Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe null
7806 Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. Truman Capote Capote, Truman null
7807 History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. Alexis de Tocqueville de Tocqueville, Alexis null
7808 Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
7809 A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man. Cyrano de Bergerac Bergerac, Cyrano de null
7810 Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay. Doris Day Day, Doris null
7811 History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. Ted Koppel Koppel, Ted null
7812 It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. Muhammad Ali Ali, Muhammad null
7813 There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right in America. William J. Clinton Clinton, William J. null
7814 Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. Voltaire Voltaire 12/17/2010
7815 Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. Arnold J. Toynbee Toynbee, Arnold J. 12/18/2010
7816 Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm. Augustine Birrell Birrell, Augustine 12/20/2010
7817 The utmost excellence at which humanity can arrive is a constant and determinate pursuit of justice, without regard to present dangers or advantages; a continual reference of every action to the divine will. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel 1 Spring 2010
7818 Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence. Being, then, is the dazzle each of us makes as we thread the dance of those three rhythms of our lives. George Santayana Santayana, George 2
7819 No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do, To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince. Midnight shakes the memory, As a madman shakes a dead geranium. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. 3
7820 My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I go forward always, freeing spirits and weighing words, without fear, without compassion, without love, without God. I am called science. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave 4
7821 Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness. David Augsburger Augsburger, David 5
7822 The Beatles are not merely awful ... they are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so dogmatically insensitive to the magic of the art, that they qualify as crowned heads of antimusic. William F. Buckley, Jr. Buckley, William F., Jr. 6
7823 You've got to sing like you don't need the money. You've got to love like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance like there's nobody watching. You've got to come from the heart, if you want it to work. Susanna Clark Clark, Susanna 7
7824 The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately, to tremble on the threshold of conversion, as the representative American. Lewis H. Lapham Lapham, Lewis H. 8
7825 If there is anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in the ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides. Thomas Reid Reid, Thomas 9
7826 An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather. Washington Irving Irving, Washington 10
7827 A man should fear when he enjoys only the good he does publicly. Is it not publicity rather than charity, which he loves? Is it not vanity, rather than benevolence, that gives such charities? Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward 11
7828 A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret 12
7829 Many times I am asked, "How can you be from a small town in the Midwest and sing Mozart?" Mozart was a human being with emotions and a sense of humor. We all share these qualities as human beings. Kathleen Battle Battle, Kathleen 13
7830 The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him. Jose Ortega Gasset Gasset, Jose Ortega y 14
7831 I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future. Ken Keyes Keyes, Ken 15
7832 Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist? Just give your natural enthusiasm free rein and say whatever comes into your head. Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage. Alain Rene Lesage Lesage, Alain Rene 16
7833 We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster 17
7834 The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others' that deserve it. Sir William Temple Temple, Sir William 18
7835 The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal. Deepak Chopra Chopra, Deepak 19
7836 The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do. Wayne Dyer Dyer, Dr. Wayne W. 20
7837 A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost. Marion C. Garretty Garretty, Marion C. 12/21/2010
7838 True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else. Clarence Darrow Darrow, Clarence S. 12/22/2010
7839 Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa 12/23/2010
7840 None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David 12-24-10 (none on 25th)
7841 Quality isn't something that can be argued into an article or promised into it. It must be put there. If it isn't put there, the finest sales talk in the world won't act as a substitute. C. G. Campbell Campbell, C. G. 21
7842 When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "success mechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better than you could do it by conscious effort or "willpower." Maxwell Maltz Maltz, Maxwell 22
7843 I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. Arnold Bennett Bennett, Arnold 23
7844 We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, but live our strongest dreams - even if it takes a lifetime. Vijali Hamilton Hamilton, Vijali 24
7845 In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it, and they must have a sense of success in it. John Ruskin Ruskin, John 25
7846 Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation. James Allen Allen, James L. 26
7847 The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight - And yet no man would foolishly contend. That where he sees it not, it makes an end. Emma Carleton Carleton, Emma 27
7848 Real isn't how you are made. It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but really loves you, then you become Real. Margery Williams Williams, Margery 28
7849 You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind. Darwin P. Kingsley Kingsley, Darwin P. 29
7850 I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves. Wilhelm Von Humboldt Humboldt, Wilhelm Von 30
7851 Leaders create an environment which everyone has the opportunity to do work which matches his potential capability and for which an equitable differential reward is provided. Elliott Jaques Jaques, Elliott 31
7852 The function and responsibility of the President is to set before the American people the unfinished business, the things we must do if we are going to succeed as a nation. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald 32
7853 To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never - I repeat - never, under any conditions, face the facts. Ruth Gordon Gordon, Ruth 34 (33)
7854 The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture, a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder brewed from the richness of individual lives. Mary Catherine Bateson Bateson, Mary Catherine 35 (34)
7855 Once I dreamed I was a butterfly, and now I no longer know whether I am Chuang Tzu, who dreamed I was a butterfly, or whether I am a butterfly dreaming that I am Chuang Tzu. Chuang Tzu Tzu, Chuang 36 (35)
7856 In the final analysis, each of us is responsible for what we are. We cannot blame it on our mothers, who, thanks to Freud, have replaced money as the root of all evil. Helen Lawrenson Lawrenson, Helen 37 (36)
7857 Love opens the doors into everything, as far as I can see, including and perhaps most of all, the door into one's own secret, and often terrible and frightening, real self. May Sarton Sarton, May 38 (37)
7858 I found, while thinking about the far-reaching world of the creative black woman, that often the truest answer to a question that really matters can be found very close. Alice Walker Walker, Alice 39 (38)
7859 It is quite wrong to think of old age as a downward slope. On the contrary, one climbs higher and higher with the advancing years, and that, too, with surprising strides. George Sand Sand, George 40 (39)
7860 Somehow, I don't mind being such a bad golfer when I'm at Pebble Beach, because when I send a ball flying into a sand trap there, at least I know it's going first class. Flip Wilson Wilson, Flip 41 (40)
7861 We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest. Georg Hegel Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 42 (41)
7862 Now more than ever do I realize that I shall never be content with a sedentary life, and that I shall always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere. Isabelle Eberhardt Eberhardt, Isabelle 43 (42)
7863 If possession and beauty must go together, then we are lost souls. You're not going to take a beautiful painting off the museum wall. It's there for your pleasure. Diana Vreeland Vreeland, Diana 44 (43)
7864 Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory. Emily Post Post, Emily 45 (44)
7865 I love writing, it's the center of my life. If you don't love what you do, you'd better find something else to love. Otherwise, you don't have a reason for living. Ray Bradbury Bradbury, Ray 46 (45)
7866 Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Samuel Ullman Ullman, Samuel 47 (46)
7867 The film does best when it concentrates on a single character. It does "The Informer", superbly. It tends to lose itself in the ramifications of "War and Peace." Budd Schulberg Schulberg, Budd 48 (47)
7868 There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset 49 (48)
7869 So I say: Don't hold back. Don't be shy. Step forward in every way you can to plan boldly, to speak clearly, to offer the leadership which the world needs. Lady Bird Johnson Johnson, Claudia "Lady Bird" 51 (49)
7870 By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future. Zelda Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, Zelda 52 (50)
7871 Reunions are always fraught with awkward tensions - the necessity to account for oneself, the attempt to find, through memories, an ember of the old emotions. Anita Shreve Shreve, Anita 53 (51)
7872 Poetry is an act of distillation. It takes contingency samples, is selective. It telescopes time. It focuses what most often floods past us in a polite blur. Diane Ackerman Ackerman, Diane 54 (52)
7873 Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return? Margot Fonteyn Fonteyn, Margot 55 (53)
7874 Poetry has to be something more than a conception of the mind. It has to be a revelation of nature. Conceptions are artificial. Perceptions are essential. Wallace Stevens Stevens, Wallace 56 (54)
7875 Journalism has become a sort of competitive screeching: What is trivial but noisy and immediate takes precedence over important matters that develop over time. Ted Koppel Koppel, Ted 57 (55)
7876 To play pianissimo, is to carry sweet words, to the old woman in the last dark row, who cannot hear anything else, land to lay them across her lap like a shawl. Lola Haskins Haskins, Lola 58 (56)
7877 Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoiter the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox will eventually occupy. G. C. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph 59 (57)
7878 We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy, caprice and prejudice. Jean de La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de 60 (58)
7879 If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society. Jean Piaget Piaget, Jean 61 (59)
7880 Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them. Joshua Loth Liebman Liebman, Joshua Loth 62 (60)
7881 If you don't realize there is always somebody who knows how to do something better than you, then you don't give proper respect for others' talents. Hortense Canady Canady, Hortense 64 (62)
7882 A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury; for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander 65 (63)
7883 In letters, we can reform without practice, beg without humiliation, snip and shape embarrassing experiences to the measure of our own desires. Elizabeth Hardwick Hardwick, Elizabeth 66 (64)
7884 She saw now that the strong impulses which had once wrecked her happiness were the forces that had enabled her to rebuild her life out of the ruins. Ellen Glasgow Glasgow, Ellen 67 (65)
7885 At the moment you are most in awe of all there is about life that you don't understand, you are closer to understanding it all than at any other time. Jane Wagner Wagner, Jane 68 (66)
7886 In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 69 (67)
7887 German is a language which was developed solely to afford the speaker the opportunity to spit at strangers under the guise of polite conversation. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. 70 (68)
7888 Beliefs aren't worth envisioning unless they're backed up by actions. I have seen what is possible when very hard work is combined with a dream. Mariah Sharkey Sharkey, Mariah 71 (69)
7889 The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore 72 (70)
7890 One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von 73 (71)
7891 For I have learned, To look on nature, not as in the hour, Or thoughtless youth, but hearing often times, The still, sad music of humanity. William Wordsworth Wordsworth, William 74 (72)
7892 Misfortunes one can endure - they come from outside; they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults - ah, there is the sting of life. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar 75 (73)
7893 I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor 76 (74)
7894 The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas 77 (75)
7895 Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our very being. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas 78 (76)
7896 The first duty of a human being is to assume the right relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it. Charlotte Perkins Gilman Gilman, Charlotte Perkins 79 (77)
7897 That's the risk you take if you change; that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along. Lisa Alther Alther, Lisa 80 (78)
7898 I found a great salvation through acting. It did a fantastic amount for me - making the person that I really am feel free to be just that. Lynn Redgrave Redgrave, Lynn 81 (79)
7899 The task of the educator of young children lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility, and evil with activity. Maria Montessori Montessori, Maria 82 (80)
7900 Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. John Donne Donne, John 83 (81)
7901 The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones. Frederick William Robertson Robertson, Frederick William 84 (82)
7902 In every person's face, there is one place that seems to express them most accurately. With my grandmother you always looked at her mouth. Mona Simpson Simpson, Mona 85 (83)
7903 I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien, J. R. R. 86 (84)
7904 The novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of a fool and reserves the right to disavow him. Diane Johnson Johnson, Diane 90 (85)
7905 I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. 91 (86)
7906 I always wanted to do Peter Pan. I've always resented that only women get to do it, It's about a boy who refused to grow up, not a girl. Brad Davis Davis, Brad 92 (87)
7907 The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. Mark Twain Twain, Mark 94 (88)
7908 Don't be suckered into making "sucker" bets, unless, of course, you don't know the difference, in which case you're a sucker anyhow. John Gollehon Gollehon, John 95 (89)
7909 The bourgeoisie prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire. Hermann Hesse Hesse, Hermann 97 (90)
7910 The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies, prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan 98 (91)
7911 For above all, on behalf of an ailing world which sorely needs our defiance, may we never accept the notion of "our place." Lorraine Hansberry Hansberry, Lorraine 99 (92)
7912 In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe. David Bohm Bohm, David 100 (93)
7913 You do not need to justify asking questions. But if you think you have found answers, you do not have the right to remain silent. Jacob Neusner Neusner, Jacob 101 (94)
7914 The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them, than they to possess their wealth. Pliny Pliny the Elder 102 (95)
7915 We want to be accepted just as we are, but at the same time we want the other person to win the right to our acceptance of him. Howard Thurman Thurman, Howard 103 (96)
7916 For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women. Elizabeth Blackwell Blackwell, Elizabeth 104 (97)
7917 An irrational fear should never be simply let alone, but should be gradually overcome by familiarity with its fainter forms. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand 105 (98)
7918 Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord 106 (99)
7919 With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things. Confucius Confucius 107 (100)
7920 I have always wanted to be a man, if only for the reason that I would like to have been gauged by the value of my intellect. Margot Asquith Asquith, Margot 108 (101)
7921 The treacherous, unexplored areas of the world are not in continents or the seas; they are in the hearts and minds of men. Allen E. Claxton Claxton, Allen E. 109 (102)
7922 Whatever you have read I have said is almost certainly untrue, except if it is funny, in which case I definitely said it. Tallulah Bankhead Bankhead, Tallulah 110 (103)
7923 Polls are like sleeping pills designed to lull voters into sleeping on election day. You might call them sleeping polls. Harry S. Truman Truman, Harry S. 111 (104)
7924 There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why ... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not? Stanislaw J. Lec Lec, Stanislaw Jerzy 112 (105)
7925 A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vision is drudgery. A vision with a task is the hope of the world. Dinah Craik Craik, Dinah 113 (106)
7926 The real challenge in life is to choose, hold, and operate through intelligent, uplifting, and fully empowering beliefs. Michael Sky Sky, Michael 114 (107)
7927 You've got to create a dream. You've got to uphold the dream. If you can't, go back to the factory or go back to the desk. Eric Burdon Burdon, Eric 115 (108)
7928 They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil 116 (109)
7929 Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies. and repeating them until they become habits. Charles Givens Givens, Charles 117 (110)
7930 Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to the acknowledgment of a divine power. Plato Plato 118 (111)
7931 Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis 119 (112)
7932 The road to honor is paved with thorns; but on the path to truth, at every step you set your foot down on your own heart. Ralph Iron Iron, Ralph 120 (113)
7933 I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to complain about what you have than it is to ask for what you want. Phil Lout Lout, Phil 121 (114)
7934 Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to. Alan Keightley Keightley, Alan 122 (115)
7935 No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty. James A. Froude Froude, James Anthony 123 (116)
7936 Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing. Frederick W. Robertson Robertson, Frederick William 124 (117)
7937 The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck. Channing Pollock Pollock, Channing 125 (118)
7938 I came to the conclusion many years ago that almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression. Evelyn Waugh Waugh, Evelyn 126 (119)
7939 A mechanic is driven by his work all day, but it ends at night; it has an end. But the scholar's work has none. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo 127 (120)
7940 Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top ups. Peter Davies Davies, Peter 128 (121)
7941 In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us. Flora Edwards Edwards, Flora 129 (122)
7942 That's why many fail - because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin. W. Clement Stone Stone, W. Clement 130 (123)
7943 You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough. Robert Crandall Crandall, Robert 131 (124)
7944 Why does a woman work for ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married? Barbra Streisand Streisand, Barbra 132 (125)
7945 What do we ever get nowadays from reading to equal the excitement and the revelation in those first fourteen years? Graham Greene Greene, Graham 133 (126)
7946 "We are always doing," says he, "something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us." Richard Steele Steele, Richard 134 (127)
7947 Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. James Allen Allen, James L. 135 (128)
7948 For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are the anvil, bear. When you are the hammer, strike. Edwin Markham Markham, Edwin 136 (129)
7949 Nothing would be done at all if a man waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it. Cardinal Newman Newman, John Henry Cardinal 138 (130)
7950 When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it. Bernard Bailey Bailey, Bernard 139 (131)
7951 Do not always prove yourself to be the one in the right. The right will appear. You need only give it a chance. C. H. Fowler Fowler, C. H. 140 (132)
7952 Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have - so spend it wisely. Kay Lyons Lyons, Kay 142 (133)
7953 A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take from you everything you have. Gerald R. Ford Ford, Gerald R. 143 (134)
7954 Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself. John MacNaughton MacNaughton, John 144 (135)
7955 I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life-changing difference. Mark Victor Hansen Hansen, Mark Victor 145 (136)
7956 You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path. Les Brown Brown, Les 146 (137)
7957 All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. Scott Alexander Alexander, Scott 147 (138)
7958 Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America. James Joyce Joyce, James 148 (139)
7959 The obstacles you face are ... mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach. Clarence Blasier Blasier, Clarence 149 (140)
7960 Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. Jamie Paolinetti Paolinetti, Jamie 150 (141)
7961 A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. Italo Calvino Calvino, Italo 12/28/2010
7962 A "fact" merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. Bliss Carman Carman, Bliss 12/29/2010
7963 One thing only has been lent to youth and age in common - discontent. Matthew Arnold Arnold, Matthew 12/30/2010
7964 Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose. Tom Krause Krause, Tom 12/31/2010
7965 Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin 1/1/2011
7966 The goal isn't to live forever; The goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk Palahniuk, Chuck 1/3/2011
7967 The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots. Erich Fromm Fromm, Erich 1/4/2011
7968 Cross-country skiing is great if you live in a small country. Steven Wright Wright, Steven 1/5/2011
7969 Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: give me leave to do my utmost. Isak Dinesen Dinesen, Isak 1/6/2011
7970 I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. Woody Allen Allen, Woody 1-8-11 (1-7 was a dupe)
7971 I have a love interest in every one of my films - a gun. Arnold Schwarzenegger Schwarzenegger, Arnold 1-10-11 (Monday)
7972 She dreamed, lulled by the train, of getting off at heaven or New York City, whichever she got to first. Mary Lee Settle Settle, Mary Lee 151 (142)
7973 No man is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, his fondness of himself. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel 152 (143)
7974 Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive, and irrational, but how much does it cost to knock on wood? Judith Viorst Viorst, Judith 154 (144)
7975 Why doesn't the fellow who says, "I'm no speechmaker," let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin 155 (145)
7976 It would take only one generation of forgetfulness to put us back intellectually several thousand years. Dean Tollefson Tollefson, Dean 156 (146)
7977 Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to know if she is tired. George Jean Nathan Nathan, George Jean 157 (147)
7978 Gossip isn't scandal and it isn't malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Phyllis McGinley McGinley, Phyllis 158 (148)
7979 The trouble with a fellow who talks too fast is that he is liable to say something he hasn't thought of yet. Don Radde Radde, Don 159 (149)
7980 Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. Socrates Socrates 160 (150)
7981 What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet. Woody Allen Allen, Woody 161 (151)
7982 No woman has ever so comforted the distressed or distressed the comfortable. Claire Booth Luce, on Eleanor Roosevelt Luce, Claire Booth 162 (152)
7983 A universal human stupidity is the belief that our neighbor's success is the cause of our failure. Charles V. Roman Roman, Charles V. 163 (153)
7984 It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life. Queen Christina Queen Christina 164 (154)
7985 Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. William James James, William 165 (155)
7986 Absolute justice is achieved by the suppression of all contradiction: therefore it destroys freedom. Albert Camus Camus, Albert 166 (156)
7987 People who write fiction, if they had not taken it up, might have become very successful liars. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest 167 (157)
7988 You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect. Charlton Heston Heston, Charlton 168 (158)
7989 People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives. Walter Lippmann Lippmann, Walter 169 (159)
7990 People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first. David H. Comins Comins, David H. 170 (160)
7991 Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind. Lord Essex Essex, Lord 171 (161)
7992 If you want to win anything - a race, your self, your life - you have to go a little berserk. George Sheehan Sheehan, George 172 (162)
7993 One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories. Rebecca Falls Falls, Rebecca 173 (163)
7994 We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules. Alan Bennett Bennett, Alan 174 (164)
7995 Be true to the best you know. This is your high ideal. If you do your best, you cannot do more. H. W. Dresses Dresses, H. W. 175 (165)
7996 The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead. Norman Vincent Peale Peale, Norman Vincent 177 (166)
7997 Everywhere you look in science, the harder it becomes to understand the universe without God. Robert Herrman Herrman, Robert 178 (167)
7998 Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. Walter Bagehot Bagehot, Walter 179 (168)
7999 Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. David Starr Jordan Jordan, David Starr 180 (169)
8000 You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it - there's no turning back. Jon English English, Jon 181 (170)
8001 I am a free man, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order. Lyndon Baines Johnson Johnson, Lyndon Baines 182 (171)
8002 I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance. e. e. cummings cummings, e. e. 183 (172)
8003 For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient. Nancy Gibbs Gibbs, Nancy 184 (173)
8004 Impotent hatred is the most horrid of all emotions; one should hate nobody whom one cannot destroy. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von 185 (174)
8005 There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea. Percy Williams Bridgman Bridgman, Percy Williams 186 (175)
8006 There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings. W. B. Yeats Yeats, William Butler 187 (176)
8007 To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die free is an obligation. Hubbard Davis Davis, Hubbard 188 (177)
8008 The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. Jeremy Bentham Bentham, Jeremy 190 (178)
8009 A man may be in as just possession of truth as a city, and yet be forced to surrender. Sir Thomas Browne Browne, Sir Thomas 191 (179)
8010 A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes. Ludwig Wittgenstein Wittgenstein, Ludwig 192 (180)
8011 The well-being of the soul can only be obtained after that of the body has been secured. Moses Maimonides Maimonides, Moses 193 (181)
8012 Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances. John Havlicek Havlicek, John 196 (182)
8013 To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God. Meister Eckhart Eckhart, Meister 197 (183)
8014 Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty-eight and forty. James Thurber Thurber, James 198 (184)
8015 The first step in making a soldier has always been to stamp the individuality out of him. Philip Wylie Wylie, Philip 199 (185)
8016 Men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of thought. Heinrich Heine Heine, Heinrich 200 (186)
8017 I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time. Charles M. Schulz Schulz, Charles M. 1/11/2011
8018 I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs. Frank Langella Langella, Frank 1/12/2011
8019 To be constantly skeptical is to believe in doubt, which is after all a form of faith. Crane Brinton Brinton, Crane 201 (187)
8020 For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn? Jane Austen Austen, Jane 202 (188)
8021 An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected." A. P. Herbert Herbert, A. P. 203 (189)
8022 What reason is there to admire ourselves because we are not as bad as the worst? Seneca the Younger Seneca the Younger 204 (190)
8023 Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, And hope without an object cannot live. Samuel Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel 206 (192)
8024 There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life: reciprocity. Confucius Confucius 207 (193)
8025 If the heart be right, it matters not which way the head lies. Sir Walter Raleigh, at the scaffold Raleigh, Sir Walter 208 (194)
8026 There is one secret, and that is the power we all have in forming our own destinies. Dolley Madison Madison, Dolley 205 (191)
8027 How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us. Parks Cousins Cousins, Parks 209 (195)
8028 The soul has a taste for goodness, just as the body has an appetite for pleasure. Joseph Joubert Joubert, Joseph 210 (196)
8029 I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public - talent in privacy. Marilyn Monroe Monroe, Marilyn 211 (197)
8030 Rule Number One: Never lose money. Rule Number Two: Never forget Rule Number One. Warren Buffett Buffett, Warren 212 (198)
8031 The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. 213 (199)
8032 Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly. St. Francis de Sales Saint Francis de Sales 214 (200)
8033 Life is never more fun than when you're the underdog competing against the giants. H. Ross Perot Perot, H. Ross 215 (201)
8034 She moved with a slowness that was a sign of richness; cream does not pour quickly. Rebecca West West, Dame Rebecca 216 (202)
8035 Socialism is an expression of the disease for which it purports to be the cure. George F. Will Will, George F. 217 (203)
8036 Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time. Brian Tracy Tracy, Brian 219 (204)
8037 What's good economics is bad politics; what's bad economics is good politics. Eugene W. Baer Baer, Eugene W. 221 (205)
8038 Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert 222 (206)
8039 The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. Hindu Proverb Proverb - Hindu 223 (207)
8040 Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors. W. Eugene Smith Smith, W. Eugene 224 (208)
8041 Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally. Flannery O'Connor O'Connor, Flannery 225 (209)
8042 It is the emotion which drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles. Hens Bergson Bergson, Hens 226 (210)
8043 I've run less risk driving my way across country than eating my way across it. Duncan Hines Hines, Duncan 228 (211)
8044 The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose. Michel de Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De 229 (212)
8045 We find comfort among those who agree with us, growth among those who don't. Frank A. Clark Clark, Frank A. 230 (213)
8046 A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns, whether they're loaded or not. Franklin P. Jones Jones, Franklin P. 231 (214)
8047 More husbands would leave home if they knew how to pack their suitcases. Leopold Fetchner Fetchner, Leopold 232 (215)
8048 A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. Len Wein Wein, Len 233 (216)
8049 The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. Georges Bidault Bidault, Georges 234 (217)
8050 An unexpected fact is less readily absorbed than one which was expected. Norman F. Dixon Dixon, Norman F. 235 (218)
8051 There are things that get whispered about that writers are there to overhear. Ann Beattie Beattie, Ann 236 (219)
8052 'Tis strange - but true, for truth is always strange, Stranger than fiction. Lord Byron Byron, Lord 237 (220)
8053 'Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep. Miguel de Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de 238 (221)
8054 Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry. Charles Evans Hughes Hughes, Charles Evans 239 (222)
8055 Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 240 (223)
8056 Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you. Wayne Dyer Dyer, Dr. Wayne W. 241 (224)
8057 It is far easier to act under conditions of tyranny than it is to think. Hannah Arendt Arendt, Hannah 242 (225)
8058 Evaluate what you want - because what gets measured, gets produced. James A. Belasco Belasco, James A. 243 (226)
8059 Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well. Steve Brown Brown, Steve 245 (227)
8060 We don't know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it. Will Rogers Rogers, Will 246 (228)
8061 Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 247 (229)
8062 Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. Doug Larson Larson, Doug 248 (230)
8063 Oh, no man knows, Through what wild centuries, Roves back the rose. Walter de la Mare de la Mare, Walter 249 (231)
8064 About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends. Herbert Hoover Hoover, Herbert Clark 252 (232)
8065 What is fame? an empty bubble; Gold? a transient, shining trouble. James Grainger Grainger, James 253 (233)
8066 When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it. Mark Victor Hansen Hansen, Mark Victor 254 (234)
8067 Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcolm Forbes Forbes, Malcolm 255 (235)
8068 Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis "good works" make the man. Eliza Cook Cook, Eliza 256 (236)
8069 Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest. Paul Zane Pilzer Pilzer, Paul Zane 257 (237)
8070 Think like a wise man but express yourself like the common people. W. B. Yeats Yeats, William Butler 258 (238)
8071 It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. Lena Horne Horne, Lena 259 (239)
8072 School is a building which has four walls with tomorrow inside. Lon Watters Watters, Lon 260 (240)
8073 Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals. Sir John Denham Denham, Sir John 262 (241)
8074 Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too. Robert Half Half, Robert 263 (242)
8075 Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich 264 (243)
8076 It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. Sally Kempton Kempton, Sally 265 (244)
8077 The best way to help poor people is to not be one of them. Bob Harrington Harrington, Bob 266 (245)
8078 We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge. John Naisbitt Naisbitt, John 268 (246)
8079 In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses. Russell Baker Baker, Russell 269 (247)
8080 Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William 270 (248)
8081 One thought driven home is better than three left on base. James Liter Liter, James 271 (249)
8082 There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. Marie Antoinette Antoinette, Marie 272 (250)
8083 Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers. Voltaire Voltaire 273 (251)
8084 Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. Albert Camus Camus, Albert 274 (252)
8085 To get what you want, stop doing what isn't working. Dennis Weaver Weaver, Dennis 275 (253)
8086 Sports do not build character. They reveal it. Heywood Hale Broun Broun, Heywood Hale 277 (254)
8087 The softness of the summer day was like an ermine paw. Anais Nin Nin, Anais 278 (255)
8088 The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas 279 (256)
8089 Do not turn back when you are just at the goal. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus 280 (257)
8090 One extends one's limits only by exceeding them. M. Scott Peck Peck, M. Scott 281 (258)
8091 I would rather see a sermon than hear one any day. Eddie Guest Guest, Edgar 282 (259)
8092 Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain. Hugh Prather Prather, Hugh 283 (260)
8093 Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture. Mario Burata Burata, Mario 284 (261)
8094 In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best. Euripides Euripides 285 (262)
8095 There is nothing lost or wasted in this life. Bhagavad-Gita Bhagavad-Gita 286 (263)
8096 Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Aristotle Aristotle 287 (264)
8097 A Man without a Wife is but half a Man. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin 288 (265)
8098 Good writing is clear thinking made visible. Bill Wheeler Wheeler, Bill 289 (266)
8099 Silence alone is worthy to be heard. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David 290 (267)
8100 Attitudes are more important than facts. Karl Menninger Menninger, Karl A. 291 (268)
8101 To think is to practice brain chemistry. Deepak Chopra Chopra, Deepak 292 (269)
8102 Energy is equal to desire and purpose. Sheryl Adams Adams, Sheryl 293 (270)
8103 It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. Aesop Aesop 294 (271)
8104 Seize the day! Put no trust in the morrow. Horace Horace 295 (272)
8105 Man knows more than he understands. Alfred Adler Adler, Alfred 296 (273)
8106 Big results require big ambitions. James Champy Champy, James 297 (274)
8107 Living well is the best revenge. George Herbert Herbert, George 298 (275)
8108 To find yourself, think for yourself. Socrates Socrates 299 (276)
8109 Feel the fear and do it anyway. Susan Jeffers Jeffers, Susan 300 (277)
8110 To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. Voltaire Voltaire null
8111 The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Harriet Beecher null
8112 If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people. Timothy Leary Leary, Timothy null
8113 I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
8114 Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks. Eric Sevareid Sevareid, Eric null
8115 It's the friends you can call up at four A. M. that matter. Marlene Dietrich Dietrich, Marlene null
8116 My little old dog: a heartbeat at my feet. Edith Wharton Wharton, Edith null
8117 A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. Saul Bellow Bellow, Saul null
8118 A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
8119 It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. Sophocles Sophocles null
8120 Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
8121 He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. Johann Friedrich von Schiller Schiller, Johann Friedrich von null
8122 We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
8123 A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank. John Berry Berry, John null
8124 Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
8125 There are always flowers for those who want to see them. Henri Matisse Matisse, Henri null
8126 The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
8127 A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place. Stanley Weiser Weiser, Stanley null
8128 Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs. Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock, Alfred null
8129 Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
8130 I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Elizabeth Edwards Edwards, Elizabeth null
8131 Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building. Arthur Erickson Erickson, Arthur null
8132 It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help. Epicurus Epicurus null
8133 A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else. Bette Davis Davis, Bette null
8134 Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. George Washington Washington, George null
8135 Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness. Frank Gehry Gehry, Frank null
8136 It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
8137 Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies. Elie Wiesel Wiesel, Elie null
8138 When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same. Toni Morrison Morrison, Toni null
8139 One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. George Santayana Santayana, George null
8140 Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair. Elie Wiesel Wiesel, Elie null
8141 Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. Plautus Plautus null
8142 Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
8143 Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves. Julia Morgan Morgan, Julia null
8144 Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood. Beryl Bainbridge Bainbridge, Beryl null
8145 If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien, J. R. R. null
8146 Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go. Margaret Walker Walker, Margaret null
8147 Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Rohe, Ludwig Mies van der null
8148 Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. Peter Marshall Marshall, Peter null
8149 The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. Muhammad Iqbal Iqbal, Muhammad null
8150 I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me. Maya Lin Lin, Maya null
8151 A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn Rand Rand, Ayn null
8152 Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. Og Mandino Mandino, Og null
8153 If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. Dale Carnegie Carnegie, Dale null
8154 The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. Bella Abzug Abzug, Bella null
8155 Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. Robert H. Schuller Schuller, Robert H. null
8156 There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves. Richard Rorty Rorty, Richard reverse order 3-22-11
8157 One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests. John Stuart Mill Mill, John Stuart reverse order 3-21-11
8158 The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. Carl Sagan Sagan, Carl 3/23/2011
8159 Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David 3/24/2011
8160 Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard 3/25/2011
8161 I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box. Bette Davis Davis, Bette 3/26/2011
8162 I like thinking big. If You're going to be thinking anyway, you might as Well think big. Donald Trump Trump, Donald 3-28-11 Monday
8163 The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David #1 Cryptogram Extra 2009
8164 A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment. Beverly Sills Sills, Beverly #2
8165 I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end ... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham #3
8166 Researchers at Harvard say that taking a power nap for an hour in the afternoon can totally refresh you. They say that by the time you wake up you'll feel so good, you'll be able to start looking for a new job. Jay Leno Leno, Jay #4
8167 It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal. Helen Keller Keller, Helen #5
8168 A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. Tom Stoppard Stoppard, Tom 3-30-11 (3-29 was a dupe)
8169 The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use? Dale Carnegie Carnegie, Dale #7 (1 dupe #6)
8170 Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers. Billy Joel Joel, Billy #8
8171 The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. Mitch Albom Albom, Mitch #9
8172 The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. #10
8173 Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force. Irving Berlin Berlin, Irving #11
8174 I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases. Harry S. Truman Truman, Harry S. #12
8175 A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John #13
8176 Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence. Norman Podhoretz Podhoretz, Norman #14
8177 No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness. Alan Alda Alda, Alan #15
8178 There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable. Annie Dillard Dillard, Annie #16
8179 My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It's the letter I use to spell yuzz-a-ma-tuzz. You'll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond 'Z' and start poking around! Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss #17
8180 The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself - always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity. Jimmy Carter Carter, Jimmy #18
8181 Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup. Sara Teasdale Teasdale, Sara #19
8182 A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image. Joan Didion Didion, Joan #20
8183 The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald #21
8184 Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. Lucille Ball Ball, Lucille #22
8185 Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano #23
8186 Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. J. C. Watts Watts, J. C. #24
8187 The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are. Robert Fulghum Fulghum, Robert #25
8188 A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden Wooden, John 4-1-11 (3-31-11 is a dupe)
8189 All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. Julie Andrews Andrews, Julie 4/2/2011
8190 Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas #26
8191 Living in New York is like being at some terrible late-night party. You're tired, you've had a headache since you arrived, but you can't leave because then you'd miss the party. Simon Hoggart Hoggart, Simon #27
8192 There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation. Walter Lippmann Lippmann, Walter #28
8193 The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings. George W. Bush Bush, George W. #30 (2 dupes #29)
8194 I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death. George Carlin Carlin, George #31
8195 The difference between a Democracy and a Dictatorship is that in a Democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a Dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting. Charles Bukowski Bukowski, Charles #32
8196 One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends. Jean Cocteau Cocteau, Jean #33
8197 No matter what a man does, he is not fully sane or human unless there is a spirit of freedom in him, a soul unconfined by purpose and larger than the practicable world. Charles Horton Cooley Cooley, Charles Horton #34
8198 We have ignored cultural literacy in thinking about education. We ignore the air we breathe until it is thin or foul. Cultural literacy is the oxygen of social intercourse. E. D. Hirsch, Jr. Hirsch, E. D., Jr. #35
8199 One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one's life has meaning, that one is needed in this world. Hannah Senesh Senesh, Hannah #36
8200 Nature is the greatest teacher and I learn from her best when others are asleep. In the still dark hours before sunrise God tells me of the plans I am to fulfill. George Washington Carver Carver, George Washington #37
8201 Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world. John Milton Milton, John #38
8202 The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine. Marcus Terentius Varro Varro, Marcus Terentius #40 (3 dupes #39)
8203 The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. Buddha Buddha #41
8204 A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander #42
8205 The oppressed without hope are mysteriously quiet. When the conception of change is beyond the limits of the possible, there are no words to articulate discontent. Sheila Rowbotham Rowbotham, Sheila #44 (4 dupes #43)
8206 If foreign policy is conducted by those who consider the moral dimension an irritant, if not an obstacle, we should not be surprised by the victory of our enemy. Christopher Manion Manion, Christopher #45
8207 It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days are long with gathering of experience. George Gissing Gissing, George #46
8208 The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity - unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity. Henry Clay Clay, Henry #47
8209 I just can't stand to look plain, 'cause that don't fit my personality. I may be a very artificial looking person, but the good news is, I'm very real on the inside. Dolly Parton Parton, Dolly #48
8210 Money can be translated into the beauty of living, a support in misfortune, an education, or future security. It can also be translated into a source of bitterness. Sylvia Porter Porter, Sylvia #49
8211 Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna, or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, and let the nice things come out. Barbara Walters Walters, Barbara #50
8212 Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual. Frank Herbert Herbert, Frank #51
8213 If you compromise your independence for any reason, there's not much use for living. If you compromise it for something as fleeting as money you are already dead. Sean Connery Connery, Sean #52
8214 It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sheriock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle. Frederick Buechner Buechner, Frederick #53
8215 No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal. Bill Cosby Cosby, Bill #54
8216 Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe. Alfonso, King of Castile, on studying the Ptolemaic system Alfonso, King of Castile #55
8217 Style icons in our time can be chameleons; they need not be obsessed with the discipline and snobbery that were, in the past, important ingredients of style. Karl Lagerfeld Lagerfeld, Karl #56
8218 Pull off a coup and you're a national hero, fail and you're an evil criminal; in business it's the same difference between bankruptcy and making a fortune. Jeffrey Archer Archer, Jeffrey #57
8219 What makes it so plausible to assume that hypocrisy is the vice of vices is that integrity can indeed exist under the cover of all vices except this one. Lionel Trilling Trilling, Lionel #58
8220 The Farmer will never be happy again; He carries his heart in his boots; For either the rain is destroying his grain, or the drought is destroying his roots. A. P. Herbert Herbert, A. P. #59
8221 If it is true that talent recreates life while genius has the additional gift of crowning it with myths, Melville is first and foremost a creator of myths. Albert Camus Camus, Albert #60
8222 As a professor, I tended to think of history as run by impersonal forces. But when you see it in practice, you see the difference personalities make. Henry A. Kissinger Kissinger, Henry A. #61
8223 I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others. Amelia Earhart Earhart, Amelia #62
8224 A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream. Gaston Bachelard Bachelard, Gaston #63
8225 The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, "We did it ourselves." Lao-Tzu Laozi #64
8226 Friendly attacks should begin with faint praise, but be careful not to use adjectives or phrases of which the publisher can make use in advertisements. John Betjeman Betjeman, John #65
8227 Nothing is more rewarding than the effort a man makes to matter - to count, to stand for something, to have it make some difference that he lived at all. Leo Rosten Rosten, Leo #66
8228 I hold that every man owes something of his time and substance to the upbuilding of the profession or industry from which he gains his livelihood. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore #67
8229 Among true and real friends, all is common; and were ignorance and envy and superstition banished from the world, all mankind would be friends. Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe #68
8230 The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality, and Independence. Edward Rickenbacker Rickenbacker, Edward #69
8231 The most important thing a man can know is that, as he approaches his own door, someone on the other side is listening for the sound of his footsteps. Clark Gable Gable, Clark #70
8232 I cannot help being happy. I've struggled against it but to no good. Apart from an odd five minutes here and there, I have been happy all my life. Arthur Marshall Marshall, Arthur #71
8233 I have forgot much, Cynara! Gone with the wind, Flung roses, roses, riotously, with the throng, dancing, to put thy pale. lost lilies out of mind. Ernest Dowson Dowson, Ernest #72
8234 I feel like I could be President of the United States. People laugh, but if I set my mind to it, within the next fifteen years, I would be President. Will Smith Smith, Will #73
8235 One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man. Marlo Thomas Thomas, Marlo #74
8236 Of any stopping place in life. it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain. Mary Catherine Bateson Bateson, Mary Catherine #75
8237 Seeing a murder on television ... can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some. Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock, Alfred #76
8238 Of one thing alone I am very sure: It is a law of our nature that the memory of longing should survive the more fugitive memory of fulfillment. Ellen Glasgow Glasgow, Ellen #77
8239 I don't know anything about business. I'm proud of that. Fear those who do. They're the dangerous ones. Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop International Roddick, Anita #78
8240 The tea hour is the hour of peace. Strife is lost in the hissing of the kettle - a tranquilizing sound, second only to the purring of a cat. Agnes Repplier Repplier, Agnes #79
8241 People think if you're a musician, you have to change the world. You're expected to be a politician, a guru - and a funky bass player. Me'Shell Ndegeocello Ndegeocello, Me'Shell #80
8242 I have noticed before that there is a category of acquaintanceship that is not friendship or business or romance, but speculation, fascination. Jane Smiley Smiley, Jane #81
8243 I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers; whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots. Wendy Cope Cope, Wendy #82
8244 Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. Lord Acton Acton, Lord #83
8245 I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking. Frank Lloyd Wright Wright, Frank Lloyd #84
8246 I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and ofttimes disagreeable. I suppose I'm larger than life. Bette Davis Davis, Bette #85
8247 We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives. Jonis Agee Agee, Jonis #86
8248 Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. Aristotle Aristotle #87
8249 Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain. Fawn M. Brodie Brodie, Fawn M. #88
8250 The conscientious Canadian critic is one who subscribes to the "New York Times" so that he knows at first hand what his opinions should be. Eric Nichol Nichol, Eric #89
8251 I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet. George Foreman Foreman, George #90
8252 The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel #91
8253 Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, thy Naiad airs have brought me home, to the glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was Rome. Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan #93 (5 dupes #92)
8254 Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. Frank McCourt McCourt, Frank #94
8255 The only time I really open up is onstage. The mask of performing gives it to me, a place where I hide myself then I can reveal myself. Jim Morrison Morrison, Jim #95
8256 I like Wagner's music better than any other music. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without people hearing what one says. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar #96
8257 She preserved to the age of fifty-six that contempt for ideas which is normal among boys and girls of fifteen. Odell Shepherd, on Louisa May Alcott Shepherd, Odell #97
8258 You get a feeling that if "The Wizard of Oz" were remade today, the yellow brick road would be brought to you courtesy of "Carpeteria". Peter Rainier Rainier, Peter #98
8259 God is really an artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just keeps trying other things. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo #99
8260 They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world. Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. Tom Bodett Bodett, Tom #100
8261 The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it - the speed of his acceptance. E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks #101
8262 It is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden. Elizabeth Bowen Bowen, Elizabeth #102
8263 Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything. Katharine Hepburn Hepburn, Katharine #104 (6 dupes #103)
8264 My father was never very friendly. When I was growing up, I thought the doorbell ringing was a signal to pretend you weren't home. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita #105
8265 The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But she won't sit upon a cold stove lid, either. Mark Twain Twain, Mark #106
8266 There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect. Roseanne Barr, Roseanne #107
8267 Someone once said Balzac's only fault is that he makes all of his characters into geniuses, like himself. What a wonderful fault! Edmund White White, Edmund #108
8268 There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North #109
8269 I continue to create because writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind. Alice Childress Childress, Alice #111 (7 dupes #110)
8270 Non-cooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet. Julia Child Child, Julia #113 (8 dupes #112)
8271 There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver #114
8272 A woman without the vanity which delights in her power of attracting would be by that very fact without power to attract. Coventry Patmore Patmore, Coventry #115
8273 When everybody has got money they cut taxes, and when they're broke they raise 'em. That's statesmanship of the highest order. Will Rogers Rogers, Will #116
8274 The world is hard to love, though we must love it because we have no other, and to fail to love it is not to exist at all. Mark Van Doren Van Doren, Mark #117
8275 I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph. Shirley Temple Shirley, Temple #118
8276 Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books - they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past. Esther Meynell Meynell, Esther #121 (10 dupes #119 & #120)
8277 Moses dragged us for forty years through the desert to bring us to the one place in the Middle East where there was no oil. Golda Meir Meir, Golda #122
8278 I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph #123
8279 The artist is a spectator, indifferent or impassioned, at the birth of his work, and observes the phases of its development. Max Ernst Ernst, Max #124
8280 A teacher's day is half bureaucracy, half crisis, half monotony, and one-eightieth epiphany. Never mind the arithmetic. Susan Ghanian Ghanian, Susan #125
8281 To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling. Barbara Walters Walters, Barbara #126
8282 Our aim in founding the State was not the disproportionate happiness of any one class, but the greatest happiness of the whole. Plato Plato #127
8283 Fashion matters considerably more than horoscopes, rather more than dog shows, and slightly more than hockey. Roy Blount, Jr. Blount, Roy, Jr. #129 (11 dupes #128)
8284 I just play what I feel like playing, and every once in a while I'll wake up and feel like playing something else. Neil Young Young, Neil #130
8285 We still think of Gene Kelly as a guy in loafers and a tight T-shirt, tap dancing up a storm all by his lonesome. John Updike Updike, John #131
8286 Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand! Edna St. Vincent Millay Millay, Edna St. Vincent #132
8287 When you do Shakespeare they think you must be intelligent because they think you understand what you're saying. Helen Mirren Mirren, Helen #133
8288 Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first excitement dwindles. Annie Dillard Dillard, Annie #134
8289 The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted dreams. Elizabeth Gilbert Gilbert, Elizabeth #135
8290 The young soldier is taught as his first duty to obey his superior without consulting his conscience. William Ellery Channing Channing, William Ellery #136
8291 Remember, nothing that's good works by itself, just to please you. You've got to make the damn thing work. Thomas Alva Edison Edison, Thomas Alva #137
8292 The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. John Adams Adams, John #138
8293 By paying our other debts, we are equal with mankind; but in refusing to pay a debt of revenge, we are superior. C. C. Colton Colton, Charles Caleb #139
8294 My mother could make anybody feel guilty - she used to get letters of apology from people she didn't even know. Joan Rivers Rivers, Joan #140
8295 The only reason you were born was to be better than your parents and to make this world better for your children. Drew Brown Brown, Drew #141
8296 I don't have the drive to be a star. I just wanted to make a nice living and be on a bill with Jackson Browne. Bonnie Raitt Raitt, Bonnie #143 (12 dupes #142)
8297 She is not fair to outward view, as many maidens be; her loveliness I never knew, until she smiled on me. Hartley Coleridge Coleridge, Hartley #147 (15 dupes #144 thru #147)
8298 A garden really lives insofar as it is an expression of faith, the embodiment of a hope, and a song of praise. Russell Page Page, Russell #148
8299 One must divide one's time between politics and equations. But our equations are much more important to me. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert #153 (19 dupes #149 thru #152)
8300 Mental reflection is so much more interesting than TV, it's a shame more people don't switch over to it. Robert M. Pirsig Pirsig, Robert M. #156 (21 dupes #154 & #155)
8301 Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. Phyllis Diller Diller, Phyllis #157
8302 Heresy is what the minority believe; it is the name given by the powerful to the doctrines of the weak. Robert Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green #158
8303 It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to. Walter Linn Linn, Walter #159
8304 I am a professional tennis player. I have a friend who is a nun and her social life is better than mine. Wendy Turnbull Turnbull, Wendy #160
8305 There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other, wings. Hodding Carter Carter, Hodding #163 (23 dupes #161 & #162)
8306 If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world. Heinrich Heine Heine, Heinrich #164
8307 Either we must attain freedom for the whole world or there will be no world left for any of us. Walter Francis White White, Walter Francis #165
8308 We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas #166
8309 Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in a broad, intelligent, and spacious way. John Morley Morley, John #167
8310 If I have wasted my days in voluptuousness, ah! ye gods, give them back to me so I can waste them again. La Mettrie La Mettrie #168
8311 When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out. Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma #171 (25 dupes #169 & #170)
8312 Hope awakens courage. He who can implant courage in the human soul is the best physician. Karl Ludwig von Knebel Knebel, Karl Ludwig von #172
8313 In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers. Neville Chamberlain Chamberlain, Neville #174 (26 dupes #173)
8314 Come in the evening, or come in the morning, come when you're looked for, or come without warning. Thomas Davis Davis, Thomas #175
8315 The peak of tolerance is most readily achieved by those who are not burdened with convictions. Alexander Chase Chase, Alexander #178 (28 dupes #176 & #177)
8316 In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas #179
8317 Imagination plays its part, too, in the game of pocket billiards, just as it does in any sport. Willie Mosconi Mosconi, Willie #180
8318 For years I have been known for saying "include me out"; but today I am giving it up forever. Samuel Goldwyn Goldwyn, Samuel #181
8319 The relationship between the make-up man and the film actor is that of accomplices in crime. Marlene Dietrich Dietrich, Marlene #182
8320 I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife. Joan Collins Collins, Joan #183
8321 What would the rose with all her pride be worth were there no sun to call her brightness forth? Thomas Moore Moore, Thomas #184
8322 I have a seashell collection; maybe you've seen it? I keep it on beaches all over the world. Steven Wright Wright, Steven #185
8323 Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. Robert Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. #186
8324 The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. Saki Saki #187
8325 Oh better than the minting, of a gold-crowned king, is the safe-kept memory, of a lovely thing. Sara Teasdale Teasdale, Sara #190 (30 dupes #188 & #189)
8326 He who does his own work frees a slave. He who does not his own work is a slaveholder. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo #191
8327 The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see. Ayn Rand Rand, Ayn #198 (36 dupes #192 thru #197)
8328 It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children. Ama Ata Aidoo Aidoo, Ama Ata #199
8329 Envy feels not its own happiness but when it may be compared with the misery of others. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel #200
8330 A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil #203 (38 dupes #201 & #202)
8331 Optimism: The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose #204
8332 Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge. John Wesley Wesley, John #206 (39 dupes #205)
8333 The art of translation lies less in knowing the other language than in knowing your own. Ned Rorem Rorem, Ned #208 (40 dupes #207)
8334 It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone! Merrill Markoe Markoe, Merrill #209
8335 The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything or nothing. Nancy Astor Astor, Lady Nancy #210
8336 Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric #211
8337 Whoever sins least, he is the best man; for no man is innocent, no one free from blame. Epicharmus Epicharmus #212
8338 Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? Clarence Darrow Darrow, Clarence S. #214 (41 dupes #213)
8339 Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it. Agatha Christie Christie, Agatha #215
8340 If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard #216
8341 Life is only a stage to play the fool upon as long as the part amuses us. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis #217
8342 I got fired because of my age. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again. Casey Stengel Stengel, Casey #218
8343 I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. Gloria Steinem Steinem, Gloria #219
8344 Thank heavens we do not get all of the government that we are made to pay for. Milton Friedman Friedman, Milton #221 (42 dupes #220)
8345 I believe in loyalty. When a woman reaches an age she likes, she should stick to it. Eva Gabor Gabor, Eva #222
8346 Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair. Eugene Ionesco Ionesco, Eugene #224 (43 dupes #223)
8347 The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual. R. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster #225
8348 Nothing can exceed the vanity of our existence but the folly of our pursuits. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver #227 (44 dupes #226)
8349 I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah #228
8350 To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult with every year. E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks #229
8351 Never speak ill of yourself; your friends will always say enough on that subject. Talleyrand Talleyrand #230
8352 We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics. Hubert H. Humphrey Humphrey, Hubert H. #231
8353 Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me. Starlight and dewdrop are waiting for thee. Stephen Foster Foster, Stephen #232
8354 Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. Daniel Patrick Moynihan Moynihan, Daniel Patrick #233
8355 If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. Buddha Buddha #234
8356 Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice? Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian #235
8357 I play golf in the low eighties. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play. Joe E. Lewis Lewis, Joe E. #236
8358 To choose what is difficult all one's days, as if it were easy, that is faith. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. #237
8359 To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it. Tacitus Tacitus #238
8360 I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution. Wernher von Braun Braun, Wernher von #239
8361 Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency, in giving them no offense. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius #243 (47 dupes #240 thru #242)
8362 Laws are felt only when the individual comes in conflict with them. Suzanne La Follette Follette, Suzanne La #244
8363 "But the Emperor has nothing on at all!" cried a little child. Hans Christian Andersen Andersen, Hans Christian #245
8364 The weakness in human nature is that which goes by the name of strength. Peter Ustinov Ustinov, Peter #246
8365 Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty. Denis Diderot Diderot, Denis #247
8366 How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean. Arthur C. Clarke Clarke, Arthur C. #248
8367 Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better. Edgar Watson Howe Howe, Edgar Watson #249
8368 Hollywood may be thickly populated but to me it's a bewilderness. Sir Cedric Harwicke Harwicke, Sir Cedric #250
8369 He may be President, but he still comes home and swipes my socks. Joseph P. Kennedy Kennedy, Joseph P. #253 (49 dupes #251 & #253)
8370 If you share a flat with a biologist, don't eat anything in the fridge. Faith Hines Hines, Faith #255 (50 dupes #254)
8371 His thinking does not produce smoke after the flame, but light after smoke. Horace Horace #256
8372 Home is where you come to when you have nothing better to do. Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret #257
8373 It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. Epictetus Epictetus #258
8374 It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it. Claudette Colbert Colbert, Claudette #259
8375 Can't nothin' make your life work if you ain't the architect. Terry McMillan McMillan, Terry #262 (52 dupes #260 ą)
8376 The urban workaday economy would be unthinkable without coffee. Irene Fizer Fizer, Irene #263
8377 One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats. Iris Murdoch Murdoch, Iris #264
8378 Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. John Dewey Dewey, John #266 (53 dupes #265)
8379 Ignorance, if not bliss, often saves a good deal of time. Anthony Gilbert Gilbert, Anthony #267
8380 Spring has returned. The earth is like a child that knows poems. Rainer Maria Rilke Rilke, Rainer Maria 4-4-11 (Monday - no 4-3)
8381 Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus #268
8382 We never really grow up. We only learn how to act in public. Bryan White White, Bryan #269
8383 Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. Jonathan Kozol Kozol, Jonathan #270
8384 Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret #271
8385 Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. Voltaire Voltaire #272
8386 Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. Confucius Confucius #273
8387 Humor: The ability to laugh at any mistake you survive. Jerry Tucker Tucker, Jerry #274
8388 Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny. Sophocles Sophocles #275
8389 Shaw's plays are the price we pay for Shaw's prefaces. James Agate Agate, James #276
8390 Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius #277
8391 English is the perfect language to sell pigs in. Michael Hartnett Hartnett, Michael #278
8392 Beware of the young doctor and the old barber. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin #279
8393 The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward #280
8394 There is no failure except in no longer trying. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green #281
8395 Even where sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing. Homer Homer #282
8396 I'll play it first and tell you what it is later. Miles Davis Davis, Miles #283
8397 Music is essentially useless, as life is. George Santayana Santayana, George #284
8398 Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. Socrates Socrates #285
8399 The day I see a leaf is a marvel of a day. Kenneth Patton Patton, Kenneth #286
8400 Good order is the foundation of all things. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund #288 (54 dupes #287)
8401 Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead. Euripides Euripides #289
8402 Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. Swedish Proverb Proverb - Swedish #290
8403 Politics is the art of the possible. Otto von Bismarck Bismarck, Otto von #291
8404 A man's character is revealed by his speech. Menander Menander #292
8405 Pitching is the art of instilling fear. Sandy Koufax Koufax, Sandy #293
8406 One faces the future with one's past. Pearl S. Buck Buck, Pearl S. #294
8407 Soldiers are made on purpose to be killed. Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon #295
8408 Better to be alone than in bad company. John Clarke Clarke, John #296
8409 An unpopular rule is never long maintained. Seneca Seneca #297
8410 Man is a two-legged animal without feathers. Plato Plato #298
8411 True silence is the rest of the mind. William Penn Penn, William #299
8412 Hate the sin and not the sinner. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas #300
8413 A woman and a mouse, they carry a tale wherever they go. Gelett Burgess Burgess, Gelett null
8414 Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven. Tryon Edwards Edwards, Tryon null
8415 If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear. Judy Blume Blume, Judy null
8416 Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien, J. R. R. null
8417 On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar. Helen Hayes Hayes, Helen null
8418 Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world. Elie Wiesel Wiesel, Elie null
8419 If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. Thomas Paine Paine, Thomas null
8420 There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. Ray Bradbury Bradbury, Ray null
8421 Time: that which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him. Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert null
8422 Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day. W. Earl Hall Hall, W. Earl null
8423 I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas null
8424 He's my friend who speaks well of me behind my back. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas null
8425 Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss null
8426 Each of us feels that we are just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less without that missing drop. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
8427 I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden. Ruth Stout Stout, Ruth null
8428 The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp. John Berry Berry, John null
8429 Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace. Eugene O'Neill O'Neill, Eugene null
8430 Celebrate all the things you don't like about yourself - love yourself. Lady Gaga Lady Gaga null
8431 He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away. Raymond Hull Hull, Raymond null
8432 Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
8433 Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe. St. Therese of Lisieux Saint Therese of Lisieux null
8434 An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence. Honore De Balzac Balzac, Honore De null
8435 How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart. William Butler Yeats Yeats, William Butler null
8436 There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
8437 Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. William Faulkner Faulkner, William null
8438 Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit. Bill Cosby Cosby, Bill null
8439 Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. William Cowper Cowper, William null
8440 When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced: live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. Cherokee Saying Proverb - Cherokee null
8441 Don't cry for a man who's left you. The next one may fall for your smile. Mae West West, Mae null
8442 An age is called dark, not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. James Michener Michener, James null
8443 When the gods wish to punish us, they make us believe our own advertising. Daniel Boorstin Boorstin, Daniel null
8444 Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
8445 Control over change would seem to consist in moving not with it, but ahead of it. Marshall McLuhan McLuhan, Marshall null
8446 Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another. Elie Wiesel Wiesel, Elie null
8447 Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is 'youer' than you. Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss null
8448 Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
8449 There are no lines in nature, only areas of color, one against another. Edouard Manet Manet, Edouard null
8450 Golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dogs out. Princess Anne Princess Anne null
8451 I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. Ella Maillart Maillart, Ella null
8452 The spirit of this day has not changed. It remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy. Doc Hastings Hastings, Doc null
8453 Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved. Vivien Leigh Leigh, Vivien null
8454 A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer. Novalis Novalis null
8455 As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid. Irvin S. Cobb Cobb, Irvin S. null
8456 The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. Emile Zola Zola, Emile null
8457 I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it. Marilyn Monroe Monroe, Marilyn null
8458 All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name. Andre Breton Breton, Andre null
8459 You have to, at least from a distance, look as if you know what you're doing, and I can manage that. Steven Morrissey Morrissey, Steven null
8460 Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. Norman Vincent Peale Peale, Norman Vincent null
8461 Either you run the day or the day runs you. Jim Rohn Rohn, Jim null
8462 Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave null
8463 God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on thy heart. Edna St. Vincent Millay Millay, Edna St. Vincent null
8464 Fine art is knowledge made visible. Gustave Courbet Courbet, Gustave null
8465 I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. David Bowie Bowie, David null
8466 My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see. Paul Getty Getty, J. Paul null
8467 Consistency in regard to opinions is the slow poison of intellectual life. Sir Humphry Davy Davy, Sir Humphry null
8468 Most of us have to be transplanted, like a tree, before we blossom. Louise Nevelson Nevelson, Louise null
8469 Never whisper to the deaf or wink at the blind. Slovenian Proverb Proverb - Slovenian null
8470 God made the world round so we could never see too far down the road. Isak Dinesen Dinesen, Isak null
8471 The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings. Plato Plato null
8472 The work will wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow won't wait while you do the work. Patricia Clifford Clifford, Patricia null
8473 In difficult circumstances, always act on first impressions. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
8474 Remember, your body needs six to eight glasses of fluid daily - straight up or on the rocks. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. null
8475 One way to prevent conversation from being boring is to say the wrong thing. Frank Sheed Sheed, Frank null
8476 A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves. Bertrand de Jouvenel Jouvenel, Bertrand de null
8477 A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
8478 Where people have no dreams and no hopes and aspirations, life becomes dull and a meaningless wilderness. Tommy Douglas Douglas, Tommy null
8479 Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin null
8480 In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
8481 I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home. Robert Orben Orben, Robert null
8482 It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation. Rob Gilbert Gilbert, Rob null
8483 Search not a wound too deep lest thou make a new one. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas null
8484 The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur null
8485 We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal. Anatole France France, Anatole null
8486 My sad conviction is that people can only agree about what they're not really interested in. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
8487 Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
8488 The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
8489 It takes me a long time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
8490 We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. Lucretius Lucretius null
8491 In my home, we've got a system for ending arguments: We just talk and talk until my wife is right. Jason Love Love, Jason null
8492 Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest null
8493 To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. null
8494 Beware the lollipop of mediocrity. Lick it once and you'll suck forever. Brian Wilson Wilson, Brian null
8495 You Can make a good living from soothsaying, but not truthsaying. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph null
8496 I don't know what you could say about a day in which you've seen four beautiful sunsets. John Glenn Glenn, John null
8497 Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude toward us. John Mitchell Mitchell, John null
8498 I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy. I should want someone who made it interesting. Edith Wharton Wharton, Edith null
8499 Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
8500 It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
8501 If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud. Emile Zola Zola, Emile null
8502 Speeches are like steer horns - a point here, a point there and a lot of bull in between. Evelyn Anderson Anderson, Evelyn null
8503 Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
8504 Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. Andre Gide Gide, Andre null
8505 I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree. James Douglas Douglas, James null
8506 It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that. Alan Alda Alda, Alan null
8507 Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world. Marilyn Monroe Monroe, Marilyn null
8508 Fortune loves to give slippers to those with wooden legs, and gloves to those with no hands. Theophile Gautier Gautier, Theophile null
8509 We have to believe in free will. We have no choice. Isaac Bashevis Singer Singer, Isaac Bashevis null
8510 Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to to hide them. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
8511 The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless. Steven Weinberg Weinberg, Steven null
8512 With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion. Steven Weinberg Weinberg, Steven null
8513 Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. Thomas Szasz Szasz, Thomas DZ 8-17-11
8514 A group of closely related persons living under one roof; it is a convenience, often a necessity, sometimes a pleasure, sometimes the reverse; but who first exalted it as admirable, an almost religious ideal? Rose Macaulay Macaulay, Rose 1 Begin Crypto Extra 2010
8515 I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote their fights historical, From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical. W. S. Gilbert Gilbert, W. S. 2
8516 Hurt no living thing: Ladybird, nor butterfly, Nor moth with dusty wing, Nor cricket chirping cheerily, Nor grasshopper so light of leap, Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat, Nor harmless worms that creep. Christina Rossetti Rossetti, Christina 4 (dupes:1)
8517 I think anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy. Anna Quindlen Quindlen, Anna 5
8518 I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee, And live alone in the bee loud glade. William Butler Yeats Yeats, William Butler 6
8519 You can hold back from the suffering of the world, you have free permission to do so, and it is in accordance with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could have avoided. Franz Kafka Kafka, Franz 7
8520 If not a director I would've been an actor, a singer, a painter, a circus performer, a musician, a writer, and a doctor in a mental hospital. I am very fortunate. As a director I can be all of these. Federico Fellini Fellini, Federico 9 (dupes:2)
8521 Sometimes it is easier to see clearly into a liar than into a person telling the truth. Truth, like light, is blinding. Falsehood, on the other hand, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. Albert Camus Camus, Albert 10
8522 I always wanted the fire of Springsteen. I always wanted the melodies that Van Morrison could write. I always wanted the heart of Joni Mitchell. And I wanted the guitar rhythms of Keith Richards. Melissa Etheridge Etheridge, Melissa 11
8523 If the mind, that rules the body, ever so far forgets itself as to trample on its slave, the slave is never generous enough to forgive the injury, but will rise and smite the oppressor. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 12
8524 When I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gout and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable distempers lying in ambush among the dishes. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph 14 (dupes:3)
8525 Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that; one stitch at a time taken patiently, and the pattern will come out all right. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell 15
8526 A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or newspaper, the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt. Mark Twain Twain, Mark 16
8527 This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say. Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia 17
8528 But goodness, how we lose our heads at the mention of a wedding! Especially the older women, who should know better. At the sound of the word, all basic standards of elegance fly to the wind. Susan Chitty Chitty, Susan 18
8529 I love boxing. Where else do two grown men prance around in satin underwear, fighting over a belt? The one who wins gets a purse. They do it in gloves. It's the accessory connection I love. John McGivern McGivern, John 19
8530 I can live only in my own country. I cannot live without having my feet and my hands on it and my ear against it, without feeling my roots reach down into its soil for maternal nourishment. Pablo Neruda Neruda, Pablo 20
8531 The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. John Buchan Buchan, John DZ 8-18-11
8532 In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving - instead of actually getting up and leaving. Erica Jong Jong, Erica 21
8533 No one can really know the life of his own day, let alone that of times long past. Always the historian sees as in a mirror darkly, the reds and golds rendered drab by the shadows of time. Earl R. Beck Beck, Earl R. 22
8534 Being poor is like being a child. Being rich is like being an adult: you get to do whatever you want. Everyone is nice when they have to be; rich people are nice when they feel like it. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran 23
8535 To know how to say what others only know how to think is what makes men poets or sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think makes men martyrs or reformers - or both. Elizabeth Charles Charles, Elizabeth 24
8536 Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live unreflectively and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to raise it to its true value. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert 25
8537 Reality has become so absorbing that the streets, the television, and the journals have confiscated the public interest and people are no longer thirsty for culture on a higher level. Andre Plesu Plesu, Andre 26
8538 An old earthen pipe like myself is dry and thirsty and so a most voracious drinker of life at its source; I'm no more to be split by the vital stream than if I were stone or steel. Elinor Wylie Wylie, Elinor 27
8539 At times, failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder liberates him from the mean fussing of perfectionism. John Berger Berger, John 29 (dupes:4)
8540 They keep saying you can't compare apples and oranges. I can. An apple is red and distinctly non-spherical; an orange is orange and nearly spherical. So, what's the big problem? George Carlin Carlin, George 30
8541 I am not a role model. I am paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids. Charles Barkley Barkley, Charles 31
8542 Great cartoonists are like great athletes: Their talent dominates you. They get around and through your defenses and force you to play their game - to see through their eyes. Doug Marlette Marlette, Doug 33 (dupes:5)
8543 Dance is bigger than the physical body. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that, you're dancing spirit. Judith Jamison Jamison, Judith 34
8544 It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page. Joan Baez Baez, Joan 35
8545 The power and magic of music lie in its intangibility and its limitlessness. It suggests images, but leaves us free to choose them and to accommodate them to our pleasure. Wanda Landowska Landowska, Wanda 36
8546 Men are always doomed to be duped, not so much by the arts of the female sex as by their own imaginations. They are always wooing goddesses and marrying mere mortals. Washington Irving Irving, Washington 37
8547 Give us to awaken with smiles; give us to labor smiling; and as the sun lightens the world, so let our loving-kindness make bright this house of our habitation. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis 38
8548 In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence. George Washington Washington, George 39
8549 Happiness is not in our circumstances, but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are. John R. Sheerin Sheerin, John R. 40
8550 The saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority are possessed of two great qualities - a sense of humor and a sense of proportion. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 41
8551 But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of. Lord Byron Byron, Lord 42
8552 The church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. Martin Luther King Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. 43
8553 Just as no man is an island in the sea of human hopes and hatreds, so no man is capable of bashing alone the roadblocks to justice and human freedom. Carl Rowan Rowan, Carl 44
8554 No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. Eugene Ionesco Ionesco, Eugene 45
8555 The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force, but of dedication, of moral persuasion. Steve Biko Biko, Steve 46
8556 If I can hold a banner for women in their forties that says life isn't over and sexiness isn't over, then great. So far, my forties have been the best time of my life. Sela Ward Ward, Sela 47
8557 This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. Dalai Lama Dalai Lama 48
8558 Each record company must do its best to fill the pulsating needs of mediocrity in order to maximize its potential for success. We might as well be selling hubcaps. Jerry Wexler Wexler, Jerry 49
8559 I read for pleasure, mark you. In general I like wedding bells at the end of novels. "They married and lived happily ever after" - why not? It has been done. A. Edward Newton Newton, A. Edward 50
8560 We give them the love we can spare, the time we can spare. In return dogs have given us their absolute all. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. Roger Caras Caras, Roger 51
8561 Could Henry Ford produce the Book of Kells? Certainly not. He would quarrel initially - with the advisability of such a project and then prove it was impossible. Flann O'Brien O'Brien, Flann 53 (dupes:6)
8562 There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish; to bewail it, senseless. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset 54
8563 Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case those who fail feel worthless. Kenneth Baker Baker, Kenneth 55
8564 Jane Austen's books, too, are absent from this library. Just that one omission alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it. Mark Twain Twain, Mark 56
8565 Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as well; your taste, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul are revealed by your actions. Agatha Christie Christie, Agatha 57
8566 We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history. Sonia Johnson Johnson, Sonia 58
8567 The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard. Gaylord Nelson\ Nelson, Gaylord 59
8568 How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von 60
8569 Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart. Douglas Adams, from "The Salmon of Doubt" Adams, Douglas 61
8570 By the time you swear you're his, shivering and sighing, and he vows his passion is infinite, undying - Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy 62
8571 No external force, however great and overwhelming, can at long last destroy a people if it does not first win the victory of the spirit against them. Howard Thurman Thurman, Howard 63
8572 Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. Rebecca West West, Dame Rebecca 64
8573 Society teaches us to lie. One of the first things parents teach kids is that they should try to look like they like a gift whether they do or not. Robert Feldman Feldman, Robert 65
8574 Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric 66
8575 A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech. E. M. Cioran Cioran, E. M. 67
8576 Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and eight times out of nine, I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities. Charles Bukowski Bukowski, Charles 68
8577 There's no reason people who work have to be resigned to situations and endure circumstances when we all possess the power to create better futures. John Renesch Renesch, John 69
8578 You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham 70
8579 While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again. Aesop, from "The Lion, the Fox, and the Beasts" Aesop 71
8580 I believe that this world was set about for us to enjoy and to love and to experience and to have it all be, to a certain extent, unpredictable. Judith Jamison Jamison, Judith 73 (dupes:7)
8581 Painters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything. We know that, and we both claim and allow to others in their turn this indulgence. Horace Horace 74
8582 Solemn history, I cannot be interested in: the quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences on every page, and hardly any women at all. Jane Austen Austen, Jane 75
8583 Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much. Zora Neale Hurston Hurston, Zora Neale 76
8584 Don't ever forget the power of listening and the strength it takes just to be there not curing, but caring. The world is in need of listeners. Bernie Siegel Siegel, Bernie 77
8585 My biggest thrill came the night Elgin Baylor and I combined for seventy-three points in Madison Square Garden. Elgin had seventy-one of them. Rod Hundley Hundley, Rod 78
8586 I'm quite comfortable with the reality of my age, and I don't feel old. I'll continue to do physical roles until it begins to hurt too much. Harrison Ford Ford, Harrison 79
8587 Music allowed me to eat. But it also allowed me to express myself. I played because I had to play. I rid myself of bad dreams and rotten memories. Prince Prince 80
8588 If you take away ideology, you are left with a case-by-case ethics which in practice ends up as "me-first, me-only," and in rampant greed. Richard Nelson Nelson, Richard 81
8589 We often experience parental anger as a horrifying encounter with our worst selves. I never even knew I had a temper until I had children. Nancy Samalin Samalin, Nancy 82
8590 Take full account of the excellencies which you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them if you had them not. Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus 83
8591 Your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house. Barbara Bush Bush, Barbara 84
8592 Conservative: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose 85
8593 Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. James Fenton Fenton, James 86
8594 I realized that if what we call human nature can be changed, then absolutely anything is possible. From that moment, my life changed. Shirley MacLaine MacLaine, Shirley 87
8595 The one thing to do, is to do nothing. Wait. You will find that you survive humiliation, and that's an experience of incalculable value. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. 89 (dupes:8)
8596 The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. Robert Frost Frost, Robert 90
8597 I warn you, I am only really myself when I'm somebody else whom I have endowed with these wonderful qualities from my imagination. Zelda Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, Zelda 92 (dupes:9)
8598 I like my image. It's me. I'm a louse, but if you're going to be a louse, I say be a good one. I play to win and I play to entertain. Jimmy Connors Connors, Jimmy 93
8599 Nobody likes being written about in their lifetime. It's as though the FBI and the CIA were suddenly to splash your files in the paper. Saul Bellow Bellow, Saul 94
8600 There is everything in a name. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but would not cost half as much during the winter months. George Ade Ade, George 95
8601 If you try to probe, I'll lie to you. Seventy-five percent of what I say in interviews is false. I'm like a hen protecting her eggs. Orson Welles Welles, Orson 98 (dupes:11)
8602 The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most. Frank Crane Crane, Frank 99
8603 All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. Aristotle Aristotle 100
8604 In the great mass of our people there are plenty of individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited. Herbert Clark Hoover Hoover, Herbert Clark 101
8605 Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disc jockey is not allowed to talk. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran 102
8606 The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all their money for health. Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb 103
8607 I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures. Earl Warren Warren, Earl 104
8608 America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but can think of nothing to do when it gets there. Will Rogers Rogers, Will 105
8609 I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. George Bird Evans Evans, George Bird 106
8610 I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. 107
8611 Champions know there are no shortcuts to the top. They climb the mountain one step at a time. They have no use for helicopters! Judi Adler Adler, Judi 108
8612 It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow. Robert H. Goddard Goddard, Robert H. 109
8613 No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. Edward Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George 110
8614 Sometimes, when I'm told to use my own discretion, if no one is looking I'll use someone else's. But I always put it back. George Carlin Carlin, George 111
8615 It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to demotivate them. Lou Holtz Holtz, Lou 112
8616 There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen. Wayne Dyer Dyer, Dr. Wayne W. 113
8617 People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage? Imelda Marcos Marcos, Imelda 114
8618 There is no such thing as chance; and what seems to us the merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny. Johann Schiller Schiller, Johann Friedrich von 115
8619 Because I will not do the wrong to mistrust any, I will do myself the right to trust none; I will live a bachelor. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William 116
8620 Much of the world's work, it has been said, is done by men who do not feel quite well. Marx is a case in point. John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth 117
8621 Most men fail, not through lack of education, but from lack of dogged determination, from lack of dauntless will. Orison Swett Marden Marden, Orison Swett 118
8622 Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders. Bob Inglis Inglis, Bob 119
8623 Much better to do one's own work, even if you have to do it imperfectly, than it is to do somebody else's work perfectly. Bhagavad-Gita Bhagavad-Gita 120
8624 Whatever disgrace we may have deserved or incurred, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de 121
8625 There are some books one needs maturity to enjoy just as there are books an adult can come upon too late to savor. Phyllis McGinley McGinley, Phyllis 123 (dupes:12)
8626 We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather. Barbara Ehrenreich Ehrenreich, Barbara 124
8627 The cure for mixed metaphors, I have always found, is for the patient to be obliged to draw a picture of the result. Bernard Lewis Lewis, Bernard 125
8628 True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. Socrates Socrates 126
8629 One should not exaggerate the importance of trifles. Life, for instance, is much too short to be taken seriously. Nicolas Bentley Bentley, Nicolas 127
8630 Duty is the sublimest word in the language; you can never do more than your duty; you should never wish to do less. Robert E. Lee Lee, Robert E. 128
8631 When one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of learning. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord 129
8632 The great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and to continually make a new man of himself. Wang Yang-Ming Yang-Ming, Wang 131 (dupes:13)
8633 If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives. Marlon Brando Brando, Marlon 132
8634 The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence and even riches without depriving others of them. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric 133
8635 I don't think that a band can really swing on just a kick-off, you know; I think you've got to set the tempo first. Count Basie Count Basie 135 (dupes:14)
8636 Failures are divided into two classes: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought. John Charles Salak Salak, John Charles 136
8637 There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time. Coco Chanel Chanel, Gabrielle "Coco" 137
8638 Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius 138
8639 I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. Thomas Edison Edison, Thomas Alva 139
8640 Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. Warren Bennis Bennis, Warren 140
8641 The moral dilemma that is presented to the weak in a world governed by the strong: Break the rules or perish. George Orwell Orwell, George 141
8642 TV is more interesting than people. If it were not, we should have people standing in the corners of our rooms. Alan Coren Coren, Alan 142
8643 I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know. Mel Brooks Brooks, Mel 143
8644 Success is what people settle for when they can't think of something noble enough to be worth failing at. Laurence Shames Shames, Laurence 144
8645 Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up. Sydney Smith Smith, Sydney 145
8646 Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes. Buddha Buddha 146
8647 One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. John W. Gardner Gardner, John W. 147
8648 You don't have to do "issues" pictures to be worthwhile. Entertainment is one of the great values of mankind. Sally Field Field, Sally 148
8649 I am one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother. Martin Sheen Sheen, Martin 150 (dupes:15)
8650 If thou wingest thine arrows, Eros, at once upon two hearts, thou art a god; but not if thou piercest one only. Rufinus Rufinus 151
8651 Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities. Walter Dill Scott Scott, Walter Dill 152
8652 A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind. Saint Exupery Saint-Exupery, Antoine de 153
8653 The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George 154
8654 Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins for two weeks. Sioux Indian Prayer Unknown 155
8655 Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read. Frank Zappa Zappa, Frank 156
8656 In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it. Amelia Earhart Earhart, Amelia 157
8657 The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state. John Ousterhout Ousterhout, John 158
8658 If a man prepares dinner for you and the salad contains three or more types of lettuce, he is serious. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita 159
8659 When I stop working, the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm working. Tennessee Williams Williams, Tennessee 160
8660 Make a blockbuster - you're the lion of the cocktail circuit. Make a bomb - you buy your own drinks. Frank Capra Capra, Frank 161
8661 No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well. Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret 162
8662 Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future. Brian Tracy Tracy, Brian 163
8663 When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration. Robert Bresson Bresson, Robert 164
8664 Literature has nothing to do with usefulness; the most useful place in any house is the toilet. Theophile Gautier Gautier, Theophile 166 (dupes:16)
8665 Any time four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has taken place. Johnny Carson Carson, Johnny 167
8666 It is better to speak wisdom foolishly like the saints than to speak folly wisely like the dean. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. 168
8667 We cannot divide ourselves between right and expedience. Policy must bow the knee before morality. Immanuel Kant Kant, Immanuel 169
8668 Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better, whereas enslavement is a certainty of the worst. Albert Camus Camus, Albert 170
8669 A garden is an awful responsibility. You never know what you may be aiding to grow in it. Charles Dudley Warner Warner, Charles Dudley 171
8670 Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. Henri Matisse Matisse, Henri 172
8671 A curse? You should have a lot of money, but you should be the only one in your family with it. Ernst Lubitsch Lubitsch, Ernst 173
8672 Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there. Virginia Burden Burden, Virginia 174
8673 In all my work what I try to say is that as human beings we are more alike than we are unalike. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya 175
8674 Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity. B. C. Forbes Forbes, B. C. 176
8675 Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord 177
8676 You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert 178
8677 I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have. Leonardo da Vinci da Vinci, Leonardo 179
8678 Science is really going at a rapid pace. Now it's only a hundred years behind the comic strips. Joey Adams Adams, Joey 180
8679 Directing is preventing the bad picture from happening, rather than making the good movie. James L. Brooks Brooks, James L. 181
8680 It is better to have no emotion when it is work. Do what needs to be done, and do it coolly. Louis L'Amour L'Amour, Louis 182
8681 Sometimes the answer to a prayer is not that it changes life, but that it changes you. James Dillet Freeman Freeman, James Dillet 183
8682 When fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away. Stewart Brand Brand, Stewart 184
8683 I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it. Dobie Gillis Gillis, Dobie 185
8684 A message prepared in the mind reaches a mind; a message prepared in a life reaches a life. Bill Gothard Gothard, Bill 186
8685 We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition. Alexander Comfort Comfort, Alexander 187
8686 Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. Charles Hare Hare, Charles 188
8687 There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there. L. Ron Hubbard Hubbard, L. Ron 189
8688 If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is "the quiet acceptance of what is." Wayne Dyer Dyer, Dr. Wayne W. 190
8689 There is no legitimacy on earth but in a government which is the choice of the nation. Joseph Bonaparte Bonaparte, Joseph 191
8690 Inside a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong. Muhammad Ali Ali, Muhammad 192
8691 Poor little Foal of an oppressed race, I love the languid patience of thy face. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 193
8692 He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. J. F. Clarke Clarke, J. F. 194
8693 Where two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall. Plutarch Plutarch 195
8694 You are more likely to act yourself into feelings, than feel yourself into action. Jerome Brunner Brunner, Jerome 197 (dupes:17)
8695 For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? Jimmy Dean Dean, Jimmy 198
8696 He was a man of principle. He never sponged off anybody he didn't admire. Harpo Marx, on Oscar Levant Marx, Harpo 199
8697 Well washed and well combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas. Francis Galton Galton, Francis 200
8698 The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does. James M. Barrie Barrie, James Matthew 201
8699 If you want greater prosperity in your life, start forming a vacuum to receive it. Catherine Ponder Ponder, Catherine 202
8700 The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is. Dante Alighieri Alighieri, Dante 204 (dupes:18)
8701 Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean. Confucius Confucius 205
8702 The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. Hubert Humphrey Humphrey, Hubert H. 206
8703 Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power, and influence. Henry Chestor Chestor, Henry 207
8704 The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination. Carl Rogers Rogers, Carl 208
8705 The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice. Arthur Helps Helps, Sir Arthur 209
8706 Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; Let speech harmonize with life. Seneca The Younger Seneca The Younger 210
8707 Whether you are really right or not doesn't matter, it's the belief that counts. Robertson Davies Davies, Robertson 211
8708 Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery. Gerald May May, Gerald 212
8709 I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't. Sir Nathan Rothschild Rothschild, Sir Nathan 213
8710 Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. Harriet Braiker Braiker, Harriet 214
8711 Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard 215
8712 I can remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with his own money. Will Rogers Rogers, Will 216
8713 The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. Michel de Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De 217
8714 You don't get to control any outcome, only every choice you make along the way. Stephen C. Paul Paul, Stephen C. 218
8715 It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. Arnold Bennett Bennett, Arnold 219
8716 Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. Les Brown Brown, Les 220
8717 Regard not so much what the world thinks of you, as what you think of yourself. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas 221
8718 Make a better lawn, and the world will beat a path across it to your door. Franklin P. Jones Jones, Franklin P. 222
8719 If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. Earl Wilson Wilson, Earl 223
8720 Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William 224
8721 There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher 225
8722 The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls. Gerald G. Jampolsky Jampolsky, Gerald G. 226
8723 The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference. Henry Miller Miller, Henry 227
8724 The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side. Margaret Carty Carty, Margaret 231
8725 It is a part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas 232
8726 A man cannot leave a better legacy to the world than a well educated family. Thomas Scott Scott, Thomas 233
8727 I'm miserable if I'm not in love and, of course, I'm miserable if I am. Tallulah Bankhead Bankhead, Tallulah 234
8728 The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. Confucius Confucius 235
8729 A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green 236
8730 If you are attacked on your style, never answer; your work alone should reply. Voltaire Voltaire 237
8731 Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it. Gloria Steinem Steinem, Gloria 238
8732 Why is it that reality, when set down untransposed in a book, sounds false? Simone Weil Weil, Simone 239
8733 Cats seldom make mistakes, and they never make the same mistake twice. Carl Van Vechten Vechten, Carl Van 240
8734 Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable. Joseph Joubert Joubert, Joseph 241
8735 Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you. Dame Flora Robson Robson, Dame Flora 242
8736 Let us watch well our beginnings, and results will manage themselves. Alexander Clark Clark, Alexander 243
8737 Knowledge is power, but only if one knows what facts not to bother about. Robert Lynd Lynd, Robert 244
8738 If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward. Geoffrey Hickson Hickson, Geoffrey 245
8739 Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true. Richard Snelling Snelling, Richard 246
8740 Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster 247
8741 Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient. Sydney Smith Smith, Sydney 249 (dupes:21)
8742 What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself. Roland Barthes Barthes, Roland 250
8743 It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. Herman Melville Melville, Herman 251
8744 Bright lights cast dark shadows when shone from only one direction. David Kelley Kelley, David 252
8745 Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly. Robert Schuller Schuller, Robert H. 253
8746 Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted. Deepak Chopra Chopra, Deepak 254
8747 The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord 255
8748 Before you can see the light, you have to deal with the darkness. Dan Millman Millman, Dan 256
8749 The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd. R. S. Donnell Donnell, R. S. 258 (dupes:22)
8750 If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record. Jan McKeithen McKeithen, Jan 259
8751 See things as you would have them be instead of as they are. Robert Collier Collier, Robert 260
8752 In the factory we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope. Charles Revlon Revlon, Charles 261
8753 The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. Helen Hayes Hayes, Helen 263 (dupes:23)
8754 The most successful people are those who are good at plan B. James Yorke Yorke, James 264
8755 My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never. Bela Karolyi Karolyi, Bela 265
8756 The finest eloquence is that which gets things done. David Lloyd George George, David Lloyd 266
8757 Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. Charles G. Dawes Dawes, Charles G. 267
8758 I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me. Mickey Rooney Rooney, Mickey 268
8759 No man will work for your interests unless they are his. David Seabury Seabury, David 269
8760 Acting is experience with something sweet behind it. Humphrey Bogart Bogart, Humphrey 270
8761 Charity begins at home and justice begins next door. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles 271
8762 Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. Albert Camus Camus, Albert 272
8763 Those who enslave other peoples enslave themselves. Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert 273
8764 I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. Charles F. Lummis Lummis, Charles F. 274
8765 Junk bonds are the Holy Grail for hostile takeovers. Roger Miller Miller, Roger 275
8766 Fashion: A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose 276
8767 Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David 277
8768 Children need models rather than critics. Joseph Joubert, in "Persees" Joubert, Joseph 278
8769 He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus 279
8770 By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free. E. James Rohn Rohn, Jim 280
8771 Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly. Voltaire Voltaire 281
8772 He that lives upon hope will die fasting. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin 283 (dupes:24)
8773 Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools. Og Mandino Mandino, Og 284
8774 Logic is one thing, and common sense another. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green 285
8775 Happiness is a journey ... not a destination. Ben Sweetland Sweetland, Ben 286
8776 The hours that make us happy make us wise. John Mansfield Mansfield, John 287
8777 Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative. Vernon Grounds Grounds, Vernon 288
8778 Prejudice is the child of ignorance. Samuel Hoffenstein Hoffenstein, Samuel 289
8779 Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. George Eliot Eliot, George 290
8780 Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Zen Proverb Proverb - Zen 291
8781 A life of ease is a difficult pursuit. William Cowper Cowper, William 292
8782 Revolution is the larva of civilization. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor 293
8783 Beauty is power; a Smile is its sword. Charles Reade Reade, Charles 294
8784 We grow small trying to be great. Eli Stanley Jones Jones, Eli Stanley 295
8785 The thing I fear most is fear. Michel de Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De 296
8786 To the timid soul, nothing is possible. John Bach Bach, John 297
8787 The impossible is often the untried. Jim Goodwin Goodwin, Jim 298
8788 A laugh is a smile that bursts. Mary H. Waldrip Waldrip, Mary H. 299
8789 Much of your pain is self-chosen. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil 300
8790 Learn how to refuse favors. This is a great and very useful art. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas null
8791 The only dependable law of life: Everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy null
8792 A good hairdresser can express every mood and every passion of the human heart. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
8793 My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. Errol Flynn Flynn, Errol null
8794 Life is like a field of newly fallen snow. Where I choose to walk, every step will show. Denis Waitley Waitley, Denis null
8795 On the neck of a giraffe, a flea begins to believe in immortality. Stanislaw Lec Lec, Stanislaw Jerzy null
8796 Look over your shoulder now and then to be sure someone's following you. Henry Gilmer Gilmer, Henry null
8797 Give me all the luxuries in life and I will willingly do without the necessities. Frank Lloyd Wright Wright, Frank Lloyd null
8798 The single essential ingredient of good manners is a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. Emily Post Post, Emily null
8799 It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
8800 Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do. Robert Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. null
8801 When two men fight over a woman, it's the fight they want, not the woman. Brendan Francis Francis, Brendan null
8802 Philosophy: a route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
8803 I always knew I was a star, and now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me. Freddie Mercury Mercury, Freddie null
8804 Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
8805 It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting. Tris Speaker Speaker, Tris null
8806 When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong - or absolutely right. Albert Guinon Guinon, Albert null
8807 Follow your instincts: That's where true wisdom manifests itself. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
8808 Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm. Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI null
8809 A man never knows how to say goodbye; A woman never knows when to say it. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen null
8810 A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. Nelson Mandela Mandela, Nelson null
8811 Learn to dance. Otherwise the angels in heaven won't know what to do with you. St. Augustine Saint Augustine null
8812 Community is gathering around the fire and listening to someone tell us a story. Bill Moyers Moyers, Bill null
8813 A bee is never as busy as it seems. It's just that it can't buzz any slower. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
8814 A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka Kafka, Franz null
8815 The stupid neither forgive nor forget; The naive forgive and forget; The wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz Szasz, Thomas null
8816 No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. Heraclitus Heraclitus null
8817 If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others. Tris Speaker Speaker, Tris null
8818 Whatever man really wishes to do, he will finally discover a means of doing. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
8819 Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall. Joseph Campbell Campbell, Joseph null
8820 Advice should always be consumed between two thick slices of doubt. Walter Schmidt Schmidt, Walter null
8821 A never-failing way to get rid of a fellow is to tell him something for his own good. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
8822 You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. Irish Proverb Proverb - Irish null
8823 Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
8824 When a dog runs at you, whistle for him. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
8825 My most brilliant achievement was my ability to persuade my wife to marry me. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
8826 Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. Margaret Atwood Atwood, Margaret null
8827 Most of us would rather risk a catastrophe than read the instructions. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
8828 Don't think of it as wrinkles. Think of it as relaxed fit skin. Cathy Crimmins Crimmins, Cathy null
8829 The secret of salvation is this: keep sweet, be useful and keep busy. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
8830 Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business. Halston Halston, Roy null
8831 Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little. George Allen, Sr. Allen, George, Sr. null
8832 Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
8833 Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. Satchel Paige Paige, Leroy "Satchel" null
8834 Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know. Cullen Hightower Hightower, Cullen null
8835 You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the country. Robert Frost Frost, Robert null
8836 Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
8837 Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
8838 Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady. Edith Head Head, Edith null
8839 Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; You cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. Aldo Leopold Leopold, Aldo null
8840 The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John null
8841 Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it's all small stuff. Robert Eliot Eliot, Robert null
8842 Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due. Dean W. R. Inge Inge, William Ralph null
8843 Of all the words in all languages I know, the greatest concentration is in the English word "I." Elias Canetti Canetti, Elias null
8844 Hard work never kills anybody who supervises it. Harry Bauer Bauer, Harry null
8845 The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. Lily Tomlin Tomlin, Lily null
8846 Win as if you were used to it; Lose as if you enjoyed it for a change. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
8847 Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard null
8848 There are certain scenes that would awe an atheist into belief without the help of any other argument. Thomas Gray Gray, Thomas null
8849 Three things it's best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood and a man who thinks he is wise. Welsh Proverb Proverb - Welsh null
8850 The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
8851 The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. Alfred Whitney Griswold Griswold, Alfred Whitney null
8852 If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior. A. J. Liebling Liebling, A. J. null
8853 Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true. Niels Bohr Bohr, Niels null
8854 It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way. Rollo May May, Rollo null
8855 Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
8856 Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain. Doug Coupland Coupland, Douglas null
8857 All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say "no" and said "yes." Moss Hart Hart, Moss null
8858 An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves. Lydia M. Child Child, Lydia M. null
8859 Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
8860 Every charitable act is a stepping-stone toward heaven. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
8861 Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck. Pat Williams Williams, Pat null
8862 Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. Thomas Merton Merton, Thomas null
8863 It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle Onassis Onassis, Aristotle null
8864 Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind; listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody. Eubie Blake Blake, Eubie null
8865 A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living. Charles R. Swindoll Swindoll, Charles R. null
8866 A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. Marcel Proust Proust, Marcel 11/28/2011
8867 There is such a thing as luck. There is such a thing as a run of luck. This is an instructive insight I have gained from poker - that all things have a rhythm, even the most seemingly inanimate of statistics. David Mamet Mamet, David Vacation 2010 - 1
8868 Until this moment, Senator, I think I had never gauged your cruelty or your recklessness. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency? Joseph N. Welch, to Senator Joseph J. McCarthy Welch, Joseph N. 3 - 1 dupe
8869 If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out. Timothy Leary Leary, Timothy 4
8870 The sheltering of upper-income children in private schools not only accelerates the deterioration of public education, it hides its consequences from precisely those people who could do something about it. Hodding Carter Carter, Hodding 5
8871 People are easily anesthetized by overstatement, and there is a danger that the environmental movement will fall flat on its face when it is most needed, simply because it has pitched its tale too strongly. John Maddox Maddox, John 6
8872 If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident. Montesquieu Montesquieu 7
8873 Technology is reshaping this economy and transforming businesses and consumers. This is about more than e-commerce, or e-mail, or e-trades, or e-files. It is about the "e" in economic opportunity. William Daley Daley, William 10 dupes:3
8874 I appreciate teamwork. I don't like a one-man show. I'm an interpreter, a sort of tool - I don't mean an object. The right tool is quite essential. Try pounding a nail in with a screwdriver. Gerard Depardieu Depardieu, Gerard 11
8875 The thing that impresses me most about Beethoven's Fifth is - da da da daa - it's fate knocking at the door. That's one of the biggest hits in history. There's no video to it; he didn't need one. Billy Joel Joel, Billy 12
8876 To be a gentleman is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise, and possessing all those qualities to exercise them in the most graceful outward manner. William Makepeace Thackeray Thackeray, William Makepeace 14 dupes:4
8877 All I know is I end up singin' the blues and while I'm singing them blues I makes up my mind that I ain't nobody but myself and ain't nothing I can do but let whatever is gonna happen happen. Ralph Ellison Ellison, Ralph 15
8878 A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it all. To transmit that feeling, he writes. William Sansom Sansom, William 16
8879 The one big target for the crusaders was the tango. I suppose its opponents objected to the man bending the woman over backwards and peering into her eyes with a smoldering passionate look. Irene Castle Castle, Irene 17
8880 America was too big to have been discovered all at one time. It would have been better for the graces if it had been discovered in pieces of about the size of France or Germany at a time. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel 18
8881 Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult ones as if they were easy. In the one case that confidence may not fall asleep; in the other, that it may not be dismayed. Baltasar Gracian Gracian, Baltasar 19
8882 I felt the rush of happiness and warmth coming out of the people and I was carried out among them on a surge of joy. I suppose when you die and go to heaven you get a feeling like that. Gerry Conlon Conlon, Gerry 20
8883 In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but may be, and usually are, both wrong. It is this situation which gives family life its peculiar hysterical charm. Isaac Rosenfeld Rosenfeld, Isaac 21
8884 It always seemed significant to me that Thomas Jefferson equated the pursuit of happiness with life and liberty itself. Men were born to be happy - just as they were born free. Lady Bird Johnson Johnson, Claudia "Lady Bird" 22
8885 To simplify is very nearly the whole of the higher artistic process, finding what conventions of form and what detail one can do without - and yet preserve the spirit of the whole. Willa Cather Cather, Willa 23
8886 Government is merely an attempt to express the conscience of everybody, the average conscience of the nation, in the rules that everybody is commanded to obey. That is all it is. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow 24
8887 I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three meals per day, but that is not a good way to live. Louis D. Brandeis Brandeis, Louis D. 25
8888 People create their own questions because they're afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk. Ayn Rand Rand, Ayn 27 dupes:5
8889 The fidelity of most men is merely an invention of self-love to win confidence; a method to place us above others and to render us depositories of the most important matters. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de 28
8890 The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William 29
8891 Ah, when to the heart of man was it ever less than a treason, To go with the drift of things to yield with a grace to reason, And bow and accept at the end of a love or a season. Robert Frost Frost, Robert 30
8892 There is an inherent truth which must be disengaged from the outward appearance of the object to be represented. This is the only truth that matters. Exactitude is not truth. Henri Matisse Matisse, Henri 31
8893 Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it. Ray Bradbury Bradbury, Ray 32
8894 This was among my prayers: a piece of land not so very large, where a garden should be and a spring of ever-flowing water near the house, and a bit of woodland as well as these. Horace Horace 33
8895 If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning "Good morning" at total strangers. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya 34
8896 Without the word "dream," or the concept "dream," and without the word "blue" and the emotions, I would have been really limited in the things I've written and performed. Roy Orbison Orbison, Roy 35
8897 Why has not man a collar and a log? For this plain reason - man is not a dog. Why is not man served up with sauce in dish? For this plain reason - man is not a fish. Sydney Smith Smith, Sydney 36
8898 Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. I wish him well! Barbara Bush Bush, Barbara 37
8899 It's great to be with Bill Buckley, because you don't have to think. He takes a position and you automatically take the opposite and you know you're right. John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth 38
8900 When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green 39
8901 Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes his heart entirely to money. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur 40
8902 A mature woman doesn't have to push, and she doesn't have to depend on gimmicks or beauty aids. It's her attitude toward life that makes her mature and attractive. Paul Newman Newman, Paul 41
8903 The word "retire" means you can do anything you want. I'm not going to close the door on it. I will never say never. I don't close the door to any possibilities. Michael Jordan Jordan, Michael 42
8904 Everything one invents is true, you can be sure of that. Beyond a doubt my poor Bovary is suffering and weeping in twenty French villages at this very moment. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave 43
8905 Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards. William Whewell Whewell, William 44
8906 Problems call forth our courage and wisdom; indeed they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. M. Scott Peck Peck, M. Scott 45
8907 I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic. Lisa Alther Alther, Lisa 46
8908 Nursing was regarded as simply an extension of the unpaid service performed by the housewife - a characteristic attitude that haunts the profession to this day. Gerda Lerner Lerner, Gerda 47
8909 What is there left for us to do? If we let things take their course the West would say we were either stupid or weak, and that's one and the same thing. Nikita S. Khrushchev Khrushchev, Nikita S. 48
8910 The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore 50 dupes:6
8911 Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim. James A. Garfield Garfield, James A. 51
8912 There would be no pleasure properly so called if a man were sure to win. It is the reconciling of uncertainty to our desires that creates the satisfaction. Frederick Brandt Brandt, Frederick 52
8913 The only people who claim that money is not important are people who have enough money so that they are relieved of the ugly burden of thinking about it. Joyce Carol Oates Oates, Joyce Carol 53
8914 The fruits of philosophy are the important thing, not the philosophy itself. When we ask the time, we don't want to know how watches are made. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph 54
8915 When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything you gave me." Erma Bombeck Bombeck, Erma 55
8916 If you feel depressed you shouldn't go out on the street, because it will show on your face and you'll give it to others. Misery is a communicable disease. Martha Graham Graham, Martha 56
8917 One of the ridiculous aspects of being a poet is the huge gulf between how seriously we take ourselves and how generally we are ignored by everybody else. Billy Collins Collins, Billy 57
8918 It has been proved that the land can exist without the country - and be better for it; it has not been proved that the country can live without the land. Alice Walker Walker, Alice 58
8919 There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth. Jean Giraudoux Giraudoux, Jean 59
8920 Increasingly, campaigns have become narcotics that blur our awareness of problems long enough to elect the lawmakers who must deal with them. Kathleen Hall Jamieson Jamieson, Kathleen Hall 60
8921 An atmosphere of trust, love, and humor can nourish extraordinary human capacity. One key is authenticity: parents acting as people, not as roles. Marilyn Ferguson Ferguson, Marilyn 61
8922 If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow 62
8923 The words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies. Pauline Kael Kael, Pauline 63
8924 The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances. Stephen Bayley Bayley, Stephen 67 dupes:9
8925 Now the great winds shorewards blow; Now the salt tides seawards flow; Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. Matthew Arnold Arnold, Matthew 68
8926 Talk about conceit as much as you like, it is to human character what salt is to the ocean; it keeps it sweet, and renders it endurable. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell 69
8927 Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to. Katharine Whitehorn Whitehorn, Katharine 70
8928 A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectly honest, is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have unhappy people about one. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. 71
8929 If you stop and think about it, you'll realize that three out of four persons do not know exactly what they're doing a large part of the time. Gelett Burgess Burgess, Gelett 72
8930 There is not a country in the world that can change our outlook as quick as we can. Just a dollar in our pocket makes a different man out of us. Will Rogers Rogers, Will 73
8931 Language expands the brain, increases one's knowledge bank, enlarges the world, and challenges the vision of those who may not have a vision. Haki Madhubuti Madhubuti, Haki 74
8932 To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to possess a guiding principle. A belief of some kind. A bumper sticker if you will. Judith Guest Guest, Judith 75
8933 He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas 76
8934 You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature. George W. Bush Bush, George W. 77
8935 As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others. Lord Byron Byron, Lord 78
8936 In truth, they were never great collaborators in the sense of Rodgers and Hart. It was a competitive collaboration. George Martin, on Lennon and McCartney Martin, George 79
8937 If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little. George Carlin Carlin, George 80
8938 He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray. Homer Homer 81
8939 What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do? Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich 82
8940 We have the means to change the laws we find unjust or onerous. We cannot, as citizens, pick and choose the laws we will or will not obey. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald 83
8941 If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis 84
8942 I can't actually see myself putting makeup on my face at the age of sixty. But I can see myself going on a camel train to Samarkand. Glenda Jackson Jackson, Glenda 87 dupes:11
8943 Being published by the Oxford University Press is rather like being married to a duchess: the honor is almost greater than the pleasure. G. M. Young Young, G. M. 88
8944 It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted. Seneca Seneca 89
8945 Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah 90
8946 To be a judge you don't have to know about books, you have to be skilled at picking shrapnel out of your head. Joanna Lumley, on the Booker Prize Lumley, Joanna 91
8947 Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul. Charles Buxton Buxton, Charles 92
8948 Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 93
8949 I'll give you my opinion of the human race: Their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset 94
8950 Look out how you use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. They wear long boots, hard boots. Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl 95
8951 A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness' sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat. John Selden Selden, John 96
8952 A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. Charles M. Schwab Schwab, Charles M. 97
8953 I've had my best times when trailing a Mainbocher evening gown across a sawdust floor. I've always loved high style in low company. Anita Loos Loos, Anita 98
8954 Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings. Ignace Paderewski Paderewski, Ignace 99
8955 My whole life is a movie. It's just that there are no dissolves. I have to live every agonizing moment of it. My life needs editing. Mort Sahl Sahl, Mort 100
8956 Much as I like reasonable persons, I hate completely rational beings. Lin Yutang Yutang, Lin 11-30-11 (11-29 was a dupe)
8957 You get a lot of tension. You get a lot of headaches. I do what it says on the aspirin bottle: Take two and keep away from children. Roseanne Roseanne 102 dupes:12
8958 Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question "how?," but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question "why?" Erwin Chargaff Chargaff, Erwin 103
8959 My own education operated by a succession of eye-openers, each involving the repudiation of some previously held belief. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard 104
8960 Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? Jim Bouton Bouton, Jim 105
8961 The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..." Isaac Asimov Asimov, Isaac 106
8962 A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall 107
8963 People are soon tired of paying trifling attentions to those who receive them with coldness, and return them with neglect. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William 109 dupes:13
8964 Filmmakers have to know where they went wrong. People have a tendency to read only the good reviews. Read the bad ones, too. William Wyler Wyler, William 110
8965 I'm such a bad housekeeper, people wipe their feet before they leave - and when I cook, I serve Tums for after-dinner mints. Joan Rivers Rivers, Joan 111
8966 If I had been someone not very clever, I would have done an easier job like publishing. That's the easiest job I can think of. A. J. Ayer Ayer, A. J. 112
8967 Today's youth have a tendency to live in the present and work for the future - and to be totally ignorant of the past. Steven Spielberg Spielberg, Steven 113
8968 Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain to long-term gain. George F. Will Will, George F. 114
8969 James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized. Tom Stoppard Stoppard, Tom 115
8970 Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money. William Lyon Phelps Phelps, William Lyon 116
8971 He believed in sudden conversion, a belief which may be right, but which is peculiarly attractive to the half-baked mind. E. M. Forster Forster, E. M. 117
8972 Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone, Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own. Adam Lindsay Gordon Gordon, Adam Lindsay 118
8973 At evening casual flocks of pigeons make, Ambiguous undulations as they sink, Downward to darkness, on extended wings. Wallace Stevens Stevens, Wallace 120 dupes:14
8974 Trying to run a presidential campaign is a little like driving a freight train while you're still building the tracks. Steve Forbes Forbes, Steve 121
8975 Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that, who cares? He's a mile away, and you've got his shoes. Billy Connolly Connolly, Billy 123 dupes:15
8976 I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right. George M. Cohan Cohan, George M. 124
8977 Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. Sam Ewing Ewing, Sam 125
8978 No man can be brave who considers pain the greatest evil of life; or temperate, who regards pleasure as the highest good. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius 127 dupes:16
8979 Beauty? To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its meaning comes from nor where it leads to. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo 128
8980 Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything. George Lois Lois, George 129
8981 A happy childhood can't be cured. Mine'll hang around my neck like a rainbow, that's all, instead of a noose. Hortense Calisher Calisher, Hortense 130
8982 The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar 131
8983 Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders, and each generation grows up into something harder to shock. Ben Lindsey Lindsey, Ben 132
8984 It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old. Leigh Hunt Hunt, Leigh 133
8985 Sophia Loren didn't walk into the room, she swept in. I never saw so much woman coming at me in my entire life. William Holden Holden, William 135 dupes:17
8986 Beneath the strain of expectation even the little iced sugar cakes upon the tea table looked green with worry. Ronald Firbank Firbank, Ronald 137 dupes:18
8987 The successful person is the individual who forms the habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do. Donald Riggs Riggs, Donald 138
8988 He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets, is only victory in him. John Dryden, on Ben Jonson Dryden, John 139
8989 Marketing is something I'm very proud of. The only artist that does it better than me is Madonna. She's the champ. Spike Lee Lee, Spike 141 dupes:19
8990 If you think that you have caught a cold, call in a good doctor. Call in three good doctors and play bridge. Robert Benchley Benchley, Robert 142
8991 "Oscar night" is enjoyable in the way that bobbing for apples is enjoyable. You can't take the game seriously. Warren Beatty Beatty, Warren 143
8992 You ask if they were happy. This is not a characteristic of a European. To be contented - that's for the cows. Coco Chanel Chanel, Gabrielle "Coco" 144
8993 Laundry's easier when you live alone. Fifteen minutes before a date, put 'em on, dry 'em with a hair blower. Elayne Boosler Boosler, Elayne 145
8994 It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. l did it in one afternoon on the golf course. Hank Aaron Aaron, Hank 146
8995 I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible because dreams offer too little collateral. Walt Disney Disney, Walt 147
8996 Baloney is the unvarnished lie laid on so thick you hate it. Blarney is flattery laid on so thin you love it. Fulton Sheen Sheen, Bishop Fulton J. 148
8997 Victory is won not in miles, but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later win a little more. Louis L'Amour L'Amour, Louis 149
8998 Tell me who admires and loves you and I will tell you who you are. Source Obscure Unknown 12/1/2011
8999 I am rather like a mosquito in a nudist camp: I know what I ought to do, but I don't know where to begin. Stephen Bayne Bayne, Stephen 12-2-11 (12-3 is a dupe)
9000 Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor. Isaac Barrow Barrow, Isaac 152 dupes:21
9001 I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky. Katharine Hepburn Hepburn, Katharine 153
9002 It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Saint-Exupery, Antoine de 155 dupes:22
9003 I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility in the West coast. Victor Frankl Frankl, Victor 156
9004 The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius. Sid Caesar Caesar, Sid 157
9005 Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. Jane Austen Austen, Jane 158
9006 As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances. Confucius Confucius 159
9007 Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. 160
9008 I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham 161
9009 Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill. Johnny Carson Carson, Johnny 162
9010 Trust not him that hath once broken faith; he who betrayed thee once, will betray thee again. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William 164 dupes:23
9011 It seemed obvious from the start that I should use my womanness as an asset rather than a liability. Estee Lauder Lauder, Estee 165
9012 I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different. Tony Bennett Bennett, Tony 166
9013 Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said. George Santayana Santayana, George 168 dupes:24
9014 It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others. Marquis de Sade de Sade, Marquis 169
9015 I have come one step away from everything. And here I stay, far from everything, one step away. Antonio Porchia Porchia, Antonio 171 dupes:25
9016 Cute teenagers only exist on television, I suspect. I know there are none in my neighborhood. Robert Mackenzie Mackenzie, Robert 172
9017 There ought to be some way to eat celery so it wouldn't sound like you were stepping on a basket. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin 173
9018 Good and bad luck is a synonym, in the great majority of instances, for good and bad judgment. John Chatfield Chatfield, John 174
9019 Death is nothing at all; it does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Henry Scott Holland Holland, Henry Scott 175
9020 I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still. Calvin Trillin Trillin, Calvin 176
9021 Swimming for his life, a man does not see much of the country through which the river winds. W. E. Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart 177
9022 I refuse to be intimidated by reality anymore. What is reality? Nothing but a collective hunch. Lily Tomlin Tomlin, Lily 178
9023 To talk about the need for perfection in man is to talk about the need for another species. Norman Cousins Cousins, Norman 180 dupes:26
9024 I got fired for many years for doing a lot of the things that I'm now getting accolades for. Robert Altman Altman, Robert 181
9025 The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development. Confucius Confucius 182
9026 There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. Louis L'Amour L'Amour, Louis 183
9027 The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every man a true reflection of his own thoughts. Thackery Thackeray, William Makepeace 184
9028 I wasn't always rich. No, there was a time I didn't know where my next husband was coming from. Mae West West, Mae 185
9029 The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing. Ronnie Barker Barker, Ronnie 186
9030 We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel 187
9031 Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh, Vincent 188
9032 Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life trying to untie. Jean Cocteau Cocteau, Jean 189
9033 First we shall want the pupil to understand, speak, read, and write his mother tongue well. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. 191 dupes:27
9034 I go at what I am about as if there was nothing else in the world for the time being. Charles Lingsley Lingsley, Charles 192
9035 Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand 193
9036 Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. Theodore Vail Vail, Theodore 194
9037 Old age is no such uncomfortable thing, if one gives oneself up to it with good grace. Horace Walpole Walpole, Horace 196 dupes:28
9038 Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may be. John Dryden Dryden, John 197
9039 In war the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar 198
9040 I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss 199
9041 When it comes to body language, there are some who have better vocabularies than others. Doug Larson Larson, Doug 200
9042 In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward 201
9043 Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe. Demosthenes Demosthenes 202
9044 'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree is inclined. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander 203
9045 Men alter their demeanor and sentiments just as fast as their interest changes. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur 204
9046 Here lies my past, Good-bye I have kissed it; Thank you, kids I wouldn't have missed it. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden 205
9047 Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life. Les Brown Brown, Les 206
9048 Well, we can't stand around here doing nothing, people will think we're workingmen. Spike Milligan Milligan, Spike 207
9049 It's always embarrassing to run unexpectedly into a girl you used to be engaged to. P. G. Wodehouse Wodehouse, P. G. 208
9050 I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. 210 dupes:29
9051 In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are. Arnold Glasow Glasow, Arnold Henry 211
9052 Art is a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. Al Capp Capp, Al 212
9053 I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul. Jean Cocteau Cocteau, Jean 213
9054 He who believes that the past cannot be changed has not yet written his memoirs. Tarvald Gahlin Gahlin, Tarvald 214
9055 There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors. Jim Morrison Morrison, Jim 215
9056 Luck seems to come to the guy who works fourteen hours a day, seven days a week. Armand Hammer Hammer, Armand 216
9057 The drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. Hugh Latimer Latimer, Hugh 217
9058 Those awful goddesses, Appearances, are to us what the Fates were to the Greeks. Arthur Helps Helps, Sir Arthur 218
9059 Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently. Rosa Luxemburg Luxemburg, Rosa 220 dupes:30
9060 No man likes to see his emotions the sport of a merry-go-round of skittishness. Thomas Hardy Hardy, Thomas 221
9061 There are certain natures to whom work is nothing, the act of work everything. Arthur Symons Symons, Arthur 222
9062 The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you. Jerry Gillies Gillies, Jerry 223
9063 Satire lies about men of letters during their lives, and eulogy after their death. Voltaire Voltaire 224
9064 All effort is in the last analysis sustained by faith that it is worth making. Ordway Tead Tead, Ordway 225
9065 What a waste it is to lose one's mind, or not to have a mind. How true that is. Dan Quayle Quayle, Dan 226
9066 A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston 227
9067 If you wish to keep your private affairs secret, keep your servants well paid Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon 228
9068 To portray only what you would like to be true is the beginning of censorship. David Hare Hare, David 229
9069 I'd rather die than live in the country. I've always been at two with nature. Woody Allen Allen, Woody 230
9070 All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von 231
9071 All you earnest young men out to save the world - please, have a laugh. Reinhold Niebuhr Niebuhr, Reinhold 232
9072 If you want to be a writer, stop talking about it and sit down and write!. Jackie Collins Collins, Jackie 233
9073 The elevation of the mind ought to be the principal end of all our studies. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund 234
9074 There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success. Max Beerbohm Beerbohm, Sir Max 235
9075 The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive. Harold Coffin Coffin, Harold 236
9076 Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing can ever be made. Immanuel Kant Kant, Immanuel 237
9077 Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor 238
9078 I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about. Mark Victor Hansen Hansen, Mark Victor 239
9079 The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. William Cowper Cowper, William 240
9080 Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them. Les Brown Brown, Les 241
9081 The trouble with our praying is, we just do it as a means of last resort. Will Rogers Rogers, Will 242
9082 Avarice is to the intellect and heart, what sensuality is to the morals. Anna Jameson Jameson, Anna 243
9083 The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor. Robert Collier Collier, Robert 244
9084 Honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action. Aristotle Aristotle 245
9085 Progress is the sum of small victories won by individual human beings. Bruce Catton Catton, Bruce 246
9086 O, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter 247
9087 Americans are rather like bad Bulgarian wine: they don't travel well. Bernard Falk Falk, Bernard 248
9088 Where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness. Phyllis Bottome Bottome, Phyllis 249
9089 The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration. Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. 250
9090 The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it. Michel de Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De 251
9091 I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster 252
9092 When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package. John Ruskin Ruskin, John 253
9093 Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters. Nathaniel Emmons Emmons, Nathaniel 254
9094 You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience. Ralph Marston Marston, Ralph 255
9095 We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive. Wayne Dyer Dyer, Dr. Wayne W. 256
9096 Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses. Cato the Elder Cato the Elder 257
9097 Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question. e. e. cummings cummings, e. e. 258
9098 Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. Demosthenes Demosthenes 259
9099 Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation. Henry Fielding Fielding, Henry 261 dupes:31
9100 Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps. Helmut Schmidt Schmidt, Helmut 262
9101 It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail. David Merrick Merrick, David 263
9102 I learned the value of hard work by working hard. Margaret M. Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick, Margaret M. 264
9103 Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he. Publilus Syrus Publilus Syrus 265
9104 A different world cannot be built by indifferent people. Peter Marshall Marshall, Peter 266
9105 You cannot be anything if you want to be everything. Solomon Schechter Schechter, Solomon 267
9106 Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? Frank Scully Scully, Frank 268
9107 All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich 269
9108 Nothing really sets human nature free but self-control. Paul Bottome Bottome, Paul 271 dupes:32
9109 As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation. Hans Selye Selye, Hans 272
9110 The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. Sydney Harris Harris, Sydney J. 273
9111 The only people who never fail are those who never try. Ilka Chase Chase, Ilka 274
9112 All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas 275
9113 The soul, like the moon, is new, and always new again. Lalleswari Lalleswari 276
9114 I teach the art of turning anguish into delight. Georges Bataille Bataille, Georges 277
9115 Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. Earl Wilson Wilson, Earl 278
9116 The highest of distinctions is service to others. King George VI King George VI 279
9117 When the student is ready the teacher will appear. Zen Proverb Proverb - Zen 280
9118 No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. Voltaire Voltaire 281
9119 It is better to wear out than to rust out. Richard Cumberland Cumberland, Richard 282
9120 Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. Les Brown Brown, Les 283
9121 A fair exterior is a silent recommendation. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus 284
9122 Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed. Confucius Confucius 285
9123 We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities. Pogo Pogo 287 dupes:33
9124 You can be right or you can be happy. Gerald G. Jampolsky Jampolsky, Gerald G. 288
9125 Where the speech is corrupted, the mind is also. Seneca Seneca 289
9126 If it's not growing, it's going to die. Michael Eisner Eisner, Michael 290
9127 I love humanity, it's the people I can't stand. Linus Linus 291
9128 But ne'er the rose without the thorn. Robert Herrick Herrick, Robert 292
9129 Love is a friendship set to music. E. Joseph Cossman Cossman, E. Joseph 293
9130 Thorough preparation makes its own luck. Joe Poyer Poyer, Joe 294
9131 To finish first, you must first finish. Rick Mears Mears, Rick 295
9132 Man was predestined to have free will. Hal Luyah Luyah, Hal 296
9133 The ends must justify the means. Matthew Prior Prior, Matthew 298 dupes:34
9134 Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. 299
9135 Nothing recedes like success. Walter Winchell Winchell, Walter 300
9136 My music is best understood by children and animals. Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky, Igor null
9137 The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books. Katherine Mansfield Mansfield, Katherine null
9138 Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold! Josephine Bacon Bacon, Josephine null
9139 Nothing is more moving than beauty which is unaware of itself, except for ugliness which is. Robert Mallet Mallet, Robert null
9140 The hardest job of all is trying to look busy when you're not. William Feather Feather, William null
9141 Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose. Garrison Keillor Keillor, Garrison null
9142 Only the human mind invents categories and tries to force facts into separated pigeonholes. Alfred Kinsey Kinsey, Alfred null
9143 To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. Henry Kissinger Kissinger, Henry A. null
9144 Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
9145 Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway. Frank A. Clark Clark, Frank A. null
9146 Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. Phillips Brooks Brooks, Phillips null
9147 A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter is not a nice person. Dave Barry Barry, Dave null
9148 Half the times when men think they are talking business, they are wasting time. E. W. Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
9149 Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants. William Osler Osler, William null
9150 Oh, blessed a thousand times the peasant who is born, eats and dies without anybody bothering about his affairs. Giuseppe Verdi Verdi, Giuseppe null
9151 I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom Bob Dylan Dylan, Bob null
9152 Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading. William Zinsser Zinsser, William null
9153 I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting. William Powell Powell, William null
9154 Forget the past - the future will give you plenty to worry about. George Allen, Sr. Allen, George, Sr. null
9155 In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. Alfred Whitney Griswold Griswold, Alfred Whitney null
9156 We were so bad last year, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in the cheers. Pat Williams Williams, Pat null
9157 Writers tell more truths, and more lies, than most. Mason Cooley Cooley, Mason null
9158 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry; but money answereth all things. The Bible, Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes null
9159 A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. Richard Bach Bach, Richard null
9160 Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago. John Wesley Wesley, John null
9161 The blank slate has become the secular religion of modern intellectual life; however, it is being challenged by an even newer view of human nature. Steven Pinker Pinker, Steven null
9162 Thus we never live, but we hope to live; and always disposing ourselves to be happy, it is inevitable that we never become so. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
9163 Well, since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking. Norton Juster Juster, Norton null
9164 Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George null
9165 Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate. Democritus Democritus null
9166 Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt. Jose Ortega y Gasset Gasset, Jose Ortega y null
9167 I'm very comfortable discussing my personal life, because it's so boring. Daniel Radcliffe Radcliffe, Daniel null
9168 Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward. Victor Kiam Kiam, Victor null
9169 We all have strength enough to endure the troubles of others. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
9170 The true scientist never loses the faculty of amazement. Hans Selye Selye, Hans null
9171 Before filling your wheelbarrow, point it in the direction you intend to go. B. A. Mello Mello, B. A. null
9172 Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood. Louise Beal Beal, Louise null
9173 On one hand, we'll never experience childbirth. On the other hand, we can open all our own jars. Bruce Willis Willis, Bruce null
9174 Anyone, provided he can be amusing, has the right to talk to himself. Charles Baudelaire Baudelaire, Charles null
9175 If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible. James Whistler Whistler, James McNeill null
9176 All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites. Marc Chagall Chagall, Marc null
9177 Not everybody trusts paintings, but people believe photographs. Ansel Adams Adams, Ansel null
9178 Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. Jeanne Moreau Moreau, Jeanne null
9179 Swallow your pride occasionally. It's not fattening. Frank Tyger Tyger, Frank null
9180 Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George null
9181 One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do. A. C. Benson Benson, A. C. null
9182 Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbors. Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard null
9183 The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. Dean Acheson Acheson, Dean null
9184 Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. Rene Descartes Descartes, Rene null
9185 I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks null
9186 All children are essentially criminal. Denis Diderot Diderot, Denis null
9187 I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living. Ursula Andress Andress, Ursula null
9188 Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
9189 Living with a saint is more grueling than being one. Christian Nestell Bovee Bovee, Christian Nestell null
9190 There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. George Santayana Santayana, George null
9191 The cost of living is going up, and the chance of living is going down. Flip Wilson Wilson, Flip null
9192 There is nothing men are so generous of as advice Francois De La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
9193 A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough. Christian Nestell Bovee Bovee, Christian Nestell null
9194 A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. Christian Bovee Bovee, Christian Nestell null
9195 As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. C. N. Bovee Bovee, Christian Nestell null
9196 There are few men who do not love better to give advice than to give assistance. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
9197 When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. Henry J. Kaiser Kaiser, Henry J. null
9198 It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. Simone de Beauvoir Beauvoir, Simone de null
9199 Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits. Edward M. Kennedy Kennedy, Edward M. null
9200 A kiss is a rosy dot over the "I" of loving. Cyrano de Bergerac Bergerac, Cyrano de null
9201 The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for. Ludwig Wittgenstein Wittgenstein, Ludwig null
9202 Wit has truth in it; Wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy null
9203 Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should. Richard Dreyfuss Dreyfuss, Richard null
9204 If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas null
9205 The only place where housework comes before needlework is in the dictionary. Mary Kurtz Kurtz, Mary null
9206 Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends. Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia null
9207 No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. Channing Pollock Pollock, Channing null
9208 Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
9209 To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation. E. W. Howe Howe, Edgar Watson null
9210 There's much to be said for challenging fate instead of ducking behind it. Diana Trilling Trilling, Diana null
9211 Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. Hunter Thompson Thompson, Hunter S. null
9212 A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking. Earl Wilson Wilson, Earl null
9213 Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. Aristophanes Aristophanes null
9214 If I had to live my life again, I'd make all the same mistakes, only sooner. Tallulah Bankhead Bankhead, Tallulah null
9215 Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus null
9216 Money brings some happiness, but after a certain point, it just brings more money. Neil Simon Simon, Neil null
9217 What the mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
9218 People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts. Paul Hindemith Hindemith, Paul null
9219 Nature composes some of her loveliest poems for the microscope and the telescope. Theodore Roszak Roszak, Theodore null
9220 If you have a garden and library, you have everything you need. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
9221 Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence. Jules Feiffer Feiffer, Jules null
9222 No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. John Donne Donne, John null
9223 Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Chili Davis Davis, Chili null
9224 If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
9225 Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow. Sakyong Mipham Mipham, Sakyong null
9226 I don't agree with mathematics; The sum total of zeros is a frightening figure. Stanislaw J. Lec Lec, Stanislaw Jerzy null
9227 Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress. John Clapham Clapham, John null
9228 Being grandparents sufficiently removes us from the responsibilities so that we can be friends. Allan Frome Frome, Allan null
9229 No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. H. E. Luccock Luccock, H. E. null
9230 Our deeds determine us as much as we determine our deeds. George Eliot Eliot, George null
9231 When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
9232 Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. William Arthur Ward Ward, William Arthur null
9233 The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; It is essentially a part of it. Charles De Lint De Lint, Charles null
9234 The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
9235 It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher null
9236 Sometimes the path you're on is not as important as the direction you're heading. Kevin Smith Smith, Kevin null
9237 I like the word "indolence." It makes my laziness seem classy. Bern Williams Williams, Bern null
9238 Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds. George Santayana Santayana, George null
9239 We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions. Ian Percy Percy, Ian null
9240 Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur null
9241 Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon. Peter Lynch Lynch, Peter null
9242 Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons. Al Hirschfeld Hirschfeld, Al null
9243 The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher null
9244 What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient. Bodie Thoene Thoene, Bodie null
9245 The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. Lucille Ball Ball, Lucille null
9246 Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
9247 Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is. Charles M. Schulz Schulz, Charles M. null
9248 Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love. Washington Irving Irving, Washington null
9249 Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree. Marian Wright Edelman Edelman, Marian Wright null
9250 Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. Paul Boese Boese, Paul null
9251 A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy. Luis Barragan Barragan, Luis null
9252 A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship. John D. Rockefeller Rockefeller, John D. null
9253 Imagination is the wide-open eye which leads us always to see truth more vividly. Christopher Fry Fry, Christopher null
9254 Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born. G. Stanley Hall Hall, G. Stanley null
9255 Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
9256 A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
9257 I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind. William Butler Yeats Yeats, William Butler null
9258 I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; My shadow does that much better. Plutarch Plutarch null
9259 Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander null
9260 More and more, our life has been governed by specialists, who know too little of what lies outside their province to be able to know enough about what takes place within it. Lewis Mumford Mumford, Lewis 2 - 1 dupe
9261 I do not understand where the "beauty" and "harmony" of nature are supposed to be found. For my part, I am unable to see any very great beauty or harmony in the tapeworm. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand 7 - 5 dupes
9262 Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress, I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray black women who have made positive contributions to my heritage. Cicely Tyson Tyson, Cicely 8
9263 The law seems like a sort of maze through which a client must be led to safety, a collection of reefs, rocks, and underwater hazards through which he or she must be piloted. John Mortimer Mortimer, John 9
9264 Freedom is not choosing; that is merely the move that we make when all is already lost. Freedom is knowing and understanding and respecting things quite other than ourselves. Iris Murdoch Murdoch, Iris 10
9265 There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn't have any beginning or any end. He didn't mean it as a compliment, but it was. It was a fine compliment. Jackson Pollock Pollock, Jackson 11
9266 Neither woman nor man lives by work, or love, alone. The human self defines itself and grows through love and work: All psychology before and after Freud boils down to that. Betty Friedan Friedan, Betty 12
9267 From space to the sky, from the sky to the hills, and the sea; this earth appears but a mote in that sunbeam by which we are conscious of one narrow streak in the abyss. Richard Jefferies Jefferies, Richard 13
9268 The serial number of human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor soul, nor what we call the self. Milan Kundera Kundera, Milan 14
9269 Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not yet dare to confess it to themselves. William Graham Sumner Sumner, William Graham 15
9270 Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel 16
9271 "Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and then the different branches of Arithmetic, Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision." Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis 17
9272 People are incorrect to compare a director to an author. If he's a creator, he's more like an architect. And an architect conceives his plans according to precise circumstances. John Ford Ford, John 18
9273 Good intentions are, at least, the seed of good actions; and every one ought to sow them, and leave it to the soil and the seasons whether he or any other gather the fruit. William Temple Temple, William 19
9274 I learned three important things in college: to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any time given a horizontal surface and fifteen minutes. Agnes de Mille de Mille, Agnes 20
9275 It's easy, perhaps to die for a dream, with banners unfurled - and be forgiving! It's the hardest part to follow the gleam, when scorned by the world - and go on living! Myra Brooks Welch Welch, Myra Brooks 21
9276 There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast. Paul Scott Mowrer Mowrer, Paul Scott 23 - 6 dupes
9277 We learn courageous action by going forward whenever fear urges us back. A little boy was asked how he learned to skate. "By getting up every time I fell down," he answered. David Seabury Seabury, David 24
9278 Whenever words fly up at me from a printed page as I read, I intercept them instantly, knowing they are for me. I turn them over carefully in my mind and cling to them hard. David Grayson Grayson, David 25
9279 A child study institution has completed research on youngsters who suck their thumbs and has issued a report that such children have a distinct tendency toward one clean thumb. D. O. Flynn Flynn, D. O. 26
9280 In a moment of grace, we can grasp eternity in the palm of our hand. This is the gift given to creative individuals who can identify with the mysteries of life through art. Marcel Marceau Marceau, Marcel 27
9281 The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man. Euripides Euripides 28
9282 If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von 29
9283 I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Martin Luther King Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. 30
9284 My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita 31
9285 To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore 32
9287 Better a monosyllabic life than a ragged and muttered one; let its report be short and round like a rifle so that it may hear its own echo in the surrounding silence. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David 34
9288 If there be one hour of the twenty-four which has the life of day without its labor, and the rest of night without its slumber, it is the lovely and languid hour of twilight. L. E. Landon Landon, L. E. 35
9289 There is a type of critic whose attitude suggests that the book he is reviewing was written by his kind permission and that the author has grossly abused the privilege. Lambert Jeffries Jeffries, Lambert 36
9290 Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority. James Thurber Thurber, James 37
9291 Who is original? Everything that we are doing, everything that we think, exists already, and we are only intermediaries, that's all, who make use of what is in the air. Henry Miller Miller, Henry 38
9292 We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de 39
9293 When I am asked, "What made you want to be a writer?" my answer has always been, "Books." First and foremost, now, then, and always, I have been passionate about books. Rita Dove Dove, Rita 41 - 7 dupes
9294 I have to spend so much time explaining to Americans that I am not English and to Englishmen that I am not American that I have little time left to be Canadian. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston 42
9295 Accident is the name one gives to the coincidence of events, of which one does not know the causation. Accidents only exist in our heads, in our limited perceptions. Franz Kafka Kafka, Franz 44 - 8 dupes
9296 Not only are there as many conflicting truths as there are people to claim them; there are equally multitudinous and conflicting truths within the individual. Virginia Peterson Peterson, Virginia 45
9297 History is often cruel and rarely logical, and yet the wisest of realists are those who recognize that fate can indeed be shaped by human faith and courage. Henry A. Kissinger Kissinger, Henry A. 46
9298 I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good - or there because they're lucky. Katharine Hepburn Hepburn, Katharine 49 - 10 dupes
9299 The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. ADZ - 5/4/12
9300 It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found. Wilson Mizner Mizner, Wilson ADZ - 5/5/12
9301 Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion. Louise J. Kaplan Kaplan, Louise J. ADZ - 5/7/12
9302 The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive and more constructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person. Frank Barron Barron, Frank 52 - 12 dupes
9303 Action on the move creates its own route, creates to a very great extent the conditions under which it is to be fulfilled, and thus baffles all calculation. Henri Bergson Bergson, Henri 53
9304 Charm is a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter what else you have. James M. Barrie Barrie, James Matthew 54
9305 Knavery seems to be so much the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they become aliens to this kingdom. George III, on America King George III 55
9306 I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and I betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. E. M. Forster Forster, E. M. 56
9307 Outrage, combining as it does shock, anger, reproach, and helplessness, is perhaps the most unmanageable, the most demoralizing of all the emotions. Margery Allingham Allingham, Margery 58 - 13 dupes
9308 Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter. Paxton Hood Hood, Paxton 59
9309 We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric 60
9310 The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty, and truth. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert 62 - 14 dupes
9311 The greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor, instead of oppressing and despising them. Maria Montessori Montessori, Maria 63
9312 Our country's honor calls upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion; and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. George Washington Washington, George 64
9313 All that a city will ever allow you is an angle on it - an oblique, indirect sample of what it contains, or what passes through it; a point of view. Peter Conrad Conrad, Peter 65
9314 Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo 66
9315 To surrender what is most profound and mysterious in one's being and personality at any price less than that of absolute reciprocity is profanation. Henri Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic 67
9316 We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: One which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand 68
9317 As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might. Marian Anderson Anderson, Marian 70 - 15 dupes
9318 If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth, they have not often let their presence be known. W. E. B. Du Bois Du Bois, W. E. B. 71
9319 Shaw is like a train. One just speaks the words and sits in one's place. But Shakespeare is like bathing in the sea - one swims where one wants. Vivien Leigh Leigh, Vivien 72
9320 The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting. Hank Aaron Aaron, Hank 73
9321 I wish I could buy you for what you are really worth and sell you for what you think you're worth. I sure would make money on the deal. Zora Neale Hurston Hurston, Zora Neale 74
9322 The personal is political. What seem to be "personal" problems of women have their roots in the political system which oppresses women. Rosario Morales Morales, Rosario 75
9323 And if a friend does evil to you, say to him, "I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?" Democritus Democritus 79 - 18 dupes
9324 I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh, Vincent ADZ - 5/8/12
9325 I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. Thomas A. Edison Edison, Thomas Alva ADZ - 5/9/12
9326 Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Phillips Brooks Brooks, Phillips ADZ - 5/10/12
9327 Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William ADZ - 5/11/12
9328 The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Honore De Balzac Balzac, Honore De ADZ - 5/12/12
9329 There is a syndrome in sports called paralysis by analysis. Arthur Ashe Ashe, Arthur ADZ - 5/14/12
9330 The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational. A. N. Wilson Wilson, A. N. ADZ - 5/15/12
9331 It is the superfluous things for which men sweat. Seneca Seneca ADZ - 5/16/12
9332 A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. Johann Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von ADZ - 5/17/12
9333 A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees farther of the two. George Herbert Herbert, George ADZ - 5/18/12
9334 There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. John Ashbery Ashbery, John ADZ - 5/19/12
9335 No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon, but wit and wisdom are born with a man. John Selden Selden, John 81 - 19 dupes
9336 Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin 82
9337 When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you are here. Samuel Hoffenstein Hoffenstein, Samuel 83
9338 Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster. William Bridges Bridges, William 84
9339 All our lives we are putting pennies - our most golden pennies - into "penny in the slot" machines that are almost always empty. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall 85
9340 Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them. Don Marquis Marquis, Don 87 - 20 dupes
9341 Love is not all; it is not meat nor drink, nor slumber nor a roof against the rain: Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink. Edna St. Vincent Millay Millay, Edna St. Vincent 89 - 21 dupes
9342 When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out because that's what's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside. Wayne Dyer Dyer, Wayne 90
9343 Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. Marcus Antonius Antonius, Marcus 91
9344 At Christmas I no more desire a rose, than wish a snow in May's new fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William 93 - 22 dupes
9345 When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius. William Crashaw Crashaw, William 94
9346 I would rather think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to come together and make sense. Rabbi Harold Kushner Kushner, Rabbi Harold 95
9347 When building a team, I first look for people who love to win, if I can't find any of those, then I look for people who hate to lose. H. Ross Perot Perot, H. Ross 96
9348 No man knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan, and raised an adolescent. Marcelene Cox Cox, Marcelene 97
9349 Reasoning at every step he treads, man yet mistakes his way, whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, are rarely known to stray. William Cowper Cowper, William 98
9350 I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty, or civilization, or both. Thomas Macaulay Macaulay, Thomas Babington 100 - 23 dupes
9351 New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment; it is a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat. Brendan Behan Behan, Brendan 101
9352 The kilt, being a practical outdoor garment, failed him only once, and that occurred during a short-lived interest in beekeeping. J. M. Bannerman Bannerman, J. M. 102
9353 The world has moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. Helen Keller Keller, Helen 103
9354 When a man of genius appears in the world, it is immediately recognized by the fact that all blockheads join forces against him. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan 104
9355 Pipe smokers spend so much time cleaning, filling, and fooling around with their pipes they don't have any time to break the law. Bill Vaughan Vaughan, Bill 105
9356 Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous 106
9357 Why do publishers use large print in books for children, whose eyes are excellent, and small print in books for adults? William Lyon Phillips Phillips, William Lyon 107
9358 Much that we hug today as knowledge is ignorance pure and simple. It makes the mind wander and even reduces it to a vacuity. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas 108
9359 Kissing is a custom in France. We kiss a man we haven't seen in five years - or a woman we haven't seen in five minutes. Maurice Chevalier Chevalier, Maurice 109
9360 I am not the smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeeded because I keep going, and going, and going. Sylvester Stallone Stallone, Sylvester 111 - 24 dupes
9361 I never bought an article of clothing because some famous athlete told me to, but then I never had a diamond in my ear, either. Jim Murray Murray, Jim 112
9362 If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong. Simon Rattle Rattle, Simon 115 - 26 dupes
9363 It appears that every man's insomnia is as different from his neighbor's as are their daytime hopes and aspirations. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott 116
9364 The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon 117
9365 There are many reasons shy novelists write, but they all have one thing in common -- a need to create an alternative world. John Fowles Fowles, John 118
9366 Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge. Matthew Arnold Arnold, Matthew 120 - 27 dupes
9367 Nothing begins, and nothing ends, that is not paid with moan; for we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own. Francis Thompson Thompson, Francis 121
9368 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, uttered or unexpressed; The motion of a hidden fire, that trembles in the breast. James Montgomery Montgomery, James 122
9369 The one mistake which is committed habitually by people who have the gift of "half genius", is waiting for inspiration. Philip Hamerton Hamerton, Philip 123
9370 The past is never there when you try to go back. It exists, but only in memory. To pretend otherwise is to invite a mess. Chris Cobbs Cobbs, Chris 124
9371 To be a successful father there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest 125
9372 I was out on a date recently and the guy took me horseback riding. That was kind of fun, until we ran out of quarters. Susie Loucks Loucks, Susie 126
9373 It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. Mabel Newcomer Newcomer, Mabel 127
9374 Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public. Never clothe them in vulgar or shoddy attire. George Crane Crane, George 128
9375 "The Rite of Spring" is an exciting piece of music, but I don't believe that it has any future as a Broadway musical. George Abbott Abbott, George 129
9376 There is no sorrow I have thought more about than that - to love what is great, and try to reach it, and yet to fail. George Eliot Eliot, George 130
9377 Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live forever, and they're forty feet wide and twenty feet high. Harrison Ford Ford, Harrison 131
9378 Irate wife, in throes of washing and ironing, to husband filling in tax return: "Don't you dare list me as a dependent!" Syd Hoff Hoff, Syd 132
9379 The best thing about getting old is that all the things you couldn't have when you were young you no longer want. L. S. McCandless McCandless, L. S. 133
9380 A newspaper is a device unable to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard 134
9381 Always question. Always analyze. But in the end, suspend judgment until you've been there. Live it to learn it. Mark McClinchie McClinchie, Mark 135
9382 Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. ADZ 5/21/12
9383 Don't forget to love yourself. Soren Kierkegaard Kierkegaard, Soren ADZ 5/22/12
9384 Broke a mirror in my house and I'm supposed to get seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five. Steven Wright Wright, Steven 136
9385 A nation's strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others. Indira Gandhi Gandhi, Indira 137
9386 Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens, and then everybody disagrees. Boris Marshalov Marshalov, Boris 138
9387 The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions. Bishop Mandell Creighton Creighton, Bishop Mandell 139
9388 The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one. William Shenstone Shenstone, William 140
9389 When I was young, if a girl married poverty, she became a drudge; if she married wealth, she became a doll. Susan B. Anthony Anthony, Susan B. 142 - 28 dupes
9390 A lot of impulsive mistakes are made by people who simply aren't willing to stay bored a little while longer. Frank A. Clark Clark, Frank A. 143
9391 All along, one of my major complaints was his absence from home, and even worse, his absence when he was home. Sonia Johnson Johnson, Sonia 144
9392 The world don't need any more songs. If nobody wrote any songs from this day on, the world ain't gonna suffer it. Bob Dylan Dylan, Bob 145
9393 There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know. Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" Bierce, Ambrose 146
9394 During a long life I have had to eat my own words many times, and I have found it a very nourishing diet. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston 147
9395 Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards. George Orwell Orwell, George 148
9396 People of integrity expect to be believed. They also know time will prove them right and are willing to wait. Ann Landers Landers, Ann 149
9397 The greatest good is prudence; a more precious thing even than philosophy; from it spring all the other virtues. Epicurus Epicurus 150
9398 There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children to do it. Monta Crane Crane, Monta 151
9399 A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not. The Talmud Talmud, The 152
9400 A preoccupation with words for their own sake is fatal to good filmmaking. It's not what films are for. Raymond Chandler Chandler, Raymond 153
9401 In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar 154
9402 Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. 156 - 29 dupes
9403 I became the editor of a weekly newspaper because I wanted to be my own particular kind of a damn fool. William White White, William 158 - 30 dupes
9404 Nothing helped me toward a conscientious performance so much as a conscious interest in the royalties. Howard Lindsay Lindsay, Howard 160 - 31 dupes
9405 The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant is alone enough to upset Darwin. Henry Adams Adams, Henry 163 - 33 dupes
9406 The secret to mountain biking is pretty simple. The slower you go the more likely it is you'll crash. Julie Furtado Furtado, Julie 164
9407 I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries. Frank Capra Capra, Frank 165
9408 If Nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our bodies. Elmer Rice Rice, Elmer 166
9409 If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn. Bernie Siegel Siegel, Bernie 167
9410 A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. Spanish Proverb Proverb - Spanish 169 - 34 dupes
9411 A politician is a person who divides his time between running for office and running for cover. Antonio Gonzalez Gonzalez, Antonio 170
9412 As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo 172 - 35 dupes
9413 Cookbooks bear the same relation to real books that microwave food bears to your grandmother's. Andrei Codrescu Codrescu, Andrei 173
9414 Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" when they're already there? Larry Anderson Anderson, Larry 174
9415 The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart. William Butler Yeats Yeats, William Butler 176 - 36 dupes
9416 Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to. Howard Mumford Jones Jones, Howard Mumford 178 - 37 dupes
9417 The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them. Confucius Confucius 179
9418 The air is like a butterfly, with frail blue wings. The happy earth looks at the sky, and sings. Joyce Kilmer Kilmer, Joyce 182 - 39 dupes
9419 Do your work with your whole heart and you will succeed - there is so little competition! Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green 183
9420 In Scotland we have a verdict "not proven." That means "not guilty, but don't do it again." Andrew Brodie Brodie, Andrew 185 - 40 dupes
9421 Sisterly love is, of all sentiments, the most abstract. Nature does not grant it any functions. Ugo Betti Betti, Ugo 187 - 41 dupes
9422 The great tragedy of science: The slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry 188
9423 The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist. Russell Baker Baker, Russell 189
9424 The setting to music of a poem must be an act of love, never a marriage of convenience. Francis Poulenc Poulenc, Francis 191 - 42 dupes
9425 All this time I've just wanted to be blonde, beautiful, and five feet two inches tall. Beatrice Arthur Arthur, Beatrice 194 - 44 dupes
9426 It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts. G. B. Burgin Burgin, G. B. 196 - 45 dupes
9427 My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra. Angie Dickinson Dickinson, Angie 198 - 46 dupes
9428 Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up. Evelyn Hendrickson Hendrickson, Evelyn 202 - 49 dupes
9429 English is the language of men ever famous and foremost in the achievements of liberty. John Milton Milton, John 203
9430 Executive? A man who talks to visitors so the other employees can get their work done. Cedric Adams Adams, Cedric 204
9431 False conclusions which have been reasoned out are infinitely worse than blind impulse. Horace Mann Mann, Horace 205
9432 Getting lost on the way into town from the airport, I learn a lot about a strange city. Andy Rooney Rooney, Andy 206
9433 The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid. Carl Jung Jung, Carl Gustav 207
9434 Those who think that composing a Scotch song is a trifling business - let them try. Robert Burns Burns, Robert 210 - 51 dupes
9435 I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around. Christopher Walken Walken, Christopher 213 - 53 dupes
9436 You can tell how bad a musical is by the number of times the chorus yells "hooray." John Crosby Crosby, John 215 - 54 dupes
9437 I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them. George H. W. Bush Bush, George H. W. 216
9438 A man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key. Paul Valery Valery, Paul 217
9439 A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. Burt Bacharach Bacharach, Burt 218
9440 Introductions inhibit pleasure, kill the joy of anticipation, frustrate curiosity. Harper Lee Lee, Harper 219
9441 Punning, like poetry, is something everyone belittles and everyone attempts. Louis Untermeyer Untermeyer, Louis 222 - 56 dupes
9442 A little present must not be allowed wholly to elbow the great past out of view. Andrew Lang Lang, Andrew 223
9443 I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas 226 - 58 dupes
9444 The good composer is slowly discovered, the bad composer is slowly found out. Ernest Newman Newman, Ernest 227
9445 History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstance. Donald Creighton Creighton, Donald 228
9446 May the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends below never fall out. Gaelic Toast Proverb - Gaelic 230 - 59 dupes
9447 I make stained-glass contact lenses - for people who want to sleep in church. London Lee Lee, London 231
9448 If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset 232
9449 Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you stop pedaling. Claude Pepper Pepper, Claude 233
9450 Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it. Danny Kaye Kaye, Danny 234
9451 Little keys can open big locks. Simple words can express great thoughts. William A. Ward Ward, William Arthur 235
9452 Of all wild beasts, preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, a flatterer. Ben Jonson Jonson, Ben 236
9453 The fickle populace has changed its taste and burns with a craze for scribbling. Horace Horace 237
9454 When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. William Wrigley, Jr. Wrigley, William, Jr. 238
9455 Men are like ciphers: They acquire their value merely from their position. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon 241 61 dupes
9456 To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David ADZ 5/23/12
9457 When all is said and done, more is said than done. Lou Holtz Holtz, Lou ADZ 5/24/12
9458 You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six. Yogi Berra Berra, Yogi ADZ 5/25/12
9459 You are remembered for the rules you break. Douglas MacArthur MacArthur, Douglas ADZ 5/26/12
9460 You need bruises to know blessings, and I have known both. Frances Shand Kydd Kydd, Frances Shand ADZ 5/28/12
9461 Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham ADZ 5/29/12
9462 An art book is a museum without walls. Andre Malraux Malraux, Andre ADZ 5/30/12
9463 Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture. Lydia M. Child Child, Lydia M. ADZ 5/31/12
9464 I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things. Claude Chabrol Chabrol, Claude ADZ 6/1/12
9465 Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. George Edward Woodberry Woodberry, George Edward ADZ 6/2/12
9466 Life comes from the earth, and life returns to the earth. Zhuangzi Zhuangzi ADZ 6/4/12
9467 A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. Lana Turner Turner, Lana ADZ 6/5/12
9468 Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo. Al Gore Gore, Al 243 - 62 dupes
9469 Do not insult the alligator until after you have crossed the river. Haitian Proverb Proverb - Haitian 246 - 64 dupes
9470 First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do. Epictetus Epictetus 247
9471 O what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive! Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter 248
9472 I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. Henry Miller Miller, Henry 249
9473 I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up. Dean Martin Martin, Dean 250
9474 He who has learning without imagination has feet but no wings. Stanley Goldstein Goldstein, Stanley 253 - 66 dupes
9475 Money can't buy you friends, but you get a better class of enemy. Spike Milligan Milligan, Spike 254
9476 Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right. Isaac Asimov Asimov, Isaac 255
9477 May my last breath be drawn through a pipe and exhaled in a pun. Charles Lamb Lamb, Charles 258 - 68 dupes
9478 I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday. W. C. Fields Fields, W. C. 259
9479 In my youth, poverty enriched me, but now I can afford wealth. Marc Chagall Chagall, Marc 261 - 69 dupes
9480 Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed. Tug McGraw McGraw, Tug 262
9481 He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between. John McPhee McPhee, John 263
9482 I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. Jewish Proverb Proverb - Jewish 264
9483 I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing. Bela Bartok Bartok, Bela 265
9484 A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images. Albert Camus Camus, Albert 266
9485 A tree never hits an automobile except in self-defense. American Proverb Proverb - American 267
9486 Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor 268
9487 Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty. Lise Meitner Meitner, Lise 269
9488 Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life. Johann Paul Richter Richter, Johann Paul 270
9489 Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without. Rue McClanahan McClanahan, Rue 271
9490 Integrity is the essence of everything successful. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster 272
9491 The path of least resistance is the path of the loser. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. 275 - 71 dupes
9492 He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news. Bertolt Brecht Brecht, Bertolt 276
9493 Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law. Oliver Goldsmith Goldsmith, Oliver 277
9494 If you're not confused, you're not paying attention. Tom Peters Peters, Tom 278
9495 The most violent element in society is ignorance. Emma Goldman Goldman, Emma 279
9496 Things are not as bad as they seem. They are worse. Bill Press Press, Bill 280
9497 To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese 281
9498 Cheese - milk's leap forward to immortality. Clifton Fadiman Fadiman, Clifton 282
9499 I'm always running into people's unconscious. Marilyn Monroe Monroe, Marilyn 286 - 74 dupes
9500 Even weak men when united are powerful. Friedrich Schiller Schiller, Johann Friedrich von 287
9501 Everyone's companion is no one's friend. German Proverb Proverb - German 288
9502 I am in love with high, far-seeing places. Arthur Ficke Ficke, Arthur 289
9503 Actors are the only honest hypocrites. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William 290
9504 Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs. Desmond Morris Morris, Desmond 291
9505 Fashion is made to become unfashionable. Coco Chanel Chanel, Gabrielle "Coco" 292
9506 I grew up wanting to be Nelson Riddle. Barry Manilow Manilow, Barry 293
9507 Nothing recalls the past like music. Madame de Stael Stael, Madame de 294
9508 The hatred of relatives is the most violent. Tacitus Tacitus 295
9509 I'm the Connie Francis of rock-and-roll. Elton John John, Elton 296
9510 Journalism is literature in a hurry. Matthew Arnold Arnold, Matthew 297
9511 Irish poets, learn your trade. William Butler Yeats Yeats, William Butler 298
9512 No favor can win gratitude from a cat. La Fontaine La Fontaine, Jean de 299
9513 When we are not sure, we are alive. Graham Greene Greene, Graham 300
9514 Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston ADZ 6/6/12
9515 I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious. Andrew Wyeth Wyeth, Andrew ADZ 6/7/12
9516 All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. Havelock Ellis Ellis, Henry Havelock ADZ 6/8/12
9517 Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David ADZ 6/9/12
9518 Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. Arthur Miller Miller, Arthur ADZ 6/12/12 (6/11 was a dupe)
9519 Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. John Adams Adams, John null
9520 I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American flag, Motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me. Art Linkletter Linkletter, Art null
9521 I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast. Evelyn Ashford Ashford, Evelyn null
9522 Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. Wernher Von Braun Braun, Wernher Von null
9523 Becoming a father is easy enough, but being one can be very rough. Wilhelm Busch Busch, Wilhelm null
9524 When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree. William Blake Blake, William null
9525 A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life. Jean Ingelow Ingelow, Jean null
9526 Look well to this day, for it is life, the very life of life. In it lies all the realities and verities of existence: the bliss of growth, the glory of action, splendor of beauty. For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow only a vision. But today well li Kalidasa Kalidasa null
9527 Look well to this day for it is life itself. In its brief course lie all the realities of existence, for yesterday is but a memory and tomorrow only a dream. Thomas Hopkins Hopkins, Thomas null
9528 An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. Niels Bohr Bohr, Niels null
9529 March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
9530 The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
9531 It's probably illegal to make soups, stews and casseroles without plenty of onions. Maggie Waldron Waldron, Maggie null
9532 If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
9533 In order to write, all a man needs is paper and a pencil. William Saroyan Saroyan, William null
9534 Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffer, Dietrich null
9535 We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. William Faulkner Faulkner, William null
9536 The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
9537 Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. Louis Brandeis Brandeis, Louis D. null
9538 We must all hang together, or assuredly, we shall all hang separately. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
9539 Asking your neighbors to tweet the "news" is not unlike asking your cocker spaniel to buy groceries. Rheta Grimsley Johnson Johnson, Rheta Grimsley null
9540 I am a great believer in found families, and I'm not a great believer in blood. Joss Whedon Whedon, Joss null
9541 A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
9542 Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
9543 A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him. Brendan Francis Francis, Brendan null
9544 Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage daughter. Guy Lombardo Lombardo, Guy null
9545 There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday. Robert Nathan Nathan, Robert null
9546 The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man. Marshall McLuhan McLuhan, Marshall null
9547 False eloquence is exaggeration: true eloquence is emphasis. William Rounseville Alger Alger, William Rounseville null
9548 The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring. Warren Chappell Chappell, Warren null
9549 With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
9550 We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.` Jules Verne Verne, Jules null
9551 All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate. Nicolas Chamfort Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas null
9552 Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
9553 By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out. Rchard Dawkins Dawkins, Rchard null
9554 A man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
9555 To have gold brings fear; to have none brings grief. James Howell Howell, James null
9556 The broadest philosophy is narrower than the worst poetry. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
9557 The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual. Samuel Smiles Smiles, Samuel null
9558 Having stripped myself of all illusions, I have gone mad. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
9559 Because of impatience, we were driven out of paradise; Because of impatience, we cannot return. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. null
9560 Renunciation of world politics offers no protection from its consequences. Oswald Spengler Spengler, Oswald null
9561 Historic continuity with the past is not a duty, it is only a necessity. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
9562 Persuasion deals in the coin of self-interest. Richard E. Neustadt Neustadt, Richard E. null
9563 The illusion that times that were are better than times that are has probably pervaded all ages. Horace Greeley Greeley, Horace null
9564 A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. Washington Irving Irving, Washington null
9565 All the pessimists in world history are nothing against reality. Elias Canetti Canetti, Elias null
9566 A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts. Harold MacMillan MacMillan, Harold null
9567 A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. Max Lucado Lucado, Max null
9568 Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion. Jim Rohn Rohn, Jim null
9569 Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. George Santayana Santayana, George null
9570 The words of genius have a wider meaning than the thought that prompted them. George Eliot Eliot, George null
9571 Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor null
9572 Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom. Walter Benjamin Benjamin, Walter null
9573 You can't sweep other people off their feet if you can't be swept off your own. Clarence Day Day, Clarence null
9574 One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it. Knute Rockne Rockne, Knute null
9575 Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. Arthur Helps Helps, Sir Arthur null
9576 I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart. Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII null
9577 A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it. Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld, Jerry null
9578 Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
9579 Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom. Friedrich Schiller Schiller, Johann Friedrich von null
9580 Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. Jim Rohn Rohn, Jim null
9581 I spend shockingly little time thinking about real-world stuff. Trey Parker Parker, Trey null
9582 Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus null
9583 A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston null
9584 Men do not quit playing because they grow old; They grow old because they quit playing. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
9585 Food, love, career and mothers: The four major guilt groups. Cathy Guisewite Guisewite, Cathy null
9586 Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you. Joey Adams Adams, Joey null
9587 I have never been hurt by what I have not said. Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin null
9588 It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; In joy we face the storm and defy it. Amelia Barr Barr, Amelia null
9589 You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest. John Keats Keats, John null
9590 The only zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the zen you bring up there. Robert M. Pirsig Pirsig, Robert M. null
9591 A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and smoking a cigar and saying long-time-no-see. if he hadn't broken your heart, you couldn't have that glorious feeling of relief! Phyllis Battelle Battelle, Phyllis #1 Summer 2011
9592 If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. Dave Barry Barry, Dave #2
9593 I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant, only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men. Bernard Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. #3
9594 I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. Audre Lorde Lorde, Audre #4
9595 You can't be bored by fame. You can be pretty embarrassed by it, though. People don't seem to be willing to separate the allure of the character and the actor who plays him. Paul Newman Newman, Paul #5
9596 Clothes can suggest, persuade, connote, insinuate, or indeed lie, and apply subtle pressure while their wearer is speaking frankly and straightforwardly of other matters. Anne Hollander Hollander, Anne #6
9597 Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog, or man. There is no difference there between a cat and a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. Sri Aurobindo Aurobindo, Sri #8 Dupes: 1
9598 It is a curious thing in human experience, but to live through a period of stress and sorrow with another human being creates a bond which nothing seems able to break. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor #10 Dupes: 2
9599 One can relish the varied idiocy of human action during a financial panic to the full, for, while it is a time of great tragedy, nothing is being lost but money. John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth #11
9600 I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does. Jorge Luis Borges Borges, Jorge Luis #12
9601 I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited a poisoned gene from him, a vocation without a gift. Mavis Gallant Gallant, Mavis #13
9602 No amount of persuasion can change a man's reaction to what he knows. But what he knows can be changed, and the most direct manner is to alter the images within his mind. Dennis Kimbro Kimbro, Dennis #14
9603 To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness. Confucius Confucius #15
9604 It's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself. James Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur #16
9605 The quality common to all the great operatic roles, is that each of them is a passionate and willful state of being. In real life they would all be bores, even Don Giovanni. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. #17
9606 Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy. It's gotten beyond that somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh, Anne Morrow #18
9607 Screaming at people may not be the most efficient way. I'm going to stay back a little from now on. I'm learning how to listen to people instead of preaching at them so much. Joan Baez Baez, Joan #21 Dupes: 4
9608 In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir Muir, John ADG-9-19-12
9609 Sorrow fully accepted brings its own gifts. For there is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness. Pearl S. Buck Buck, Pearl S. #22
9610 I see America, not in the setting of a black night of despair ahead of us; I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning creative hand of God. Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl #23
9611 The artist with vision sees his material, chooses, changes, and by integrating what he has learned with his own experiences, finally molds something distinctly personal. Romare Bearden Bearden, Romare #24
9612 Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. Timothy Bentley Bentley, Timothy #25
9613 Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass. Ron Jaworski Jaworski, Ron #26
9614 There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led. Bergen Evans Evans, Bergen #27
9615 I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. I am in the house and I have the key. Charles Fletcher Lummis Lummis, Charles Fletcher #28
9616 It is intriguing and useful to listen to the sacred rhetoric of the cinema groups and intellectual critics, but very little of it gets up on the screen in the next picture. Jerry Lewis Lewis, Jerry #29
9617 When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous. Wayne Dyer Dyer, Wayne #30
9618 Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons Simmons, Charles #31
9619 Plants stand so patiently in the fields that we are accustomed to think that they are calm and immovable, whereas there is a feverish activity going on at all times. Alfred Carl Hottes Hottes, Alfred Carl #32
9620 Learning to deal with setbacks, and maintaining the persistence and optimism necessary for childhood's long road to mastery are the real foundations of lasting self-esteem. Lilian Katz Katz, Lilian #33
9621 A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that individuality is the key to success. Robert Orben Orben, Robert #34
9622 I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul. Mary Ellen Mark Mark, Mary Ellen #35
9623 I would like to have engraved inside every wedding band, "Be kind to one another." This is the Golden Rule of marriage and the secret of making love last through the years. Randolph Ray Ray, Randolph #36
9624 One always begins with the simple, then comes the complex, and by superior enlightenment one often reverts in the end to the simple. Such is the course of human intelligence. Voltaire Voltaire #37
9625 Absence of thought is indeed a powerful factor in human affairs, statistically speaking the most powerful; not just in the conduct of the many but in the conduct of all. Hannah Arendt Arendt, Hannah #38
9626 I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that. Linda Ellerbee Ellerbee, Linda #39
9627 I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of the stars leads through the atom, and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars. Arthur Eddington Eddington, Arthur #40
9628 To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and keep absolutely sober. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall #41
9629 There are two insults which no human will endure: the assertion that he hasn't a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble. Sinclair Lewis Lewis, Sinclair #42
9630 If you look at history you'll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has fallen into the hands of some dabbler in philosophy or literary addict. Erasmus Erasmus #43
9631 Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature. Jacob Bronowski Bronowski, Jacob #44
9632 Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle. Camille Paglia Paglia, Camille ADG-9-20-12
9633 The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible to see a new beauty in what is vanishing. Susan Sontag Sontag, Susan #45
9634 To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases: To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar #46
9635 When you get angry, they tell you to count to five before you reply. Why should I count to five? It's what happens before you count to five which makes life interesting. David Hare Hare, David #47
9636 Actually, I hold a degree in speech therapy. I was going to get my doctorate, but acting got in the way. Pity, I always thought I'd like to do something dignified. Madeline Kahn Kahn, Madeline #48
9637 I wanted to be a sports writer, but it took me too long to turn out my stuff. I found I could become vice president faster than I could become a newspaperman. Richard M. Nixon Nixon, Richard M. #50 Dupes: 5
9638 I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless. Bette Davis Davis, Bette #51
9639 There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves. Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret #52
9640 You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it. John Updike Updike, John #53
9641 Poetry is certainly something more than good sense, but it must be good sense at all events, just as a palace is more than a house, but it must be a house. Samuel Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel #54
9642 In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfaction is provided with a resource against calamity. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo #55
9643 He turned out to be so many different characters he could have populated all of "War and Peace" and still had a few people left over. Herbert Mitgang, on Lyndon B. Johnson Mitgang, Herbert #56
9644 Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you. Wayne Dyer Dyer, Wayne #57
9645 The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun. John D. Rockefeller Rockefeller, John D., Sr. #58
9646 The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. Benjamin E. Mays Mays, Benjamin E. #59
9647 It is the moment of evolutionary truth for the race, and what man does with that moment will be more important than the events of the previous millennia. Charles Muses Muses, Charles #60
9648 The insatiable appetite for campaign dollars virtually has turned the government into a stop-and-shop for every greed and special interest in the country. Jerry Brown Brown, Jerry #61
9649 Dad taught me all I know about remodeling by making an example of our house. Our house was like one of the great European cathedrals: never finished. Michael Feldman Feldman, Michael #62
9650 Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice, pride, or laziness of mind. Karl Popper Popper, Karl #63
9651 If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William #64
9652 The way Woody (Allen) makes a movie, it's as if he was lighting ten thousand safety matches to illuminate a city. Each one of them is a little epiphany. Gene Wilder Wilder, Gene #65
9653 Opera: A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but gestures, and no postures but attitudes. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose #66
9654 Money that may never be spent is nothing but a miser's toy. Saving as an exercise in self-denial is an invalid goal, a sick use of money. Catherine Crook de Camp de Camp, Catherine Crook #68 Dupes: 6
9655 Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower. Jean Paul Richter Richter, Jean Paul #69
9656 I'm all for rational enjoyment, and so forth, but I think a fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan. P. G. Wodehouse Wodehouse, P. G. #70
9657 The time is at hand when the voices of the feminine mystique can no longer drown out the inner voice that is driving women on to become complete. Betty Friedan Friedan, Betty #72 Dupes: 7
9658 Persecution of a dissenter is always popular in the group which he has abandoned. Toleration of dissent is no sentiment of the masses. William Graham Sumner Sumner, William Graham #73
9659 There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and action, and the resolute facing of the world as it is. Thomas H. Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry #74
9660 All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel #75
9661 Hollywood impressed me as being ten million dollars' worth of highly ingenious machinery functioning elaborately to put skin on baloney. George Jean Nathan Nathan, George Jean #76
9662 The main thing is to live for that audience. What you're there for is to please people the best you can. Those few moments belong to them. Louis Armstrong Armstrong, Louis #77
9663 Men's actions depend to a great extent upon fear. We do things either because we enjoy doing them or because we are afraid not to do them. John F. Milburn Milburn, John F. #78
9664 The size of your body is of little account; the size of your brain is of much account; the size of your heart is of the most account of all. B. C. Forbes Forbes, B. C. #79
9665 The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish. Evelyn Waugh Waugh, Evelyn #80
9666 The proverb warns that "You should not bite the hand that feeds you." But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself. Thomas S. Szasz Szasz, Thomas S. #81
9667 You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men. Max Beerbohm Beerbohm, Max #82
9668 What we seek we do not find - that would be too trim and tidy for so reckless and opulent a thing as life. It is something else we find. Susan Glaspell Glaspell, Susan #83
9669 I'm not bitter about Hollywood's treatment of me - but of its treatment of Griffith, von Sternberg, Buster Keaton and a hundred others. Orson Welles Welles, Orson #84
9670 Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar. Edward R. Murrow Murrow, Edward R. #85
9671 What is the difference in matrimonial affairs, between the mercenary and the prudent move? Where does discretion end, and avarice begin? Jane Austen Austen, Jane #86
9672 Optimistic lies have such immense therapeutic value that a doctor who cannot tell them convincingly has mistaken his profession. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard #87
9673 Far from being the basis of good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents. Edmund Leach Leach, Edmund #88
9674 Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can. Gary Comer Comer, Gary #92 Dupes: 10
9675 When you praise a child, focus on his accomplishments rather than on himself. Thus, you encourage good works instead of mere egotism. George Crane Crane, George #93
9676 They've brought me more publicity than any film I've done. I'm recognized on every street corner in New York. Catherine Deneuve on her Chanel ads Deneuve, Catherine #94
9677 We all participate in weaving the social fabric; we should therefore all participate in patching the fabric when it develops holes. Anne Weisberg Weisberg, Anne #95
9678 Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body - it just wears it out. Norman Mailer Mailer, Norman #96
9679 There are two worlds: the world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination. Leigh Hunt Hunt, Leigh #99 Dupes: 12
9680 The small percentage of dogs that bite people is monumental proof that the dog is the most benign, forgiving creature on earth. W. R. Koehler Koehler, W. R. #100
9681 We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways. Clarence Day Day, Clarence #101
9682 The best things in life are free. And the cheesiest things in life are free with a paid subscription to "Sports Illustrated." Johnny Carson Carson, Johnny #102
9683 When we commit a gross piece of stupidity, we call it an "honest mistake" - as if most other people make dishonest mistakes. Sydney Harris Harris, Sydney J. #103
9684 Light comes to us unexpectedly and obliquely. Perhaps it amuses the gods to try us. They want to see whether we are asleep. H. M. Tomlinson Tomlinson, H. M. #104
9685 Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same. Helen Keller Keller, Helen #105
9686 Love me sweet, With all thou art, Feeling, thinking, seeing; Love me in the Lightest part, Love me in full Being. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth Barrett #106
9687 If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all. Joey Adams Adams, Joey #107
9688 If you have wit, use it to please and not to hurt; you may shine like the sun in the temperate zones without scorching. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord #108
9689 Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part, and does not believe in the play. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon #109
9690 None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. Bernard Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. #110
9691 Olivier brandished his technique like a kind of stylistic alibi. In catching the eye, he frequently disengaged the brain. Russell Davies Davies, Russell #111
9692 The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. Aristotle Aristotle #112
9693 In many respects, Lucille Ball made television by giving real style and dimension to the genre we now call the sitcom. Mary Tyler Moore Moore, Mary Tyler #113
9694 The higher one is in a hierarchy, the more befuddled one becomes when one attempts to operate the photocopy machine. Robert S. Driscoll Driscoll, Robert S. #114
9695 Now the melancholy God protect thee, and the tailor make thy garments of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is opal. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William #115
9696 The evil that men do lives on the front pages of greedy newspapers, but the good is oft interred apathetically inside. Brooks Atkinson Atkinson, Brooks #116
9697 There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von #117
9698 What is a weed? I have heard it said that there are sixty definitions. For me, a weed is a plant out of place. Donald Culross Peattie Peattie, Donald Culross #118
9699 What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same. Antonio Porchia Porchia, Antonio #119
9700 You don't lead by pointing a finger and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case. Ken Kesey Kesey, Ken #120
9701 You can't make the Duchess of Windsor into Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The facts of life are very stubborn things. Cleveland Amory Amory, Cleveland #121
9702 When one says that a writer is fashionable, one practically always means that he is admired by people under thirty. George Orwell Orwell, George #122
9703 Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it in. Ingrid Bergman, to daughter Isabella Rossellini Bergman, Ingrid #123
9704 The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave #124
9705 The whole glory of writing lies in the fact that it forces us out of ourselves and into the lives of others. Sherwood Anderson Anderson, Sherwood #125
9706 There is something both sublime and ridiculous in expecting either the meek or the weak to inherit the earth. Reinhold Niebuhr Niebuhr, Reinhold #126
9707 When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life; Now that I am old, I know it is. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar #127
9708 Doesn't it seem some days as though other people were put into the world for no other reason than to aggravate you? E. W. Howe Howe, Edgar Watson #128
9709 Don't worry if you forget something important - someone else will be sure to remember to point it out to you. Guy Belleranti Belleranti, Guy #129
9710 If you need a ceiling painted, a chariot race run, a city besieged, or the Red Sea parted - you think of me. Charlton Heston Heston, Charlton #130
9711 The art of dealing with one's enemies is an art no less necessary than knowing how to appreciate one's friends. Truman Capote Capote, Truman #131
9712 There really are only five hundred people in the whole world. You just keep running into them over and over. Beverly Hastings Hastings, Beverly #132
9713 To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. Robert M. Pirsig Pirsig, Robert M. #133
9714 To put it bluntly, I seem to be a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I am working on the foundation. Marilyn Monroe Monroe, Marilyn #134
9715 When everything seems to be going against you, remember that an airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. Henry Ford Ford, Henry #135
9716 You can't keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building nests in your hair. John A. Redhead Redhead, John A. #136
9717 There are only two classes in good society in England: the equestrian classes and the neurotic classes. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard #137
9718 It is a pity that so often the only way to treat girls like people seems to be to treat them like boys. Katherine Whitehorn Whitehorn, Katherine #138
9719 It is not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot. Harry Truman Truman, Harry S. #139
9720 It was long ago in my life as a simple reporter that I decided that facts must never get in the way of truth. James Cameron Cameron, James #140
9721 Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps on ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still. Lou Erickson Erickson, Lou #141
9722 I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering. Colette Colette #142
9723 I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids. Dolly Parton Parton, Dolly #143
9724 I have a problem with being nearly sixty: I keep waking up in the morning and thinking I'm thirty-one. Elizabeth Janeway Janeway, Elizabeth #144
9725 There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth, and there are those who try to show their good hearts. Joseph Roux Roux, Joseph #145
9726 Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino Mandino, Og #147 Dupes:13
9727 Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of which more will be laid. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David #149 Dupes:14
9728 There's nothing to match curling up with a good book when there's a repair job to be done around the house. Joe Ryan Ryan, Joe #151 Dupes:15
9729 I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures. Greta Garbo Garbo, Greta ADG-9-21-12
9730 You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. Vernon Howard Howard, Vernon ADG-9-22-12
9731 Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it. You don't get anything out of it. William Christopher Handy Handy, William Christopher ADG-9-24-12 Monday (Tuesday was a dupe)
9732 They who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful. Samuel Smiles Smiles, Samuel #152
9733 You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. Leo Aikman Aikman, Leo #155 Dupes:17
9734 There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says "Yes," you know he is a crook. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho #157 Dupes:18
9735 Everybody should have a hobby, even if it's only avoiding people who want to talk about theirs. Franklin P. Jones Jones, Franklin P. #158
9736 For a writer, success is always temporary, success is only a delayed failure. And it is incomplete. Graham Greene Greene, Graham #159
9737 I believe half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things. William J. Lock Lock, William J. #160
9738 I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise #161
9739 The day dawned gray and windless, as if the sky intended to hold its breath until it turned blue. Mike Nichols Nichols, Mike #162
9740 There's many a one who would be idle if hunger didn't pinch him; but the stomach sets us to work. George Eliot Eliot, George #163
9741 When I was a boy, I was told that anybody could become president; I'm beginning to believe it. Clarence Darrow Darrow, Clarence S. #164
9742 Disciples be damned. It's not interesting. It's only the masters that matter. Those who create. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo #165
9743 Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking. John Maynard Keynes Keynes, John Maynard #166
9744 You have to have the kind of body that doesn't need a girdle in order to get to pose in one. Carolyn Kenmore Kenmore, Carolyn #167
9745 I hate when my foot falls asleep during the day, because I know it's going to be up all night. Steven Wright Wright, Steven #168
9746 In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence. Edmund Muskie Muskie, Edmund #169
9747 It's hard for kids today to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own a snorkel. June Flynn Flynn, June #170
9748 When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature, we have the pedant. Confucius Confucius #171
9749 You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon #172
9750 Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel #173
9751 A team should be an extension of the coach's personality. My teams were arrogant and obnoxious. Al McGuire McGuire, Al #174
9752 As far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand #175
9753 Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find. Peter Ustinov Ustinov, Peter #176
9754 Communication: It is not only the essence of being human but also a vital property of life. John A. Pierce Pierce, John A. #177
9755 The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Stanton, Elizabeth Cady #178
9756 The other night, I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going. George Carlin Carlin, George #179
9757 Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it. George Eliot Eliot, George #182 Dupes:20
9758 A sobering thought: What if, right at this very moment I am living up to my full potential? Jane Wagner Wagner, Jane #183
9759 Contrary to the old belief, oil seems to be one of the principal causes of troubled waters. Clyde Moore Moore, Clyde #184
9760 Interviews are like therapy. You don't get the same kind of feedback, but it's cheaper. Cybill Shepherd Shepherd, Cybill #186 Dupes:21
9761 Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other. Charles Lamb Lamb, Charles #187
9762 My wife tells me she doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I'm not enjoying it. Lee Trevino Trevino, Lee #188
9763 Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world. Anonymous from "A Course in Miracles" Unknown #189
9764 Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each one. Barbra Streisand Streisand, Barbra #190
9765 Tradition does not mean that the living are dead; it means that the dead are living. Harold Macmillan Macmillan, Harold #191
9766 A good plan executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week. George S. Patton Patton, George S. #192
9767 Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility. Dale Dauten Dauten, Dale #193
9768 Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it. Max Frisch Frisch, Max #194
9769 I will not permit any man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. Booker T. Washington Washington, Booker T. #195
9770 If it is a bad rule, that is no reason for making a bad exception to it. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. #196
9771 If you can't say something good about someone, just sit right here by me. Alice Roosevelt Longworth Longworth, Alice Roosevelt #197
9772 All there is to be said for work as opposed to dancing is that it is so much easier. Heywood Broun Broun, Heywood #198
9773 If there's "always room at the top," why is there so much shoving going on up there? Olin Miller Miller, Olin #199
9774 It is as fatal as it is cowardly to blink at facts because they are not to our taste. John Tyndall Tyndall, John #200
9775 If all your clothes are worn to the same state, it means you go out too much. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott #202 Dupes:22
9776 It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of humankind. William Congreve Congreve, William #205 Dupes:24
9777 Ketchup left overnight on dinner plates has a longer half-life than radioactive waste. Wes Smith Smith, Wes #206
9778 Material deprivation is horrible, but it does not compare to spiritual deprivation. Ossie Davis Davis, Ossie #207
9779 Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies. Billy Joel Joel, Billy #208
9780 There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil. Ellis Peters Peters, Ellis #209
9781 Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William #210
9782 What's right with America is a willingness to discuss what's wrong with America. Henry C. Bauer Bauer, Henry C. #211
9783 Frankly, I don't mind not being president. I just mind that someone else is. Edward M. Kennedy Kennedy, Edward M. #212
9784 Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game. Paul Rodriguez Rodriguez, Paul #213
9785 I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden. John Erskine Erskine, John #214
9786 Comedy aims at representing men as worse, and tragedy as better, than in real life. Aristotle Aristotle #216 Dupes:25
9787 Extreme wealth used to be a status symbol. Now you need it just to make ends meet. Sam Morris Morris, Sam #217
9788 It is not enough merely to possess virtue, as if it were art; it should be practiced. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius #218
9789 One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague. Robert Burton Burton, Robert #220 Dupes:26
9790 Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat. Martin H. Fischer Fischer, Martin H. #222 Dupes:27
9791 Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin #223
9792 The first mean thing a newly-married man does is to notice the pretty girls again. Ed Howe Howe, Ed #224
9793 There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard #226 Dupes:28
9794 There is nothing so powerful as the truth - and often nothing so strange. Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel #227
9795 To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows - and I needn't. Francis Yeats-Brown Yeats-Brown, Francis #228
9796 You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets. Nora Ephron Ephron, Nora #229
9797 Remember, your basic assignment as a parent is to work yourself out of a job. Paul Lewis Lewis, Paul #230
9798 The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism. George Jean Nathan Nathan, George Jean #231
9799 There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis #232
9800 The most fortunate thing about small boys is that they are washable. Franklin P. Jones Jones, Franklin P. #234 Dupes:29
9801 Agreement is brought about by changing people's minds - other people's. S. I. Hayakawa Hayakawa, S. I. #236 Dupes:30
9802 Anyone who has begun to think places some portion of the world in jeopardy. John Dewey Dewey, John #237
9803 Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will travel twice as far. Will Rogers Rogers, Will #238
9804 The departing world leaves behind not an heir, but a pregnant widow. Alexander Herzen Herzen, Alexander #239
9805 The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error. Voltaire Voltaire #240
9806 A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book. Irish Proverb Proverb - Irish #241
9807 All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work. Steve Martin Martin, Steve #242
9808 All of our ideas come from the natural world: Trees equal umbrellas. Wallace Stevens Stevens, Wallace #243
9809 He is a modest little man who has a good deal to be modest about. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston #244
9810 I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions. Lou Holtz Holtz, Lou #245
9811 Man fools himself. He prays for a long life, and he fears old age. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese #246
9812 Acting in "Star Wars," I felt like a raisin in a gigantic fruit salad. Mark Hamill Hamill, Mark #247
9813 If the thunder is not loud, the peasant forgets to cross himself. Russian Proverb Proverb - Russian #248
9814 In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements. Mao Tse-Tung Tse-Tung, Mao #249
9815 Surviving and believing in tomorrow is just a habit I can't break. Marita Golden Golden, Marita #252 Dupes:32
9816 Nostalgia is a longing for something you couldn't stand anymore. Fibber McGee McGee, Fibber #254 Dupes:33
9817 The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness. John Muir Muir, John #255
9818 An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it. Paul Valery Valery, Paul #256
9819 As it turns out, now is the moment you've been waiting for. Lucinda Williams Williams, Lucinda #257
9820 Compromise is simply changing the question to fit the answer. Merritt Malloy Malloy, Merritt #258
9821 One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von #259
9822 The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. John McEnroe McEnroe, John #261 Dupes:34
9823 Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran #263 Dupes:35
9824 Don't let your mouth write a check that your tail can't cash. Bo Diddley Diddley, Bo #265 Dupes:36
9825 My neighbor has a circular driveway, He can't get out. Steven Wright Wright, Steven #266
9826 People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one. Leo Burke Burke, Leo #267
9827 He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes. Lord Macaulay Macaulay, Thomas Babington #268
9828 He who is filled with love is filled with God himself. Saint Augustine Saint Augustine #269
9829 I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist. Max Lerner Lerner, Max #270
9830 When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. John Ruskin Ruskin, John #271
9831 Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. #272
9832 All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. John Masefield Masefield, John #273
9833 No facts to me are sacred; none are profane. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo #277 Dupes:39
9834 There is more to life than increasing its speed. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas #279 Dupes:40
9835 Classic: A book which people praise and don't read. Mark Twain Twain, Mark #280
9836 Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. Samuel Grafton Grafton, Samuel #281
9837 History is only a confused heap of facts. Earl of Chesterfield Earl of Chesterfield #282
9838 In the race for quality, there is no finish line. David Kearns Kearns, David #283
9839 Liberty, like charity, must begin at home. James Bryant Conant Conant, James Bryant #284
9840 Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William #285
9841 Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William #286
9842 Music is well-said to be the speech of angels. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas #287
9843 The greatest strength and wealth is self-control. Pythagoras Pythagoras #288
9844 He that has no children brings them up well. Spanish Proverb Proverb - Spanish #289
9845 All God's angels come to us disguised. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell #290
9846 Our age will be known as the age of committees. Ernest Benn Benn, Ernest #291
9847 Never go to bed mad - stay up and fight. Phyllis Diller Diller, Phyllis #295 Dupes:43
9848 One of these days is none of these days. English Proverb Proverb - English #296
9849 The moment you're born, you're done for. Arnold Bennett Bennett, Arnold #297
9850 Life's a voyage that's homeward bound. Herman Melville Melville, Herman #298
9851 People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy. Bob Hope Hope, Bob #299
9852 Somebody's boring me - I think it's me. Dylan Thomas Thomas, Dylan #300
9853 Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. William Butler Yeats Yeats, William Butler null
9854 I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
9855 My theory is that all of Scottish Cuisine is based on a dare. Mike Myers Myers, Mike null
9856 The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly. Demetri Martin Martin, Demetri null
9857 Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative. Henry A. Kissinger Kissinger, Henry A. null
9858 Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. Robert F. Kennedy Kennedy, Robert F. null
9859 Life is tough enough without having someone kick you from the inside. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
9860 Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
9861 Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
9862 Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night. Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan null
9863 The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
9864 Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try! Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss null
9865 The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey. Sarah Fielding Fielding, Sarah null
9866 One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you. Dennis A. Peer Peer, Dennis A. null
9867 Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children. Maxim Gorky Gorky, Maxim null
9868 It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
9869 Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Brown, H. Jackson, Jr. null
9870 That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Jim Morrison Morrison, Jim null
9871 Yes, mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me. Alice Walker Walker, Alice null
9872 Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Frederick Douglass Douglass, Frederick null
9873 It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself. Epicurus Epicurus null
9874 Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. Emily Bronte Bronte, Emily null
9875 History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
9876 Being in a band, you can wear whatever you want - It's like an excuse for Halloween every day. Gwen Stefani Stefani, Gwen null
9877 Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Hal Borland Borland, Hal null
9878 A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock, Alfred null
9879 If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
9880 If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share. W. Clement Stone Stone, W. Clement null
9881 Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
9882 Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. Charles R. Swindoll Swindoll, Charles R. null
9883 Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught. Honore De Balzac Balzac, Honore De null
9884 The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion. Christopher Darden Darden, Christopher null
9885 Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
9886 Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
9887 I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment. Marc Chagall Chagall, Marc null
9888 Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. Carl Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
9890 I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
9891 Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. Michel De Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
9892 The thing about democracy ... is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion. Molly Ivins Ivins, Molly null
9893 I have made mistakes but I have never made the mistake of claiming that I have never made one. James Gordon Bennett Bennett, James Gordon null
9894 Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers. Jimmy Breslin Breslin, Jimmy null
9895 When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? George Canning Canning, George null
9896 It's been my policy to view the internet not as an "information highway," but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies. Mike Royko Royko, Mike null
9897 Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. Johnny Carson Carson, Johnny null
9898 I'm very lucky, because my beat is current events. And events are changing all the time. Rick Mercer Mercer, Rick null
9899 There is an applause superior to that of the multitudes: one's own. Elizabeth Elton Smith Smith, Elizabeth Elton null
9900 A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provided they come close together. Federico Fellini Fellini, Federico null
9901 Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. Sir Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
9902 By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser Kleiser, Grenville null
9903 The first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. Walter Anderson Anderson, Walter null
9904 It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it. Maurice Switzer Switzer, Maurice null
9905 The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; If it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
9906 The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours. Peggy Fleming Fleming, Peggy null
9907 It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side. Molly Ivins Ivins, Molly null
9908 How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and eighteen thousand people boo? Hockey's Jacques Plante Plante, Jacques null
9909 Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama Dalai Lama null
9910 The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
9911 I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. Robert McCloskey McCloskey, Robert null
9912 The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. Edward Gibbon Gibbon, Edward null
9913 Happiness is the result of my decision to be happy. There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way. Richard Carlson Carlson, Richard null
9914 A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. Stanley Kubrick Kubrick, Stanley null
9915 Natural abilities are like natural plants, they need pruning by study. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
9916 Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under the tree. Charlotte Carpenter Carpenter, Charlotte null
9917 And the children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads. Clement C. Moore Moore, Clement C. null
9918 Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste. Lucille Ball Ball, Lucille null
9919 Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
9920 I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. Richard Feynman Feynman, Richard null
9921 Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. Andre Maurois Maurois, Andre null
9922 I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it. Kenny G Kenny G null
9923 Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors. Oscar De La Renta De La Renta, Oscar null
9924 I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather Cather, Willa null
9925 I finally got around to reading the dictionary. Turns out the zebra did it. Steven Wright Wright, Steven null
9926 We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten. Cesare Pavese Pavese, Cesare null
9927 Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don't think so. Aisha Tyler Tyler, Aisha DZ 1-8-13
9928 There is something remarkably and peculiarly English about the passion for sitting on damp seats watching open-air drama. Only the English have mastered the art of being truly uncomfortable while facing up to culture. Sheridan Morley Morley, Sheridan Vacation 2011 - 1
9929 Real political issues cannot be manufactured by the leaders of political parties. The real political issues of the day declare themselves, and come out of the depths of that deep which we call public opinion. James A. Garfield Garfield, James A. 2
9930 Yes, I am exactly like the characters in my books. I am very tough and have been known to break a Vienna roll with my bare hands. I am very handsome, have a powerful physique, and change my shirt every Monday. Raymond Chandler Chandler, Raymond 3
9931 As a cub reporter for the old United Press, I learned the following rueful lesson: The competition kills you twice with a phony story - first with the exclusive and the next day with the news that it wasn't so. John L. Hess Hess, John L. 4
9932 A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel 5
9933 When I was born, my family was so poor my mother couldn't afford to use talcum powder on me. So she used to douse me with kitchen baking soda. About once every month I'd break out in a severe case of cookies. Woody Allen Allen, Woody 6
9934 I wanted to be Miss America so bad. I didn't make it to the top ten and I'm listening to all the names ... and I thought, I bet if I ran down there and ripped the crown off her head, I'd get on Johnny Carson. Delta Burke Burke, Delta 8 - Dupes 1
9935 Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is in the doing something else. Thomas Peters Peters, Thomas 9
9936 Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. 10
9937 "After all, golf is only a game," said Millicent. Women say these things without thinking. It does not mean that there is any kink in their character. They simply don't realize what they are saying. P. G. Wodehouse Wodehouse, P. G. 11
9938 The art of life is to show your hand. There is no diplomacy like candor. You may lose it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do. Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception. E. V. Lucas Lucas, E. V. 12
9939 It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done. Samuel Smiles Smiles, Samuel 13
9940 Football is not really a contact sport, it's a collision sport. And it's a matter of skill, strength, endurance, and strategy. But I think when it comes down to it, people just like to hit each other. Mike Ditka Ditka, Mike 14
9941 Common exercises indulged in by the average middle-aged American male are running down their friends, jumping to conclusions, sidestepping responsibility, and pushing their luck. W. J. Bowerman and W. E. Harris Bowerman, W. J. & Harris, W. E. 15
9942 Of all forms of visible otherworldliness, it seems to me, the Gothic is at once the most logical and the most beautiful. It reaches up magnificently - and a good half of it is palpably useless. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. 16
9943 Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn't have any beginning or end. He didn't mean it as a compliment, but it was. Jackson Pollock Pollock, Jackson 17
9944 It is an observation no less than common, that there is no stronger test of a man's real character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every latent vice. Plutarch Plutarch 18
9945 Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures; costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed. Erastus Wiman Wiman, Erastus 19
9946 A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it ... It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy. Edward P. Morgan Morgan, Edward P. 20
9947 I really don't want to have on my tombstone the inscription, "She was a good duster." I would rather write bestseller books or ride a camel across the Sahara than stay home and vacuum. Shirley Conran Conran, Shirley 21
9948 Audiences? No, the plural is impossible. Whether it be in Butte, Montana, or Broadway, it's an audience. The same great hulking monster with four thousand eyes and forty thousand teeth. John Barrymore Barrymore, John 22
9949 But self-examination, if it is thorough enough, is nearly always the first step towards change. I was to discover that no one who learns to know himself remains just what he was before. Thomas Mann Mann, Thomas 24 - Dupes 2
9950 Congealed thinking is, in the long run, the forerunner of failure. An open mind is the mark of real leadership in top executives. Make sure that you are always receptive to new ideas. George Crane Crane, George 25
9951 Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet, we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. Daniel J. Boorstin Boorstin, Daniel J. 26
9952 I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. Lady Randolph Churchill Churchill, Lady Randolph 28 - Dupes 3
9953 A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place, but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of ideas. John Ciardi Ciardi, John 29
9954 Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young, Who loved thee so fondly as he, He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, And joined in thy innocent glee. Margaret Courtney Courtney, Margaret 30
9955 I find that I never lose Bach. I don't know why I have always loved him so. Except that he is so pure, so relentless and incorruptible, like a principle of Geometry. Edna St. Vincent Millay Millay, Edna St. Vincent 31
9956 All through history the rogues are the ones who live forever in people's minds and imaginations. Eventually they'll do a musical on Imelda Marcos, the way they did on Evita. Lina Basquette Basquette, Lina 32
9957 Ambition and curiosity are the two scourges of the soul: The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything; the former prevents our leaving anything in doubt or undecided. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De 33
9958 We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth. Norman Cousins Cousins, Norman 34
9959 It is said that the titles of most bills in Congress are like the titles of Marx Brothers movies "Duck Soup," "Animal Crackers": They do not tell much about the contents. George F. Will Will, George F. 35
9960 There are two ways to approach a subject that frightens you and makes you feel stupid: You can embrace it with humility and an open mind, or you can ridicule it mercilessly. Judith Stone Stone, Judith 36
9961 Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over. Miriam Makeba Makeba, Miriam 37
9962 At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding. Norman Maclean Maclean, Norman 38
9963 Always remember the distinction between contribution and commitment. Take the matter of bacon and eggs. The chicken makes a contribution. The pig makes a commitment. John Mack Carter Carter, John Mack 39
9964 A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren't still there, he's no longer a political leader. Bernard Baruch Baruch, Bernard M. 40
9965 An office party is not, as is sometimes supposed, the Managing Director's chance to kiss the tea girl. It is the tea girl's chance to kiss the Managing Director. Katharine Whitehorn Whitehorn, Katharine 41
9966 A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away! Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein II, Oscar 43 - Dupes 4
9967 A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. Annie Dillard Dillard, Annie 44
9968 All discussion, all debate, all dissidence tends to question, and in consequence, to upset existing convictions; that is precisely its purpose and its justification. Learned Hand Hand, Learned 45
9969 All men are by nature equal, made, all, of the same earth by the same Creator, and, however we deceive ourselves, as dear to God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince. Plato Plato 47 - Replaced Dupe 5
9970 A people who are prosperous and happy, optimistic and progressive, will produce much slang; it is a case of play; they amuse themselves with the language. William Graham Sumner Sumner, William Graham 48
9971 Boy Scout leader to troop: "Remember, men, if you're lost in the woods at night, get your bearings from the sky. A glow will indicate the nearest shopping center." Dick Turner Turner, Dick 49
9972 Awkward, technically difficult: You've got to do acrobatics and contortions so the lighting and camera angles are right. Sorry guys, but love scenes are work. Michael Douglas Douglas, Michael 50
9973 A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities. Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle, Charles 51
9974 God wrote His loveliest poem on the day, He made the first silver poplar tree, And set it high upon a pale gold hill, For all the new enchanted earth to see. Grace Noll Noll, Grace 54 Dupes 7
9975 As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. Christopher Dawson Dawson, Christopher 55
9976 Cartoon animation offers a medium of storytelling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world. Walt Disney Disney, Walt 56
9977 Censors only read a book with great difficulty, moving their lips as they puzzle out each syllable, when somebody tells them that the book is unfit to read. Robertson Davies Davies, Robertson 57
9978 Elderly people are often much more romantic than young people, and sometimes even more adventurous, having begun to realize how many things they do not know. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. 58
9979 Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that. It's our only joke. Every woman knows that. J. M. Barrie Barrie, James Matthew 59
9980 A large number of us have developed a feeling that architects tend to design houses for the approval of fellow architects and critics - not for the tenants. Prince Charles Prince Charles 60
9981 All civilizations have been created and directed by small intellectual aristocracies, and never by people in the mass. The power of crowds is only to destroy. Gustave LeBon LeBon, Gustave 61
9982 As witnesses not of our intentions but of our conduct, we can be true or false, and the hypocrite's crime is that he bears false witness against himself. Hannah Arendt Arendt, Hannah 62
9983 Dance is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself. Havelock Ellis Ellis, Havelock 63
9984 Confidence can change anyone's lifestyle for the better. All you have to do is believe you're a winner, and the world will get along better with you. Mary Ann Mobley Mobley, Mary Ann 64
9985 Genuine laughter is a vent of the soul, the nostrils of the heart, and it is just as necessary for health and happiness as spring water is for a trout. Josh Billings Billings, Josh 65
9986 If all the good people were clever, And all clever people were good, The world would be nicer than ever! We thought that it possibly could. Elizabeth Wordsworth Wordsworth, Elizabeth 66
9987 Clasp my love around your neck, Wear my heart on your finger. My soul will be your pendant: I live to adorn you - You're the precious one. Grey Livingston Livingston, Grey 68 Dupes 8
9988 There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us. James Truslow Adams Adams, James Truslow 69
9989 Thinking about profound social change, conservatives always expect disaster, while revolutionaries confidently anticipate utopia. Both are wrong. Carolyn Heilbrun Heilbrun, Carolyn 70
9990 Humanity is outraged in me and with me. We must not dissimulate nor try to forget this indignation which is one of the most passionate forms of love. George Sand Sand, George 72 Dupes 9
9991 I think NASCAR would be much more exciting if, like in a skating rink, every fifteen minutes someone announced it was time to reverse direction. Jeffrey Anbinder Anbinder, Jeffrey 73
9992 "Sisters" is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret 74
9993 If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle. You don't have to bother with men, they believe any compliment automatically. Alan Ayckbourn Ayckbourn, Alan 75
9994 If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not, don't. And the advice applies to many doubts in life besides that of letter writing. Edward Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George 76
9995 There can be no friendship when there is no freedom. Friendship loves the free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures. William Penn Penn, William 77
9996 A man had given all other bliss, And all his worldly worth for this, To waste his whole heart in one kiss, Upon her perfect lips. Alfred, Lord Tennyson Tennyson, Alfred, Lord 78
9997 Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, persecuting, distasteful, verbose, a show-off. I have been called all of these. Of course, I am. Howard Cosell Cosell, Howard 79
9998 Ballroom dancing has been around in various forms since early civilization, and it has been a crucial factor in the development of mankind. Howell Heflin Heflin, Howell 80
9999 Bless you, my darling, and remember you are always in the heart - oh tucked so close there is no chance of escape - of your sister. Katherine Mansfield Mansfield, Katherine 81
10000 A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear. James B. Stockdale Stockdale, James B. 82
10001 Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie Carnegie, Dale 83
10002 About all we remember from ancient history is that a pharaoh could maintain a good-sized empire on what it costs to make a movie about it. Bill Vaughan Vaughan, Bill 84
10003 After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer. William R. Alger Alger, William R. 85
10004 Humphrey Bogart regarded the somewhat gaudy figure of Bogart, the star, with amused cynicism; Bogart, the actor, he held in deep respect. John Huston Huston, John 86
10005 A song-and-dance man is what I am basically. I think dancing is a primal urge coming to life at the first moment we need to express joy. James Cagney Cagney, James 87
10006 A work of fiction should be, for its author, a journey into the unknown, and the prose should convey the difficulties of the journey. Anthony Burgess Burgess, Anthony 88
10007 It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyze before we can live happily in this world. Nicolas Chamfort Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas 90 Dupes 10
10008 For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged. Alice Walker Walker, Alice 92 Dupes 11
10009 Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun had risen. Robert Lynd Lynd, Robert 93
10010 Africa is less a wilderness than a repository of primary and fundamental values, and less a barbaric land than an unfamiliar voice. Beryl Markham Markham, Beryl 94
10011 A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be. Rosalynn Carter Carter, Rosalynn 95
10012 A healthy community is one in which the elderly protect, care for, love, and assist the younger ones to provide continuity and hope. Maggie Kuhn Kuhn, Maggie 96
10013 Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement. Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus 97
10014 A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful. Jacqueline Bisset Bisset, Jacqueline 98 Dupes 13 replace 13
10015 Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made. Robert H. Schuller Schuller, Robert H. 101
10016 The educated don't get that way by memorizing facts; They get that way by respecting them. Tom Heehler Heehler, Tom DZ 1-9-13
10017 Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed. Charles Schulz Schulz, Charles M. 102
10018 For repeating themselves, from the first kiss to the last sigh, the average man's love affairs have History blushing with envy. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen 103
10019 Justice being taken away then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? Saint Augustine Saint Augustine 104
10020 Ever notice that no matter where you sit at the ball game, you're always between the hot dog peddler and his best customer? Arnold H. Glasow Glasow, Arnold Henry 105
10021 A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. John C. Maxwell Maxwell, John C. 106
10022 Absence quickens our love and elevates our affections. Absence is the invisible and incorporeal mother of ideal beauty. Walter Savage Landor Landor, Walter Savage 107
10023 Even if I do not see the fruits, the struggle has been worthwhile. If my life has taught me anything, it is that one must fight. Ella Winter Winter, Ella 108
10024 Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners. Roald Dahl Dahl, Roald 109
10025 I used to think the human brain was the most fascinating part of the body. Then I realized, well, look what's telling me that. Emo Phillips Phillips, Emo 110
10026 It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas 111
10027 Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The thing that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them. Robert Lynd Lynd, Robert 112
10028 A good rule for letter writing is to leave unmentioned what the recipient already knows, and instead tell him something new. Sigmund Freud Freud, Sigmund 113
10029 Grown people were always on the edge of telling you something valuable and then withdrawing it, a form of bully teasing. Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian 114
10030 "All you need is love" is basically the message of the "Yellow Submarine" movie. I think that is still what people need. Paul McCartney McCartney, Paul 115
10031 Every life has a death, and every light a shadow. Be content to stand in the light, and let the shadow fall where it will. Mary Stewart Stewart, Mary 116
10032 Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. Gertrude Stein Stein, Gertrude 117
10033 Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee. F. Lee Bailey Bailey, F. Lee 118
10034 A memory without a blot of contamination must be an exquisite treasure, an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment. Charlotte Bronte Bronte, Charlotte 119
10035 Almost all current events in the affairs of governments and nations have their parallels and precedents in the past. Harry S. Truman Truman, Harry S. 120
10036 Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 121
10037 This morning there was ice on the pipes in my apartment. But the landlord fixed it. He put antifreeze in the radiator. Herb Shriner Shriner, Herb 124 Dupes 15
10038 Friends should quarrel to strengthen their attachment, and offend each other for the pleasure of being reconciled. Maria Edgeworth Edgeworth, Maria 125
10039 A man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it. Robert Ruark Ruark, Robert 126
10040 It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available. Thomas Mann Mann, Thomas 127
10041 All food starting with "p" is comfort food: pasta, potato chips, pretzels, peanut butter, pastrami, pizza, pastry. Sara Paretsky Paretsky, Sara 128
10042 Acting is the most immediate art of all. The audience is either caught up entirely or not; it's now or nothing. Michael Redgrave Redgrave, Michael 129
10043 For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong. Henry George George, Henry 131 Dupes 16
10044 A balanced guest list of mixed elements is to a successful party what the seasoning is to a culinary triumph. Letitia Baldrige Baldrige, Letitia 132
10045 Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer. Marguerite Blessington Blessington, Marguerite 133
10046 I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster. Joe E. Lewis Lewis, Joe E. 134
10047 A junket is any business trip which, if taken by anyone but yourself, would be considered unnecessary. John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth 135
10048 Art is the desire of man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in. Amy Lowell Lowell, Amy 136
10049 Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy; but good administration can never save bad policy. Adlai Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai 137
10050 Beauty I have learned from the ugly, charity from the unkind, and peace from the turmoil of the world. Frederick Ward Kates Kates, Frederick Ward 138
10051 Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing-avoidance. Dan Greenburg Greenburg, Dan 139
10052 Esteem and knowledge of a person are generally as the two sides of a seesaw: When one rises, the other falls. Paul Eldridge Eldridge, Paul 140
10053 Another person's secret is like another person's money; you are not as careful with it as you are with your own. E. W. Howe Howe, Edgar Watson 141
10054 Consider the postage stamp: Its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. Josh Billings Billings, Josh 142
10055 There are so many New Yorks that you can always find the special one that fits your special pattern. Lucy Sprague Mitchell Mitchell, Lucy Sprague 143
10056 America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. Arnold Toynbee Toynbee, Arnold J. 144
10057 Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it. Mae West West, Mae 145
10058 I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage. Noel Coward Coward, Noel 146
10059 What elderly workers need in this country is a choice between retirement and something they can afford. Franklin P. Jones Jones, Franklin P. 147
10060 A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and wait, more information than a library. Henri Frederic Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic 148
10061 As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future. Alison Lurie Lurie, Alison 149
10062 Almost everything said of God is unworthy, for the very reason that it is capable of being said. St. Gregory the Great Saint Gregory the Great 150
10063 A man who is much talked about is always attractive. One feels there must be something in him, after all. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar 151
10064 Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back. Robert Quillen Quillen, Robert 152
10065 A hundred thousand welcomes. I could weep - and I could laugh, I am light and heavy - welcome. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William 153
10066 Your birthdays tell how long you've been on the road, but they don't tell you how far you've traveled. Roy Gustafson Gustafson, Roy 154
10067 Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem. Bill Vaughan Vaughan, Bill 155
10068 Appeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will become a vegetarian. Heywood Broun Broun, Heywood 156
10069 A bad book is as much a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous 158 Dupes 17
10070 A slight tax increase costs you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents. Peg Bracken Bracken, Peg 159
10071 To call a fashion wearable is the kiss of death. No new fashion worth its salt is ever wearable. Eugenia Sheppard Sheppard, Eugenia 160
10072 Business is a good game - lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money. Nolan Bushnell Bushnell, Nolan 161
10073 A conservative is a man who wants the rules changed so that no one can make a pile the way he did. Gregory Nunn Nunn, Gregory 163 Dupes 18
10074 All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting. John Mortimer Mortimer, John 166 Dupes 20
10075 A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as for the body. Margaret Fuller Fuller, Margaret 168 Dupes 21
10076 Any time an authority begins a sentence with "of course," he is almost certainly wrong. Calvin Trillin Trillin, Calvin 169
10077 Adolescence is a kind of emotional seasickness. Both are funny, but only in retrospect. Arthur Koestler Koestler, Arthur 170
10078 America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense ... human rights invented America. Jimmy Carter Carter, Jimmy 171
10079 Every man is a borrower and a mimic; life is theatrical and literature a quotation. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo 172
10080 Pity the people who have no opinion - for they shall go through life with no bumper sticker. Gil Stern Stern, Gil 173
10081 Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. Robert Fulghum Fulghum, Robert 176 Dupes 23
10082 An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund 179 Dupes 25
10083 A pessimist is a person who keeps an optimist from becoming satisfied with himself. Herbert Prochnow Prochnow, Herbert 180
10084 Bah! The thing is not a nose at all, but a bit of primordial chaos clapped on to my face. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. 181
10085 Baseball lasts as long as it takes. Like life, like love, baseball exists in real time. Carol Tavris Tavris, Carol 182
10086 There are several ways to apportion the family income - all of them unsatisfactory. Robert Benchley Benchley, Robert 183
10087 All modern men are descended from a wormlike creature, but it shows more on some people. Will Cuppy Cuppy, Will 184
10088 An egoist is a man who thinks that if he hadn't been born, people would have wondered why. Dan Post Post, Dan 185
10089 When buying a car, skip zippy and snazzy, and go directly to practical and running. Marilyn Penland Penland, Marilyn 186
10090 Any tool, when dropped, will roll into the least accessible corner of the workshop. Murphy's Law Murphy's Law 187
10091 Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it. Robert Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. 188
10092 A man always has two reasons for doing something: A good reason, and the real reason. J. P. Morgan Morgan, J. P. 189
10093 An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men. John Ruskin Ruskin, John 191 Dupes 26
10094 A lotta cats copy the "Mona Lisa," but people still line up to see the original. Louis Armstrong Armstrong, Louis 192
10095 Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam - and I'll show you a house full of dirt. Marty Allen Allen, Marty 193
10096 A bad habit never disappears miraculously; it's an "undo it yourself" project. Abigail Van Buren Van Buren, Abigail 196 Dupes 28
10097 All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things. Bobby Knight Knight, Bobby 197
10098 Always play the hand you were dealt as though the guys with better hands will fold. John Pryce Pryce, John 198
10099 An accursed thing it is to gaze upon prosperous tyrants with a dazzled eye. William Wordsworth Wordsworth, William 199
10100 A consultant is someone who takes your watch away to tell you what time it is. Ed Finkelstein Finkelstein, Ed 200
10101 An emotion ceases to be a passion as soon as we form a clear and distinct idea of it. Spinoza Spinoza, Baruch 201
10102 There's always room for improvement - it's the biggest room in the house. Louise Heath Leber Leber, Louise Heath 202
10103 As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it? William Marcy "Boss" Tweed Tweed, William Marcy "Boss" 205 Dupes 30
10104 A banker may write a bad poem, but the poet had better not write a bad check. Houghton Line Line, Houghton 206
10105 It isn't what a teenager knows that worries his parents. It's how he found out. Ann Landers Landers, Ann 207
10106 Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king. Mark Van Doren Van Doren, Mark 208
10107 Any good song must be of greater magnitude than either the words or music alone. Ned Rorem Rorem, Ned 210 Dupes 31
10108 How I dislike "Technicolor," which suffuses everything with stale mustard. Edward Marsh Marsh, Edward 211
10109 A politician is a man who approaches every situation with an open mouth. Adlai Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai 213 Dupes 32
10110 All sects seem to me to be right in what they assert and wrong in what they deny. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von 214
10111 Athlete: A dignified bunch of muscles, unable to do dishes or mow the lawn. H. Alan Dunn Dunn, H. Alan 215
10112 Animals are our friends, but they won't pick you up at the airport. Bobcat Goldthwait Goldthwait, Bobcat 216
10113 A man lives by believing, not by debating and arguing about many things. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas 217
10114 All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund 218
10115 Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm. Pascal Pascal, Blaise 219
10116 Any smoothly functioning technology will have the appearance of magic. Arthur C. Clarke Clarke, Arthur C. 220
10117 Confidence is the feeling you have before you really understand the problem. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden 221
10118 Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world. Grace Paley Paley, Grace 222
10119 A good saver can always think of a reason not to throw something out. Andrew A. Rooney Rooney, Andrew A. 223
10120 A twenty-dollar haircut hardly ever lasts longer than a five-dollar haircut. Wes Smith Smith, Wes 224
10121 A kiddy laughing at jokes is one of the sweetest sights under heaven. Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard 225
10122 One of the heaviest burdens a person can carry is a chip on his shoulder. Olin Miller Miller, Olin 226
10123 Anyone who isn't confused doesn't really understand the situation. Edward R. Murrow Murrow, Edward R. 228
10124 Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together. Mies van der Rohe Rohe, Ludwig Mies van der 229
10125 All anybody needs to know about prizes is that Mozart never won one. Henry Mitchell Mitchell, Henry 230
10126 A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo 232 Dupes 33
10127 Advertising is the lubricant for the free-enterprise system. Leo Arthur Kelmenson Kelmenson, Leo Arthur 233
10128 A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him. Edgar Watson Howe Howe, Edgar Watson 234
10129 The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. William Cowper Cowper, William 235
10130 "Be yourself" is about the worst advice you can give some people. Tom Masson Masson, Tom 236
10131 Freedom is not an abstraction, nor is a little of it enough. Andrea Dworkin Dworkin, Andrea 237
10132 No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helps you. Althea Gibson Gibson, Althea 238
10133 Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. Janet Lane Lane, Janet 240 Dupes 34
10134 The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. 244 Dupes 37
10135 The awful thing about getting old is that you stay young inside. Jean Cocteau Cocteau, Jean 245
10136 Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Brown, H. Jackson, Jr. 246
10137 Bed is the best place for reading, thinking, or doing nothing. Doris Lessing Lessing, Doris 248 Dupes 38
10138 Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day. Albert Camus Camus, Albert 249
10139 Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success. Philip Guedalla Guedalla, Philip 251 Dupes 39
10140 Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest 252
10141 A budget is a mathematical confirmation of your worst fear. John A. Lincoln Lincoln, John A. 253
10142 Common sense is in spite of, and not the product of, education. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor 254
10143 It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de 255
10144 Life is a camel: You can make it do anything except back up. Marcelene Cox Cox, Marcelene 256
10145 People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. French Proverb Proverb - French 257
10146 He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham 258
10147 Gossip is what nobody claims to like but everyone enjoys. Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph 259
10148 He gave her a look that you could have poured on a waffle. Ring Lardner Lardner, Ring 260
10149 All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan 261
10150 Santa Claus has the right idea: Visit people once a year. Victor Borge Borge, Victor 262
10151 The art of interpretation is not to play what is written. Pablo Casals Casals, Pablo 263
10152 A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet and two wings. Jules Renard Renard, Jules 264
10153 Advice is worth what it costs - that is, nothing. Douglas MacArthur MacArthur, Douglas 265
10154 As long as the world is turning, we're going to be dizzy. Mel Brooks Brooks, Mel 266
10155 Being a New Yorker is never having to say you're sorry. Lily Tomlin Tomlin, Lily 269 Dupes 41
10156 Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. Norman Cousins Cousins, Norman 270
10157 You don't know what faith you have until it is tested. Rees Howells Howells, Rees 271
10158 Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night. Rupert Brooke Brooke, Rupert 273 Dupes 42
10159 Music is the timeless experience of constant change. Jerry Garcia Garcia, Jerry 274
10160 Never invest in anything that eats or needs repairing. Billy Rose Rose, Billy 275
10161 Be not deceived, revolutions do not go backward. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham 279 Dupes 45
10162 Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it. Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis 280
10163 As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it. Andy Warhol Warhol, Andy 281
10164 A genius is someone a computer can't program. Taban Lo Liyong Liyong, Taban Lo 282
10165 Admire a little ship, but put your cargo in a big one. Hesiod Hesiod 283
10166 An unread book is just a block of paper. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott 284
10167 An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow. Lawrence Barrett Barrett, Lawrence 285
10168 An ally has to be watched just like an enemy. Leon Trotsky Trotsky, Leon 286
10169 But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. -- Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest 287
10170 A man isn't poor if he can still laugh. Raymond Hitchcock Hitchcock, Raymond 288
10171 An ace in your hand is worth two in the deck. Evan Esar Esar, Evan 289
10172 Action should not be confused with haste. Lee Iacocca Iacocca, Lee 290
10173 Anticipate charity by preventing poverty. Maimonides Maimonides, Moses 291
10174 Absence, that is the common cure of love. Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de 293 Dupes 46
10175 Don't be humble. You're not that great. Golda Meir Meir, Golda 294
10176 A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! T. E. Brown Brown, T. E. 295
10177 The wildest colts make the best horses. Plutarch Plutarch 296
10178 A leader is a dealer of hope. Napoleon Bonaparte Bonaparte, Napoleon 297
10179 Divorce is a game played by lawyers. Cary Grant Grant, Cary 298
10180 Art is a jealous mistress. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo 299
10181 A fool and his money are soon parted. Proverb Proverb 300
10182 Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Les Brown Brown, Les null
10183 I was in a beauty contest once. I not only came in last, I was hit in the mouth by Ms. Congeniality. Phyllis Diller Diller, Phyllis null
10184 Now that it's all over. What did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning? Coleman Cox Cox, Coleman null
10185 What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon null
10186 Don't look for your dreams to come true; look to become true to your dreams. Michael Beckwith Beckwith, Michael null
10187 There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go. Tennessee Williams Williams, Tennessee null
10188 Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. C. S. Lewis Lewis, C. S. null
10189 It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad. Charles Eames Eames, Charles null
10190 I keep working under the delusion that someday a library will ask for my manuscripts. Walter Wager Wager, Walter null
10191 Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person. Sandra Day O'Connor O'Connor, Sandra Day null
10192 You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss null
10193 All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. Socrates Socrates null
10194 People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked. Paul Newman Newman, Paul null
10195 You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
10196 In order to have a real relationship with our creativity, we must take the time and care to cultivate it. Julia Cameron Cameron, Julia null
10197 The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages. Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia null
10198 Idleness is not doing nothing, idleness is being free to do anything. Floyd Dell Dell, Floyd null
10199 A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. Unknown Unknown null
10200 I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes. Kenny G Kenny G null
10201 Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food. Michael Levine Levine, Michael null
10202 Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. John Wooden Wooden, John null
10203 I don't do what I do to try and break a glass ceiling. Kathryn Bigelow Bigelow, Kathryn null
10204 I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine. Bruce Lee Lee, Bruce null
10205 Love endures only when the lovers love many things together and not merely each other. Walter Lippmann Lippmann, Walter null
10206 One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Bob Marley Marley, Bob null
10207 You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. Steve Jobs Jobs, Steve null
10208 An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. Arnold H. Glasow Glasow, Arnold Henry null
10209 A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself Axel Munthe Munthe, Axel null
10210 Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to, but be respected - that is essential. Anna Gould Gould, Anna null
10211 I've got a theory that if you give a hundred percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. Larry Bird Bird, Larry null
10212 If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. Gerald Good Good, Gerald null
10213 Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. Cyril Connolly Connolly, Cyril null
10214 Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell. Shana Alexander Alexander, Shana null
10215 We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. Nelson Mandela Mandela, Nelson null
10216 I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word "jazz" means to them, and that's fine. Kenny G Kenny G null
10217 Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. Bruce Lee Lee, Bruce null
10218 What dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
10219 Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. Wayne Dyer Dyer, Wayne null
10220 Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
10221 We make the world we live in and shape our own environment. Orison Swett Marden Marden, Orison Swett null
10222 With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
10223 Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Tony Robbins Robbins, Tony null
10224 What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
10225 Opportunity does not knock; It presents itself when you beat down the door. Kyle Chandler Chandler, Kyle null
10226 Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. Baruch Spinoza Spinoza, Baruch null
10227 You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong. Warren Buffett Buffett, Warren null
10228 Expect problems and eat them for breakfast. Alfred A. Montapert Montapert, Alfred A. null
10229 I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line. Elvis Presley Presley, Elvis null
10230 He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
10231 By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
10232 Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal. Egon Schiele Schiele, Egon null
10233 The wise does at once what the fool does at last. Baltasar Gracian Gracian, Baltasar null
10234 Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl null
10235 One say to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. Michael Korda Korda, Michael null
10236 Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
10237 The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind. May Sarton Sarton, May null
10238 If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife. Ann Landers Landers, Ann null
10239 I do not believe in an afterlife, but I am bringing a change of underwear. Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
10240 If you hawe any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done. Scott Adams Adams, Scott null
10241 Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are. Henry Alford Alford, Henry null
10242 The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas null
10243 True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander null
10244 First get your facts, then you can distort them at your leisure. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
10245 Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. Charlie Chaplin Chaplin, Charlie null
10246 I'm still going on bad dates, when by now I should be in a bad marriage. Laura Kightlinger Kightlinger, Laura null
10247 Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying. Ingmar Bergman Bergman, Ingmar null
10248 If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance. Al Bernstein Bernstein, Al null
10249 Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings. Heinrich Heine Heine, Heinrich null
10250 If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile. Lynda Barry Barry, Lynda null
10251 Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun Barzun, Jacques null
10252 A sweetheart is a bottle of wine; a wife is a wine bottle. Charles Baudelaire Baudelaire, Charles null
10253 Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
10254 I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. John Cage Cage, John null
10255 Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
10256 I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up. Barbara Bush Bush, Barbara null
10257 The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
10258 It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
10259 Honolulu: it's got everything: sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother. Ken Dodd Dodd, Ken null
10260 Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother. Annette Funicello Funicello, Annette null
10261 Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. George Washington Carver Carver, George Washington null
10262 If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. Roald Dahl Dahl, Roald null
10263 Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose. Neil Gaiman Gaiman, Neil null
10264 Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. Bill Nye Nye, Bill null
10265 The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. Ferdinand Foch Foch, Ferdinand null
10266 Life is like music; It must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
10267 Isn't it refreshing to know that just because we've always been a certain way, it doesn't mean we have to stay that way forever? Our beliefs are merely stories in our minds that we ourselves wrote long ago. Knowing that, don't you feel empowered to rewrit Buddhist Boot Camp Buddhist Boot Camp null
10268 When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother. Rodney Dangerfield Dangerfield, Rodney null
10269 Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore Tagore, Rabindranath null
10270 I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
10271 God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man. Arthur Young Young, Arthur null
10272 Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. Hosea Ballou Ballou, Hosea null
10273 Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. Jean Pael Pael, Jean null
10274 A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love. Max Muller Muller, Max null
10275 Older people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get. Robert Orben Orben, Robert null
10276 They say marriages are made in heaven, but so is thunder and lightning. Clint Eastwood Eastwood, Clint null
10277 Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
10278 Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and mastery of appetite. Seneca Seneca null
10279 Cookery is become an art, a noble science; Cooks are gentlemen. Robert Burton Burton, Robert null
10280 Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. Anthony J. D'Angelo D'Angelo, Anthony J. null
10281 If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
10282 Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. Ruth E. Renkel Renkel, Ruth E. null
10283 Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. Francesca Reigler Reigler, Francesca null
10284 Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something. H. Jackson Brown Jr. Brown, H. Jackson, Jr. null
10285 When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful. Eric Thomas Thomas, Eric null
10286 You are afraid to die, and you're afraid to live. What a way to exist. Neale Donald Walsch Walsch, Neale Donald null
10287 Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter. Edward Abbey Abbey, Edward null
10288 We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming, well, that's like saying you can never change your fate. Amy Tan Tan, Amy null
10289 The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. So remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
10290 The strongest force in the universe is a human being living consistently with his identity. Tony Robbins Robbins, Tony null
10291 Nothing is impossible; The word itself says "I'm possible!" Audrey Hepburn Hepburn, Audrey null
10292 What we anticipate seldom occurs, but what we least expect generally happens. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
10293 It's up to you how far you let yourself fall and how long it takes you to get back up and stand on your own two feet. Jeffrey Mitchell Mitchell, Jeffrey null
10294 You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney Disney, Walt null
10295 The only way you may correct the bad things in your past is to add better things to your future. Shiloh Morrison Morrison, Shiloh null
10296 Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. Ludwig Borne Borne, Ludwig null
10297 Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. Leroy "Satchel" Paige Paige, Leroy "Satchel" null
10298 And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave; o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Francis Scott Key Key, Francis Scott null
10299 Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
10300 You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
10301 Ignorance is when you don't know something and somebody finds it out. Jethro Burns Burns, Jethro null
10302 Most people sell their souls and live with a good conscience on the proceeds. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall null
10303 Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
10304 In the theater, the audience wants to be surprised, but by things that they expect. Tristan Bernard Bernard, Tristan null
10305 Grad school is the snooze button on the clock radio of life. John Rogers Rogers, John null
10306 My illness is due to my doctor's insistence that I drink milk, a whitish fluid they force down helpless babies. W. C. Fields Fields, W. C. null
10307 Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it. Cullen Hightower Hightower, Cullen null
10308 The good thing about a double entendre, it can only mean one thing. Jack Hardy in an interview Hardy, Jack null
10309 What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive. Arnold Palmer Palmer, Arnold null
10310 Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
10311 I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog. Whitey Herzog Herzog, Whitey null
10312 When you walk into a room, a healthy, beautiful smile is incredibly important. Susan Anton Anton, Susan null
10313 I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself. Ferdinand Porsche Porsche, Ferdinand null
10314 When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Hunter S. Thompson Thompson, Hunter S. null
10315 Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster. Joe Adcock Adcock, Joe null
10316 The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off. Abe Lemons Lemons, Abe null
10317 Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part. Casey Stengel Stengel, Casey null
10318 The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
10319 More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you've been bad and good. Linda Sunshine Sunshine, Linda null
10320 Constant use will not wear ragged the fabric of friendship. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy null
10321 Sometimes in tragedy we find our life's purpose - the eye sheds a tear to find its focus. Robert Brault Brault, Robert null
10322 Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
10323 When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income. Chi Chi Rodriguez Rodriguez, Chi Chi null
10324 The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. Jerry M. Wright Wright, Jerry M. null
10325 No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
10326 Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense. Mark Overby Overby, Mark null
10327 It's a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it's light out. Bill Watterson Watterson, Bill null
10328 What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John null
10329 Other things may change us, but we start and end with family. Anthony Brandt Brandt, Anthony null
10330 I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. Frances Willard Willard, Frances null
10331 I always thought a yard was three feet, then I started mowing the lawn. C. E. Cowman Cowman, C. E. null
10332 Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. Heraclitus Heraclitus null
10333 The sky is that beautiful old parchment in which the sun and the moon keep their diary. Alfred Kreymborg Kreymborg, Alfred null
10334 A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who does not play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who he will miss terribly. Pablo Neruda Neruda, Pablo null
10335 We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever. Carl Sagan Sagan, Carl ADZ 8-29-13
10336 I am afraid of airplanes, deep-sea diving, psychiatry. The earth alone comforts me, regardless of how much dirt it may contain. Francoise Sagan Sagan, Francoise Fall 2012 - 106 (noticed it missing)
10337 How sad that men would base an entire civilization on the principle of paternity, upon the legal ownership and presumed responsibility for children, and then never get to know their sons and daughters very well. Phyllis Chesler Chesler, Phyllis Fall 2012 - 1
10338 We are living at a time when humankind can face whatever threatens it only if we, by which I mean each of us, manage to revive, with new energy and a new ethos, a sense of responsibility for the rest of the world. Vaclav Havel Havel, Vaclav 2
10339 It's a dream about America, what it means and what it can become, a place where we look to the Stars and explore the heavens, but never turn aside from those in need, in the forgotten corners of our country. Edward M. Kennedy Kennedy, Edward M. 3
10340 The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themselves live closer to the dream, but instead sharpen their perceptions and fight to make the dream actuality or give up the battle in despair. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret 4
10341 The blues can be real sad, else real mad, else real glad, and funny, too, all at the same time. I ought to know. I grooved up with blues. I heard so many blues when I was a child until my shadow is blue. Langston Hughes Hughes, Langston 5
10342 The groom's party should wear pastel senior prom style outfits rented at the shopping mall. The bride's party should wear expensive dresses so unattractive that they can never be used again, even as tourniquets. Dave Barry Barry, Dave 6
10343 Imagination depends mainly on memory, but there is a small percentage of creation of something out of nothing with it. We can invent a trifle more than can be got at by mere combination of remembered things. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel 7
10344 There is only one nature - the division into science and engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, the division is a human failure; it reflects our limited capacity to comprehend the whole. Bill Wulf Wulf, Bill 8
10345 Cats always seem to come out on top, no matter what they are doing - or pretend they do. Rarely do you see a cat discomfited. They have no conscience, and they never regret. Maybe we secretly envy them. Barbara Webster Webster, Barbara 9
10346 TV is a language all its own, a land of one-dimensional stereotypes that destroys culture, not adds to it. TV is anti-art, a reflection of consumerism that serves the power structure. TV is about demographics. Roseanne Roseanne 10
10347 There was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for that purpose, that white is black and black is white, according as they are paid. Jonathan Swift, on lawyers Swift, Jonathan 11
10348 When I first saw the falls I was disappointed in the outline. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar 12
10349 He who wants to set a good example must add a grain of foolishness to his virtue; then others can imitate and, at the same time, rise above the one being imitated - something which people love. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich 13
10350 To be effective a doctrine must not be understood, but has to be believed in. We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand. A doctrine that is understood is shorn of it strength. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric 14
10351 There are two kinds of restrictions upon human liberty - the restraint of law and that of custom. No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion. Carrie Chapman Catt Catt, Carrie Chapman 15
10352 Trust, which is a virtue, is also a habit, like prayer. It requires exercise. And just as no one can run five miles a day and cede the cardiovascular effects to someone else, no one can trust for us. Sue Halpern Halpern, Sue 16
10353 This is the art of courage: to see things as they are and still believe that the victory lies not with those who avoid the bad, but those who taste, in living awareness, every drop of the good. Victoria Lincoln Lincoln, Victoria 17
10354 Down the road someone is practicing scales, The notes like little fishes vanish with a wink of tails, Man's heart expands to tinker with his car! For this is Sunday morning, Fate's great bazaar. Louis MacNeice MacNeice, Louis 18
10355 If you were a member of Jesse James' band and, people asked you what you were, you wouldn't say, "Well, I'm a desperado." You'd say "I work in banks" or "I've done some railroad work" Roy Blount, Jr. Blount, Roy, Jr. 19
10356 Approximately eight percent of air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald 20
10357 Falling in love, we said; I fell for him. We were falling women. We believed in it, this downward motion; so lovely, like flying, and yet at the same time so dire, so extreme, so unlikely. Margaret Atwood Atwood, Margaret 21
10358 I am, by tradition and long study, a complete snob. Phillip Marlowe and I do not despise the upper classes because they take baths and have money; we despise them because they are phony. Raymond Chandler Chandler, Raymond 22
10359 To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese 23
10360 We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors. We, as their successors, must catch the torch of freedom and liberty passed on to us by our ancestors. We cannot lose in this battle. Benjamin Mays Mays, Benjamin E. 24
10361 When we moved to New York we had to get rid of the children. Landlords didn't like them and, in any case, rents were so high. Who could afford an apartment big enough to contain children? Russell Baker Baker, Russell 25
10362 The cure of a romantic first flame is a better surety to subsequent discretion, than all the exhortations of all the fathers, and mothers, and guardians, and maiden aunts in the universe. Fanny Burney Burney, Fanny 26
10363 Churchill mobilized the English language and sent it into battle to steady his fellow countrymen and hearten those Europeans upon whom the long dark night of tyranny had descended. Edward R. Murrow Murrow, Edward R. 27
10364 Is it possible that my sons-in-law will do toilets? If we raise boys to know that diapers need to be changed and refrigerators need to be cleaned, there's hope for the next generation. Anne Roiphe Roiphe, Anne 28
10365 The school system, custodian of print culture, has no place for the rugged individual. It is, indeed, the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing. Marshall McLuhan McLuhan, Marshall 29
10366 I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. 30
10367 I firmly believe that if whole Materia Medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be better for mankind - and all the worse for the fishes. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. 31
10368 He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel 32
10369 It seldom happens that men rise from low conditions to high rank without employing either force or fraud, unless that rank should be attained either by gift or inheritance. Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolo 33
10370 A manager made this presentation to a retiring employee: "We wanted to give you something you've had your eye on since you began working here." He gave him the clock on the wall. Gene Perret Perret, Gene 34
10371 We must take care that the forward movement does not degenerate into a headlong run. We must see to it that enthusiasm for the future does not give rise to contempt for the past. Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI 35
10372 It is so much easier to assume than to prove, less painful to believe than to doubt; there is such a charm in the repose of prejudice, when no discordant voice jars upon belief. W. E. H. Lecky Lecky, W. E. H. 36
10373 There are two literary maladies - writer's cramp and swelled head. The worst of writer's cramp is that it is never cured; the worst of swelled head is that it never kills. Coulson Kernahan Kernahan, Coulson 37
10374 A man who is "ill-adjusted to the world" is always on the point of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister. Hermann Hesse Hesse, Hermann 38
10375 I am younger each year at the first snow. When I see it, suddenly, in the air, all little and white and moving; then I am in love again and very young and I believe everything. Anne Sexton Sexton, Anne 39
10376 Almost everyone takes pleasure in repaying small favors, and many people are grateful also for moderate ones, but hardly anyone fails to show ingratitude for great ones. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de 40
10377 Each generation of young people should be to the world like a vast reserve force to a tired army. They should lift the world forward. That is what they are for. Charlotte Perkins Gilman Gilman, Charlotte Perkins 41
10378 I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor's fifth husband. I know what I'm supposed to do but I don't know if I can make it interesting. Al Gore, on being the twenty-third speaker at a political dinner Gore, Al 42
10379 Language - human language - after all is but little better than the croak and cackle of fowls, and other utterances of brute nature - sometimes not so adequate. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel 43
10380 Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were the whole world looking at you, and act accordingly. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas 44
10381 I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas. But what I decided was to fulfill my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public life. Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton, Hillary Rodham 45
10382 I could mention plenty of things that contribute to violence. One is simply the condition of being violent; the predisposition. Everyone knows this is a cranky species. George Carlin Carlin, George 46
10383 Simple as it seems, it was a great discovery that the key of knowledge could turn both ways, that it could open, as well as lock, the door of power to the many. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell 47
10384 The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. John Amodeo Amodeo, John 50 (dupes:1) 48 replaced #5230
10385 There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself. Roscoe Snowden Snowden, Roscoe 51
10386 There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness; and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa 52
10387 Unfortunately, I have never been able to maintain a consistent attitude toward life or reality, or toward anything else. This may be entirely due to nervousness. James Thurber Thurber, James 53
10388 I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it should get you pretty near. Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret 54
10389 Calvin Coolidge believed that the least government was the best government; he aspired to become the least President the country had ever had; he attained his desire. Alistair Cooke Cooke, Alistair 55
10390 His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful. Sydney Smith Smith, Sydney 56
10391 It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who asks her. Jane Austen Austen, Jane 57
10392 At some point in the future, it would theoretically be possible to store all sixteen million volumes in the Library of Congress on a disk the size of a penny. Paul M. Horn Horn, Paul M. 58
10393 We are members of one great body, planted by nature in a mutual love, and fitted for a social life. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole. Seneca Seneca 59
10394 The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman, and have a French boyfriend. Katharine Hepburn Hepburn, Katharine 60
10395 A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand 61
10396 Men who care passionately for women attach themselves at least as much to the temple and to the accessories of the cult as to their goddess herself. Marguerite Yourcenar Yourcenar, Marguerite 62
10397 Our children are not going to be just "our children" - they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren. Mary S. Calderone Calderone, Mary S. 64 (dupes:2)
10398 Children first conceive morality as rules for pleasing their parents - only with the fullness of time comes a grasp of the idea of conscientious choice. Michael Levin Levin, Michael 65
10399 I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory. Elie Wiesel Wiesel, Elie 66
10400 No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible, until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought. John Stuart Mill Mill, John Stuart 67
10401 The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant. Salvador Dali Dali, Salvador 68
10402 Everyone is so anesthetized by scandal that if it turned out that Richard Nixon was the illegitimate son of Golda Meir, it wouldn't make the front pages. Gore Vidal Vidal, Gore 69
10403 The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times. Angus Wilson Wilson, Angus 70
10404 In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah 71
10405 The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time. Joseph Lewis Lewis, Joseph 72
10406 It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark, so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought. James Douglas Douglas, James 73
10407 Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock in a thunderstorm. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis 75 (dupes:3)
10408 It's a fact that it is much more comfortable to be in the position of the person who has been offended than to be the unfortunate cause of it. Barbara Walters Walters, Barbara 77 (dupes:4)
10409 It is the essence of the demand for equality before the law that people should be treated alike in spite of the fact that they are different. Friedrich Hayek Hayek, Friedrich 78
10410 Unchanging work at a uniform task kills the explosive flow of a man's animal spirits, which draw refreshing zest from a simple change of activity. Karl Marx Marx, Karl 80 (dupes:5)
10411 Truth is that which serves the interests of a people. Two groups of people locked in combat cannot be expected to have the same truth. Albert B. Cleage, Jr. Cleage, Albert B., Jr. 81
10412 Whether our work is art or science or the daily work of society, it is only the form in which we explore our experience which is different. Jacob Bronowski Bronowski, Jacob 82
10413 Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power. Henry George George, Henry 83
10414 We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. 84
10415 President Clinton, at the White House, in the Oval Office, had his own seance. That's right - he tried to bring back the McRib sandwich. David Letterman Letterman, David 85
10416 Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife; don't tell them to mine. David Ogilvy Ogilvy, David 86
10417 I wouldn't be so rash as to say I played Moses and found God, but one learns from it, certainly. You'd be a bloody fool if you couldn't. Charlton Heston Heston, Charlton 87
10418 No facts, however indubitably detected, no effort of reason, however magnificently maintained, can prove that Bach's music is beautiful. Edith Hamilton Hamilton, Edith 90 (dupes:7)
10419 We have no choice, to be a human being is to be a latent fool. The choice we have is whether or not we are going to be practicing fools. Stewart Emery Emery, Stewart 91
10420 Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something. Clifton Fadiman Fadiman, Clifton 92
10421 True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding out the true path for ourselves and fearlessly following it. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas 93
10422 You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time, never knowing where. Louise Erdrich Erdrich, Louise 94
10423 We now live in the Era of incompetence; we have painters who can't paint, poets who can't rhyme, and composers who whistle dissonance. Dagobert Runes Runes, Dagobert 95
10424 Leaders learn by leading, and they learn best by leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders. Warren Bennis Bennis, Warren 96
10425 When I finished school I took one of those career aptitude tests and, based on my verbal ability score, they suggested I become a mime. Tim Cavanagh Cavanagh, Tim 98 (dupes:8)
10426 Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort which it brings. Walter Lippmann Lippmann, Walter 99
10427 The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation. Pearl S. Buck Buck, Pearl S. 100
10428 Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain. Diane De Poitiers De Poitiers, Diane 101
10429 The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying not "What a lovely sermon," but, "I will do something!" St. Francis de Sales Saint Francis de Sales 102
10430 Scrapbooks, I believe, are useful therapy - they are a way of putting the past to bed, decorously. Then we can move forward. Charles Handy Handy, Charles 103
10431 It was amazing to think that in those miles of human habitations there was not probably half a dozen pounds of nails. Joseph Conrad, on Bangkok Conrad, Joseph 105 (dupes:9)
10432 I work ridiculous hours every day, and people always ask me how I do it. But fourteen years of unemployment kind of rests a guy. Danny Bonaduce Bonaduce, Danny 107 (106 entered first)
10433 You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free. Clarence S. Darrow Darrow, Clarence S. 108
10434 The love of truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues. John Locke Locke, John 109
10435 Self-interest is not only a legitimate but a fundamental cause for national policy, one which needs no cloak of hypocrisy. Alfred Thayer Mahan Mahan, Alfred Thayer 110
10436 Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. Abigail Adams, to John Adams Adams, Abigail 112 (dupes:10)
10437 Houses are built to live in and not to look on; therefore let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had. Francis Bacon Bacon, Francis 113
10438 As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility. Sophia Loren Loren, Sophia 114
10439 If we unlock the rooms of the far past we can peer in and see ourselves, busily occupied in beginning to become you and me. James M. Barrie Barrie, James Matthew 115
10440 What the English like is something they can beat time to, something that hits them straight on the drum of the ear. George Frederic Handel Handel, George Frederic 116
10441 Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall 117
10442 No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. George Orwell Orwell, George 118
10443 That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a disputable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body. Aristotle Aristotle 119
10444 Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit. Robert H. Schuller Schuller, Robert H. 120
10445 For a small reward a man will hurry away on a long journey, while for eternal life many will hardly take a single step. Thomas A. Kempis Kempis, Thomas A. 121
10446 When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Brown, H. Jackson, Jr. 122
10447 The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it and invent ridiculous embellishments. Annie Sullivan Sullivan, Annie 123
10448 Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. 126 (dupes:11) #124 replaced #749
10449 She felt that those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy. E. M. Forster Forster, E. M. 127
10450 There is nothing funny about the person who gets to kick the football. Drama and humor come from trouble and sadness. Charles Schulz Schulz, Charles M. 128
10451 I don't think you have to teach people how to be human. I think you have to teach them how to stop being inhumane. Eldridge Cleaver Cleaver, Eldridge 129
10452 Etiquette is what you are doing when people are looking and listening. What you are thinking is your business. Virginia Cary Hudson Hudson, Virginia Cary 130
10453 With writing, you hear voices and give yourself over to them and they become flesh and blood by putting pen to paper. Regina Taylor Taylor, Regina 131
10454 One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph. Virginia Woolf Woolf, Virginia 133 (dupes:12)
10455 Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense. Henry Miller Miller, Henry 135 (dupes:13) 134 added!
10456 Some kind of widespread enthusiasm or excitement is apparently needed for the realization of vast and rapid change. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric 136
10457 It would be a colorless world if each individual did not secretly believe himself superior to almost everyone else. Don Marquis Marquis, Don 137
10458 I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power. Jeffery Archer Archer, Jeffery 140 (dupes:15) 138 added!
10459 Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony. Robert Benchley Benchley, Robert 141
10460 A husband should tell his wife everything that he is sure she will find out anyway and before anybody else does. Thomas Dewar Dewar, Thomas 143 (dupes:16)
10461 A quack is anyone who undertakes a treatment without possessing the knowledge and capacities necessary for it. Sigmund Freud Freud, Sigmund 144
10462 Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting. Voltaire Voltaire 145
10463 It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert 146
10464 I was always the creative kid who was a nerd. I listened to Vivaldi, wrote poetry, and actually did my homework. Laura Dern Dern, Laura 147
10465 Computers will never be perfected until they can compute how much more than the estimate the job will cost. Laurence Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston 148
10466 Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood. Make big plans, aim high in hope and work. Daniel H. Burnham Burnham, Daniel H. 149
10467 If you walk backwards, you'll find that you can go forwards and people won't know if you're coming or going. Casey Stengel Stengel, Casey 150
10468 Every man is the builder of a Temple called his body, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David 151
10469 Understanding is the ultimate seduction of the mind. Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge. Stephen Levine Levine, Stephen 152
10470 Experts say our country is facing an energy shortage. For once we middle-agers are in tune with the times. Paul Sweeney Sweeney, Paul 153
10471 How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it. Alexandre Dumas Dumas, Alexandre 154
10472 Justice is like the kingdom of God - it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning. George Eliot Eliot, George 155
10473 You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind. Anne Lamott Lamott, Anne 156
10474 The mob that would die for a belief seldom hesitates to inflict death upon any opposing heretical group. Ellen Glasgow Glasgow, Ellen 157
10475 The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed upon myth of its conquerors. Meridel Le Sueur Le Sueur, Meridel 159 (dupes:17)
10476 Nobel Prize money is a life belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard 160
10477 In a long experience in politics, I have never found that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance. Harold Macmillan Macmillan, Harold 161
10478 Neighbor: A person who can get to your house in less than a minute and take two hours to go back home. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius 162
10479 I think I have been asked to do something about everything in the world except change the weather! Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor 163
10480 Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail. Jean Cocteau Cocteau, Jean 164
10481 If medical science has made so much progress, why do I feel so much worse than I did twenty years ago? Robert Orben Orben, Robert 165
10482 Put God to work for you and maximize your potential in our divinely ordered capitalist system. Norman Vincent Peale Peale, Norman Vincent 167 (dupes:18)
10483 Klee's pictures seem to me to resemble, not pictures, but a sample book of patterns for linoleum. Sir Cyril Asquith Asquith, Sir Cyril 168
10484 You've got to keep attacking the audience's values. If you pander to them, you lose your vitality. Jack Nicholson Nicholson, Jack 169
10485 It is a source of consolation to look back upon those great misfortunes which never happened. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur 170
10486 I've always felt that the past was over and somehow I'd missed it. Now it's starting all over again. Alan Bennett Bennett, Alan 171
10487 Never use the word gossip in a pejorative sense. It's the stuff of biography and has to be woven in. Joan Peyser Peyser, Joan 173 (dupes:19)
10488 Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself. John Harold Harold, John 174
10489 Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly. Julie Andrews Andrews, Julie 175
10490 To become mature we must recover the sense of earnestness which we had as a child in play. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich 176
10491 It is well that there is no one without a fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William 177
10492 To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan 178
10493 The ability to divorce one's mind from one's actions is a symptom of psychological aberration. Walter Goodman Goodman, Walter 179
10494 Inflation is like sin; every government denounces it and every government practices it. Frederick Leith-Ross Leith-Ross, Frederick 181 (dupes:20)
10495 It is best in the theater to act with confidence no matter how little right you have to it. Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian 182
10496 Good breeding is the art of making everybody satisfied with themselves and pleased with you. Josh Billings Billings, Josh 183
10497 There are a lot of notes lying around on that old piano. I just pick at the ones I like. Nat "King" Cole Cole, Nat "King" 184
10498 There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting. David Letterman Letterman, David 185
10499 Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it. Tryon Edwards Edwards, Tryon 188 (dupes:22)
10500 Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble. Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter 189
10501 This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are. Art Buchwald Buchwald, Art 192 (dupes:24)
10502 Not bound to swear allegiance to any master, wherever the wind takes me I travel as a visitor. Horace Horace 194 (dupes:25)
10503 When love speaks, the voice of all the gods makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William 195
10504 We must not let go manifest truths because we cannot answer all questions about them. Jeremy Collier Collier, Jeremy 196
10505 Death and taxes and childbirth: There's never any convenient time for any of them. Margaret Mitchell Mitchell, Margaret 197
10506 The strongest and most influential memories are almost always those of childhood. Fyodor Dostoevsky Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich 198
10507 When our knowledge coalesces with our humanity and our humor, it can add up to wisdom. Carol Orlack Orlack, Carol 200 (dupes:26)
10508 Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite. Marlon Brando Brando, Marlon 201
10509 Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered. Graham Greene Greene, Graham 202
10510 The next best thing to winning is losing! At least you've been in the race. Nettie Hershey Tullis Tullis, Nettie Hershey 204 (dupes:27)
10511 Teddy bears shouldn't sit in closets when there's a child around who will love them. Janet Dailey Dailey, Janet 205
10512 The Washington style of apology is to say there were appearances of impropriety. George F. Will Will, George F. 207 (dupes:28)
10513 Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. Vernon Law Law, Vernon 209 (dupes:29)
10514 Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. Tom Robbins Robbins, Tom 210
10515 The dark night was the first book of poetry, and the constellations were the poems. Chet Raymo Raymo, Chet 212 (dupes:30)
10516 If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers. Sir George Savile Savile, Sir George 214 (dupes:31)
10517 For all the happiness mankind can gain, is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. John Dryden Dryden, John 215
10518 The only way you can truly control how you're seen is by being honest all the time. Tom Hanks Hanks, Tom 216
10519 It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you. Dick Cheney Cheney, Dick 217
10520 Love is a universal migraine. A bright stain on the vision, Blotting out reason. Robert Graves Graves, Robert 218
10521 The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward. Igor Sikorsky Sikorsky, Igor 219
10522 I regard acting as an athletic performance, a more lucrative form of jogging. Peter Ustinov Ustinov, Peter 221 (dupes:32)
10523 You'd be surprised how often I find something in the place I've already looked. Andy Rooney Rooney, Andy 222
10524 Earth's the right place for love; I don't know where it's likely to go better. Robert Frost Frost, Robert 223
10525 Fashion is the image of an age and can tell its story better than a speech. Karl Lagerfeld Lagerfeld, Karl 226 (dupes:34)
10526 The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. Erich Fromm Fromm, Erich 228 (dupes:35)
10527 If your home burns down, rescue the dogs. At least they'll be faithful to you. Lee Marvin Marvin, Lee 229
10528 Before I was shot I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there. Andy Warhol Warhol, Andy 230
10529 People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. Bob Dylan Dylan, Bob 231
10530 I always take blushing either for a sign of guilt, or of ill breeding. William Congreve Congreve, William 232
10531 Better to have bread and an onion with peace than stuffed fowl with strife. Arab Proverb Proverb - Arab 233
10532 Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be. David Halberstam Halberstam, David 234
10533 The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow. Bill Gates Gates, Bill 235
10534 I know two kinds of audience only - one coughing and one not coughing. Artur Schnabel Schnabel, Artur 237 (dupes:36)
10535 We must not let the Iron Curtain be replaced with a veil of indifference. Bill Clinton Clinton, William J. 238
10536 Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third. Marge Piercy Piercy, Marge 239
10537 Things are seldom what they seem, Skimmed milk oft masquerades as cream. W. S. Gilbert Gilbert, W. S. 240
10538 Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. Democritus Democritus 244 (dupes:39) 241 added
10539 How come nobody wants to argue with me? Is it because I'm always right? Jim Bouton Bouton, Jim 245
10540 Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery. Otto von Bismarck Bismarck, Otto von 248 (dupes:41)
10541 I was street-smart - but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive. Carrie Fisher Fisher, Carrie 249
10542 Infatuation means, "A love that it is inconvenient to go on with." Celia Fremlin Fremlin, Celia 250
10543 Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. Hannah Arendt Arendt, Hannah 251
10544 Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish. William Allen White White, William Allen 254 (dupes:43)
10545 The ideal has many names, and Beauty is but one of them. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset 256 (dupes:44) 255 added
10546 Conduct lies in masterful administration of the unforeseen. Robert Bridges Bridges, Robert 259 (dupes:46)
10547 There is no reason to confuse television news with journalism. Nora Ephron Ephron, Nora 260
10548 Wait till it is night before saying it has been a fine day. French Proverb Proverb - French 261
10549 He who has come through the fire will not fade in the sun. Hindu Proverb Proverb - Hindu 263 (dupes:47)
10550 The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe 264
10551 The defects of great men are the consolation of dunces. Isaac D'Israeli D'Israeli, Isaac 265
10552 Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them. Marilyn Monroe Monroe, Marilyn 266
10553 I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them. Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock, Alfred 267
10554 The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper. Pablo Casals Casals, Pablo 268
10555 A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation. H. H. Munro Munro, H. H. 269
10556 Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. Carson Kanin Kanin, Carson 270
10557 Women like silent men. They think they're listening. Marcel Achard Achard, Marcel 271
10558 Where there is great love, there are always miracles. Willa Cather Cather, Willa 272
10559 There's a fine line between participation and mockery. Scott Adams Adams, Scott 273
10560 Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge. George Herbert Herbert, George 274
10561 It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf. Thomas Fuller Fuller, Thomas 275
10562 To see your drama clearly is to be liberated from it. Ken Keyes Keyes, Ken 276
10563 Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. Arnold Glasgow Glasgow, Arnold H. 277
10564 Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. Will Rogers Rogers, Will 278
10565 I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom. Voltaire Voltaire 279
10566 It's not how old you are, but how you are old. Marie Dressler Dressler, Marie 280
10567 Love's like war: easy to begin but hard to stop. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. 281
10568 Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Henry Adams Adams, Henry 282
10569 Lying is done with words and also with silence. Adrienne Rich Rich, Adrienne 283
10570 But you have no silver linings without a cloud. Angela Carter Carter, Angela 284
10571 Education is the movement from darkness to light. Allan Bloom Bloom, Allan 285
10572 Soldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer. William Cecil Cecil, William 287 (dupes:48)
10573 The child has every toy his father wanted. Robert E. Whitten Whitten, Robert E. 289 (dupes:49)
10574 This imagination is a wonderful gizmo. Robert Moore Williams Williams, Robert Moore 290
10575 One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden 291
10576 Spread the table and contention will cease. English Proverb Proverb - English 292
10577 Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. Euripides Euripides 293
10578 I started at the top and worked my way down. Orson Welles Welles, Orson 294
10579 Every sin is the result of a collaboration. Stephen Crane Crane, Stephen 295
10580 Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts. Paul de Man de Man, Paul 296
10581 Contempt is egotism in ill humor. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 297
10582 Distance is a great promoter of admiration. Denis Diderot Diderot, Denis 298
10583 Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. African Proverb Proverb - African 299
10584 Civilization and profits go hand in hand. Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin 300
10585 We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. Konrad Adenauer Adenauer, Konrad null
10586 Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. Napoleon Hill Hill, Napoleon null
10587 If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh, Vincent null
10588 You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. Bob Hope Hope, Bob null
10589 We should never forget we have the power to ruin lives and reputations - and that should never be taken lightly. Helen Thomas Thomas, Helen null
10590 Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. Plautus Plautus null
10591 Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. Saint Augustine Saint Augustine null
10592 The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple. Grady Booch Booch, Grady null
10593 Error is the force that welds men together; Truth is communicated to men only my deeds of truth. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
10594 The trouble with superheroes is what to do between phone booths. Ken Kesey Kesey, Ken null
10595 All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. Jack Kerouac Kerouac, Jack null
10596 The most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
10597 How I wish that mankind would take the sunrise for their slogan and leave the shadows of the sunset behind them. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
10598 There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. Graham Greene Greene, Graham null
10599 The art of advice is to make the recipient believe he thought of it himself. Frank Tyger Tyger, Frank null
10600 We live a protracted adolescence. At some point, you must leave the party. Don Henley Henley, Don null
10601 Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston null
10602 Acting is the most minor of gifts - after all, Shirley temple could do it at the age of four. Katharine Hepburn Hepburn, Katharine null
10603 When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying, "Here, you throw this away". Mitch Hedberg Hedberg, Mitch null
10604 Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned. Ignazio Silone Silone, Ignazio null
10605 As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities. Charles Darwin Darwin, Charles null
10606 The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. Arnold J. Toynbee Toynbee, Arnold J. null
10607 All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years. Taylor Swift Swift, Taylor null
10608 When I told my doctor I couldn't afford an operation, he offered to touch-up my x-rays. Henny Youngman Youngman, Henny null
10609 Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. null
10610 There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
10611 It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew. Henry Rollins Rollins, Henry null
10612 In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. Dalai Lama Dalai Lama null
10613 I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
10614 Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. Carl Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
10615 Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. Zig Ziglar Ziglar, Zig null
10616 In wisdom gathered over time, I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. Ansel Adams Adams, Ansel null
10617 To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power. Ayn Rand Rand, Ayn null
10618 Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power. Charles Simmons Simmons, Charles null
10619 Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly. Amos Bronson Alcott Alcott, Amos Bronson null
10620 What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. Aristotle Aristotle null
10621 Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure science. Edwin Hubble Hubble, Edwin null
10622 Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay. Robert Browning Browning, Robert null
10623 Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold. Happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus Democritus null
10624 It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
10625 If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine. Morris West West, Morris Demazette 10-24-13
10626 Hair is vitally personal to children. They weep vigorously when it is cut for the first time; No matter how it grows, bushy, straight or curly, they feel they are being shorn of a part of their personality. Charlie Chaplin Chaplin, Charlie Summer 2013 - 1
10627 Once the charmer is aware of a mannerism or characteristic that others find charming, it ceases to be a mannerism and becomes an affectation. And good Lord, there is nothing less charming than affectations! Rex Harrison Harrison, Rex 2
10628 Insofar as it represents a genuine reconciliation of differences, a consensus is a fine thing; insofar as it represents a concealment of differences, it is a miscarriage of democratic procedure. J. William Fullbright Fullbright, J. William 3
10629 I don't believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya 5 Dupes:1
10630 People come to Washington believing that it's the center of power. I know I did. It was only much later that I learned that Washington is a steering wheel that's not connected to the engine. Richard Goodwin Goodwin, Richard 7 Dupes:2
10631 Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity. John Selden Selden, John 8
10632 Adam was but human. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent - then he would have eaten the serpent. Mark Twain Twain, Mark 9
10633 I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin 10
10634 He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan 11
10635 The only salvation of the world today ... is the rapid dissemination of the basic values of the West, that is, the ideas of democracy, human rights, the civil society, and the free market. Vaclav Havel Havel, Vaclav 12
10636 Anybody who really wants to abolish war must resolutely declare himself in favor of his own country's resigning a portion of its sovereignty in favor of international institutions. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert 13
10637 We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. Shirley Abbott Abbott, Shirley 14
10638 The lens freezes time and space in what may be an optical slavery or, contrarily, the crystallization of meaning. The limits of the lens's vision are esthetically often a virtue. Berenice Abbott Abbott, Berenice 15
10639 No mockery in the world ever sounds to me as hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mold, and tilled with manure. Charlotte Bronte Bronte, Charlotte 17 Dupes:3
10640 When we find that we are not liked, we assert that we are not understood; when probably the dislike we have excited proceeds from our being too fully comprehended. Countess of Blessington Blessington, Countess of 18
10641 I am proud of the revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought; the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but the hands of God. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald 20 Dupes:4
10642 The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful. But it soon fades away. The memory of injuries is engraved on the heart, and remains forever. Thomas Haliburton Haliburton, Thomas 21
10643 I have often wondered if the results of the Versailles Conferences following the First World War would have been different if Woodrow Wilson had been a poker player. Clyde Brian Davis Davis, Clyde Brian 23 Dupes:5
10644 As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow. Colette Colette 24
10645 As the horsepower in modern automobiles steadily rises, the congestion of traffic steadily lowers the average possible speed of your car. This is known as Progress. Sydney Harris Harris, Sydney J. 26 Dupes:6
10646 It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late. Betty Ford Ford, Betty 27
10647 Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin Ruskin, John 28
10648 Our life is so dependent on our relations with women - and the opposite, of course, is also true - that it seems to me one must never think lightly of them. Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh, Vincent 29
10649 What a relaxed life is that which flees the worldly clamor, and follows the hidden path down which have gone the few wise men there have been in the world! Fray Luis de Leon de Leon, Fray Luis 30
10650 The lesson is, to know that men are superficially very inflammable, but that these fervors do not strike down and reach the action and habit of the man. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo 31
10651 Life's not linear. It ebbs and flows. It's like Yang and Yin. It's contradictions, the Unnamable, the Inexplicable. People don't plot anymore; they just flow. Gail Godwin Godwin, Gail 32
10652 Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception, and ignorance, but it isn't - it's human. Erasmus Erasmus 34 Dupes:7
10653 What I do goes beyond myself. There may be significance in being the first, but there is more significance in being the second, third, fourth, and fifth. Clifton Wharton Wharton, Clifton 35
10654 Visualization, that seeing of that which is not yet, which is not actually before us, as yet, is essential for all the good that man may aspire to. Tehilla Lichtenstein Lichtenstein, Tehilla 36
10655 If we ever build a house, we're going to use the kind of wood we've been using in our fireplace. That way, we'll know the place will never burn down. William D. Tammeus Tammeus, William D. 37
10656 You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart. Fred Allen Allen, Fred 38
10657 Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love - to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved. Isadora Duncan Duncan, Isadora 40 Dupes:8
10658 And suddenly she craved again for the more absolute silence of America. English stillness was so soft, like an inaudible murmur of voices, of presences. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. 41
10659 Well, Jim, I haven't read any of your books but I'll have to someday because they must be good considering how well they sell. Nora Joyce, to her husband James Joyce Joyce, Nora 44 Dupes:10
10660 My Uncle Joe was a philosopher, very deep, very serious. Never eat chocolate after chicken, he'd tell us, wagging his finger. Don't buy a cardboard belt. Mel Brooks Brooks, Mel 45
10661 I conclude that musical notes and rhythms were first acquired by the male or female progenitors of mankind for the sake of charming the opposite sex. Charles Darwin Darwin, Charles 46
10662 When a woman gets married, it is like jumping into a hole in the ice in the middle of winter; you do it once and you remember it the rest of your days. Maxim Gorki Gorki, Maxim 47
10663 Economic systems are not value free columns of numbers based on rules of reason, but ways of expressing what varying societies believe is important. Gloria Steinem Steinem, Gloria 48
10664 If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself. Charles Schulz Schulz, Charles M. 49
10665 Consider whether the past may not be a result of the present. The past may be streaming back from the now, like the country as seen from an airplane. Alan Watts Watts, Alan 50
10666 What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happens to like, and immorality is what they dislike. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North 51
10667 I became obsessed with this idea of blurring the perimeter of the body, so you couldn't see where the skin ended and the near environment started. Lucy McRae McRae, Lucy 53 Dupes: 11
10668 A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk's leap toward immortality. Clifton Fadiman Fadiman, Clifton 54
10669 Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is so say, their own ideas and other people's values. Gerald Brenan Brenan, Gerald 55
10670 We hear of a silent generation, more concerned with security than integrity, with conforming than performing, with imitating than creating. Thomas J. Watson Watson, Thomas John, Sr. 56
10671 Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to that path which nature has marked out for him. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von 57
10672 Leaders who win the respect of others are the ones who deliver more than they promise, not the ones who promise more than they can deliver. Mark A. Clement Clement, Mark A. 58
10673 Art hates nature. If art is always seeking nature, it is like a hunter waiting in ambush, or a rival, embracing it only in order to strangle it. Andre Gide Gide, Andre 59
10674 Every human, we all have different genetic backgrounds, we all have lived separate lives. But our genomes are greater than 99 percent similar. Allan Jones Jones, Allan 60
10675 I have long considered it one of God's greatest mercies that the future is hidden from us. If it were not, life would surely be unbearable. Eugene Forsey Forsey, Eugene 62 Dupes:12
10676 It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know; and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything. Joyce Cary Cary, Joyce 64 Dupes:13
10677 To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel 66 Dupes:14
10678 Things are very bad when kids have to write to an actor for advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. I'm just as screwed up as the next guy. Johnny Depp Depp, Johnny 67
10679 "If everybody minded their own business," the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, "the world would go round a deal faster than it does." Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis 70 Dupes:16
10680 The television critic, whatever his pretension, does not labor in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour. Frederic Raphael Raphael, Frederic 71
10681 As far as I can see, the history of experimental art in the twentieth century is intimately bound up with the experience of intoxification. Will Self Self, Will 72
10682 Of all the vanities and fopperies, the vanity of high birth is the greatest. True nobility is derived from virtue, not from birth. Sir Richard Burton Burton, Sir Richard 73
10683 I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them. Clement Attlee Attlee, Clement 74
10684 We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. William Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart 75
10685 An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin? Marilyn Monroe Monroe, Marilyn 76
10686 A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. Leonard Bernstein Bernstein, Leonard 78 Dupes:17
10687 You keep your past by having sisters. As you get older, they're the only ones who don't get bored if you talk about your memories. Deborah Moggach Moggach, Deborah 79
10688 An unrectified case of injustice has a terrible way of lingering, restlessly, in the social atmosphere like an unfinished question. Mary McCarthy McCarthy, Mary 80
10689 He mocks the people who proposes that the Government shall protect the rich and that they in turn care for the laboring poor. Grover Cleveland Cleveland, Grover 83 Dupes:19
10690 Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard, indisputable, factual information. Kingman Brewster Brewster, Kingman 84
10691 Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations. Steve Jobs Jobs, Steve 86 Dupes:20
10692 I love London Society! I think it has immensely improved. It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar 87
10693 Barbara Walters - manicurist, pedicurist, guru of kitsch, yenta, maven, gadfly, blabbermouth, and Mother Confessor to the world. Tom Shales Shales, Tom 90 Dupes:22
10694 I don't know what kind of a future life I believe in, but I believe that all that we go through here must have some value. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor 91
10695 I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment. Frances Farmer Farmer, Frances 92
10696 A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad. Arnold H. Glasgow Glasgow, Arnold H. 93
10697 Garbo's visage had a kind of emptiness into which anything could be projected - nothing can be read into Bardot's face. Simone de Beauvoir Beauvoir, Simone de 94
10698 The conscience has morbid sensibilities; it must be employed but not indulged, like the imagination or the stomach. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis 95
10699 On the evening bus, the tense, pinched faces of young file clerks and elderly secretaries tell us more than we care to know. Studs Terkel Terkel, Studs 98 Dupes:24
10700 I love beautiful things, beauty in anything, beauty in an athlete, or just getting up early in the morning for rehearsals. Jessye Norman Norman, Jessye 99
10701 The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with. Eleanor Holmes Norton Norton, Eleanor Holmes 100
10702 Churchill was always rewriting his speeches until he had to give them. But that's where my similarity to Churchill ends. Adlai Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai 101
10703 The glassy pear tree leaves and blooms, they brush the descending blue; That blue is all in a rush with richness. Gerard Manley Hopkins Hopkins, Gerard Manley 102
10704 Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. Augustus de Morgan Morgan, Augustus de 103
10705 While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes the right important. Walter Lippmann Lippmann, Walter 105 Dupes:25
10706 I have a garden of my own, but so with roses overgrown, and lilies, that you would it guess, to be a little wilderness. Andrew Marvell Marvell, Andrew 107 Dupes:26
10707 There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. Joseph Brodsky, at a press conference, Washington, D.C. Brodsky, Joseph 108
10708 My brother and I devoted all our boyhood to one long argument, unfortunately interrupted by meals, school, and work. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. 110 Dupes:27
10709 It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow He didn't consult a decorator, or He would still be picking colors. Sam Levenson Levenson, Sam 111
10710 People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true. Lewis H. Lapham Lapham, Lewis H. 112
10711 That Man, who flees from truth, should have invented the mirror is the greatest of historical miracles. Christian Friedrich Hebbel Hebbel, Christian Friedrich 113
10712 We cannot bear to regard ourselves simply as playthings of blind chance; we cannot admit to feeling ourselves abandoned. Ugo Betti Betti, Ugo 114
10713 The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin 115
10714 They always ask me if I'm happy when I'm finished with my work. Happy? Who's happy? What's happy? It's a dumb question. Paul Simon Simon, Paul 116
10715 The city like a ragged purple dream, the wonderful, cruel, enchanting, bewildering, fatal, great city. O. Henry, on New York City Henry, O. 117
10716 Much of what we ascribe to human nature is no more than a reaction to the restraints put upon us by our civilization. Franz Boas Boas, Franz 119 Dupes: 28
10717 Nighttime is really the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone else is asleep. Catherine O'Hara O'Hara, Catherine 120
10718 Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. Franz Kafka Kafka, Franz 121
10719 By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last word. Carlos Fuentes Fuentes, Carlos 122
10720 Dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive. Gilda Radner Radner, Gilda 123
10721 It has always seemed to me that hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally, without having to go outdoors. Norman Cousins Cousins, Norman 124
10722 Overheard on a bus: "My worry about genetically altered vegetables is that my daughter seems to be dating one." Bill Tammeus Tammeus, Bill 125
10723 Did you ever have one of those nights when you didn't want to go out, but your hair looked too good to stay home? Jack Simmons Simmons, Jack 126
10724 Once upon a time, there were four little Rabbits, and their names were - Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter. Beatrix Potter Potter, Beatrix 127
10725 It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages. Henry Ford Ford, Henry 128
10726 The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese 129
10727 Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. George Washington Washington, George Demazette 10-25-13
10728 The pessimist complains about the wind; The optimist expects it to change; The realist adjusts the sails. William Arthur Ward Ward, William Arthur 131 Dupes:29
10729 Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. Franklin P. Jones Jones, Franklin P. 133 Dupes:30
10730 You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald 135 Dupes:31
10731 A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed. William James James, William 136
10732 How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself. Anais Nin Nin, Anais 137
10733 Can one even as much as touch a gaming table without becoming immediately infected with superstition? Fyodor Dostoevsky Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich 138
10734 To see men admitting that you are what you believe yourself to be, is one of the triumphs of existence. Mary Catherwood Catherwood, Mary 139
10735 Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle. Heinrich Heine Heine, Heinrich 141 Dupes:32
10736 Chop: A piece of leather skillfully attached to a bone and administered to the patients at restaurants. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose 142
10737 When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham 143
10738 Since we court public display we're the foes of privacy. The glass house is our favorite residence. Tallulah Bankhead Bankhead, Tallulah 144
10739 Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers. W. Averell Harriman Harriman, W. Averell 145
10740 When we recognize that we don't have all the time in the world, we see our priorities most clearly. Laura Carstensen Carstensen, Laura 146
10741 Viewing with dismay the conditions in somebody else's backyard is the specialty of the New York Times. John Crosby Crosby, John 147
10742 Two of the biggest turning points in my career: First, meeting Jerry Lewis; second, leaving Jerry Lewis. Dean Martin Martin, Dean 148
10743 The Irish men are reckoned terrible heart stealers - but I do not find them so very formidable. Mary Wollstonecraft Wollstonecraft, Mary 149
10744 The noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company and dissipation without pleasure. Edward Gibbon, on London Gibbon, Edward 152 Dupes:34
10745 The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand 153
10746 If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. Raymond Inman Inman, Raymond 154
10747 Aim for the top. There is a plenty of room there. There are so few at the top, it's almost lonely. Samuel Instill Instill, Samuel 155
10748 The opposite of love isn't hate - it's indifference. And if you hate me, that means you still care. Marcia Cross Cross, Marcia 156
10749 Old people like to give good advice, as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de 157
10750 You often see ten things you'd like to buy for one person, but nothing seems right for someone else. Andy Rooney Rooney, Andy 161 Dupes 37
10751 The world is so overflowing with absurdity that it is difficult for the humorist to compete. Malcolm Muggeridge Muggeridge, Malcolm 162
10752 The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin 163
10753 It is often said that there is no such thing as a free lunch. The Universe, however, is a free lunch. Alan Guth Guth, Alan 164
10754 In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. Richard Bach Bach, Richard 166 Dupes:38
10755 There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit, and hit with power. Leo Durocher Durocher, Leo 167
10756 As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin 170 Dupes:40
10757 We wanted something for ourselves and for our children, so we took a chance with our lives. Unita Blackwell Blackwell, Unita 171
10758 I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director. Bette Davis Davis, Bette 172
10759 Wealth, in itself considered, is only power, like steam or electricity, or knowledge. William Graham Summer Summer, William Graham 173
10760 Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. Gordon R. Dickson Dickson, Gordon R. 174
10761 Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable. Margot Fonteyn Fonteyn, Margot 175
10762 If people should ever start to do only what is necessary, millions would die of hunger. G. C. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph 176
10763 The only way to be happy is to shut yourself up in art, and count everything as nothing. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave 177
10764 When life knocks you down, try to fall on your back because if you can look up, you can get up. Les Brown Brown, Les 178
10765 The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it. Diana Vreeland Vreeland, Diana 179
10766 You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one for yourself. James A. Froude Froude, James A. 181 Dupes:41
10767 To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target. Ashleigh Brilliant Brilliant, Ashleigh 182
10768 The Good Old Days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now. Artie Shaw Shaw, Artie 184 Dupes:42
10769 Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking. R. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster 185
10770 Women have face lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight. Naomi Wolf Wolf, Naomi 186
10771 Life wouldn't be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset 187
10772 If you have one chink in your psychological armor, playing the horses will bring it out. Andrew Beyer Beyer, Andrew 188
10773 Nothing you write, if you hope to be any good, will ever come out as you first hoped. Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian 189
10774 You send your child to the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys who educate him. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo 190
10775 In the West, the past is very close. In many places, it still believes it's the present. John Masters Masters, John 191
10776 We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. May Sarton Sarton, May 192
10777 If you want to be popular, ask people for advice; don't do anything about it - just ask. Leo Rosten Rosten, Leo 193
10778 International incidents should not govern foreign policy, but foreign policy, incidents. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon 194
10779 We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable. Henry Adams Adams, Henry 195
10781 The tenderest spot in a man's make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head. Helen Rowland Rowland, Helen 198 Dupes:43
10782 There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin 199
10783 Summer vacation: When parents suddenly realize that teachers are grossly underpaid. Herm Albright Albright, Herm 200
10784 Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. Rabindranath Tagore Tagore, Rabindranath 201
10785 Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. George Orwell Orwell, George 202
10786 We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil 203
10787 The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves. William Hazlitt Hazlitt, William 206 Dupes:45
10788 Don't confuse having a career with having a life. They are not the same. Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton, Hillary Rodham 207
10789 The tendency of an event to occur varies inversely with one's preparation for it. David Searls Searls, David 209 Dupes:46
10790 An isolated individual does not exist. He who is sad, saddens others. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Saint-Exupery, Antoine de 210
10791 God gave us the gift of life; It is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. Voltaire Voltaire Demazette 10-26-13
10792 One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering. Carolyn Wells Wells, Carolyn 211
10793 When you're feeling your worst, that's when you get to know yourself the best. Leslie Grossman Grossman, Leslie 212
10794 The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent. John H. Holmes Holmes, John H. 213
10795 It's not always easy to push yourself, and that's why they invented mothers. Richard St. John St. John, Richard 214
10796 The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed. Montesquieu Montesquieu 215
10797 There is nothing wrong with California that the San Andreas fault cannot cure. Ross McDonald McDonald, Ross 217 Dupes:47
10798 I've always thought of myself as a character actor rather than a leading man. Clint Eastwood Eastwood, Clint 218
10799 The horse is a companion like a dog or cat and can go places a car cannot. Debbie Britt-Hay Britt-Hay, Debbie 220 Dupes:48
10800 The first duty of a historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies. J. A. Froude Froude, J. A. 221
10801 Poison put to sound - a brutalization of both life and art. Pablo Casals, on rock-and-roll Casals, Pablo 222
10802 One never realizes how much and how little he knows until he starts talking. Louis L'Amour L'Amour, Louis 223
10803 I've just heard that photons have mass. I didn't even know they were Catholics. Don Geddis Geddis, Don 224
10804 Preach the gospel everywhere you go, and, if necessary, use words. Saint Francis of Assisi Saint Francis of Assisi 226 Dupes:49
10805 Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. Walter Elliott Elliott, Walter 227
10806 I never knew a man so mean that I was not willing he should admire me. Edgar Watson Howe Howe, Edgar Watson 229 Dupes:50
10807 Acceptance of dissent is the fundamental requirement of a free society. Richard Royster Royster, Richard 232 Dupes:52
10808 Words, like Nature, half reveal, and half conceal the Soul within. Alfred, Lord Tennyson Tennyson, Alfred, Lord 233
10809 All the passions are extinguished with old age; self-love never dies. American Proverb Proverb - American 234
10810 If it hadn't been for Elvis, I'd probably be driving a snowplow in Minneapolis. Prince Prince 235
10811 Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich 236
10812 When some people hear an echo, they think they originated the sound. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest 237
10813 The great secret of life is to learn lessons, not to teach them. Thomas C. Haliburton Haliburton, Thomas C. 238
10814 If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. Mario Andretti Andretti, Mario 240 Dupes:53
10815 Thoughts die and are buried in the silences between sentences. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh, Anne Morrow 241
10816 I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before. Michael Collins Collins, Michael 242
10817 For westerners, the tattoo has always been a metaphor of difference. Margo DeMello DeMello, Margo 244 Dupes:54
10818 Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us. Julia Penelope Penelope, Julia 247 Dupes:56
10819 Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell 248
10820 Journalism could be described as turning one's enemies into money. Craig Brown Brown, Craig 251 Dupes:58
10821 East side, west side, all around the town James W. Blake and Charles B. Lawlor Blake, James W. 252
10822 It is the task of the architect to give life a gentler structure. Alvar Aalto Aalto, Alvar 253
10823 He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little. Horace Horace 254
10824 Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing, and dancing sooner than of war. Homer Homer 255
10825 The shortest distance between two points is under construction. Noelie Alito Alito, Noelie 256
10826 I said it very loud and clear; I went and shouted in his ear. Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis 257
10827 If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life. Tommy Lasorda Lasorda, Tommy 258
10828 Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. C. Archie Danielson Danielson, C. Archie 259
10829 Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. Robert Frost Frost, Robert 260
10830 Music is the only noise for which one is obliged to pay. Alexandre Dumas Dumas, Alexandre 261
10831 To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa 262
10832 I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use. Fran Lebowitz Lebowitz, Fran 263
10833 The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. Swedish Proverb Proverb - Swedish 265 Dupes:59
10834 We fail far more often by timidity than by over-daring. David Grayson Grayson, David 266
10835 Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired. Richard Kemph Kemph, Richard 267
10836 You are only young once, but you can always be immature. Pat Monahan Monahan, Pat 268
10837 America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man. Ilka Chase Chase, Ilka 269
10838 But though an old man, I am but a young gardener. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas 270
10839 Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph 271
10840 The only way to avoid Hollywood is to live there. Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky, Igor 272
10841 It's good food (and not fine word) that keeps me alive. Moliere Moliere 273
10842 Expert: Someone who brings confusion to simplicity. Gregory Nunn Nunn, Gregory 274
10843 Lied is a rough phrase; say he fell from truth. Robert Browning Browning, Robert 275
10844 Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath. Solon Solon 276
10845 Fifty men outside? I'm tired. Send ten of them home. Mae West West, Mae 278 Dupes: 60
10846 Syncopation is the soul of every true American. Irving Berlin Berlin, Irving 279
10847 Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned. Milton Friedman Friedman, Milton 280
10848 Peace, if possible, but the truth at any rate. Martin Luther Luther, Martin 281
10849 Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Euripides Euripides 282
10850 You can cover a great deal of country in books. Andrew Lang Lang, Andrew 283
10851 Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died. Peter Ustinov Ustinov, Peter 284
10852 All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil. Ovid Ovid 285
10853 Shame may restrain what the law does not prohibit. Seneca Seneca 286
10854 A middling talent makes a more serene life. Iris Murdoch Murdoch, Iris 287
10855 Coffee in England is just toasted milk. Christopher Fry Fry, Christopher 288
10856 Always be smarter than the people you hire. Lena Horne Horne, Lena 289
10857 A world without love is a deadly place. Helen Fisher Fisher, Helen 292 Dupes:62
10858 Popularity? It is glory's small change. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor 293
10859 You can observe a lot just by watching. Yogi Berra Berra, Yogi 294
10860 I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor. Roger Moore Moore, Roger 295
10861 Work is the crabgrass in the lawn of life. Snoopy Snoopy 296
10862 God made time, but man made haste. Irish Proverb Proverb - Irish 297
10863 It ain't bragging if you can do it. Dizzy Dean Dean, Dizzy 298
10864 The sweetest of all sounds is praise. Xenophon Xenophon 299 Dupes:63 (300 is a dupe)
10865 The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. Thomas Paine Paine, Thomas null
10866 No one can get an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process. Louis L'Amour L'Amour, Louis null
10867 I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself. M. Night Shyamalan Shyamalan, M. Night null
10868 The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare. Bobby Knight Knight, Bobby null
10869 Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
10870 To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
10871 Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. Carl Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
10872 Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone. Orson Welles Welles, Orson null
10873 To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. John Dewey Dewey, John null
10874 Start by doing what's necessary; Then do what's possible; And suddenly you are doing the impossible. Saint Francis Of Assisi Saint Francis Of Assisi null
10875 I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
10876 I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect. Edward Gibbon Gibbon, Edward null
10877 There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. Buddha Buddha null
10878 Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. Saint Augustine Saint Augustine null
10879 Don't brood, get on with living and loving, you don't have forever. Leo Buscaglia Buscaglia, Leo null
10880 Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair. George Burns Burns, George null
10881 A single rose can be my garden ... a single friend, my world. Leo Buscaglia Buscaglia, Leo null
10882 A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat. Louis L'Amour L'Amour, Louis null
10883 One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say. Bryant H. McGill McGill, Bryant H. null
10884 When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable. Walt Disney Disney, Walt null
10885 Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
10886 When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things. Joe Namath Namath, Joe null
10887 Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "We". Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
10888 The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
10889 Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust Proust, Marcel null
10890 After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
10891 If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
10892 Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style. Matthew Arnold Arnold, Matthew null
10893 There are two things wrong with almost all legal writing. One is its style. The other is its content. Fred Rodell Rodell, Fred null
10894 One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand. Quintilian Quintilian null
10895 Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
10896 Knowledge is knowing the tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. Miles Kington Kington, Miles null
10897 A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year. Marty Allen Allen, Marty null
10898 My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. Thornton Wilder Wilder, Thornton null
10899 Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible. Richard Jefferies Jefferies, Richard null
10900 Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. Isaac Asimov Asimov, Isaac null
10901 If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize. Muhammad Ali Ali, Muhammad null
10902 True wisdom has a curious way of revealing to yourself your own true ignorance. Neil Degrasse Tyson Tyson, Neil Degrasse null
10903 If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
10904 The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin null
10905 This is the first test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him. William Lyon Phelps Phelps, William Lyon null
10906 Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. -- Theodore Isaac Rubin Theodore Isaac Rubin Rubin, Theodore Isaac null
10907 To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer. Saadi Saadi null
10908 Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Buddha Buddha null
10909 It's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. Frank Cross, in Scrooged Cross, Frank null
10910 Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight? Santa Claus ("Rudolph, The Red-nosed Reindeer") Santa Claus null
10911 Loving kindness, warm hearts and the stretched out hand of tolerance. All the shining gifts that make peace on earth. Bishop Henry Brougham ("The Bishop's Wife") Brougham, Henry null
10912 Look, daddy, teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. Zuzu Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life Bailey, Zuzu null
10913 We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup. Buddy the elf in Elf Buddy null
10914 You see, George, you've really had a wonderful life. Don't you see what a mistake it would be to just throw it away? Clarence, The Angel in It's A Wonderful Life Clarence, The Angel null
10915 First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott null
10916 Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer. Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter null
10917 Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
10918 If you asked me for my New Year resolution, it would be to find out who I am. Cyril Cusack Cusack, Cyril null
10919 Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love. Wally Lamb Lamb, Wally null
10920 Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. T. A. Barron Barron, T. A. null
10921 Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender. Mary Buckley Buckley, Mary null
10922 If people turn to look at you in the street, you are not well dressed. Beau Brummel Brummel, Beau null
10923 It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. Alec Bourne Bourne, Alec null
10924 Always behave like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface, but paddle like the devil underneath. Jacob Braude Braude, Jacob Morton null
10925 I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge. Edward Chilton Chilton, Edward null
10926 The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed. Sebastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas null
10927 Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
10928 He who does not enjoy his own company is usually right. Coco Chanel Chanel, Gabrielle "Coco" null
10929 Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing. Tim Cahill Cahill, Tim null
10930 The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
10931 It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
10932 Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. Abigail Adams Adams, Abigail null
10933 There are so many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all. Jackie Kennedy Kennedy, Jackie null
10934 Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place. Rosalynn Carter Carter, Rosalynn null
10935 I majored in geology in college but have majored in Herbert Hoover ever since. Lou Henry Hoover Hoover, Lou Henry null
10936 The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband. Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson Johnson, Claudia "Lady Bird" null
10937 Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration. Martin Freeman Freeman, Martin null
10938 I don't cause riots, but I do cause confusion. People freeze when they spot me. Tom Hanks Hanks, Tom null
10939 The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace. Michael Jordan Jordan, Michael null
10940 It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. Giacomo Casanova Casanova, Giacomo null
10941 Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. Dale Carnegie Carnegie, Dale null
10942 There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
10943 Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. Joseph Campbell Campbell, Joseph null
10944 I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
10945 You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming and encouraging your greatest asset. Tom Hopkins Hopkins, Tom null
10946 You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not. Jodi Picoult Picoult, Jodi null
10947 It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato. Lewis Grizzard Grizzard, Lewis null
10948 Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country. George Washington Washington, George null
10949 Too many women in too many countries speak the same language, of silence. Anasuya Sengupta Sengupta, Anasuya null
10950 People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew null
10951 If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
10952 A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
10953 Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
10954 When people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one. Edward Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George null
10955 Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library, the only entrance requirement is interest. Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson Johnson, Claudia "Lady Bird" null
10956 Once you decide to titillate instead of illuminate, you're on a slippery slope. Bill Moyers Moyers, Bill null
10957 Animation is not the art of drawings that move put rather the art of movements that are drawn. Norman McLaren McLaren, Norman null
10958 No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation. Theodore Bikel Bikel, Theodore null
10959 After an era of confrontation, the time has come for an era of negotiation. Richard M. Nixon Nixon, Richard M. null
10960 Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life. John Dewey Dewey, John null
10961 If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. Stevie Wonder Wonder, Stevie null
10962 I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era. Michael Jordan Jordan, Michael null
10963 If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel. Jim Morrison Morrison, Jim null
10964 Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior. John Churton Collins Collins, John Churton null
10965 Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
10966 Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. Ben Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
10967 He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. Joseph Joubert Joubert, Joseph null
10968 May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go. Irish Blessing Proverb - Irish null
10969 My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art. Clara Schumann Schumann, Clara null
10970 The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. Jean Giraudoux Giraudoux, Jean null
10971 In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. Margaret Atwood Atwood, Margaret null
10972 My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can. Cary Grant Grant, Cary null
10973 The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. Richard Bach Bach, Richard null
10974 Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. Peter Drucker Drucker, Peter F. null
10975 The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. Marcus Tullius Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
10976 Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet? L. M. Montgomery Montgomery, Lucy Maud null
10977 There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela Mandela, Nelson null
10978 Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. Muhammad Ali Ali, Muhammad null
10979 Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. Plato Plato null
10980 Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
10981 The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants. Johnny Depp Depp, Johnny null
10982 Real nobility is based on scorn, courage and profound indifference. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
10983 My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me. Jim Valvano Valvano, Jim null
10984 The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique. Walt Disney Disney, Walt null
10985 When we lose, I eat. When we win, I eat. I also eat when we're rained out. Tommy Lasorda Lasorda, Tommy null
10986 I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out. Nora Ephron Ephron, Nora null
10987 We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not to talk of ourselves at all. Francois de La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
10988 If you're going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way. Jayne Mansfield Mansfield, Jayne null
10989 I fantasize and idealize myself as Bugs Bunny, but I know deep down I'm Daffy Duck. Patton Oswalt Oswalt, Patton null
10990 Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace. Nelson Mandela Mandela, Nelson null
10991 No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. null
10992 It's easier to teach a poet how to read a balance sheet than it is to teach an accountant how to write. Henry R. Luce Luce, Henry R. null
10993 Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used. Amy Poehler Poehler, Amy null
10994 There is, after all, a kind of happiness in unhappiness, if it's the right unhappiness. Jonathan Franzen Franzen, Jonathan null
10995 Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott null
10996 Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power. Joan Didion Didion, Joan null
10997 Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity. William Zinsser Zinsser, William null
10998 There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in California who couldn't write. Terry Pratchett Pratchett, Terry null
10999 The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot Eliot, George null
11000 Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
11001 The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat. Robert Heinlein Heinlein, Robert, A. null
11002 Most writers can write books faster than publishers can write checks. Richard Curtis Curtis, Richard null
11003 It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you. Toni Morrison Morrison, Toni null
11004 The two most engaging powers of an author are, to make new things familiar and familiar things new. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
11005 People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. Gilbert K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
11006 He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires and fears is more than a king. Milton Milton, John null
11007 A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. David Hume Hume, David null
11008 In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. Yogi Berra Berra, Yogi null
11009 Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
11010 Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system. Bruce Lee Lee, Bruce null
11011 All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. George Harrison Harrison, George null
11012 When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise null
11013 When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance. Freddie Mercury Mercury, Freddie null
11014 The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. John Burroughs Burroughs, John null
11015 Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything. Julia Cameron Cameron, Julia null
11016 The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none. Francois-Rene De Chateaubriand Chateaubriand, Francois-Rene De null
11017 We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. William Glasser Glasser, William null
11018 Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill. Christopher Parker Parker, Christopher null
11019 Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. Willie Nelson Nelson, Willie null
11020 Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
11021 In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision. Dalai Lama Dalai Lama null
11022 Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event. Brian Tracy Tracy, Brian null
11023 The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. Carl Rogers Rogers, Carl null
11024 After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. Nelson Mandela Mandela, Nelson null
11025 Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
11026 A great figure or physique is nice, but it's self-confidence that makes someone really sexy. Vivica Fox Fox, Vivica null
11027 Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. Jack Kerouac Kerouac, Jack null
11028 I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people. Huey Newton Newton, Huey null
11029 It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly can never know what true friendship means. Charles Kingsley Kingsley, Charles null
11030 I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. Michael Jordan Jordan, Michael null
11031 Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds! Bob Marley Marley, Bob null
11032 A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
11033 Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. Edwin Hubbell Chapin Chapin, Edwin Hubbell null
11034 I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
11035 It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
11036 When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome. Wilma Rudolph Rudolph, Wilma null
11037 Here's to the whole of it, stars, stripes and pole of it. Here's to the soul of it, red, white and blue. John Jay Daly Daly, John Jay null
11038 I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. Anna Quindlen Quindlen, Anna null
11039 The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. Alfred Lord Tennyson Tennyson, Alfred, Lord null
11040 The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North null
11041 Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why. Eddie Cantor Cantor, Eddie null
11042 I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming ... suddenly you find - at the age of fifty, say - that a whole new life has opened before you. Agatha Christie Christie, Agatha null
11043 You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies, you may trod me in the very dirt but still, like dust, I'll rise. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
11044 No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew null
11045 Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. George Orwell Orwell, George null
11046 Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work. Ann Rule Rule, Ann null
11047 Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship. Lord Byron Byron, Lord null
11048 To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. Thomas Aquinas Aquinas, Thomas null
11049 Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
11050 The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
11051 The only angels in Los Angeles are in heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers. Tommy Lasorda Lasorda, Tommy null
11052 Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. Robert A. Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. null
11053 An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; Legions of angels can't confine me there. Edward Young Young, Edward null
11054 A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. Marcus Garvey Garvey, Marcus null
11055 All architecture is great architecture after sunset; Perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. Gilbert K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
11056 There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens. Tommy Lasorda Lasorda, Tommy null
11057 We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
11058 The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. Alice Walker Walker, Alice null
11059 I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
11060 You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth Barrett null
11061 The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse. Ed Koch Koch, Edward null
11062 The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. Charles Darwin Darwin, Charles null
11063 You don't have to suffer to be a poet; Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. John Ciardi Ciardi, John null
11064 What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Zig Ziglar Ziglar, Zig null
11065 The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius null
11066 Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother. Claudette Colbert Colbert, Claudette null
11067 Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate. Mark B. Cohen Cohen, Mark B. null
11068 When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones. Peter de Vries de Vries, Peter null
11069 Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give. Cass Daley Daley, Cass null
11070 The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
11071 The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor null
11072 Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell. Joan Crawford Crawford, Joan null
11073 There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job. George Crane Crane, George null
11074 What if it was cats who invented technology? Would they have tv shows starring rubber squeak toys? Douglas Coupland Coupland, Douglas null
11075 The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. Clarence Darrow Darrow, Clarence S. null
11076 Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, As the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire. Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
11077 My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four, unless there are three other people. Orson Welles Welles, Orson null
11078 Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. Leonardo Da Vinci da Vinci, Leonardo null
11079 The sea is our savings account of inspiration and well-being, and we draw from it only on special occasions. Rheta Grimsley Johnson Johnson, Rheta Grimsley null
11080 Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences. Francois de La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
11081 I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work. Neil A. Armstrong Armstrong, Neil A. null
11082 Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what's really there. Neil Degrasse Tyson Tyson, Neil Degrasse null
11083 Learn as much as you can while you are young, since life becomes too busy later. Dana Stewart Scott Scott, Dana Stewart null
11084 Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
11085 An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. Konrad Adenauer Adenauer, Konrad null
11086 Pay no attention to what critics say; No statue has ever been put up to a critic. Jean Sibelius Sibelius, Jean null
11087 The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it will erase ink. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy null
11088 Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
11089 What is the most important thing one learns in school? Self-esteem, support and friendship. Terry Tempest Williams Williams, Terry Tempest null
11090 The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. Sydney J. Harris Harris, Sydney J. null
11091 In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson. Tom Bodett Bodett, Tom null
11092 You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down. C. S. Lewis Lewis, C. S. null
11093 Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher null
11094 The strength or weakness of our conviction depends more on our courage than on our intelligence. Luc De Clapiers De Clapiers, Luc null
11095 He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose. G. E. Lessing Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim null
11096 Historical events are not inevitable; it is only in retrospect that they seem so. Arnold Toynbee Toynbee, Arnold J. null
11097 I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. Florence Nightingale Nightingale, Florence null
11098 The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
11099 I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. Stephen Covey Covey, Stephen null
11100 The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. Amelia Earhart Earhart, Amelia null
11101 Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. W. Clement Stone Stone, W. Clement null
11102 Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Napoleon Hill Hill, Napoleon null
11103 You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. Christopher Columbus Columbus, Christopher null
11104 A closed fist is the lock of heaven and the open hand is the key of mercy. Persian Proverb Proverb - Persian null
11105 Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
11106 A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
11107 We must balance conspicuous consumption with conscious capitalism. Kevin Kruse Kruse, Kevin null
11108 When we see the land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. Aldo Leopold Leopold, Aldo null
11109 Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning. Marlo Thomas Thomas, Marlo null
11110 Wherever a man commits a crime, God finds a witness. Every secret crime has its reporter. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
11111 To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. Beverley Nichols Nichols, Beverley null
11112 It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
11113 I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
11114 Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. George S. Patton Patton, George S. null
11115 I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages. Robert Bosch Bosch, Robert null
11116 Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward null
11117 To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart. Thomas Watson Sr. Watson, Thomas John, Sr. null
11118 Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity. Karl Marx (author is in dispute - no authoritative answer found yet) Marx, Karl null
11119 To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor null
11120 You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
11121 If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are an excellent leader. Dolly Parton Parton, Dolly null
11122 The reason I talk to myself is because I'm the only one whose answers I accept. George Carlin Carlin, George null
11123 Crime is common, logic is rare, therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell. Arthur Conan Doyle Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan null
11124 The reason crime doesn't pay is that when it does, it is called a more respectable name. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston null
11125 When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. Nelson Mandela Mandela, Nelson null
11126 I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure. Michael Malone Malone, Michael null
11127 Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. Harry S. Truman Truman, Harry S. null
11128 There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly lit front porch. Robert Brault Brault, Robert null
11129 Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
11130 Keep your fears to yourself. But share your courage with others. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis null
11131 There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read. Gilbert K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
11132 Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose. James Ellroy Ellroy, James null
11133 If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on halloween. Douglas Coupland Coupland, Douglas null
11134 With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
11135 One of the attractive things about flowers is their beautiful reserve. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
11136 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swllowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Francis Bacon Bacon, Francis null
11137 The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. C. S. Lewis Lewis, C. S. null
11138 If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late. Henny Youngman Youngman, Henny null
11139 You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. Desmond Tutu Tutu, Desmond null
11140 A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often. Oliver Herford Herford, Oliver null
11141 The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. James Bryce Bryce, James null
11142 The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. Henry Kissinger Kissinger, Henry A. null
11143 To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else'S. Fyodor Dostoyevsky Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich null
11144 Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. Charles W. Eliot Eliot, Charles W. null
11145 I don't consider myself dovish and I certainly don't consider myself hawkish. Maybe I would describe myself as owlish - that is, wise enough to understand that you want to do everything possible to avoid war. Norman Schwarzkopf Schwarzkopf, Norman null
11146 People reproach me for not always telling the same story the same way. But this happens because I've invented the whole tale from the start and it seems boring to me and unkind to other people to repeat myself. Federico Fellini Fellini, Federico null
11147 The world is craving spirituality so much right now. If they could sell it at McDonald's, it would be there. But it's not something you can get like that. You can only wake up to it, and music is the best alarm. Carlos Santana Santana, Carlos null
11148 When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera and it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am happy, a sparrow's chirp is delicious to me. But it is not the chirp that makes me happy, but I that make it sweet. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
11149 The hippie movement seemed like a worldwide movement, in concept, but still the establishment was bigger. The only criticism I have is that, although we were talking about freedom, women still got a very raw deal. Yoko Ono Ono, Yoko null
11150 Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind. Catherine Drinker Bowen Bowen, Catherine Drinker null
11151 When you're in your nineties and looking back, it's not going to be how much money you made or how many awards you've won. It's really what did you stand for. Did you make a positive difference for people? Elizabeth Dole Dole, Elizabeth null
11152 I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me a wedding dress, please let it be practical and dark so that I can put it on afterwards to go to the laboratory. Marie Curie Curie, Marie null
11153 Without doubt, the greatest injury was done by basing morals on myth, for sooner or later myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built. Herbert Samuel Samuel, Herbert null
11154 Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible. Carl Gustav Jung Jung, Carl Gustav null
11155 Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, little institutional lies from the print of newspapers, the shock waves of television, and the sentimental cheats of the movie screen. Norman Mailer Mailer, Norman null
11156 Say "Yes" to the seedlings and a giant forest cleaves the sky. Say "Yes" to the universe and the planets become your neighbors. Say "Yes" to dreams of love and freedom. It is the password to Utopia. Brooks Atkinson Atkinson, Brooks null
11157 The only qualities for real success in journalism are ratlike cunning, a plausible manner, and a little literary ability. The capacity to steal other people's ideas and phrases is also invaluable. Nicholas Tomalin Tomalin, Nicholas null
11158 Faith is raising the sail of our little boat until it is caught up in the soft winds above and picks up speed, not from anything within itself, but from the vast resources of the universe around us. W. Ralph Ward Ward, W. Ralph null
11159 Women have always been the guardians of wisdom and humanity which makes them natural, but usually secret, rulers. The time has come for them to rule openly, but together with and not against men. Charlotte Wolff Wolff, Charlotte null
11160 An awkward man never does justice to himself; to his intelligence, to his intentions, or to his actual merit. A fine person, or a beauteous face are in vain without the grace of deportment. Charles Churchill Churchill, Charles null
11161 What has hurt me most about the glorious black awakening of the late sixties and early seventies is that we lost our sense of humor. Many of us thought that enlightened politics excluded it. Henry Louis Gates Gates, Henry Louis null
11162 If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion, ... you dramatically improve your health and your ability to successfully tackle any problem you're facing. Jane McGonigal McGonigal, Jane null
11163 A philosopher of imposing stature doesn't think in a vacuum. Even his most abstract ideas are, to some extent, conditioned by what is or what is not known in the time when he lives. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North null
11164 With the only certainty in our daily existence being change, and a rate of change growing always faster in a kind of technological leapfrog game, speed helps people think they are keeping up. Gail Sheehy Sheehy, Gail null
11165 Most of our problems can be solved. Some of them will take brains, and some of them will take patience. But all of them will have to be wrestled with like an alligator in the swamp. Harold Washington Washington, Harold null
11166 Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then - we elected them. Lily Tomlin Tomlin, Lily null
11167 I began to have an idea of my life, not as the slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know. Joanna Field Field, Joanna null
11168 There was only one thing I could do - hammer relentlessly, continually crying aloud, even if in a wilderness, and force open, by sheer muscle power, every closed door. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. null
11169 Once you have been confronted with a life-and-death situation, trivia no longer matters. Your perspective grows and you live at a deeper level. There's no time for pettiness. Happy Rockefeller Rockefeller, Happy null
11170 Political thinking consists in deciding upon the conclusion first and then finding good arguments for it. An open mind is considered irresponsible - and perhaps it really is. Richard Crossman Crossman, Richard null
11171 If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. Ruth Benedict Benedict, Ruth null
11172 History is the open Bible; we historians are not priests to expound it infallibly: our function is to teach people to read it and to reflect upon it for themselves. George Macaulay Trevelyan Trevelyan, George Macaulay null
11173 The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself. John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth null
11174 All we have gained then by our unbelief! Is a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith diversified by doubt; We called the chess-board white - we call it black. Robert Browning Browning, Robert null
11175 You do not have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it. Annie Dillard Dillard, Annie null
11176 Children will tell you how lonely it is sleeping alone. if possible you should always sleep with someone you love. You both recharge your mutual batteries free of charge. Marlene Dietrich Dietrich, Marlene null
11177 Women have a passion for mathematics. They divide their age in half, double the price of their clothes, and always add at least five years to the age of their best friend. Marcel Achard Achard, Marcel null
11178 If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children. Coretta Scott King King, Coretta Scott null
11179 Everywhere adult brains seem to resemble blighted trees that have died in the upper branches but yet cling to a struggling green wisp of life about the lower trunk. William H. Sheldon Sheldon, William H. null
11180 Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. Joss Whedon Whedon, Joss null
11181 In general, American social life constitutes an evasion of talking to people. Most Americans don't, in any vital sense, get together; they only do things together. Louis Kronenberger Kronenberger, Louis null
11182 In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not long keep the world from what it wants. Booker T. Washington Washington, Booker T. null
11183 Rudeness, the absence of the sacrament of consideration, is but another mark that our time-is-money society is lacking in spirituality, if not also in its enjoyment of life. Ed Hays Hays, Ed null
11184 The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
11185 When they are asleep you cannot tell a good man from a bad one, whence the saying that for half their lives there is no difference between the happy and the miserable. Aristotle Aristotle null
11186 An excellent monument might be erected to the unknown stockholder. It might take the form of a solid stone arc of faith apparently floating in a pool of water. Felix Heisenberg Heisenberg, Felix null
11187 The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters. Walter Lippmann Lippmann, Walter null
11188 The sterile radical is basically conservative. He is afraid to let go of the ideas and beliefs he picked up in his youth lest his life be seen as empty and wasted. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
11189 There's something wrong with people who go to Star Trek conventions. I mean, I like Mary Tyler Moore too, but I don't rent out a big hall and dress up like Rhoda. Andy Kindler Kindler, Andy null
11190 Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
11191 The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next. William Faulkner Faulkner, William null
11192 There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you're faced with somebody whose needs won't be put off. Angela Carter, on being a mother Carter, Angela null
11193 It has to be a good book which can maintain its value beside the lamp of a ship's berth at midnight - the best time and place in the world for reading. H. M. Tomlinson Tomlinson, H. M. null
11194 New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village - the visible symbol of aspiration and faith, the white plume saying the way is up! E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks null
11195 The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead. Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky, Igor null
11196 To name an object is to destroy three-quarters of the pleasure given by a poem, which is gained little by little: to suggest it, that is the ideal. Stephane Mallarme Mallarme, Stephane null
11197 No doubt, it is not necessary to have an amount of wit or imagination; but it is indispensable that we should not think we have it when we don't. Felix A. Dupanloup Dupanloup, Felix A. null
11198 We do not need, and indeed never will have, all the answers before we act. it is often only through taking action that we can discover some of them. Charlotte Bunch Bunch, Charlotte null
11199 Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh - that is to say, over fear. Heroism is the dazzling and glorious concentration of courage. Henri Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic null
11200 That special time caught me up in its wild vortex and - in the absence of leisure to reflect on the matter - compelled me to do what had to be done. Vaclav Havel Havel, Vaclav null
11201 I like my crazy name. Even during the time I didn't work people remembered it because it was always cropping up -- in crossword puzzles, stuff like that. Rip Torn Torn, Rip null
11202 Most women are introspective; "Am I in love? Am I emotionally and creatively fulfilIed?" Most men are outrospective: "Did my team win? How's my car?" Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
11203 The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such institutions must be sacrificed. James Madison Madison, James null
11204 One of the problems in the United States is the "united in our prejudices we stand," you know? What unites people, very often, is their fear. Bruce Springsteen Springsteen, Bruce null
11205 The view of history that we get through the kitchen window is a more gentle view, not of war and politics, but of family and community and sharing. Julia Child Child, Julia null
11206 I owe a lot of my performance to the corset I had to wear. The blood rushes to your face when you wear those things. So that explains "radiant." Emma Thompson Thompson, Emma null
11207 How few are our real wants! and how easy it is to satisfy them! Our imaginary ones are boundless and insatiable. Julius Charles Hare and Augustus William Hare Hare, Julius Charles and Augustus William null
11208 The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else. Geoffrey Gaberino Gaberino, Geoffrey null
11209 The government must be trustee for the little man because no one else will be. The powerful can usually help themselves - and frequently do. Adlai Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai null
11210 The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He never tries anything new. He is a brake on the wheels of progress. M. W. Larmour Larmour, M. W. null
11211 We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. Dale Carnegie Carnegie, Dale null
11212 It has always been difficult for man to realize that his life is all an art. It has been more difficult to conceive it so than to act it so. Havelock Ellis Ellis, Havelock null
11213 Peace with all the world is my sincere wish. I am sure it is our true policy, and am persuaded it is the ardent desire of the government. George Washington Washington, George null
11214 A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
11215 What an absurd amount of energy I have been wasting all my life trying to figure out how things "really are," when all the time they weren't. Hugh Prather Prather, Hugh null
11216 For a novelist, a given historic situation is an anthropologic laboratory in which he explores his basic question: What is human existence? Milan Kundera Kundera, Milan null
11217 I think sometimes the Prime Minister should be intimidating. There's not much point being a weak, floppy thing in the chair, is there? Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret null
11218 Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm. C. Wright Mills Mills, C. Wright null
11219 If, of all words of tongue and pen, The saddest are, "It might have been," More sad are these we daily see: "It is, but hadn't ought to be!" Bret Harte Harte, Bret null
11220 Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal. George F. Will Will, George F. null
11221 I eat what I eat. Don't make eating complicated. Rules are made only when food is plentiful; in times of famine, one eats what one can get. Hari Dass Dass, Hari null
11222 Confidence that one is of value and significance as a unique individual is one of the most precious possessions which anyone can have. Anthony Storr Storr, Anthony null
11223 My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose. Bette Davis Davis, Bette null
11224 To tell the truth, old-timers like myself find introspection about creativity to be much less interesting than launching new projects. June Wayne Wayne, June null
11225 If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
11226 I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels written. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
11227 No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home. No matter how you lived there - well or poorly. Joseph Brodsky Brodsky, Joseph null
11228 I don't have to take this abuse from you. I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me. Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman in "Ghostbusters" Murray, Bill null
11229 It is the American vice, the democratic disease which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything unique to the level of the herd. Henry Miller Miller, Henry null
11230 I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement. Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin null
11231 Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese? Edith Sitwell Sitwell, Edith null
11233 There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon null
11234 The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards. Walter Bagehot Bagehot, Walter null
11235 The new appears as a minority point of view, and hence is unpopular. The function of a university is to give it a sanctuary. Martin H. Fischer Fischer, Martin H. null
11236 Fear and dull disposition, lukewarmness and sloth, are not seldom wont to cloak themselves under the affected name of Moderation. John Milton Milton, John null
11237 When a new idea assaults the power of established authority, authority always screams out that morality has been affronted. Mary Heaton Vorse Vorse, Mary Heaton null
11238 If we disagree and I think I'm right, I just go ahead and do what I think is right. And then Hillary tells me, "I told you so." Bill Clinton Clinton, William J. null
11239 Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly, and in a spirit of love. Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Harriet Beecher null
11240 Reporters keep asking me, "What did you do to research playing a doctor?" The answer is, I watched as much "ER" as I could. David Duchovny Duchovny, David null
11241 I choose my roles carefully so that when my career is finished, I'll have covered all our current history of oppression. Vanessa Redgrave Redgrave, Vanessa null
11242 In military operations, what is done openly and by force is much less than what is done by stratagem and the use of opportunity. Polybius Polybius null
11243 There is no permanent absolute unchangeable truth; what we should pursue is the most convenient arrangement of our ideas. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
11244 When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. Ansel Adams Adams, Ansel null
11245 Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well. Martin Luther Luther, Martin null
11246 I think if I had one big complaint about playing Spock, it would be the hours. My makeup took longer than anyone else's. Leonard Nimoy Nimoy, Leonard null
11247 I have an idea that the phrase "weaker sex" was coined by some woman to disarm some man she was preparing to overwhelm. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden null
11248 In sport you either get tremendous fulfillment or tremendous disappointment. Nothing else in life is so cut and dried. Richard Meade Meade, Richard null
11249 Many women miss their greatest chance of happiness through a want of courage in the decisive moments of their lives. Winifred Gordon Gordon, Winifred null
11250 Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble. Arabic Proverb Proverb - Arabic null
11251 If modern civilized man had to keep the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically. Christian Morgenstern Morgenstern, Christian null
11252 It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off. Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
11253 Everything that can be thought at all can be thought clearly. Everything that can be said can be said clearly. Ludwig Wittgenstein Wittgenstein, Ludwig null
11254 You can bring a herring to water, but you have to walk really fast or they die. Betty White, as Rose Nyland on "The Golden Girls" White, Betty null
11255 'Tis now the summer of your youth. Time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them. Edward Moore Moore, Edward null
11256 There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb null
11257 Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. George Eliot Eliot, George null
11258 The men that women marry, and why they marry them, will always be, a marvel and a mystery to the world. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
11259 A trembling in the bones may carry a more convincing testimony than the dry documented deductions of the brain. Llewelyn Powers Powers, Llewelyn null
11260 A nap is not to be confused with sleeping. We sleep to recharge our bodies. We nap to care for our souls. Sarah Ban Breathnach Breathnach, Sarah Ban null
11261 All art is communication of the artists' ideas, sounds, thoughts; without that, no one will support the artist. Lionel Hampton Hampton, Lionel null
11262 Our memories are card indexes consulted, and then put back in disorder, by authorities whom we do not control. Cyril Connolly Connolly, Cyril null
11263 The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
11264 The sermons I like best are those that have more love for one's neighbor than indignation against him. Saint Francis de Sales Saint Francis de Sales null
11265 A vain man can never be utterly ruthless; he wants to win applause, and, therefore, he accommodates himself to others. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
11266 Has anybody ever seen a drama critic in the daytime? Of course not! They come out after dark, up to no good. P. G. Wodehouse Wodehouse, P. G. null
11267 The world doesn't fear a new idea. It can pigeonhole any idea. But it can't pigeonhole a real new experience. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
11268 I'm not going to be the guy who promises something he can't deliver. I don't believe in "ready, fire, aim." George W. Bush Bush, George W. null
11269 As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays it is the only desert within our means. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
11270 A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart. Paul McCartney McCartney, Paul null
11271 Why should my husband's job or yours prevent us from being ourselves? Being ladylike does not require silence. Betty Ford Ford, Betty null
11272 Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. Nadia Boulanger Boulanger, Nadia null
11273 The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice. Andres Segovia Segovia, Andres null
11274 If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life. Thandie Newton Newton, Thandie null
11275 He is not an honest man who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company that the soup is hot. Yugoslav Proverb Proverb - Yugoslavian null
11276 Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. Marilyn Monroe Monroe, Marilyn null
11277 As teachers, we should strive to be the ordinary heroes, the moral exemplars, to the people we mentor. Barry Schwartz Schwartz, Barry null
11278 Give me the writing of a nation's advertising and propaganda, and I care not who governs its politics. Hugh MacLennan MacLennan, Hugh null
11279 There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist - the taxidermist leaves the hide. Mortimer Caplan Caplan, Mortimer null
11280 People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought that they seldom use. Soren Kierkegaard Kierkegaard, Soren null
11281 A vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance. Spinoza Spinoza, Baruch null
11282 I never used to like babies. I'd always thought if a baby were more like a chimpanzee, I'd have one. Candice Bergen Bergen, Candice null
11283 My love for any place, or person, or institution, is exactly the measure of my desire to reform them. Thomas Arnold Arnold, Thomas null
11284 Do not trouble your guest with many questions about himself; he will tell you what he wishes you to know. Wabasha Wabasha null
11285 Age does not endow all old things with strength and virtue, nor are all new things to be despised. Henry W. Grady Grady, Henry W. null
11286 The truly free man is the one who will turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. Jules Renard Renard, Jules null
11287 Oh! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonored his relics are laid. Thomas Moore Moore, Thomas null
11288 No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. Hannah Arendt Arendt, Hannah null
11289 Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist. Jacques Lipchitz Lipchitz, Jacques null
11290 The true Republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. Susan B. Anthony Anthony, Susan B. null
11291 Somehow, throughout much of life, being old seems to be something that happens to other people. Maggie Scarf Scarf, Maggie null
11292 A relationship isn't meant to be an insurance policy, a life preserver, or a security blanket. Diane Crowley Crowley, Diane null
11293 When your life flashes before you, do you think that includes every trip you made to the bank? Carol Leifer Leifer, Carol null
11294 Daisies, those pearled Arcturi of the earth, The constellated flower that never sets. Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe null
11295 The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness. Robert M. Hutchins Hutchins, Robert M. null
11296 If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice; if he leaves it empty, he gets actors; Bill Vaughan Vaughan, Bill null
11297 Poets, though liars by profession, always endeavor to give an air of truth to their fictions. David Hume Hume, David null
11298 The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. Hans Hofmann Hofmann, Hans null
11299 Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes. de Vauvenargues de Vauvenargues null
11300 Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt. O. A. Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
11301 Ladies were ladies more by virtue of the things they didn't do than by the things they did. Emily Hahn Hahn, Emily null
11302 Haven't you learned yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches. Sir Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
11303 Real miracles are created by men when they use their God-given courage and intelligence. Jean Anouilh Anouilh, Jean null
11304 Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws. Moliere Moliere null
11305 While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put. Anne Tyler Tyler, Anne null
11306 We Irish will never achieve anything; but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
11307 But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little and who talk too much. John Dryden Dryden, John null
11308 Things in which mediocrity is insupportable: poetry, music, painting, public speaking. La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
11309 You are what you eat. For example, if you eat garlic you're apt to be a hermit. Franklin P. Jones Jones, Franklin P. null
11310 Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation. Diana Vreeland Vreeland, Diana null
11311 They're the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and large order of fries. Stephen King, on his books King, Stephen null
11312 If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. Moshe Dayan Dayan, Moshe null
11313 When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart. John Bunyan Bunyan, John null
11314 By the time they're ready to be thrown away, most shoes are thoroughly comfortable. Andy Rooney Rooney, Andy null
11315 If you look like your passport photo, then in all probability you need the journey. Earl Wilson Wilson, Earl null
11316 Time has convinced me of one thing. Television is for appearing on, not looking at. Noel Coward Coward, Noel null
11317 The only time a woman wishes she were a year older is when she is expecting a baby. Mary Marsh Marsh, Mary null
11318 I wasn't driven into medicine by a social conscience but by rampant curiosity. Jonathan Miller Miller, Jonathan null
11319 You get an education when you read the small print. You get a shock when you don't. Buck Tracy Tracy, Buck null
11320 There is no logical reason why girls shouldn't play baseball. It's not that tough. Hank Aaron Aaron, Hank null
11321 Words can be deceitful, but pantomime necessarily is simple, clear and direct. Marcel Marceau Marceau, Marcel null
11322 Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. John Updike Updike, John null
11323 Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
11324 Every generation is convinced there has been a deplorable breakdown of manners. Byron Dobell Dobell, Byron null
11325 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 2 Timothy 4:7 null
11326 Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts. Seneca Seneca null
11327 A man has no ears for that to which experience has given him no access. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
11328 To achieve the marvelous, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought. Tom Robbins Robbins, Tom null
11329 In America, nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you. Amy Tan Tan, Amy null
11330 It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time. Tallulah Bankhead Bankhead, Tallulah null
11331 Poetry is the statement of a relation between a man and the world. Wallace Stevens Stevens, Wallace null
11332 The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. Fred Auerbach Auerbach, Fred null
11333 The trouble with being a good sport is that you have to lose to prove it. Croft M. Pentz Pentz, Croft M. null
11334 We always admire the other fellow more after we have tried to do his job. William Feather Feather, William null
11335 It is wise to apply the refined oil of politeness to the mechanism of friendship. Colette Colette null
11336 Let everyone sweep in front of his door and the whole world will be clean. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
11337 Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things. Peter Drucker Drucker, Peter F. null
11338 All kids have tremendous talents - and we squander them pretty ruthlessly. Ken Robinson Robinson, Ken null
11339 If you don't like my movies, understand this: Attendance is not compulsory. Bruce Willis Willis, Bruce null
11340 Go often to the house of a friend, for weeds choke the unused path. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
11341 Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. Kin Hubbard Hubbard, Kin null
11342 In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation. Voltaire Voltaire null
11343 Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. Warren Buffett Buffett, Warren null
11344 Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors. Confucius Confucius null
11345 Who would ever think that so much can go on in the soul of a young girl? Anne Frank Frank, Anne null
11346 There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
11347 How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception. Alfred de Musset Musset, Alfred de null
11348 We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
11349 If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future. Danielle Steel Steel, Danielle null
11350 The making of a journalist: No ideas and the ability to express them. Karl Kraus Kraus, Karl null
11351 Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't. Melody Beattie Beattie, Melody null
11352 We are not retreating; we are advancing in another direction. Douglas MacArthur MacArthur, Douglas null
11353 The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive. Robert Hughes Hughes, Robert null
11354 What's the need of a home if you are never in it? George and Weedon Grossmith Grossmith, George and Weedon null
11355 A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz. Humphrey Bogart Bogart, Humphrey null
11356 Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
11357 Los Angeles is a city with the personality of a paper cup. Raymond Chandler Chandler, Raymond null
11358 There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent. A. S. Neill Neill, A. S. null
11359 Every novel should have a beginning, a muddle, and an end. Peter De Vries de Vries, Peter null
11360 People think because I'm shaped this way, I'm scandalous. Jennifer Lopez Lopez, Jennifer null
11361 If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them. Sue Grafton Grafton, Sue null
11362 Plan ahead; it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. Richard Cushing Cushing, Richard null
11363 An epic is the easiest kind of picture to make badly. Charlton Heston Heston, Charlton null
11364 The men of culture are the true apostles of equality. Matthew Arnold Arnold, Matthew null
11365 If you think you have no faults, that makes one more. Jack Hampasch Hampasch, Jack null
11366 The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one. George Herbert Herbert, George null
11367 Let the others have the charisma. I've got the class. George H. W. Bush Bush, George H. W. null
11368 The more a man knows, the more he forgives. Catherine the Great Catherine the Great null
11369 If I can't get the girl, at least give me more money. Alan Alda Alda, Alan null
11370 Scrupulous people are not suited to great affairs. Anne Turgot Turgot, Anne null
11371 I will go anywhere, provided it is forward. David Livingstone Livingstone, David null
11372 And in today already walks tomorrow. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge, Samuel Taylor null
11373 Education is the apprenticeship of life. Robert A. Willmott Willmott, Robert A. null
11374 We've got a name for sushi in Georgia - bait. Blake Clark Clark, Blake null
11375 Politeness: The most acceptable hypocrisy. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
11376 Anger is loaded with information and energy. Audre Lorde Lorde, Audre null
11377 You should never trifle with Nature. Jean Louis Agassiz Agassiz, Jean Louis null
11378 Revolutions are the locomotives of history. Karl Marx Marx, Karl null
11379 Mary Martin is okay if you like talent. Ethel Merman Merman, Ethel null
11380 Reality is something you rise above. Liza Minnelli Minnelli, Liza null
11381 The waist is a terrible thing to mind. Tom Wilson Wilson, Tom null
11382 Deep down, I'm pretty superficial. Ava Gardner Gardner, Ava null
11383 I exist as I am, that is enough. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
11384 The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald null
11385 Successful enterprises are usually led by a proven chief executive who is a competent benevolent dictator. Richard Pratt Pratt, Richard null
11386 Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
11387 I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
11388 If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison Morrison, Toni null
11389 If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
11390 You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty. Sacha Guitry Guitry, Sacha null
11391 Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house. Rod Stewart Stewart, Rod null
11392 The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren and to do good is my religion. Thomas Paine Paine, Thomas null
11393 As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings a happy death. Leonardo Da Vinci Da Vinci, Leonardo null
11394 Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us. Stephen Covey Covey, Stephen null
11395 As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two. Norman Wisdom Wisdom, Norman null
11396 Misers aren't fun to live with, but they make wonderful ancestors. David Brenner Brenner, David null
11397 Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
11398 We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. Diogenes Diogenes null
11399 I am whatever you say I am; If I wasn't then why would you say I am. Eminem Eminem null
11400 The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. Kobe Bryant Bryant, Kobe null
11401 Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie Beattie, Melody null
11402 Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows. Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI null
11403 Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. Franklin P. Jones Jones, Franklin P. null
11404 It didn't matter how big our house was; It mattered that there was love in it. Peter Buffett Buffett, Peter null
11405 A little bit of light pushes away a lot of darkness. Unknown Unknown null
11406 I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution of the world. Amos Oz Oz, Amos null
11407 It doesn't matter what story we're telling, we're telling the story of family. Erica Lorraine Scheidt Scheidt, Erica Lorraine null
11408 Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping. Karl Lagerfeld Lagerfeld, Karl null
11409 In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future. Alex Haley Haley, Alex null
11410 The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. Charles Dudley Warner Warner, Charles Dudley null
11411 There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
11412 Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas. Dale Evans Rogers Rogers, Dale Evans null
11413 And finally winter, with its bitin' whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. Roy Bean Bean, Roy null
11414 Football is football and talent is talent, but the mindset of your team makes all the difference. -- Robert Griffin III Robert Griffin III Griffin, Robert, III null
11415 What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year. Vern McLellan McLellan, Vern null
11416 No one's ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that's abandoned by February. Suze Orman Orman, Suze null
11417 While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best. Tom Allen Allen, Tom null
11418 Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone. Miller Williams Williams, Miller null
11419 The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek; not the chance to serve. This is true even of the pious brethren who carry the gospel to foreign parts. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. null
11420 Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
11421 An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country. Henry Wotton Wotton, Henry null
11422 It's all right to look on the bright side, but it's wiser to look on both sides. Old Proverb Proverb null
11423 There's two times of year for me: football season, and waiting for football season. Darius Rucker Rucker, Darius null
11424 It may be intellectually unsatisfying to imagine that time began with our universe, so asking what came before is not a sensible question. Lawrence M. Krauss Krauss, Lawrence M. null
11425 Dress a monkey as you will, it will remain a monkey still. Source Unknown Unknown null
11426 I begin to find ... that too good a character is inconvenient. Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter null
11427 Birthing is hard, and dying is mean, so get yourself a little loving in between. Langston Hughes Hughes, Langston null
11428 The partition between the sage and the fool is more slender than the spider web. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
11429 Diversity: The art of thinking independently together. Malcolm Forbes Forbes, Malcolm null
11430 While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. Eugene Debs Debs, Eugene V. null
11431 Never put off until tomorrow what you can manage to wriggle out of today. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
11432 Quarrels would not last so long if the fault were on only one side. Francois De La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
11433 The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe. Peter De Vries de Vries, Peter null
11434 Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two. Georg Hegel Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich null
11435 Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. Dante Alighieri Alighieri, Dante null
11436 However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Stephen Hawking Hawking, Stephen null
11437 Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
11438 I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas null
11439 Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. Zora Neale Hurston Hurston, Zora Neale null
11440 This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather. Bill Murray as Phil Connors in "Groundhog Day" Murray, Bill null
11441 Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle. Robert Anthony Anthony, Dr. Robert null
11442 Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. Jules Renard Renard, Jules null
11443 The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret. Salvador Dali Dali, Salvador null
11444 Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. Stewart Udall Udall, Stewart null
11445 I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process. Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh, Vincent null
11446 Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Saint-Exupery, Antoine de null
11447 Poetry spills from the cracks of a broken heart, but flows from one which is loved. Christopher Paul Rubero Rubero, Christopher Paul null
11448 Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren't even there before. Mignon Mclaughlin Mclaughlin, Mignon null
11449 True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. Erich Segal Segal, Erich null
11450 Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination. Voltaire Voltaire null
11451 Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my valentine! Thomas Hood Hood, Thomas null
11452 You're on your own, and you know what you know, and you are the guy who'll decide where to go. Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss null
11453 One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. Gilbert K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
11454 The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
11455 It's not the winning that teaches you how to be resilient. It's the setback. It's the loss. Beth Brooke Brooke, Beth null
11456 There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest. Peace Pilgrim Peace Pilgrim null
11457 We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds. Aristotle Onassis Onassis, Aristotle null
11458 Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end. Tom Hiddleston Hiddleston, Tom null
11459 Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill Churchill, Sir Winston null
11460 The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
11461 The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind, but the goodness of a person spreads in all directions. Chanakya Chanakya null
11462 Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
11463 Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do. Vanessa Hudgens Hudgens, Vanessa null
11464 Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
11465 Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. Joseph Campbell Campbell, Joseph null
11466 New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening. Hamilton Wright Mabie Mabie, Hamilton Wright 1
11467 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Genesis 6:4 Genesis 6:4 2
11468 Other things being equal, the value of a book, and especially of an authors whole work, is proportional to its range, that is to the breadth and variety of the life and characters which it presents. Robert Huntington Fletcher Fletcher, Robert Huntington 3
11469 Music is your own experiences, your own thoughts, your own wisdom. If you don't live, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. Charlie Parker Parker, Charlie 5
11470 I hate to have my picture taken. I put it off just as long as I can possibly get away with it, then I finally go and act like a ham standing before a camera in riding boots or clutching a pipe between my teeth. Clark Gable Gable, Clark 6
11471 Growing old is no gradual decline, but a series of fumbles ... Yet when we pick ourselves up we find no bones are broken; while not unpleasing is the new terrace which stretches out unexplored before us. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall 7
11472 Some experience of popular lecturing had convinced me that the necessity of making things plain to uninstructed people was one of the very best means of clearing up the obscure corners in one's own mind. Thomas H. Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry 8
11473 You may chisel a boy into shape, as you would a rock, or hammer him into it, if he be of a better kind, as you would a piece of bronze. But you cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does. John Ruskin Ruskin, John 9
11474 Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent. Sophia Loren Loren, Sophia 10
11475 I misremember who first was cruel enough to nurture the cocktail party into life. But perhaps it would be not too much to say, in fact it would be not enough to say, that it was not worth the trouble. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy 11
11476 In every era, society must strike the right balance between the freedom businesses need to compete for a market share and to make profits and the preservation of family and community values. Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton, Hillary Rodham 12
11477 We have no higher life that is really apart from other people. It is by imagining them that our personality is built up; to be without the power of imagining them is to be a low-grade idiot. Charles Horton Cooley Cooley, Charles Horton 13
11478 To waste, to destroy, our natural resources will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore 15 dupes:1
11479 Sidney Sheldon is a graduate of "The Terrible Secret" School of Fiction Writing, in which most of his characters hide huge chunks of their past from each other so we'll keep the pages turning. Patricia Holt Holt, Patricia 16
11480 In the human mind one-sidedness has always been the rule, and many-sidedness the exception. Hence, even in revolutions of opinion, one part of the truth usually sets while the other rises. John Stuart Mill Mill, John Stuart 17
11481 You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. Lydia M. Child Child, Lydia M. 4
11482 Pursue, keep up with, circle round and round your life as a dog does with his master's chaise. Do what you love; know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David 18
11483 Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas 19
11484 If you speak to the mass of the people as though you were talking to any one individual in your living room, you will reach their hearts and that is all that you have to bother about. Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, Eleanor 20
11485 Normally speaking, it may be said that the forces of a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer and thus increase the gap between them. Jawaharlal Nehru Nehru, Jawaharlal 22 dupes:2
11486 Love in action is the answer to every problem in our lives and in this world. Love in action is the force that helped us make it to this place, and it's the truth that will set us free. Susan Taylor Taylor, Susan L. 23
11487 Movies are one of the bad habits that have corrupted our century. They have slipped into the American mind more misinformation in one evening than the Dark Ages could muster in a decade. Ben Hecht Hecht, Ben 24
11488 When one subtracts from life infancy - which is vegetation, sleep, eating and swilling, buttoning and unbuttoning - how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse. Lord Byron Byron, Lord 25
11489 The extra calories needed for one hour of intense mental effort would be completely met by the eating of one oyster cracker or one half of a salted peanut. Francis G. Benedict Benedict, Francis G. 26
11490 When you perform, you are out of yourself - larger and more potent, more beautiful. You are for minutes heroic. This is power. This is glory on earth. And it is yours, nightly. Agnes de Mille de Mille, Agnes 27
11491 The human animal needs a freedom seldom mentioned: freedom from intrusion. He needs a little privacy quite as much as he wants understanding or vitamins or exercise or praise. Phyllis McGinley McGinley, Phyllis 28
11492 With the United States, history was rather a creation of the nation, and it is suggestive that in the New World the self-made nation was as familiar as the self-made man. Henry Steele Commager Commager, Henry Steele 29
11493 The spring is wound up tight. It will uncoil of itself. That is what is so convenient in tragedy. The least little turn of the wrist will do the job. Anything will set it going. Jean Anouilh Anouilh, Jean 31 dupes:3
11494 You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it. Lou Brock Brock, Lou 32
11495 Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Lord Chesterfield Chesterfield, Lord 34 dupes:4 (33 replaced)
11496 The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible. Francis Bacon Bacon, Francis 36 dupes:5
11497 Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not. Virgil Thomson Thomson, Virgil 37
11498 What is at the heart of all our national problems? It is that we have seen the hand of material interest sometimes about to close upon our dearest rights and possessions. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow 38
11499 There is no better school than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time. Malcolm X Malcolm X 39
11500 The true function of art is to edit nature and so to make it coherent and lovely. The artist is a sort of impassioned proofreader, blue-penciling the bad spelling of God. H. L. Mencken Mencken, H. L. 40
11501 Dylan once told Keith [Richards], "I could have written Satisfaction, but you couldn't have written Tambourine Man" - That's true, but could he sing it? Mick Jagger, on Bob Dylan Jagger, Mick 41
11502 Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else. Alan Bennett Bennett, Alan 42
11503 The national sport of England is obstacle racing. People fill their rooms with useless and cumbersome furniture and spend the rest of their lives in trying to dodge it. Herbert Tree Tree, Herbert 43
11504 When a man throws an empty cigarette package from an automobile, he is liable to a fine of fifty bucks. When a man throws a billboard across a view, he is richly rewarded. Pat Brown Brown, Pat 44
11505 My sister Laura says I was born with a sewing needle in one hand and a hammer in the other. It isn't true. I was just born with some gumption and a few good recipes. Martha Stewart Stewart, Martha 45
11506 Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off. C. G. Jung Jung, Carl Gustav 49 dupes: 8
11507 Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages. Marcel Proust Proust, Marcel 50
11508 Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection. Don Tapscott Tapscott, Don 51
11509 Love is conquered only by flight. Against such an enemy, true courage consists in fear and retreat, in retreat without deliberation, and without looking back. Francois Fenelon Fenelon, Francois 52
11510 There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price. Shirley Chisholm Chisholm, Shirley 53
11511 There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle. Deepak Chopra Chopra, Deepak 54
11512 Under bad manners, as under graver faults, lies very commonly an overestimate of our special individuality, as distinguished from our generic humanity. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell 55
11513 It is quite fitting that charity should begin at home, but it should not end at home; for those that help nobody will find none to help them in time of need. Maria Edgeworth Edgeworth, Maria 56
11514 Theology moves back and forth between two poles, the eternal truth of its foundations and the temporal situation in which the eternal truth must be received. Paul Tillich Tillich, Paul 59 dupes:10
11515 The end of man is to let the spirit in him permeate his whole being, his soul, flesh, and affections. He attains his deepest self by losing his selfish ego. Robert Musil Musil, Robert 60
11516 Once the photocopier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's leaked or revealed openly. Andrew Young Young, Andrew 61
11517 Design [is] the emerging ethos formulating and then answering a very new question; What shall we do now, in the face of the chaos that we have created? John Hockenberry Hockenberry, John 62
11518 Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of perceiving - How Not To Do It. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles 63
11519 Every man rejoices twice when he has a partner of his joy; a friend shares my sorrow and makes it but a moiety, but he swells my joy and makes it double. Jeremy Taylor Taylor, Jeremy 64
11520 There is only one sort of genuine socialism, the democratic sort, by which I mean the organization of society for the benefit of the whole people. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard 65
11521 Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity. Andrew Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew 69 dupes:13
11522 There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October. Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel 70
11523 In the electronic age, books, words, and reading are not likely to remain sufficiently authoritative and central to knowledge to justify literature. Alvin Kernan Kernan, Alvin 71
11524 Sports teaches you certain things, but it doesn't teach you very much about marriage, very much about how to make a living, any of those things. George Plimpton Plimpton, George 73 dupes:14
11525 You don't have to be tough to survive, you have to be vulnerable; it's that sensitivity that makes you know how other people feel, to reach them. Deborah Harry Harry, Deborah 75 dupes: 15
11526 Colors are the smiles of nature. When they are extremely smiling, and break forth into other beauty besides, they are her laughs, as in the flowers. Leigh Hunt Hunt, Leigh 76
11527 Fearless, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. Swedish Proverb Proverb - Swedish 77
11528 It is difficult to realize how great a part of all that is cheerful and delightful in the recollections of our own life is associated with trees. Wilson Flagg Flagg, Wilson 79 dupes: 16
11529 Las Vegas is the only town in the world whose skyline is made up neither of buildings, like New York, nor of trees, like Wilbraham, Massachusetts, but signs. Tom Wolfe Wolfe, Tom 80
11530 We sleep, but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up tomorrow. Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward 82 dupes: 17
11531 It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice - there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork and the other is nostalgia. Frank Zappa Zappa, Frank 83
11532 You know, when you get back together with an old boyfriend, it's pathetic. it's like having a garage sale and buying your own stuff back. Laura Kightlinger Kightlinger, Laura 84
11533 The first hope of a painter who feels hopeful about painting is the hope that the painting will move, that it will live outside its frame. Gertrude Stein Stein, Gertrude 86 dupes: 18
11534 It is not my fault that certain so-called Bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on. Jack Kerouac Kerouac, Jack 87
11535 I've never gone in for the creaking door type of suspense. To me, murder by a babbling brook drenched in sunshine is more interesting. Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock, Alfred 88
11536 Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose. Winston Churchill Churchill, Winston 89
11537 To watch updates of your relationships on CNN is bizarre in a way I cannot explain. You think, "Isn't there something happening in Bosnia?" Ben Affleck Affleck, Ben 90
11538 Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other. Susan Sontag Sontag, Susan 91
11539 My little rebellion was to have my tie loose, with the top button of my shirt undone, but Paul'd always come up to me and put it straight. John Lennon Lennon, John 92
11540 A contemplative life has more the appearance of piety than any other; but the divine plan is to bring faith into activity and exercise. Richard Cecil Cecil, Richard 93
11541 A great city is that which has the greatest men and women. If it be a few ragged huts it is still the greatest city in the whole world. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt 94
11542 I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension. Norman Mailer Mailer, Norman 95
11543 The Lord God has given us vast forests, immense fields, wide horizons; surely we ought to be giants, living in such a country as this. Anton Chekhov Chekhov, Anton 96
11544 Eighteen holes of match or medal play will teach you more about your foe than will eighteen years of dealing with him across a desk. Grantland Rice Rice, Grantland 98 dupes: 19
11545 The intellectual is constantly betrayed by his vanity. Godlike, he blandly assumes that he can express everything in words. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh, Anne Morrow 99
11546 The reason we like precious jewels so much is they remind us of planes of consciousness we've lived on where those are the pebbles. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous 100
11547 Trains are wonderful. To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life. Agatha Christie Christie, Agatha 101
11548 Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. Bruce Barton Barton, Bruce 102
11549 If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to know [about music]. Michael Tilson Thomas Thomas, Michael Tilson 103
11550 America believes in education: The average professor earns more money in a year than the professional athlete earns in a whole week. Evan Esar Esar, Evan 104
11551 My instinct about painting says, "If you don't think about it, it's right." As soon as you have to decide and choose, it's wrong. Andy Warhol Warhol, Andy 105
11552 What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: Life always spills over the rim of every cup. Boris Pasternak Pasternak, Boris 106
11553 Art happens - no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about. James McNeill Whistler Whistler, James McNeill 107
11554 Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. Charles De Gaulle de Gaulle, Charles 111 dupes: 22
11555 Overheard in a diner: "I have a feeling he's about to pop the question. Last night he took me home to meet his computer." Mickey Mansfield Mansfield, Mickey 112
11556 The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again. Edmund Burke Burke, Edmund 114 dupes: 23
11557 To give you an idea of how fast we traveled: We left Spokane with two rabbits and when we got to Topeka, we still only had two. Bob Hope Hope, Bob 115
11558 The fight must go on. The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one or even one hundred defeats. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham 116
11559 To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task. William Congreve Congreve, William 117
11560 Don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures. Sydney Smith Smith, Sydney 119 dupes: 24
11561 People need to respect each other's concerns and differences. And frankly, there's far more in common than divides us. David Dinkins Dinkins, David 120
11562 Down in Miami, I worked in a place called the Deauville Hotel - very exclusive. Room service had an unlisted number. Henry Youngman Youngman, Henry 121
11563 The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences. Joan Jacques Rousseau Rousseau, Joan Jacques 122
11564 Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside down. George Carlin Carlin, George 123
11565 Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success. Sting Sting 124
11566 The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. Marya Mannes Mannes, Marya 125
11567 The typewriter separated me from a deeper intimacy with poetry, and my hand brought me closer to that intimacy again. Pablo Neruda Neruda, Pablo 127 dupes: 25
11568 Marriage is a step so grave and decisive that it attracts light-headed, variable men by its very awfulness. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis 128
11569 Truth is mysterious, elusive, ever to be won anew. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to get along with as it is exciting. Albert Camus Camus, Albert 129
11570 We were going to make "The Corsican Brothers" in Salzburg, but I said no. One really doesn't feel funny in Austria. Tommy Chong Chong, Tommy 130
11571 We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don't make us weak. They're the source of our strength. Jimmy Carter Carter, Jimmy 131
11572 The truth is, I hardly ever see men I'm attracted to. Plus, there's the problem of being Cher. No man wants to be Mr. Cher. Cher Cher 132
11573 She had heard someone say something about an Independent Labour Party, and was furious that she had not been asked. Evelyn Waugh Waugh, Evelyn 133
11574 Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them. John Fowles Fowles, John 135 dupes: 26
11575 There's an old saying that in raising taxes, as in shearing sheep, it is best to stop when one gets to the skin. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald 138 dupes: 28
11576 You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants. Stephen King King, Stephen 140 dupes: 29
11577 I'm not to blame for an old body, but I should be to blame for an old soul. An old soul is a shameful thing. Margaret Deland Deland, Margaret 141
11578 Everyone liked Ike because Ike liked everyone. He radiated sunniness and optimism. Erwin Hargrove, on Dwight D. Eisenhower Hargrove, Erwin 144 dupes: 31
11579 I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom. John Barrymore Barrymore, John 145
11580 If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. John Acton Acton, John 146
11581 The pleasures to which we have given ourselves without let or hindrance become our most implacable enemies. Charles Nodier Nodier, Charles 147
11582 Censorship may be useful for the preservation of morality, but can never be so for its restoration. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 148
11583 Courage is generosity of the highest order, for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things. Charles Caleb Colton Colton, Charles Caleb 149
11584 Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run. Edward Hoagland Hoagland, Edward 150
11585 The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin 152 dupes: 32
11586 What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs. Henry Miller Miller, Henry 154 dupes: 33
11587 If you wait for inspiration, you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street. Ben Nicholas Nicholas, Ben 155
11588 Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what's doing us in. James Reston Reston, James 156
11589 What is it about American fathers as they grow older that makes them dress like flags from other countries? Cary Odes Odes, Cary 157
11590 Peers can be the best teachers, because they're the ones that remember what it's like to not understand. Peter Norvig Norvig, Peter 158
11591 A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings. William Ralph Inge Inge, William Ralph 159
11592 A woman especially, if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. Jane Austen Austen, Jane 160
11593 If we want to make something really superb of this planet, there is nothing whatever that can stop us. Shepherd Mead Mead, Shepherd 161
11594 It is well known what a middleman is: He is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli, Benjamin 162
11595 Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next. Franklin P. Jones Jones, Franklin P. 164 dupes: 34
11596 Ever since Eve gave Adam the apple, there has been a misunderstanding between the sexes about gifts. Nan Robertson Robertson, Nan 165
11597 Our perception that we have "no time" is one of the distinctive marks of modern Western culture. Margaret Visser Visser, Margaret 166
11598 Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be. Max Beerbohm Beerbohm, Max 167
11599 Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to. Bill Vaughn Vaughn, Bill 168
11600 It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad. Plutarch Plutarch 169
11601 We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 170
11602 There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important. Franklin P. Adams Adams, Franklin P. 171
11603 The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. Carl Rogers Rogers, Carl 172
11604 In creating, the only hard thing's to begin; a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell 173
11605 In any sport, the anticipation of what might happen is almost as important as what actually happens. Bob Costas Costas, Bob 174
11606 Films have the emotional impact for the twentieth century that operas had for the nineteenth. Constant Lambert Lambert, Constant 175
11607 This team, it all flows from me. I've got to keep it going. I'm the straw that stirs the drink. Reggie Jackson Jackson, Reggie 176
11608 This country is so urbanized we think low-fat milk comes from cows on aerobic exercise programs. P. J. O'Rourke O'Rourke, P. J. 177
11609 There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody. Adlai Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai 179 dupes: 35
11610 Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo 180
11611 Among life's rudest awakenings are the alarm clock on workdays and rain on the roof on weekends. Doug Larson Larson, Doug 181
11612 The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords. F. E. Smith Smith, F. E. 184 dupes: 37
11613 Whether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who's reading it. Kenneth Patchen Patchen, Kenneth 187 dupes: 39
11614 People never know what kind of hobby they're no good at until they've spent a fortune on it. John Drybred Drybred, John 188
11615 The worst egoist is the person to whom the thought has never occurred that he might be one. Sigmund Freud Freud, Sigmund 189
11616 Like most kids today, my school friends and I majored in one timeless subject: writing notes. Bill Cosby Cosby, Bill 191 dupes: 40
11617 All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. Lucy Van Pelt, "Peanuts" Pelt, Lucy Van 193 dupes: 41
11618 A car is useless in Now York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon 196 dupes: 43
11619 I hand him a lyric and get out of his way. Oscar Hammerstein, on his partnership with Richard Rodgers Hammerstein, Oscar 198 dupes: 44
11620 The Cuban movement is not a Communist movement. Its members are Roman Catholics, mostly. Fidel Castro Castro, Fidel 200 dupes: 45
11621 Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. Joan Genet Genet, Joan 202 dupes: 46
11622 It is easier to write ten volumes of philosophy than to put one principle into practice. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo 203
11623 Autograph hunting is the most unattractive manifestation of sex-starved curiosity. Laurence Olivier Olivier, Laurence 204
11624 In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs man's torments. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich 206 dupes: 47
11625 Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a sea fight beyond all others. Horatio Nelson Nelson, Horatio 207
11626 Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya 208
11627 If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches, they will take sandwiches. Lord Boyd Orr Orr, Lord Boyd 209
11628 I think the nightly news is much more violent than anything I've seen in the movies. Bruce Waller Waller, Bruce 210
11629 No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. Robert Southey Southey, Robert demazette 3-11-15
11630 The respect of those you respect is worth more than the applause of the multitude. Arnold Glasgow Glasgow, Arnold H. 211
11631 A man spends the first half of his life learning habits that shorten the other half. Ann Landers Landers, Ann 212
11632 The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. Sophocles Sophocles 213
11633 Feeding is an important ritual for me. I don't trust people who don't like to eat. Gina Gershon Gershon, Gina 215 dupes: 48
11634 Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them. Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita 217 dupes: 49
11635 If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. Carl Sagan Sagan, Carl 218
11636 The New Age? It's just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for fifteen seconds. James Randi Randi, James 219
11637 On the highway of life, we most often recognize happiness out of the rear view mirror. Frank Tyger Tyger, Frank 220
11638 (You need) eight hugs a day. You'll be happier and the world will be a better place. Paul Zak Zak, Paul 221
11639 Waiting, done at really high speeds, will frequently look like something else. Carrie Fisher Fisher, Carrie 222
11640 What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall 224 dupes: 50
11641 God seems to have left the receiver off the hook, and time is running out. Arthur Koestler Koestler, Arthur 226 dupes: 51
11642 I haven't seen a woman take a moral stand in a film for about twenty years. Glenda Jackson Jackson, Glenda 227
11643 Our language is funny - a fat chance and slim chance are the same thing. J. Gustav White White, J. Gustav 228
11644 The earth has enough for every man's need, but not for every man's greed. Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas 229
11645 Where the blue of the night, meets the gold of the day, someone waits for me. Bing Crosby Crosby, Bing 232 dupes: 53
11646 Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime, and a fool's excuse for failure. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose 233
11647 You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will. Epictetus Epictetus 234
11648 People who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo 235
11649 If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Seneca Seneca 236
11650 Nothing so deeply imprints anything on our memory as the desire to forget it. Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De 237
11651 Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week. William Dean Howells Howells, William Dean 239 dupes: 54
11652 In high school my parents told me I ran with the wrong crowd. I was a loner. Jeff Shaw Shaw, Jeff 240
11653 Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas 241
11654 To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. Tony Dorsett Dorsett, Tony demazette 3-12-15
11655 Hollywood is where they write the alibis before they write the story. Carole Lombard Lombard, Carole 243 dupes: 55
11656 I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work. Danielle Steel Steel, Danielle 244
11657 With women, you don't get the genius title, you get the diva title. Whitney Houston Houston, Whitney 245
11658 Politicians make strange bedfellows, but they all share the same bunk. Edgar Shoaff Shoaff, Edgar 246
11659 When many beauties grace a poem, I shall not take offense at a few faults. Horace Horace 247
11660 Rainy days are when mother's little jewels are only semiprecious. Floyd R. Miller Miller, Floyd R. 248
11661 He who eats and drinks, but does not bless the Lord, is a thief. Jewish Proverb Proverb - Jewish 251 dupes:57
11662 They stopped me from swinging in church, so I had to swing outside. Fats Waller Waller, Fats 252
11663 Love is the child of illusion, and the parent of disillusion. Miguel de Unamuno de Unamuno, Miguel 253
11664 Life is too short to dust things that don't have dust on them. Barbara Holland Holland, Barbara 254
11665 Prepare your mind to receive the best that life has to offer. Ernest Holmes Holmes, Ernest 256 dupes: 58
11666 How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. Spanish Proverb Proverb - Spanish 257
11667 I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap. Rodney Dangerfield Dangerfield, Rodney 258
11668 Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you have only one idea. Alain (Emile-Auguste Chartier) Chartier, Alain
11669 A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself. Arthur Miller Miller, Arthur 260
11670 The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and is never simple. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar 261
11671 A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. Joshua Reynolds Reynolds, Joshua 262
11672 In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. Robert G. Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green 265 dupes: 60
11673 When I die I'm going to leave my body to science fiction. Steven Wright Wright, Steven 266
11674 Whenever I want a really nice meal, I start dating again. Susan Healy Healy, Susan 269 dupes: 62
11675 Fashion is architecture: It is a matter of proportions. Coco Chanel Chanel, Chanel, Gabrielle "Coco" 270
11676 It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. J. K. Rowling Rowling, J. K. 271
11677 If "ifs" were gifts, every day would be Christmas. Charles Barkley Barkley, Charles 272
11678 Life is too small a container for certain individuals. Tom Robbins Robbins, Tom 273
11679 The family is the nucleus of civilization. Ariel and Will Durant Durant, Ariel and Will 275 (replaced) dupe: 63 Modified 274 elsewhere
11680 The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. Tacitus Tacitus 277 dupes: 64
11681 A good reputation is more valuable than money. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus 279 dupes: 65
11682 Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. Jonathan Swift Swift, Jonathan 281 dupes: 66
11683 Character is the trademark of the trustworthy. Merry Browne Browne, Merry 282
11684 Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. Tobias Smollett Smollett, Tobias 283
11685 That man's silence is wonderful to listen to. Thomas Hardy Hardy, Thomas 284
11686 Keep conscience clear, then never fear. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin 286 dupes: 67
11687 Man, if you gotta ask, you'll never know. Louis Armstrong Armstrong, Louis 287
11688 Loyalty is more valuable than diamonds. Filipino Proverb Proverb - Filipino 288
11689 A book is like a garden in one's pocket. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese 289
11690 The darkest hour has only sixty minutes. Morris Mandel Mandel, Morris 291 dupes: 68
11691 All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. Aristotle Aristotle 293 dupes: 69
11692 Corruption never has been compulsory. Anthony Eden Eden, Anthony 295 dupes: 70
11693 She looked as new as a peeled egg. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy 297 dupes: 71
11694 I think - therefore, I'm single. Lizz Winstead Winstead, Lizz 299 dupes: 72
11695 When it's breezy, hit it easy. Davis Love, Jr. Love,Davis, Jr. null
11696 Found a Society of Honest Men, and all the thieves will join it. Alain (Emile-Auguste Chartier) Chartier, Alain null
11697 If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes. John Wooden Wooden, John null
11698 A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. Henry D. Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
11699 It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves. Andre Gide Gide, Andre null
11700 I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come. Henri Nouwen Nouwen, Henri null
11701 Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. Alexander G. Bell Bell, Alexander Graham null
11702 Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu Tutu, Desmond null
11703 She turned to the sunlight; and shook her yellow head, and whispered to her neighbor: "Winter is dead." A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. null
11704 People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest null
11705 Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own. Bruce Lee Lee, Bruce null
11706 People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. Rogers Hornsby Hornsby, Rogers null
11707 Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions. Will Smith Smith, Will null
11708 There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot. Derek Bok Bok, Derek null
11709 To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery. Ouida Ouida null
11710 The details vanish in the bird's-eye view, bt so does the bird's-eye view vanish in the details. William James James, William null
11711 If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals. Henri Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic null
11712 The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it. Move with it, and join the dance. Alan Watts Watts, Alan null
11713 So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world. Isadora Duncan Duncan, Isadora null
11714 Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; In life it has an even chance. Napoleon Bonaparte Bonaparte, Napoleon null
11715 Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge. Stephen Hawking Hawking, Stephen null
11716 Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Langston Hughes Hughes, Langston null
11717 Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family. Bo Bennett Bennett, Bo null
11718 As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession. Bo Bennett Bennett, Bo null
11719 I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could. Evel Knievel Knievel, Evel null
11720 Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. Adam Smith Smith, Adam null
11721 Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard. Kevin Durant Durant, Kevin null
11722 Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless. Paul Harris Harris, Paul null
11723 My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. Aristotle Aristotle null
11724 Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel Wiesel, Elie null
11725 Society exists only as a mental concept; In the real world there are only individuals. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
11726 Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. Og Mandino Mandino, Og null
11727 Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano null
11728 When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. John Muir Muir, John null
11729 Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
11730 Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
11731 What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Jane Goodall Goodall, Jane null
11732 If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack. Theodor Seuss Geisel Geisel, Theodor Seuss null
11733 The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh, Vincent null
11734 There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it, and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself. Lin Yutang Yutang, Lin null
11735 I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good. Gordon B. Hinckley Hinckley, Gordon B. null
11736 In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet. Winston Churchill Churchill, Winston null
11737 The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done. Arnold Palmer Palmer, Arnold null
11738 There is a good reason they call these ceremonies "commencement exercises." Graduation is not the end; It's the beginning. Orrin Hatch Hatch, Orrin null
11739 A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. Irish Proverb Proverb - Irish null
11740 Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs ... since the payment is pure love. Mildred B. Vermont Vermont, Mildred B. null
11741 Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars. Richard Halliburton Halliburton, Richard null
11742 The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
11743 To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour. William Blake Blake, William null
11744 The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm. Fred Dehner Dehner, Fred null
11745 A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. J. J. Audubon Audubon, John James null
11746 Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative. Mordecai Siegal Siegal, Mordecai null
11747 Though a good deal is too strange to be believed. Nothing is too strange to have happened. Thomas Hardy Hardy, Thomas null
11748 It is generally admitted that most grown-up people, however regrettably, will try to have a good time. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
11749 When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. Tennessee Williams Williams, Tennessee null
11750 Four be the things I'd been better without: love, curiosity, freckles, doubt. Dorothy Parker Parker, Dorothy null
11751 The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. null
11752 There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. Bern Williams Williams, Bern null
11753 Nonsense wakes up the brain cells, and it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Theodor Geisel Geisel, Theodor Seuss null
11754 The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists. Francis Bacon Bacon, Francis null
11755 Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. Edward De Bono De Bono, Edward null
11756 It's nice to think that one could, even here and now, be whisked away just by hitchhiking. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas null
11757 Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave. A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. null
11758 Justice is a machine that, when someone has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself. John Galsworthy Galsworthy, John null
11759 Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. Elinor Glyn Glyn, Elinor null
11760 The dying process begins the minute we ae born, but it accelerates during dinner parties. Carol Matthau Matthau, Carol null
11761 We have the greatest pre-nuptial agreement in the world. It's called love. Gene Perret Perret, Gene null
11762 Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that. Michael Leunig Leunig, Michael null
11763 Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive. C. S. Lewis Lewis, C. S. null
11764 How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
11765 All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell Orwell, George null
11766 A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. Andre Maurois Maurois, Andre null
11767 Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today, because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow. James Michener Michener, James null
11768 One of the best things about marriage is that it gets young people to bed at a decent hour. M. M. Musselman Musselman, M. M. null
11769 I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am. I am. I am. Sylvia Plath Plath, Sylvia null
11770 Women always worry about the things men forget; men always worry about the things women remember. Author Unknown Unknown null
11771 Instead of seeing the rug being pulled from under us, we can learn to dance on a shifting carpet. Thomas Crum Crum, Thomas null
11772 The fate of civilization is like needlework. You can take it up and worry about it at odd moments. Frank Sullivan Sullivan, Frank null
11773 A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
11774 Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. Langston Hughes Hughes, Langston null
11775 Nothing was ever so unfamiliar and startling to me as my own thoughts. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
11776 Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. Russell Baker Baker, Russell null
11777 It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. Seneca The Younger Seneca The Younger null
11778 If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Abraham Maslow Maslow, Abraham null
11779 Every day we have some weather, and yesterday was no exception. John Carr Carr, John null
11780 Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life. Adele Brookman Brookman, Adele null
11781 Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. J. M. Barrie Barrie, James Matthew null
11782 The finest thought runs the risk of being irrevocably forgotten if we do not write it down. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur null
11783 Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon. C. Day Lewis Lewis, C. Day null
11784 I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me ... all I ask is that you respect me as a human being. Jackie Robinson Robinson, Jackie null
11785 Some of the best moments in life are not when you have achieved something, but when the thought first comes to you to have a go. Lord Hunt Hunt, Lord null
11786 If there wasn't something called acting, they would probably hospitalize people like me. Whoopi Goldberg Goldberg, Whoopi null
11787 A peasant must sit in his chair with his mouth open for a very long time before a roast duck will fly in. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
11788 People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. Anton Chekhov Chekhov, Anton null
11789 Advice: The suggestions you give someone else which you hope will work for your benefit. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
11790 Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel null
11791 Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark: You know what you are doing, but nobody else does. Steuart Henderson Britt Britt, Steuart Henderson null
11792 A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world. Louis Pasteur Pasteur, Louis null
11793 If you drink much from a bottle marked "POISON", it is almost certain to disagree with you sooner or later. Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis null
11794 Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand. Edward Everett Hale Hale, Edward Everett null
11795 In the distance, the gestures of animals look human; the gestures of human beings bestial. Malcolm De Chazal Chazal, Malcolm De null
11796 Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead. Lucille Ball Ball, Lucille null
11797 I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory. Lucy Lawless Lawless, Lucy null
11798 There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
11799 In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds. Robert Green Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green null
11800 Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. Sam Ewing Ewing, Sam null
11801 I can and do aspire to be greater than the sum total of my experiences, but I accept my limitations. Sonia Sotomayor Sotomayor, Sonia null
11802 If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von null
11803 My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life. Miles Davis Davis, Miles null
11804 He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; One cannot fly into flying. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
11805 Without pain, there would ye no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. Angelina Jolie Jolie, Angelina null
11806 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. Thomas Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry null
11807 When you don't make moves and when you don't climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you're not competition. Nicki Minaj Minaj, Nicki null
11808 The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself. Wallace Stevens Stevens, Wallace null
11809 Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. Norman Cousins Cousins, Norman null
11810 A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world. Abigail Adams Adams, Abigail null
11811 Once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open. Laura Bush Bush, Laura null
11812 To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude. Jeanne Moreau Moreau, Jeanne null
11813 I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways. Lucille Ball Ball, Lucille null
11814 Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. Aristotle Aristotle null
11815 Every day is a new day, and you'll never be able to find happiness if you don't move on. Carrie Underwood Underwood, Carrie null
11816 A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. Norman Cousins Cousins, Norman null
11817 A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds. Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe null
11818 The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today. Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI null
11819 Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything. Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut, Kurt null
11820 There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them. Elizabeth Taylor Taylor, Elizabeth null
11821 The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. Ashley Montagu Montagu, Ashley null
11822 The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett Pratchett, Terry null
11823 We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own "to do" list. Michelle Obama Obama, Michelle null
11824 It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. Agnes Repplier Repplier, Agnes null
11825 We've become so focused on that tiny screen that we forget the big picture, the people right in front of us. Regina Brett Brett, Regina null
11826 For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. Nelson Mandela Mandela, Nelson null
11827 Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumblebee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Ashley Smith Smith, Ashley null
11828 I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong. Barbra Streisand Streisand, Barbra null
11829 A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. Christopher Reeve Reeve, Christopher null
11830 Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. Nikos Kazantzakis Kazantzakis, Nikos null
11831 Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever. Keri Russell Russell, Keri null
11832 Although the life of a person is a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. Pope Francis Pope Francis null
11833 Unity is strength ... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. Mattie Stepanek Stepanek, Mattie null
11834 No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Buddha Buddha null
11835 Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
11836 I know I'm small but I'm also big. I'm big because I'm connected to the universe, and the universe is connected to me. Neil Degrasse Tyson Tyson, Neil Degrasse null
11837 Sometimes things aren't clear right away. That's where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead. Mary Pierce Pierce, Mary null
11838 The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it. Hunter S. Thompson Thompson, Hunter S. null
11839 A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. Diane Mariechild Mariechild, Diane null
11840 Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. Mary Shelley Shelley, Mary null
11841 You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. William Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
11842 A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want. Madonna Madonna null
11843 I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis null
11844 The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
11845 It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning. H. G. Wells Wells, H. G. null
11846 It's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
11847 I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman. Joan Jett Jett, Joan null
11848 Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence. John Dulles Dulles, John Foster null
11849 We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life. Edwin Markham Markham, Edwin null
11850 You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. Rosalynn Carter Carter, Rosalynn null
11851 Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind. Cervantes Cervantes, Miguel de null
11852 You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer. Byron Katie Katie, Byron null
11853 I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
11854 Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. Ralph Ellison Ellison, Ralph null
11855 The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
11856 We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. Marie Curie Curie, Marie null
11857 Remember the difference between a boss and a leader: A boss says "Go!"; A leader says "Let's go!" E. M. Kelly Kelly, E. M. null
11858 Memories warm you up from the inside, but they also tear you apart. Haruki Murakami Murakami, Haruki null
11859 Choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine. E. M. Forster Forster, E. M. null
11860 You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget. Cormac Mccarthy McCarthy, Cormac null
11861 Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses. Madame Marie Du Deffand Du Deffand, Madame Marie null
11862 It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you. Roald Dahl Dahl, Roald null
11863 Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. Nora Ephron Ephron, Nora Feb 2015 #1
11864 You've got friends, then you've got your best friend. Big difference. To me, a friend is a guy who will help you move. A best friend is a guy who will help you move a body. Dave Attell Attell, Dave #4 dupes:2
11865 Health is a large word. It embraces not the body only, but the mind and spirit as well; and not today's pain or pleasure alone, but the whole being and outlook of a man. James H. West West, James H. #5
11866 For me, in fact, the mark of the historic is the nonchalance with which it picks up an individual and deposits him in a trend, like a house playfully moved by a tornado. Mary McCarthy McCarthy, Mary #6
11867 We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus #7
11868 A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can. Edith Hamilton Hamilton, Edith #10 dupes:4
11869 Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature, and in such things as these, experiment is the best test of such consistency. Michael Faraday Faraday, Michael #11
11870 There's really only one song in the whole wide world, and Adam and Eve hummed it to each other, and everything else is a variation on it in one form or another. Keith Richards Keith, Richards #12
11871 An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a man can hope for. Even then, no sooner has he learned how to cope with the tick than she tocks. Ogden Nash Nash, Ogden #14 dupes:5
11872 Some kids want to join the circus when they grow up. Others want to be big-league baseball players. I feel lucky. When I came to the Yankees, I got to do both. Craig Nettles Nettles, Craig #16 dupes:6
11873 Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. Cecil B. DeMille DeMille, Cecil B. #17
11874 Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light. Raymond Holliwell Holliwell, Raymond #18
11875 If all evil were prevented, much good would be absent from the universe. There would be no patience of martyrs if there were no tyrannical persecution. Saint Thomas Aquinas Aquinas, Saint Thomas #19
11876 If a foreign country doesn't look like a middle-class suburb of Dallas or Detroit, then obviously the natives must be dangerous as well as badly dressed. Lewis H. Lapham Lapham, Lewis H. #20
11877 You make what seems a simple choice: choose a man or a job or a neighborhood - and what you have chosen is not a man or a job or a neighborhood, but a life. Jessamyn West West, Jessamyn #22 dupes:7
11878 As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo #23
11879 Nothing is beautiful. But all things await the sensitive and imaginative mind that may be aroused to pleasurable emotion at the sight of them. This is beauty. Robert Henri Henri, Robert #24
11880 Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Thomas Hardy Hardy, Thomas #25
11881 People tell me that Senator Edwards got picked for his good looks, his sex appeal, and his great hair. I say to them, "How do you think I got the job?" Dick Cheney Cheney, Dick #26
11882 Nothing appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the ease with which the many are governed by the few. David Hume Hume, David #27
11883 Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake. E. L. Doctorow Doctorow, E. L. #29 dupes:8
11884 Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric #30
11885 His reason is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death. Abraham Lincoln, on Stephen Douglas Lincoln, Abraham #31
11886 In the United States, you say the customer is always right. In Japan, we say the customer is God. There is a big difference. James Morgan, quoting a Japanese friend Morgan, James #34 dupes:9 (+1 more complete)
11887 Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of while the visible and dense matter remains as it was. W. Stanley Jevons Jevons, W. Stanley #35
11888 Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces. Julius Caesar Caesar, Julius #36
11889 The most expensive bracelet you'll ever own isn't gold or silver. It's vinyl. They strap it on your wrist when you're admitted to the hospital. Ron Dentinger Dentinger, Ron #38 dupes:10
11890 What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brush her off, tell her I'm sorry. But mom don't make it to third. Leo Durocher Durocher, Leo #39
11891 I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into minds which were ignorant of its charms. Casanova Casanova, Giacomo #40
11892 There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. #42 dupes:11
11893 The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. Alfred North Whitehead Whitehead, Alfred North #44 dupes:12
11894 With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed. G. C. Lichtenberg Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph #46 dupes 13
11895 Marriages don't last. When I meet a guy, the first question I ask myself is: Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with? Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita #47
11896 Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell. Laura Ingalls Wilder Wilder, Laura Ingalls #49 dupes:14
11897 I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth #53 dupes 17
11898 You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. Jim Bouton Bouton, Jim #54
11899 He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care. William Penn Penn, William #56 dupes:18
11900 The academic community has in it the biggest concentration of alarmists, cranks, and extremists this side of the giggle house. William F. Buckley, Jr. Buckley, William F., Jr. #57
11901 I saw men whom thirty years had changed but slightly; but their wives had grown old. These were good women; It is very wearing to be good. Mark Twain Twain, Mark #59 dupes:19
11902 Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost. James Thurber Thurber, James #60
11903 The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself. Archibald MacLeish MacLeish, Archibald #61
11904 How can a country that has lived with feet, fathoms, furlongs, acres, B-cups, petite and extra-large be confused by the metric system? Paul Sweeney Sweeney, Paul #62
11905 Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better. Carter G. Woodson Woodson, Carter G. #63
11906 I am not belittling the brave pioneer men, but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours. Edna Ferber Ferber, Edna #64
11907 Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel #65
11908 He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but the quality of the givers. Francis Quarles Quarles, Francis #66
11909 There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little. Hannah More More, Hannah #67
11910 If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. Rene Descartes Descartes, Rene #68
11911 For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, he writes - not that you won or lost - but how you played the Game. Grantland Rice Rice, Grantland #69
11912 The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand #70
11913 I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away. George Carlin Carlin, George #71
11914 Every man's work, whether it is literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel #72
11915 I can reason down or deny everything except this perpetual belly: Feed he must and will, and I cannot make him respectable. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo #73
11916 A special ability means a heavy expenditure of energy in a particular direction with a consequent drain from some other side of life. Carl Jung Jung, Carl Gustav #74
11917 Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest. Harvey Fierstein Fierstein, Harvey #75
11918 When a country produces a man of genius, he never is what it wants or believes it wants; he is always unlike its idea of itself. W. B. Yeats Yeats, William Butler #77 dupes:20
11919 If you want to succeed, you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Rockefeller, John D., Jr. #78
11920 It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through. Zig Ziglar Ziglar, Zig #79
11921 Joe Garagiola is considered a humorist, like Mark Twain, who also came from Missouri. The resemblance is purely residential. Jim Brosnan Brosnan, Jim #81 dupes:21
11922 Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help. Homer Homer #82
11923 The trouble with America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy. Louis Kronenberger Kronenberger, Louis #83
11924 I think husbands and wives should live in separate houses. It there's enough money, the children should live in a third. Cloris Leachman Leachman, Cloris #84
11925 What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive. Barbara Kingsolver Kingsolver, Barbara #85
11926 There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening. Pat Metheny Metheny, Pat #86
11927 The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice. Richard Wagner Wagner, Richard #89 dupes:23
11928 What is repugnant to every human being is to be reckoned always as a member of a class and not as an individual person. Dorothy L. Sayers Sayers, Dorothy L. #90
11929 To us musicians the work of Beethoven parallels the pillars of smoke and fire which led the Israelites through the desert. Franz Liszt Liszt, Franz #91
11930 Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without it we can't practice any other virtue with consistency. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya #93 dupes:24
11931 It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. Voltaire Voltaire #94
11932 I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me. Barbra Streisand Streisand, Barbra #95
11933 My first qualification for mayor of the city of New York is my monumental ingratitude to each and all of you. Fiorello La Guardia La Guardia, Fiorello #98 dupes:26
11934 The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated into a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap. Spiro T. Agnew Agnew, Spiro T. #99
11935 Our hair turns white with our ripening as though to fly away to some coming wind, bearing the seed lot what we know. Wendell Berry Berry, Wendell #100
11936 At this critical moment, let us reaffirm our commitment to empowering the marginalized and vulnerable. Ban Ki-moon Ki-moon, Ban ADG 10/24/15
11937 It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason. Jules Verne Verne, Jules ADG 10/26/15
11938 Young man, if she asks you if you like her hair that way, beware; the woman has already committed matrimony in her heart. Don Marquis Marquis, Don #101
11939 Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life. Brigham Young Young, Brigham #102
11940 When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way you will command the attention of the world. George Washington Carver Carver, George Washington #103
11941 Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald #104
11942 Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in life. Jean Paul Richter Richter, Jean Paul #105
11943 I like to read in my own house, in any of the rooms I always mean to paint or otherwise improve and never do. Marilynne Robinson Robinson, Marilynne #106
11944 Decide promptly, but never give any reasons. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong. Lord Mansfield Murray, William, Lord Mansfield #107
11945 A translation is no translation unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it. John Millington Synge Synge, John Millington #108
11946 If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs. William Feather Feather, William #110 dupes:27
11947 Theories are like scaffolding: they are not the house, but you cannot build the house without them. Constance Fenimore Woolson Woolson, Constance Fenimore #114 dupes:30
11948 I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more. Alice James James, Alice #115
11949 Language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history. Octavio Paz Paz, Octavio #116
11950 It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late. Marilyn Kennedy Kennedy, Marilyn #117
11951 Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs. Charlotte Bronte Bronte, Charlotte ADG 10/27/15
11952 Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people. Will Cuppy Cuppy, Will #118
11953 To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age. Amos Bronson Alcott Alcott, Amos Bronson #119
11954 The most precious thing that anyone, man or business, anybody or anything, can have is the goodwill of others. Anne Parish Parish, Anne #122 dupes:32
11955 Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. Margaret Atwood Atwood, Margaret #125 dupes:34
11956 Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas #126
11957 I don't consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools. Larry Kramer Kramer, Larry #127
11958 The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey. William Blake Blake, William #129 dupes:35
11959 Like a tall woman walking across the hayfield, The rain came slowly, dressed in crystal and the sun. Elizabeth Coatsworth Coatsworth, Elizabeth #130
11960 I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. Ralph Nader Nader, Ralph #131
11961 Everyone clings to the doctrine he has happened upon, as to a rock against which he has been thrown by a tempest. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius #134 dupes:37
11962 If we are on a path of getting nowhere fast, technology is allowing us to get nowhere faster and faster. John Renesch Renesch, John #135
11963 In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't. Blaise Pascal Pascal, Blaise #136
11964 I go to books and to nature as a bee goes to the flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey. John Burroughs Burroughs, John #137
11965 We have what we seek. It is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us. Thomas Merton Merton, Thomas #139 dupes:38
11966 You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee. John H. Holcomb Holcomb, John H. #140
11967 Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above; they are forced by pressure from below. Roger Baldwin Baldwin, Roger #141
11968 The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion of a loftier reality. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von #142
11969 The best time I ever had with her was when I pushed her downstairs in "Baby Jane." Bette Davis, on Joan Crawford Davis, Bette #143
11970 First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty - if you're very lucky and have said your prayers. George Balanchine Balanchine, George #145 dupes:39
11971 Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are. Peggy Noonan Noonan, Peggy #146
11972 Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel #147
11973 Thank not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. Socrates Socrates #148
11974 Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard #151 dupes:41
11975 The old nobility would have survived if they had known enough to become masters of printing materials. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Napoleon #152
11976 Acquaintance: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose #153
11977 I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep. Harold Wilson Wilson, Harold #154
11978 Modern heretics are not burned at the stake. They are relegated to backwaters or pressured to resign. Art Kleiner Kleiner, Art #155
11979 A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false. Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Thomas Babington #157 dupes:42
11980 I like to be introduced as America's foremost actor. It saves the necessity of further effort. John Barrymore Barrymore, John #158
11981 The person who knows how will always have a job. But the person who knows why will be his boss. Carl C. Wood Wood, Carl C. #161 dupes:44
11982 Old-fashioned grandmothers take their grandchildren by the hand and lead them into the future. Florence King King, Florence #162
11983 If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. #163
11984 Giving a man space is like giving a dog a computer. The chances are he won't use it wisely. Bette-Jane Raphael Raphael, Bette-Jane #164
11985 A two-week vacation with four kids in a tent makes you appreciate the serenity of the workplace. Doug Larson Larson, Doug #165
11986 Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive. Nicolas Malebranche Malebranche, Nicolas #166
11987 Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection. Red Smith Smith, Red #167
11988 There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich #169 dupes:45
11989 When you have a taste for exceptional people you always end up meeting them everywhere. Pierre Mac Orlan Orlan, Pierre Mac #170
11990 The essence of leadership is being able to see the iceberg before it hits the Titanic. Arianna Huffington Huffington, Arianna #172 dupes:46
11991 My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders. Mark Twain Twain, Mark #174 dupes:47
11992 Tom Hanks must be fundamentally a good person, or he is an even better actor than we think Roger Ebert Ebert, Roger #175
11993 Knowledge is the distilled essence of our intuitions, corroborated by experience. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green #176
11994 The reason some women call it pin money is they have to needle their husbands to get it. Abigail Van Buren Van Buren, Abigail #177
11995 Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other. Carol Saline Saline, Carol #180 dupes:49
11996 The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line. Alexander Pope Pope, Alexander #183 dupes:51
11997 We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinnertime. George Eliot Eliot, George ADG 10/28/15
11998 I'm perfect. The areas that I need help on are not negotiable. They have to do with gravity. Jane Fonda Fonda, Jane #185 dupes:52
11999 When a child abruptly quadruples her family's income, some changes may be expected. Shirley Temple Temple, Shirley #186
12000 If there is something you must do and you cannot do it, you cannot do anything else. Mignon McLaughlin McLaughlin, Mignon #187
12001 Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous #188
12002 Most people who are as attractive, witty, and intelligent as I am are usually conceited. Joan Rivers Rivers, Joan #190 dupes:53
12003 The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world. Harry S. Truman Truman, Harry S #191
12004 In the misfortune of our friends, we find something which is not displeasing to us. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de #194 dupes:55
12005 If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas. Mason Cooley Cooley, Mason #196 dupes:56
12006 Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth #197
12007 Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either. Golda Meir Meir, Golda #201 dupes:59
12008 I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team. Art Buchwald Buchwald, Art #202
12009 If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing. Peter Lynch Lynch, Peter #203
12010 If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion. Stendhal Stendhal #204
12011 Comedy needs heart and warmth, even a tear or two, not just a lot of slapstick laughs. Desi Arnaz Arnaz, Desi #205
12012 The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher #206
12013 When the right man smiled it would be, music skittering up her calf, like a chuckle. Rita Dove Dove, Rita #207
12014 We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork gets to be overwhelming. Wernher von Braun Braun, Wernher von #210 dupes:61
12015 Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings and not by the intellect. Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert #211
12016 All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species. John W. Gardner Gardner, John W. #212
12017 Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls. Joseph Campbell Campbell, Joseph #214 dupes:62
12018 Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside. Ernst Lubitsch Lubitsch, Ernst #215
12019 Every door that swings wide for you has somebody on the other side opening it. Chris Matthews Matthews, Chris #216
12020 When a man is finally boxed and he has no choice, he begins to decorate his box. John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John #217
12021 The meek shall inherit the earth. They won't have the nerve to refuse it. Jackie Vernon Vernon, Jackie #219 dupes:63
12022 My father invented the burglar alarm - which unfortunately was stolen from him. Victor Borge Borge, Victor #221 dupes:64
12023 Art is a question mark in the minds of those who want to know what's happening. Aaron Howard Howard, Aaron #222
12024 A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied. Henri Frederic Amiel Amiel, Henri Frederic #224 dupes:65
12025 The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever. Vauvenargues de Vauvenargues #225
12026 We're not the descendants of philosophers. We're the children of court jesters. Jimmy Buffet Buffet, Jimmy #226
12027 There's a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary. Barbra Streisand Streisand, Barbra ADG 10/29/15
12028 If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya #227
12029 Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood. Mary Hirsch Hirsch, Mary #229 dupes:66
12030 One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Henry Adams Adams, Henry #230
12031 No error is so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Lord Acton Acton, Lord #232 dupes:67
12032 He who wished to secure the good of others has already secured himself. Confucius Confucius #233
12033 One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks. Jack Penn Penn, Jack #235 dupes:68
12034 The formula "two and two is five" is not without its attractions. Fyodor Dostoevsky Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich #236
12035 Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job. Josh Billings Billings, Josh #238 dupes:69
12036 Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius #241 dupes:71
12037 Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles #242
12038 Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: This is the ideal life. Mark Twain Twain, Mark #243
12039 God hasn't called me to be sccessful. He's called me to be faithful. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa #244
12040 Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. Minna Antrim Antrim, Minna #245
12041 Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. Gore Vidal Vidal, Gore #246
12042 Oh Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. William Penn Penn, William #248 dupes:72
12043 Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham #249
12044 Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald #251 dupes:73
12045 Always be wary of the software engineer who carries a screwdriver. Robert Paul Paul, Robert #253 dupes:74
12046 A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. Anatole France France, Anatole #254
12047 A bore is a fellow who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it. Henry Ford Ford, Henry #256 dupes:75
12048 A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space. Gloria Steinem Steinem, Gloria #257
12049 A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness. Elsa Schiaparelli Schiaparelli, Elsa #258
12050 To be seriously rich means that one no longer counts money. J. Paul Getty Getty, J. Paul #260 dupes:76
12051 Watching an America's Cup race is like watching grass grow. Ring Lardner Lardner, Ring #261
12052 People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. W. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset #262
12053 Now I can pay for the house, but I don't ever get to see it. Vince Gill Gill, Vince #263
12054 He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes. Spanish Proverb Proverb - Spanish #264
12055 Give a book as a present. You can always borrow it back. John Gratton Gratton, John #265
12056 Without knowledge, life is not more than the shadow of death. Moliere Moliere #266
12057 I found Rome built of bricks; I leave her clothed in marble. Augustus Augustus #267
12058 Up, you mighty race, you can accomplish what you will. Marcus Garvey Garvey, Marcus #269 dupes:77
12059 I would like to start from scratch. Where is scratch? Elias Canetti Canetti, Elias #270
12060 Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. Albert Camus Camus, Albert #271
12061 Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus #272
12062 The money is always there, but the pockets change. Gertrude Stein Stein, Gertrude #273
12063 How beggarly arguments appear before a defiant deed! Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt #274
12064 Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess. Edna Woolman Chase Chase, Edna Woolman #275
12065 Success or failure lies in conforming to the times Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolo #277 dupes:78
12066 Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho #278
12067 A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke Ellington Ellington, Duke #280 dupes:79
12068 Energy and persistence conquer all things. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin #281
12069 Just vengeance doesn't call for punishment. Pierre Corneille Corneille, Pierre #282
12070 Love is the crocodile on the river of desire. Bhartrihari Bhartrihari #284 dupes:80
12071 I was never less alone than when by myself. Edward Gibbon Gibbon, Edward #285
12072 He is the very pineapple of politeness! Richard Sheridan Sheridan, Richard #288 dupes:82
12073 Slowly we adjust, but only if we have to. Ellen Goodman Goodman, Ellen #290 dupes:83
12074 Criticism is prejudice made plausible. Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov, Vladimir #291
12075 Those who do not complain are never pitied. Jane Austen Austen, Jane #292
12076 Oaths are but words, and words but wind. Samuel Butler Butler, Samuel #293
12077 I would rather be right than be President. Henry Clay Clay, Henry #295 dupes:84
12078 Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant. Doug Horton Horton, Doug #296
12079 Freedom is a possession of inestimable value. Cicero Cicero, Marcus Tullius #297
12080 Time spent with cats is never wasted. Sigmund Freud Freud, Sigmund #298
12081 Knitting is very conducive to thought. Dorothy Day Day, Dorothy #299
12082 Media, the plural of mediocrity. Jimmy Breslin Breslin, Jimmy #300
12083 You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from. Cormac Mccarthy McCarthy, Cormac null
12084 The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself. Wes Craven Craven, Wes null
12085 When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win. Steffi Graf Graf, Steffi null
12086 The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves. V. S. Naipaul Naipaul, V. S. null
12087 The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
12088 You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. Erica Jong Jong, Erica null
12089 It is to the credit of human nature that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates. N. Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel null
12090 The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. Frank Herbert (from Dune) Herbert, Frank null
12091 How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
12092 I don't think you should rule out the possibility that just occasionally, Chance might deal you a good card. Sebastian Faulks Faulks, Sebastian null
12093 Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up. Philip Roth Roth, Philip null
12094 The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Susan B. Anthony Anthony, Susan B. null
12095 Do not just seek happiness for yourself. Seek happiness for all. Through kindness. Through mercy. David Levithan Levithan, David null
12096 The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Anna Quindlen Quindlen, Anna null
12097 There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them. George Eliot Eliot, George null
12098 The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present. Barbara De Angelis De Angelis, Barbara null
12099 I don't like work - no man does - but I like what is in the work - the chance to find yourself. Joseph Conrad Conrad, Joseph null
12100 Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. Hubert Humphrey Humphrey, Hubert H. null
12101 Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. Sitting Bull Sitting Bull null
12102 We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. Thornton Wilder Wilder, Thornton null
12103 I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. Barbara Bush Bush, Barbara null
12104 We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald null
12105 Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others. Ellen Degeneres DeGeneres, Ellen null
12106 There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. Marianne Williamson Williamson, Marianne null
12107 Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. Thomas S. Monson Monson, Thomas Spencer null
12108 Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough. Mark Zuckerberg Zuckerberg, Mark null
12109 A shopping cart flipped upside down forms a cage that I use to protect myself from consumerism. Jarod Kintz Kintz, Jarod null
12110 You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up. Jesse Jackson Jackson, Jesse null
12111 Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. William Arthur Ward Ward, William Arthur null
12112 You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it. Neil Gaiman Gaiman, Neil null
12113 When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others. Peace Pilgrim Peace Pilgrim null
12114 In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. Charles A. Lindbergh Lindbergh, Charles A. null
12115 Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. Margaret Mitchell Mitchell, Margaret null
12116 The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake. Meister Eckhart Eckhart, Meister null
12117 We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too. Helen Hayes Hayes, Helen null
12118 If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning. Mae West West, Mae null
12119 For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
12120 A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. Denis Waitley Waitley, Denis null
12121 Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. Louise Fresco Fresco, Louise null
12122 He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. Roy L. Smith Smith, Roy L. null
12123 'Twas the night before christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Clement C. Moore Moore, Clement C. null
12124 I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Charles R. Swindoll Swindoll, Charles R. null
12125 Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts ideas, opinions. Paulo Coelho Coelho, Paulo null
12126 Whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load. Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II null
12127 Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; It does for me. Audrey Hepburn Hepburn, Audrey null
12128 I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up: They have no holidays. Henny Youngman Youngman, Henny null
12129 But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean. H. P. Lovecraft Lovecraft, Howard Phillips null
12130 Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. Charles Bukowski Bukowski, Charles null
12131 If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact, but give him a question and he'll look for his own answers. Patrick Rothfuss Rothfuss, Patrick null
12132 The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own. Willa Cather Cather, Willa null
12133 Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. Mary Oliver Oliver, Mary null
12134 Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. Frank Herbert Herbert, Frank null
12135 True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. William Goldman Goldman, William null
12136 So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being. Franz Kafka Kafka, Franz null
12137 Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. Marilyn Monroe Monroe, Marilyn null
12138 I quickly realized that friendships without tomorrows, and the little anguishes of parting, were part of the pleasures of traveling. Simone de Beauvoir Beauvoir, Simone de null
12139 Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. Anne Lamott Lamott, Anne null
12140 Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; It is thinking that makes what we read ours. John Locke Locke, John null
12141 We are all here on earth to help others; What on earth the others are here for I don't know. Source Uncertain Unknown null
12142 Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
12143 The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. Socrates Socrates null
12144 Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry. Cassandra Clare Clare, Cassandra null
12145 There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. Alexandre Dumas Dumas, Alexandre null
12146 Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
12147 The rarest thing in the world is a woman who is pleased with photographs of herself. Elizabeth Metcalf Metcalf, Elizabeth null
12148 More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of human pity that will not forsake us. George Eliot Eliot, George null
12149 It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning. Bill Watterson Watterson, Bill null
12150 I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me. Katharine Whitehorn Whitehorn, Katharine null
12151 There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken for granted relationship. Iris Murdoch Murdoch, Iris null
12152 To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. Colette Colette null
12153 When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests. Maria Mitchell Mitchell, Maria null
12154 Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard. Eric Hoffer Hoffer, Eric null
12155 Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say. Will Durant Durant, Will null
12156 Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Laozi (Lao Tzu) Laozi null
12157 If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better, and that makes you so happy. Kristin Chenoweth Chenoweth, Kristin null
12158 All you need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. Charles M. Schulz Schulz, Charles M. null
12159 You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving. Francis de Sales Saint Francis de Sales null
12160 Love isn't something you find love is something that finds you. Loretta Young Young, Loretta null
12161 As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. Bruce Lee Lee, Bruce null
12162 Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. Herbert Clark Hoover Hoover, Herbert Clark null
12163 Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
12164 It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes. George Washington Washington, George null
12165 Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas null
12166 You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. Janis Joplin Joplin, Janis null
12167 If people stand in a circle long enough, they'll eventually begin to dance. George Carlin Carlin, George null
12168 I have the most ill-regulated memory. It does those things which it ought not to do and leaves undone the things it ought to have done. Dorothy L. Sayers Sayers, Dorothy L. null
12169 It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones. George Washington Washington, George null
12170 Memory is the storehouse in which the substance of our knowledge is treasured up. Charles Bridges Bridges, Charles null
12171 This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. Neil Armstrong Armstrong, Neil A. null
12172 The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that had left the conscious mind. Thalassa Cruso Cruso, Thalassa null
12173 Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can. John Wesley Wesley, John null
12174 One must always be careful of books and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us. Cassandra Clare Clare, Cassandra null
12175 Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. Margaret Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret null
12176 The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. Michel De Montaigne Montaigne, Michel De null
12177 It's not that it's so good with money, but that it's so bad without it. George Sanders Sanders, George null
12178 A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest. C. S. Lewis Lewis, C. S. null
12179 If you choose to live outside the law, you must obey the law more stringently than anyone. Bob Dylan Dylan, Bob null
12180 Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. Langston Hughes Hughes, Langston null
12181 It is the beginning of the end when you discover you have style. Dashiell Hammett Hammett, Dashiell null
12182 If loving someone is putting them in a straitjacket and kicking them down a flight of stairs, then yes, I have loved a few people. Jarod Kintz Kintz, Jarod null
12183 We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another. Veronica Roth Roth, Veronica null
12184 Whether you jump off a cliff or drive off a cliff, you're still off a cliff. Sen. Lindsey Graham Graham, Lindsey null
12185 No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
12186 My mother said, "No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs you back." H. Jackson Brown Brown, H. Jackson, Jr. null
12187 Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'll be halfway there. David Zucker Zucker, David null
12188 Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. George Washington Washington, George null
12189 Necessity makes even the timid brave. Sallust Sallust null
12190 America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron. Barbara Ann Mikulski Mikulski, Barbara Ann null
12191 If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham null
12192 The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. Jimmy Johnson Johnson, Jimmy null
12193 The biggest trouble with success is that its formula is just about the same as that for a nervous breakdown. John Holmes Holmes, John null
12194 All people know the same truth; Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it. Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
12195 The opposite of a great truth may well be another profound truth. Niels Bohr Bohr, Niels null
12196 A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor. Agnes Repplier Repplier, Agnes null
12197 I envy paranoids; They actually feel people are paying attention to them. Susan Sontag Sontag, Susan null
12198 Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. George Carlin Carlin, George null
12199 With a suit, even if you're having a nervous breakdown, you still look like you're in charge. Paul Feig Feig, Paul null
12200 Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better. John Updike Updike, John null
12201 That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old. Philip Pullman Pullman, Philip null
12202 The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity. Mae Jemison Jemison, Mae null
12203 Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper. David Hilbert Hilbert, David null
12204 Dreams come true; Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. John Updike Updike, John null
12205 Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
12206 I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest. Katy Perry Perry, Katy null
12207 When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was "Always." Rita Rudner Rudner, Rita null
12208 Say and do something positive that will help the situation; It doesn't take any brains to complain. Robert A. Cook Cook, Robert A. null
12209 A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. Joyce Brothers Brothers, Dr. Joyce null
12210 Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts provide a universal understanding of a personal experience. Mae Jemison Jemison, Mae null
12211 I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often - but I'm well preserved. Rose Kennedy Kennedy, Rose null
12212 One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. Samuel Johnson Johnson, Dr. Samuel null
12213 The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; It is the one thing that all of us share. Lady Bird Johnson Johnson, Claudia "Lady Bird" null
12214 The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it. Barry Commoner Commoner, Barry null
12215 Until a man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. Thomas Alva Edison Edison, Thomas Alva null
12216 Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. George S. Patton Patton, George S. null
12217 I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be. Ken Venturi Venturi, Ken null
12218 We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
12219 When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor. Elon Musk Musk, Elon null
12220 No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one. Jessica Savitch Savitch, Jessica null
12221 From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own fortune. Tecumseh Tecumseh null
12222 It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are. Malala Yousafzai Yousafzai, Malala null
12223 Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself. Swami Sivananda Swami Sivananda null
12224 Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. Laurence J. Peter Peter, Laurence Johnston null
12225 A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
12226 A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. Cardinal Gaspard Mermillod Mermillod, Cardinal Gaspard null
12227 My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. Kristin Hannah Hannah, Kristin null
12228 Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed. Natalie Clifford Barney Barney, Natalie Clifford null
12229 While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. Abigail Van Buren Van Buren, Abigail null
12230 Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
12231 A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education. Dr. Smiley Blanton Blanton, Dr. Smiley null
12232 Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons. Jessica Lange Lange, Jessica null
12233 It's really hard to hate someone for being different when you're too busy laughing together. George Takei Takei, George null
12234 Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young. Antony Jay Jay, Antony null
12235 When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. Atifete Jahjaga Jahjaga, Atifete null
12236 I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. Hippolyte Taine Taine, Hippolyte null
12237 You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there. Venus Williams Williams, Venus null
12238 As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
12239 I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom. Bob Hope Hope, Bob null
12240 If it seemed easy, then that would be the time to worry that I am on the wrong path. Anne Perry Perry, Anne null
12241 If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. Colin Powell Powell, Colin null
12242 We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. Hilaire Belloc Belloc, Hilaire null
12243 The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm. Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous null
12244 We are human and we make mistakes, but learning from them is what makes the difference. Ameesha Patel Patel, Ameesha null
12245 They fell, but o'er their glorious grave, floats free the banner of the cause they died to save. Francis Marion Crawford Crawford, Francis Marion null
12246 Most of us start out with a positive attitude and a plan to do our best. Marilu Henner Henner, Marilu null
12247 We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. Charles R. Swindoll Swindoll, Charles R. null
12248 When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. Audre Lorde Lorde, Audre null
12249 The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions. Ellen Glasgow Glasgow, Ellen null
12250 We've let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it's only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage. Sean Penn Penn, Sean null
12251 Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change. Barbara Ann Mikulski Mikulski, Barbara Ann null
12252 Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart, and they both take practice. Nora Roberts Roberts, Nora null
12253 I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive. Joseph Campbell Campbell, Joseph null
12254 I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path fur a purpose. Marla Gibbs Gibbs, Marla null
12255 I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool. Bonnie Raitt Raitt, Bonnie null
12256 Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture. Helen Hayes Hayes, Helen null
12257 Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get, it's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day. Barbara De Angelis De Angelis, Barbara null
12258 I think of my life as a kind of music. Not always good music but still having form and melody. John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John null
12259 I love my dad, although I'm definitely critical of him sometimes, like when his pants are too tight. Liv Tyler Tyler, Liv null
12260 Feel what you feel, know what you know, and set your relatives free to do the same. Melody Beattie Beattie, Melody null
12261 Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. Hans Selye Selye, Hans null
12262 That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail, no one is laughing at you. A. Whitney Brown Brown, A. Whitney null
12263 I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
12264 My poetry, I think, has become the way of my giving out what music is within me. Countee Cullen Cullen, Countee null
12265 What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph null
12266 There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand null
12267 I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken. Adele Adele null
12268 The path to your success is not as fixed and inflexible as you think. Misty Copeland Copeland, Misty null
12269 Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
12270 Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away. Barbara De Angelis De Angelis, Barbara null
12271 Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II null
12272 The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. Aung San Suu Kyi Kyi, Aung San Suu null
12273 I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. Charlotte Bronte Bronte, Charlotte null
12274 What I like about acting is that you can be a different person every day. Allegra Versace Versace, Allegra null
12275 I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian null
12276 You will only be remembered for two things: the problems you solve or the ones you create. Mike Murdock Murdock, Mike null
12277 The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. Bill Watterson Watterson, Bill null
12278 When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. Arnold Schwarzenegger Schwarzenegger, Arnold null
12279 To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. Alfred Austin Austin, Alfred null
12280 There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles null
12281 I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. Phyllis Diller Diller, Phyllis null
12282 If you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work. Louis C. K. Louis C. K. null
12283 I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way. Elizabeth McGovern McGovern, Elizabeth null
12284 My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. Annie Leibovitz Leibovitz, Annie null
12285 If life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade ... and try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party. Ron White White, Ron null
12286 I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you. Robin Williams Williams, Robin null
12287 I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it. Flannery O'Connor O'Connor, Flannery null
12288 The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
12289 Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you? Joel Osteen Osteen, Joel null
12290 The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest null
12291 For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
12292 The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down. A. Whitney Brown Brown, A. Whitney null
12293 If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently. Bill Watterson Watterson, Bill null
12294 Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. Arnold Schwarzenegger Schwarzenegger, Arnold null
12295 The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. Alfred Austin Austin, Alfred null
12296 If you do every job like you're going to do it for the rest of your life, that's when you get noticed. Mary Barra Barra, Mary null
12297 Life. It gives you vision. But you can't acquire it if you're afraid of keeping score. Pat Summitt Summitt, Pat null
12298 He who cannot put his thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of dispute. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
12299 Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him. Jean Paul Paul, Jean null
12300 Never let a trend get in the way of creating a great outfit for yourself. Stacy London London, Stacy null
12301 In painting you have unlimited power. You have the ability to move mountains. You can bend rivers. Bob Ross Ross, Bob null
12302 There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating. Frederick Delius Delius, Frederick null
12303 You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic. Robert Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. null
12304 Science never solves a problem without creating ten more. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
12305 Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky. Sonia Gandhi Gandhi, Sonia null
12306 I am going to look around at all the flowers, and look up at the hectic trees. I am going to close my eyes and listen. Anne Lamott Lamott, Anne null
12307 Seeds of faith are always within us; Sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth. Susan L. Taylor Taylor, Susan L. null
12308 A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul. Minna Antrim Antrim, Minna null
12309 We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
12310 Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head. Ambrose Bierce Bierce, Ambrose null
12311 Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. Samuel Smiles Smiles, Samuel null
12312 Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man. Pliny the Elder Pliny the Elder null
12313 Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. Epictetus Epictetus null
12314 Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it. Pat Summitt Summitt, Pat null
12315 It will never rain roses: When we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. George Eliot Eliot, George null
12316 The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind. Carl Hiaasen Hiaasen, Carl null
12317 Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. Joyce Cary Cary, Joyce null
12318 Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. George Herbert Herbert, George null
12319 I like to say there's certain things you can't take back: One of them is "I love you," and one of them is bullets. Nathan Fillion Fillion, Nathan null
12320 I've never met an animal I didn't like, and I can't say the same thing about people. Doris Day Day, Doris null
12321 Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test. Ingrid Newkirk Newkirk, Ingrid null
12322 The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. Gloria M. Arroyo Arroyo, Gloria Macapagal null
12323 Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. Thomas Dekker Dekker, Thomas null
12324 The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together. Saadi Saadi null
12325 Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi Lombardi, Vince null
12326 I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. Audrey Hepburn Hepburn, Audrey null
12327 The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
12328 They don't care how much you know, unless they know how much you care. Source Obscure Unknown null
12329 Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Japanese Proverb Proverb - Japanese null
12330 Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kind of falls into place. Jennifer Aniston Aniston, Jennifer null
12331 Science, for hundreds of years, has spanned the differences between cultures and between countries. Laurel Clark Clark, Laurel null
12332 The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low. Richard Carlson Carlson, Richard null
12333 It's better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret. Jackie Joyner-Kersee Joyner-Kersee, Jackie null
12334 You've got to jump off the cliff all the time, and build your wings on the way down. Ray Bradbury Bradbury, Ray null
12335 Cars and cameras are the two things I let myself be materialistic about. I don't care about other stuff. Louis C. K. Louis C. K. null
12336 The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples; The other turns them to cider. Jane Hirshfield Hirshfield, Jane null
12337 Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day. Shira Tamir Tamir, Shira null
12338 Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. Stanley Horowitz Horowitz, Stanley null
12339 Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring. Hilaire Belloc Belloc, Hilaire null
12340 There are two men inside the artist: the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman. Emile Zola Zola, Emile null
12341 I was so surprised at being born that I didn't speak for a year and a half. Gracie Allen Allen, Gracie null
12342 I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality. Michelle Pfeiffer Pfeiffer, Michelle null
12343 October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. Rainbow Rowell Rowell, Rainbow null
12344 It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons. Friedrich Von Schiller Schiller, Johann Friedrich von null
12345 True homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
12346 The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us to become our best while looking our worst. Marge Kennedy Kennedy, Marge null
12347 Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad. Salvador Dali Dali, Salvador null
12348 Family: a social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space. Evan Esar Esar, Evan null
12349 Simplicity in character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth null
12350 The greatnes of art is not to find what is common but what is unique. Isaac Bashevis Singer Singer, Isaac Bashevis null
12351 A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog. Jack London London, Jack null
12352 Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. Frank Sinatra Sinatra, Frank null
12353 Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
12354 When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
12355 I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Lao Tzu Laozi null
12356 I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs. Sam Abell Abell, Sam null
12357 In your twenties you can be pretty, but you don't accomplish real beauty until you kind wisdom and depth. Evangeline Lilly Lilly, Evangeline null
12358 If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can. Regina Brett Brett, Regina null
12359 All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography. Federico Fellini Fellini, Federico null
12360 Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. Jane Howard Howard, Jane null
12361 One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb. Edward Sapir Sapir, Edward null
12362 A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. Vernon Howard Howard, Vernon null
12363 People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. Source Obscure Unknown null
12364 Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. Ancient Indian Proverb Proverb - Indian null
12365 Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers Rogers, Will null
12366 October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. Rainbow Rowell Rowell, Rainbow null
12367 Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. Isaac Newton Newton, Isaac null
12368 There are better starters than me but I'm a strong finisher. Usain Bolt Bolt, Usain null
12369 Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. Napoleon Hill Hill, Napoleon null
12370 Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. William Ellery Channing Channing, William Ellery null
12371 Sometimes you don't realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness. Susan Gale Gale, Susan null
12372 Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths. Drew Barrymore Barrymore, Drew null
12373 I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Thomas Paine Paine, Thomas null
12374 Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. Les Brown Brown, Les null
12375 Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. H. Jackson Brown Brown, H. Jackson, Jr. null
12376 Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. William E. Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart null
12377 The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. Richard Bach Bach, Richard null
12378 Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop. Source Obscure Unknown null
12379 The intellect of the wise is like glass; It admits the light of heaven and reflects it. Augustus John Cuthbert Hare Hare, Augustus John Cuthbert null
12380 Don't watch the clock; Do what it does. Keep going. Sam Levenson Levenson, Sam null
12381 There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. Bern Williams Williams, Bern null
12382 I may be wearing makeup, but I can throw a fastball by you at the same time. Jennie Finch Finch, Jennie null
12383 I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments. Jim Morrison Morrison, Jim null
12384 Beware of monotony; It's the mother of all the deadly sins. Edith Wharton Wharton, Edith null
12385 He who thanks but with the lips, thanks but in part; The full, the true thanksgiving comes from the heart. J. A. Shedd Shedd, John Augustus null
12386 Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age. George Sand Sand, George null
12387 It was what I was born for - to look, to listen, to lose myself inside this soft world - to instruct myself over and over. Mary Oliver Oliver, Mary null
12388 How can you know what you're capable of if you don't embrace the unknown? Esmeralda Santiago Santiago, Esmeralda null
12389 Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it. Jodi Picoult Picoult, Jodi null
12390 If you're gonna make a change you're gonna have to operate from a new belief that says life happens not to me, but for me. Tony Robbins Robbins, Tony null
12391 Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. Marilyn Ferguson Ferguson, Marilyn null
12392 People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a difficult thing. John Porter Porter, John null
12393 The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better. Barbara Pletcher Pletcher, Barbara null
12394 Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head. Meryl Streep Streep, Meryl null
12395 Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Susan B. Anthony Anthony, Susan B. null
12396 Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look at the stars. Henry Van Dyke Van Dyke, Henry null
12397 Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens. Douglas Jerrold Jerrold, Douglas null
12398 You can't be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute. Tina Fey Fey, Tina null
12399 When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. Malala Yousafzai Yousafzai, Malala null
12400 The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves. Barbara Corcoran Corcoran, Barbara null
12401 I didn't get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it. Estee Lauder Lauder, Estee null
12402 I never dreamed about being a millionaire - I dreamed about being a football player. Victor Cruz Cruz, Victor null
12403 Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. Golda Meir Meir, Golda null
12404 No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth. Martha Beck Beck, Martha null
12405 The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands. Sir Richard Burton Burton, Sir Richard null
12406 I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list. Susan Sontag Sontag, Susan null
12407 Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. Washington Irving Irving, Washington null
12408 The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. Lao Tzu Laozi null
12409 One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day. Don't clean it up too quickly. Andy Rooney Rooney, Andy null
12410 If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home. James Michener Michener, James null
12411 As far as I'm concerned, "whom" is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler. Calvin Trillin Trillin, Calvin null
12412 You can waste your lives drawing lines, or you can live your life crossing them. Shonda Rhimes Rhimes, Shonda null
12413 And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin Nin, Anais null
12414 Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Julia Child Child, Julia null
12415 The first step toward getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. Source Obscure Unknown null
12416 If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities. Ann Richards Richards, Ann null
12417 Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. John Burroughs Burroughs, John null
12418 Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur Pasteur, Louis null
12419 We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe. John Henry Newman Newman, John Henry Cardinal null
12420 You have to get to the point where going for it is more important than winning or losing. Arthur Ashe Ashe, Arthur null
12421 I don't expect it all to be good. I have fat dogs because I scrap that stuff out the back door. Guy Fieri Fieri, Guy null
12422 For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside of the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river. Henry Van Dyke Van Dyke, Henry null
12423 Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. Seneca Seneca null
12424 To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. Freya Stark Stark, Freya null
12425 One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don't know how to do, to keep learning. Ruth Reichl Reichl, Ruth null
12426 The life you have led doesn't need to be the only life you have. Anna Quindlen Quindlen, Anna null
12427 Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
12428 I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything. Condoleezza Rice Rice, Condoleezza null
12429 Whoever came up with ice fishing must have had the worst marriage on the planet. Jeff Cesario Cesario, Jeff null
12430 An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. Orlando Aloysius Battista Battista, Orlando Aloysius null
12431 A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
12432 You should treat your marriage like a business that you wouldn't want to let fail. Lisa Ling Ling, Lisa null
12433 If you're not making some notable mistakes along the way, you're certainly not taking enough business and career chances. Sallie Krawcheck Krawcheck, Sallie null
12434 A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence. Sonia Sotomayor Sotomayor, Sonia null
12435 I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
12436 Hold your head and your standards high even as people or circumstances try to pull you down. Tory Johnson Johnson, Tory null
12437 I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger. Mia Hamm Hamm, Mia null
12438 Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Louis Pasteur Pasteur, Louis null
12439 If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is. Angelina Jolie Jolie, Angelina null
12440 But no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth. Francis Bacon Bacon, Sir Francis null
12441 The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas null
12442 Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Source Unknown Unknown null
12443 Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Brene Brown Brown, Brene null
12444 We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls. Anais Nin Nin, Anais null
12445 How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else. R. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster null
12446 When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations. Marilyn vos Savant Savant, Marilyn vos null
12447 If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love. Princess Diana Diana, Princess of Wales null
12448 There are only two roads that lead to something like human happiness. They are marked by the words: Love and Achievement. Theodor Reik Reik, Theodor null
12449 Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance. Anne Lamott Lamott, Anne null
12450 Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering. Source Obscure Unknown null
12451 Cooking is like snow skiing: if you don't fall at least ten times, then you're not skiing hard enough. Guy Fieri Fieri, Guy null
12452 If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a non-working cat. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas null
12453 When I'm tired, I rest. I say, "I can't be a Superwoman today." Jada Pinkett Smith Smith, Jada Pinkett null
12454 The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. Alexander Hamilton Hamilton, Alexander null
12455 This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues. Diana Nyad Nyad, Diana null
12456 I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; For I intend to go in harm's way. John Paul Jones Jones, John Paul null
12457 The hasty reformer who does not remember the past will find himself condemned to repeat it. John Buchan Buchan, John null
12458 Dying seems less sad than having lived too little. Gloria Steinem Steinem, Gloria null
12459 It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith. Emma Watson Watson, Emma null
12460 I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion. Ellen Degeneres DeGeneres, Ellen null
12461 Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell null
12462 If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably. Rachel Maddow Maddow, Rachel null
12463 Yet many of the world's great movements, of thought and action, have flowed from the work of a single man. Robert F. Kennedy Kennedy, Robert F. null
12464 Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus null
12465 All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time. Julie Andrews Andrews, Julie null
12466 If somebody can do something eighty percent as good as you think you would have done it yourself, then you've got to let it go. Sara Blakely Blakely, Sara null
12467 The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great - and they know I know it. Clark Gable Gable, Clark null
12468 We need to start work with the idea that we're going to learn every day. I learn, even at my position, every single day. Chanda Kochhar Kochhar, Chanda null
12469 Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. Aristotle Aristotle null
12470 St. Patrick was a gentleman, who through strategy and stealth, drove all the snakes from ireland. Here's toasting to his health. Anonymous Unknown null
12471 The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. Henry Van Dyke Van Dyke, Henry null
12472 You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil. John Ruskin Ruskin, John null
12473 The earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love. Sitting Bull Sitting Bull null
12474 To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone. Reba McEntire McEntire, Reba null
12475 True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world. La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
12476 It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. Tony Robbins Robbins, Tony null
12477 The mountain is voiceless and imperturbable; and its very loftiness and serenity sometimes make us the more lonely. Henry Van Dyke Van Dyke, Henry null
12478 If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: Get there on time. Richard Branson Branson, Richard null
12479 Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful. Zoe Kravitz Kravitz, Zoe null
12480 A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. Joseph Addison Addison, Joseph null
12481 Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. Martha Graham Graham, Martha null
12482 Never let life impede on your ability to manifest your dreams. Corin Nemec Nemec, Corin null
12483 There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. Nelson Mandela Mandela, Nelson null
12484 Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
12485 Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with a great and strong purpose in your heart. Gordon B. Hinckley Hinckley, Gordon B. null
12486 The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting. Theodor Reik Reik, Theodor null
12487 Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
12488 Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. Epictetus Epictetus null
12489 I'm a firm believer in, once you start chasing awards, they go away. Lin-Manuel Miranda Miranda, Lin-Manuel null
12490 Anytime someone tells me I can't do something, I want to do it more. Taylor Swift Swift, Taylor null
12491 A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure. Henry Kissinger Kissinger, Henry A. null
12492 We may eliminate death someday, but I doubt if we'll ever eliminate taxes. Robert A. Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. null
12493 A rose has thorns, a cat has claws; Certainly both are worth the risk. Unknown Unknown null
12494 Random numbers should not be generated with a method chosen at random. Donald Knuth Knuth, Donald null
12495 Children really brighten up a household. They never turn the lights off. Ralph "Bus" Wycherley Wycherley, Ralph "Bus" null
12496 Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. Michael Levine Levine, Michael null
12497 In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; They have not forgotten this. Terry Pratchett Pratchett, Terry null
12498 Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. John Updike Updike, John null
12499 We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine gun. George Orwell Orwell, George null
12500 The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur null
12501 In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
12502 The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Herman Melville Melville, Herman null
12503 A rumor will travel fastest to the place where it will cause the greatest harm. Gustavo Agrait Agrait, Gustavo null
12504 You should eat a waffle! You can't be sad if you eat a waffle! Lauren Myracle Myracle, Lauren null
12505 Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. Hosea Ballou Ballou, Hosea null
12506 If you can't be a pencil to write anyone's happiness, then try to be a nice eraser to remove their sadness. Unknown Unknown null
12507 No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be who have tried it. Herman Melville Melville, Herman null
12508 Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Carl Sagan Sagan, Carl null
12509 Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers. William Penn Penn, William null
12510 You're far safer dealing with crocodiles and western diamondback rattlesnakes than the executives and the producers. Steve Irwin Irwin, Steve null
12511 Shall I refuse my dinner because I do not fully understand the process of digestion? Oliver Heaviside Heaviside, Oliver null
12512 Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Stephen Hawking Hawking, Stephen null
12513 If you just focus on the smallest details, you never get the big picture right. Leroy Hood Hood, Leroy null
12514 When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in. Kristin Armstrong Armstrong, Kristin null
12515 I did not become a vegetarian for my health. I did it for the health of the chickens. Isaac Bashevis Singer Singer, Isaac Bashevis null
12516 When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness. Malcolm Forbes Forbes, Malcolm null
12517 A computer lets you make mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exception of handguns and tequila. Mitch Ratcliffe Ratcliffe, Mitch null
12518 The fence that makes good neighbors needs a gate to make good friends. Jacob M. Braude Braude, Jacob Morton null
12519 Common sense and education are highly compatible; In fact, neither is worth much without the other. Donald G. Smith Smith, Donald G. null
12520 There's no cure for ugly, but you can make yourself into a human optical illusion. Jenna Marbles Marbles, Jenna null
12521 The information you get from social media is not a substitute for academic discipline at all. Bill Nye Nye, Bill null
12522 The summer night is like a perfection of thought. Wallace Stevens Stevens, Wallace null
12523 The stone fell on the pitcher? Woe to the pitcher. The pitcher fell on the stone? Woe to the pitcher. Jewish Proverb Proverb - Jewish null
12524 Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; It has to be itself. Berenice Abbott Abbott, Berenice null
12525 Being an MP is the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children - clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. Diane Abbott Abbott, Diane null
12526 The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values. Alan Alda Alda, Alan null
12527 The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, do not stand in one place. Chinua Achebe Achebe, Chinua null
12528 Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling. Louisa May Alcott Alcott, Louisa May null
12529 Why should you be confused just because you come from a confused civilization? Brian Aldiss Aldiss, Brian null
12530 Every thread of creation is held in position, by still other strands of things living. Don Mclean (from Tapestry") Mclean, Don null
12531 The great thing about a double entendre is that it can only mean one thing. Steve Gillette Gillette, Steve null
12532 I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create a reasonably decent society. James Michener Michener, James null
12533 Social media is not about the exploitation of technology but service to community. Simon Mainwaring Mainwaring, Simon null
12534 Data helps us understand what it is we need to encourage creators to do. Small things can have a huge impact. Geena Davis Davis, Geena null
12535 Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
12536 The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. Rollo May May, Rollo null
12537 To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. Theophile Gautier Gautier, Theophile null
12538 How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude! Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
12539 Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves; and without that the conqueror is naught but the first slave. James Thomson Thomson, James null
12540 Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Count Leo null
12541 Being misunderstood by people whose opinions you value is absolutely the most painful. Gloria Steinem Steinem, Gloria null
12542 I write my own quotes. Except this one. I obviously stole this from somebody really clever. Brian Celio Celio, Brian null
12543 Find something you really care about and mix that with something you love doing. Kathleen Hanna Hanna, Kathleen null
12544 I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band. Waylon Jennings Jennings, Waylon null
12545 We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced. Malala Yousafzai Yousafzai, Malala null
12546 Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then. Diana Ross Ross, Diana null
12547 I would rather be handsome for an hour than pretty for a week. Tilda Swinton Swinton, Tilda null
12548 Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people. Steve Jobs Jobs, Steve null
12549 Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; Never limit others because of your own limited imagination. Mae Jemison Jemison, Mae null
12550 Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen. Wayne Huizenga Huizenga, Wayne null
12551 Buckle up, and know that it's going to be a tremendous amount of work, but embrace it. Tory Burch Burch, Tory null
12552 I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. Lou Holtz Holtz, Lou null
12553 Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; They are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. Luther Burbank Burbank, Luther null
12554 Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. Bill Gates Gates, Bill null
12555 I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; You need to be able to throw something back. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
12556 The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. Epictetus Epictetus null
12557 You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be. Elizabeth Gilbert Gilbert, Elizabeth null
12558 Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it. Lou Rawls Rawls, Lou null
12559 I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; Knowing what must be done does away with fear. Rosa Parks Parks, Rosa null
12560 It is better to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood. Danish Proverb Proverb - Danish null
12561 Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it? Caroline Myss Myss, Caroline null
12562 If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Dalai Lama Dalai Lama null
12563 Science is the best idea humans have ever had. The more people who embrace that idea, the better. Bill Nye Nye, Bill null
12564 If you're not making mistakes, then you're not making decisions. Catherine Cook Cook, Catherine null
12565 You didn't make yourself a poet - You entered a situation in which there was poetry. Derek Walcott Walcott, Derek null
12566 Giving up doesn't always mean you're weak. Sometimes you're just strong enough to let go. Taylor Swift Swift, Taylor null
12567 Photography doesn't teach you how to express your emotions; It teaches you how to see. Bereniece Abbott Abbott, Bereniece null
12568 The idea of a library full of books, the books full of knowledge, fills me with fear and love and courage and endless wonder. Elizabeth McCracken McCracken, Elizabeth null
12569 What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have. Lionel Trilling Trilling, Lionel null
12570 Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. Orson Scott Card Card, Orson Scott null
12571 Making a big hollywood film that really affects people is as hard as making a small movie on a credit card. Cameron Crowe Crowe, Cameron null
12572 Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
12573 If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day weekend. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
12574 By all these lovely tokens, September days are here, with summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer. H. H. Jackson Jackson, Helen Hunt null
12575 I hope your rambles have been sweet, and your reveries spacious. Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
12576 I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today. Penelope Keith Keith, Penelope null
12577 Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown. Stephen Gardiner Gardiner, Stephen null
12578 Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. Melody Beattie Beattie, Melody null
12579 The curtain rises on a vast primitive wasteland, not unlike certain parts of New Jersey. Woody Allen Allen, Woody null
12580 I wash everything on the gentle cycle. It's so much more humane. Unknown Unknown null
12581 The breakfast of champions is not cereal; It's the opposition. Nick Seitz Seitz, Nick null
12582 When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary to not make a decision. Lord Falkland Falkland, Lord null
12583 I never feel lonely if I've got a book. They're like old friends. Emilia Fox Fox, Emilia null
12584 Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; He should be drawn and quoted. Fred Allen Allen, Fred null
12585 Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly. Simeon Strunsky Strunsky, Simeon null
12586 Let us choose for ourselves our path in life, and let us try to strew that path with flowers. Emilie du Chatelet du Chatelet, Emilie null
12587 Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination. Drake Drake null
12588 You can act to change and control your life and the procedure. The process is its own reward. Amelia Earhart Earhart, Amelia null
12589 Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. Karl A. Menninger Menninger, Karl A. null
12590 Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out. Jenn Proske Proske, Jenn null
12591 Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant. Steve Lacy Lacy, Steve null
12592 Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music. Sergei Rachmaninov Rachmaninov, Sergei null
12593 The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. Savielly Tartakower Tartakower, Savielly null
12594 Grandkids ... take you back to childhood - theirs, the parents', your own: A three-time admittance to wonderland. Adair Lara Lara, Adair null
12595 Be faithful to your own taste, because nothing you really like is ever out of style. Billy Baldwin Baldwin, Billy null
12596 Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway. Isabelle Holland Holland, Isabelle null
12597 The finest clothing made is a person's skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
12598 Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures. Lovelle Drachman Drachman, Lovelle null
12599 We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. Cynthia Ozick Ozick, Cynthia null
12600 You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you. Andy Warhol Warhol, Andy null
12601 The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren. Doug Larson Larson, Doug null
12602 If I'm not with somebody who really excites or inspires me, then I'd rather be by myself. Blake Lively Lively, Blake null
12603 The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next. Ursula K. Le Guin Le Guin, Ursula K. null
12604 If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited. Earl Nightingale Nightingale, Earl null
12605 The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. Edna St. Vincent Millay Millay, Edna St. Vincent null
12606 The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot. Michael Altshuler Altshuler, Michael null
12607 You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart. Carol Ann Duffy Duffy, Carol Ann null
12608 It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. Edgar Degas Degas, Edgar null
12609 Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. Mary Shelley Shelley, Mary null
12610 Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind. Dean Koontz Koontz, Dean null
12611 No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be. Bram Stoker Stoker, Bram null
12612 A man practices the art of adventure when he heroically faces up to life. Wilferd Peterson Peterson, Wilferd null
12613 We all get where we're going by circuitous journeys, and some of the setbacks are warranted. Carol Burnett Burnett, Carol null
12614 Better to make a hundred mistakes than to stare at a blank piece of paper too scared to do anything wrong. Neil Gaiman Gaiman, Neil null
12615 Look closely at the present you are constructing. It should look like the future you are dreaming. Alice Walker Walker, Alice null
12616 Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. Malcolm X Malcolm X null
12617 Perhaps the safest prediction we can make about the future is that it will surprise us. George Leonard Leonard, George null
12618 Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure. Irving Wallace Wallace, Irving null
12619 There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. Alexander Hamilton Hamilton, Alexander null
12620 You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear. Samuel Ullman Ullman, Samuel null
12621 A proverb is much matter distilled into few words. R. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster null
12622 If it is true that men are better than women because they are stronger, why aren't our sumo wrestlers in the government? Kishida Toshiko Toshiko, Kishida null
12623 If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others? Dolores Huerta Huerta, Dolores null
12624 Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being. Sargent Shriver Shriver, Sargent null
12625 Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life. Yoko Ono Ono, Yoko null
12626 Our uniqueness, our individuality, and our life experience molds us into fascinating beings. I hope we can embrace that. Linda Thompson Thompson, Linda null
12627 Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. Etty Hillesum Hillesum, Etty null
12628 Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. Guy Fieri Fieri, Guy null
12629 Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. Ralph Marston Marston, Ralph null
12630 The gain is not the having of children; It is the discovery of love and how to be loving. Polly Berrien Berends Berends, Polly Berrien null
12631 My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies. Wyclef Jean Jean, Wyclef null
12632 Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art. Constantin Stanislavski Stanislavski, Constantin null
12633 The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end. Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Harriet Beecher null
12634 Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering. A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. null
12635 Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together. Paul Ryan Ryan, Paul null
12636 I'm dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it.I'm dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it. Garry Shandling Shandling, Garry null
12637 Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas A. Edison Edison, Thomas Alva null
12638 A perpetual optimist is a person who has nothing to worry about because he has nothing to worry with. Source Obscure Unknown null
12639 No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people get together to eat. Guy Fieri Fieri, Guy null
12640 There's nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth. Alice Cary Cary, Alice null
12641 Every birthday, every celebration ends with something sweet, a cake, and people remember. Buddy Valastro Valastro, Buddy null
12642 It may be half full of water precious in itself, but in the other half there's a rainbow that could exist only in the vacant space. Alice Walker Walker, Alice null
12643 The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen. Gilbert K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
12644 Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. Pindar Pindar null
12645 If you cannot make knowledge your servant, make it your friend. Baltasar Gracian Gracian, Baltasar null
12646 Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. Pamela Vaull Starr Starr, Pamela Vaull null
12647 Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. Hamilton Wright Mabie Mabie, Hamilton Wright null
12648 Time well spent is time that was used treating other people well. Source Unknown Unknown null
12649 The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion. Richard Feynman Feynman, Richard null
12650 Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby. Ruth E. Renkel Renkel, Ruth E. null
12651 When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels. Source Unknown Unknown null
12652 Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry christmas. Peg Bracken Bracken, Peg null
12653 To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin null
12654 We are one, our cause is one, and we must help each other, if we are to succeed. Frederick Douglass Douglass, Frederick null
12655 Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome. Amelia Barr Barr, Amelia null
12656 Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player. Alice Cooper Cooper, Alice null
12657 Love has no uttermost, as the stars have no number and the sea no rest. Eleanor Farjeon Farjeon, Eleanor null
12658 There's just something beautiful about walking in snow that nobody else has walked on. Carol Rifka Brunt Brunt, Carol Rifka null
12659 And now, let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been. Rainer Maria Rilke Rilke, Rainer Maria null
12660 A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship. Markus Zusak Zusak, Markus null
12661 Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Jesse Owens Owens, Jesse null
12662 There is a voice inside of you, that whispers all day long. I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong. Shel Silverstein Silverstein, Shel null
12663 You always pass failure on the way to success. Mickey Rooney Rooney, Mickey null
12664 Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you. Anna Lee Lee, Anna null
12665 No one is perfect - that's why pencils have erasers. Wolfgang Riebe Riebe, Wolfgang null
12666 The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
12667 Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton, Gilbert K. null
12668 No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible. George Chakiris Chakiris, George null
12669 It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable ... it's better to be quotable than honest. Tom Stoppard Stoppard, Tom null
12670 I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. Lionel Messi Messi, Lionel null
12671 Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. Anne Lamott Lamott, Anne null
12672 Power is actualized only when word and deed have not parted company. Hannah Arendt Arendt, Hannah null
12673 It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. Isaac Asimov Asimov, Isaac null
12674 Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account. Anne Wilson Schaef Schaef, Anne Wilson null
12675 Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood. Andy Goldsworthy Goldsworthy, Andy null
12676 They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise. Boris Pasternak Pasternak, Boris null
12677 You don't have to be crazy to be a goalie, but it helps! Bernie Parent Parent, Bernie null
12678 Science fiction encourages us to explore ... all the futures, good and bad that the human mind can envision. Marion Zimmer Bradley Bradley, Marion Zimmer null
12679 I can't say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. Daniel Boone Boone, Daniel null
12680 If you hype something and it succeeds you're a genius, it wasn't hype; If you hype it and it fails, then it's just a hype. Neil Bogart Bogart, Neil null
12681 I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants. David Bowie Bowie, David null
12682 I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. Frida Kahlo Kahlo, Frida null
12683 My stories run up and bite me in the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. Ray Bradbury Bradbury, Ray null
12684 Go at it boldly, and you'll find unexpected forces closing round you and coming to your aid. Basil King King, Basil null
12685 Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; And anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats. Anne Bradstreet Bradstreet, Anne null
12686 Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. Chinese Proverb Proverb - Chinese null
12687 To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
12688 Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive. Howard Thurman Thurman, Howard null
12689 Pick up the battle and make it a better world just where you are. It can be better and it must be better, but it's up to us. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
12690 Nothing happens in the "real" world unless it first happens in the images in our heads. Gloria Anzaldua Anzaldua, Gloria null
12691 There's really no such thing as the "Voiceless." There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard. Arundhati Roy Roy, Arundhati null
12692 There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment. Sarah Dessen Dessen, Sarah null
12693 Concentrated attention is the collection of units of power on a chosen point of intention. James Arthur Ray Ray, James Arthur null
12694 A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power. Brian Tracy Tracy, Brian null
12695 A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning. Lillian Gish Gish, Lillian null
12696 A man should never be appointed into a managerial position if his vision focuses on people's weaknesses rather than on their strengths. Peter Drucker Drucker, Peter F. null
12697 It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. Bruce Lee Lee, Bruce null
12698 Sometimes all you need is just for somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could. Drew Brees Brees, Drew null
12699 There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly. R. Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster null
12700 Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; Every eye, looking on, finds its own. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Bulwer-Lyton, Edward George null
12701 If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
12702 Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly. Cecil Beaton Beaton, Cecil null
12703 With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection. Adam Jones Jones, Adam null
12704 It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. Moliere Moliere null
12705 Nothing thwarts happiness so much as the memory of happiness. Andre Gide Gide, Andre null
12706 Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to Broadway. Ethel Merman Merman, Ethel null
12707 The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever. Herb Caen Caen, Herb null
12708 Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. Theodore Dreiser Dreiser, Theodore null
12709 I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning. Andy Warhol Warhol, Andy null
12710 Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. Yehuda Berg Berg, Yehuda null
12711 People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together. Michelle Obama Obama, Michelle null
12712 All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them. Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) Blixen, Karen null
12713 Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Leo null
12714 Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics. Susan Sontag Sontag, Susan null
12715 Springtime is the land awakening. The march winds are the Morning yawn. Lewis Grizzard Grizzard, Lewis null
12716 All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left. Cecil Beaton Beaton, Cecil null
12717 To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas null
12718 Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. Tom Petty Petty, Tom null
12719 The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts. H. Jackson Brown Jr. Brown, H. Jackson, Jr. null
12720 Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble. Yehuda Berg Berg, Yehuda null
12721 Thou shall not be a perpetrator, thou shall not be a victim, and thou shall never, but never, be a bystander. Yehuda Bauer Bauer, Yehuda null
12722 Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. Lady Gaga Lady Gaga null
12723 It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you. Tyler Perry Perry, Tyler null
12724 Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit. Stefan Banach Banach, Stefan null
12725 Spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order. Susan L. Taylor Taylor, Susan L. null
12726 Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where you renew your springs that never dry up. Pearl S. Buck Buck, Pearl S. null
12727 Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. Bill Monroe Monroe, Bill null
12728 It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. Anais Nin Nin, Anais null
12729 I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the lifetime achievement award: Start early! Shirley Temple Temple, Shirley null
12730 No one can do it alone, no matter how great the machines are. Amy Poehler Poehler, Amy null
12731 I wanted to give our community permission to dream, to plan for healthy air, healthy jobs, healthy children, and safe streets. Majora Carter Carter, Majora null
12732 Life is short, so don't waste time by hating a body that has been more than a gift. Jessamyn Stanley Stanley, Jessamyn null
12733 Food is not just sustenance. It's a way of opening up entire worlds and new cultures in your little kitchen. Molly Yeh Yeh, Molly null
12734 Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. Source Unknown Unknown null
12735 Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it. Dee Hock Hock, Dee null
12736 Your use of your leisure today tells me just what your tomorrow will be. Robert H. Jackson Jackson, Robert H. null
12737 Tale bearers are as bad as the tale makers - tis an old observation and a very true one. Richard Sheridan Sheridan, Richard null
12738 When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. Francois de la Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois de null
12739 There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on. Robert Byrne Byrne, Robert null
12740 Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; He is only trying on one face after another to find his own. Logan Pearsall Smith Smith, Logan Pearsall null
12741 I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
12742 The only way we can get by in this world is through the help we receive from others. Amy Poehler Poehler, Amy null
12743 This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock, Alfred null
12744 If people did not love one another, I really don't see what use there would be in having any spring. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
12745 It does not make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do. We hire smart people to tell us what to do. Steve Jobs Jobs, Steve null
12746 How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese? Charles De Gaulle de Gaulle, Charles null
12747 My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher null
12748 Science has not yet found a cure for the pun. Robert Byrne Byrne, Robert null
12749 The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to speak with detachment. Raymond Chandler Chandler, Raymond
12750 The greatest love is a mother's, then a dog's, then a sweetheart's. Polish Proverb Proverb - Polish null
12751 If you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. Randall Munroe Munroe, Randall null
12752 When it is rushing through you, destroying you, life is gorgeous, glorious. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
12753 Many people die at twenty-five and aren't buried until they're seventy-five. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
12754 Instead of wondering when your next vacation is you ought to set up a life you don't need to escape from. Seth Godin Godin, Seth null
12755 Trust your gut, keep throwing darts at the dartboard. Don't listen to the critics and you will figure it out. Will Ferrell Ferrell, Will null
12756 I celebrate you as you remember the power of grace and pride, and I challenge you to choose freedom over fear. Janelle Monae Monae, Janelle null
12757 Dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. Shonda Rhimes Rhimes, Shonda null
12758 Comparing yourself to others' success only slows you down from finding your own. Octavia Spencer Spencer, Octavia null
12759 Don't stress out about the white space - the path you can't draw - because therein lies both the surprises and the opportunities. Sheryl Sandburg Sandburg, Sheryl null
12760 You can fail at what you don't want. So you might as well take a chance on doing what you love. Jim Carrey Carrey, Jim null
12761 Getting involved in issues you care about and fighting for them can reshape our country, and I guarantee it will reshape you. Elizabeth Warren Warren, Elizabeth null
12762 We have, if we're lucky, about thirty thousand days to play the game of life. Arianna Huffington Huffington, Arianna null
12763 Do what you love at least a little bit, and if you have to do something else to support what you love, do it. James Franco Franco, James null
12764 For many of you who maybe don't have it all figured out, it's OK. That's the same chair that I sat in. Will Ferrell Ferrell, Will null
12765 Never follow someone else's path. Unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path, then by all means you should follow that. Ellen Degeneres Degeneres, Ellen null
12766 The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape. Bono Bono null
12767 You know, you don't have to be famous, you just have to make your mother and father proud of you. Meryl Streep Streep, Meryl null
12768 Everyone brings us something of value, even if it seems totally negative to us at the time we receive it. Alice Walker Walker, Alice null
12769 Be present and open to the moment that is unfolding before you. Because, ultimately, your life is made up of moments. Jessica Lange Lange, Jessica null
12770 Enjoy the process of your search without succumbing to the pressure of the result. Will Ferrell Ferrell, Will null
12771 I have chosen to create things that can make people's everyday life richer and more beautiful. Bjorn Wiinblad Wiinblad, Bjorn null
12772 Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or june and moon, or good people and noble ventures. M. F. K. Fisher Fisher, Mary Frances Kennedy null
12773 My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body. Shakira Shakira null
12774 Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. Nelson Mandela Mandela, Nelson null
12775 As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame, but for learning. Margaret Heffernan Heffernan, Margaret null
12776 Normal is an illusion. What is normal to the spider is chaos to the fly. Morticia Addams Addams, Morticia null
12777 He didn't tell me how to live; He lived, and let me watch him do it. Clarence Budington Kelland Kelland, Clarence Budington null
12778 The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success. Dwayne Johnson Johnson, Dwayne null
12779 Tomorrow morning, when the sun shines through your window, choose to make it a happy day. Lynda Resnick Resnick, Lynda null
12780 Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words. Josh Billings Billings, Josh null
12781 To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to see yourself is to have found yourself, for now. Anne Lamott Lamott, Anne null
12782 You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful. Amy Bloom Bloom, Amy null
12783 The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest. Unknown Unknown null
12784 Spectacular achievement is always preceded by spectacular preparation. Robert H. Schuller Schuller, Robert H. null
12785 Every reader wants the same thing: to open the cover of a book and watch the words explode like fireworks off the page. Kim Lehman Lehman, Kim null
12786 Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. Euripides Euripides null
12787 O beautiful for heroes proved, in liberating strife, who more than self, their country loved, and mercy more than life. Katharine Lee Bates Bates, Katharine Lee null
12788 The purpose of life is to discover your gift, the meaning of life is to give it away. David Viscott Viscott, David null
12789 A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. Paul Sweeney Sweeney, Paul null
12790 It's not that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but it's your best friends who are your diamonds. Gina Barreca Barreca, Gina null
12791 Life lived without forgiveness becomes a prison. William Arthur Ward Ward, William Arthur null
12792 If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got. Lee Iacocca Iacocca, Lee null
12793 Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. Guillaume Apollinaire Apollinaire, Guillaume null
12794 Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply. Jane Grey Grey, Jane null
12795 Age wrinkles the body; Quitting wrinkles the soul. -- Douglas Macarthur Macarthur, Douglas null
12796 It is wise to direct your anger towards problems, not people; to focus your energies on answers, not excuses. William Ward Ward, William null
12797 Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through. Cecil Taylor Taylor, Cecil null
12798 My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. Anthony Hopkins Hopkins, Anthony null
12799 I don't need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food and good laughs. Maria Sharapova Sharapova, Maria null
12800 The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what's happening up there. K. D. Lang Lang, K. D. null
12801 I just want you all to notice me, and people to see, that somewhere deep down there's a decent human being in me. Eminem Eminem null
12802 Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does. Warren Buffett Buffett, Warren null
12803 It's raining, and the sky is dark; I love it. To me, those are reassuringly English things. Kate Winslet Winslet, Kate null
12804 I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything, and it makes life so much easier. Anthony Hopkins Hopkins, Anthony null
12805 There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain. Casey Stengel Stengel, Casey null
12806 There's enormous power - both motivational and transformational power - in love. Bishop Michael Curry Curry, Bishop Michael null
12807 Tell be to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are. Jose Ortega y Gasset Gasset, Jose Ortega y null
12808 Every time I walk on grass, I feel sorry because I know the grass is screaming at me. Barbara McClintock McClintock, Barbara null
12809 Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love. Emma Watson Watson, Emma null
12810 If you're not asking guys to wear heels and a dress, then you can't ask me either. Kristen Stewart Stewart, Kristen null
12811 Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety. Rene Daumal Daumal, Rene null
12812 I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story - I will. Amy Schumer Schumer, Amy null
12813 The clean tongue, the clear head and the bright eye are birthrights of each day. William Osler Osler, William null
12814 Hard work without talent is a shape, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. Robert Half Half, Robert null
12815 It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters. Ursula K. Le Guin Le Guin, Ursula K. null
12816 It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. Somerset Maugham Maugham, W. Somerset null
12817 Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights. Jose Ortega y Gasset Gasset, Jose Ortega y null
12818 It's always been the woman's disadvantage to be older, never the man's. Jane Fonda Fonda, Jane null
12819 Roses are red, mud is brown, the woods are better than any night on the town. Earl Dibbles Jr. Dibbles, Earl Jr. null
12820 Stop finding all the ways that you can't do something and find all the ways that you can. Issa Rae Rae, Issa null
12821 An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them. Stephen Fry Fry, Stephen null
12822 A great many people, and more all the time, live their entire lives without ever once sleeping out under the stars. Alan S. Kesselheim Kesselheim, Alan S. null
12823 Life is too short to miss out on the beautiful things, like a double cheeseburger. Channing Tatum Tatum, Channing null
12824 The wilderness holds answers to questions we have not yet learned to ask. Nancy Wynne Newhall Newhall, Nancy Wynne null
12825 The first step to get what you want is to get rid of what you don't. Paulo Coelho Coelho, Paulo null
12826 I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish. Yanni Yanni null
12827 If you can do what you do best and be happy, you are further along in life than most people. Leonardo DiCaprio DiCaprio, Leonardo null
12828 I don't do things for the response or the controversy. I must live by life. Rihanna Rihanna null
12829 All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. Martin Luther King Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
12830 It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly, and authoritatively demand it. Meryl Streep Streep, Meryl null
12831 Patriotism ... is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. Adlai Stevenson Stevenson, Adlai null
12832 I've learned it's important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is. Ryan Gosling Gosling, Ryan null
12833 Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit. Edward Abbey Abbey, Edward null
12834 So you plant your own garden and embellish your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring flowers to you. Jorge Luis Borges Borges, Jorge Luis null
12835 Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right. Kate Hudson Hudson, Kate null
12836 Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods. C. S. Lewis Lewis, C. S. null
12837 Wild is the music of autumnal winds amongst the faded woods. William Wordsworth Wordsworth, William null
12838 I can't think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself. Emma Stone Stone, Emma null
12839 The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
12840 Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Will Smith Smith, Will null
12841 If you can survive camping with someone, you should marry them on the way home. Yvonne Prinz Prinz, Yvonne null
12842 Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt. John Muir Muir, John null
12843 Smile and let everyone know that today, you're a lot stronger than you were yesterday. Drake Drake null
12844 I'm a big believer in accepting yourself and not really worrying about it. Jennifer Lawrence Lawrence, Jennifer null
12845 October's poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter. Nova S. Bair Bair, Nova S. null
12846 How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. John Burroughs Burroughs, John null
12847 The softer you sing, the louder you're heard. Donovan Donovan null
12848 Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness. Alice Walker Walker, Alice null
12849 When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Tecumseh Tecumseh null
12850 The end of the summer is not the end of the world. Here's to October. A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. null
12851 As you get older, remember you have another hand: the first is to help yourself, the second is to help others. Audrey Hepburn Hepburn, Audrey null
12852 No man ever followed his genius till it misled him. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
12853 Opportunities don't happen. You create them. Chris Grosser Grosser, Chris null
12854 Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved. Helen Keller Keller, Helen null
12855 Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you. Zig Ziglar Ziglar, Zig null
12856 Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
12857 Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Winston Churchill Churchill, Winston null
12858 The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do. Bill Phillips Phillips, Bill null
12859 Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius. Matthew McConaughey McConaughey, Matthew null
12860 If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. Steve Jobs Jobs, Steve null
12861 Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of Summer and Winter. Carol Bishop Hipps Hipps, Carol Bishop null
12862 Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. Robert Kiyosaki Kiyosaki, Robert null
12863 The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin Delano null
12864 I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots. Sidney Poitier Poitier, Sidney null
12865 Oh look, another glorious morning. Makes me sick! Winifred Sanderson Sanderson, Winifred null
12866 If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. Jim Rohn Rohn, Jim null
12867 Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm. Sam Levenson Levenson, Sam null
12868 The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. Colin R. Davis Davis, Colin R. null
12869 Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion. Tony Hsieh Hsieh, Tony Hsieh null
12870 You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job and not be paid for it. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
12871 All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. Michael John Bobak Bobak, Michael John null
12872 Pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
12873 Success is not final; Failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. Source Obscure Unknown null
12874 Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. Barack Obama Obama, Barack null
12875 The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. Walt Disney Disney, Walt null
12876 The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. Anonymous Unknown null
12877 There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality. Tony Robbins Robbins, Tony null
12878 A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Jim Morrison Morrison, Jim null
12879 Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart. Emanuel Cleaver Cleaver, Emanuel null
12880 We love what we love, and shared fandoms bring people of all ages and backgrounds into one great tribe. Margaret Stohl Stohl, Margaret null
12881 The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. Lee Iacocca Iacocca, Lee null
12882 Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself. Tecumseh Tecumseh null
12883 Stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you. Martha Beck Beck, Martha null
12884 If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet. Neil Simon Simon, Neil null
12885 Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair, but a confident bald man - there's your diamond in the rough. Larry David David, Larry null
12886 Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment. Dale Carnegie Carnegie, Dale null
12887 Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it. Aretha Franklin Franklin, Aretha null
12888 Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act. Paulo Coelho Coelho, Paulo null
12889 The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. B. B. King King, B. B. null
12890 You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars. Gary Allan Allan, Gary null
12891 Since you have to be alive to have problems, be grateful for the opportunity to have them. Bernie Siegel Siegel, Bernie null
12892 I must be a mermaid. I have no fear of depths, and a great fear of shallow living. Anais Nin Nin, Anais null
12893 Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Oliver Stone Stone, Oliver null
12894 The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents. Salvador Dali Dali, Salvador null
12895 There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. George Sand Sand, George null
12896 Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. James A. Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur null
12897 Everyone looks better and more alive in a pink shirt. Michael Bastian Bastian, Michael null
12898 The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
12899 If baking is any labor at all, it's a labor of love. A love that gets passed from generation to generation. Regina Brett Brett, Regina null
12900 Don't gain the world and lose your soul; Wisdom is better than silver or gold. Bob Marley Marley, Bob null
12901 At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
12902 Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning. Erwin Rommel Rommel, Erwin null
12903 All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. Sai Baba Sai Baba null
12904 Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change. Sarah Ban Breathnach Breathnach, Sarah Ban null
12905 I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh, Vincent null
12906 This is the power of gathering: it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive. Alice Waters Waters, Alice null
12907 I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. Socrates Socrates null
12908 New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. Sarah Ban Breathnach Breathnach, Sarah Ban null
12909 Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Ralph Marston Marston, Ralph
12910 Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity. Hippocrates Hippocrates null
12911 By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity. Angelina Jolie Jolie, Angelina null
12912 Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts. Alan Cohen Cohen, Alan null
12913 When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. Willie Nelson Nelson, Willie null
12914 Be thankful for what you have; You'll end up having more. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
12915 Most of us never stop to consider our blessings; rather, we spend the day only thinking about our problems. Bernie Siegel Siegel, Bernie null
12916 In order to keep my creativity alive, I just try to enjoy life to the fullest. G-Dragon G-Dragon null
12917 You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human. Albert Ellis Ellis, Albert null
12918 He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. Jim Elliot Elliot, Jim null
12919 One makes mistakes; That is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved. Romain Rolland Rolland, Romain null
12920 The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. Socrates Socrates null
12921 I've always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be. Dita Von Teese Teese, Dita Von null
12922 Actually, true love is often about trying to teach someone how to be the best version of themselves. Alain de Botton de Botton, Alain null
12923 Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. Robert Kennedy Kennedy, Robert F. null
12924 The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music. Charles Baudelaire Baudelaire, Charles null
12925 Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks. James A. Baldwin Baldwin, James Arthur null
12926 Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
12927 Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise. Kobe Bryant Bryant, Kobe null
12928 We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
12929 Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore null
12930 The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts. John Locke Locke, John null
12931 Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer, Albert null
12932 The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surrounding. Kakuzo Okakura Okakura. Kakuzo null
12933 In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety. Abraham Maslow Maslow, Abraham null
12934 Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. Stephen Hawking Hawking, Stephen null
12935 To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. Marie Kondo Kondo, Marie null
12936 Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. Frank Lloyd Wright Wright, Frank Lloyd null
12937 Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. W. S. Burroughs Burroughs, William Seward. null
12938 What I hear when I'm being yelled at is people caring really loudly at me. Amy Poehler, as Leslie Knope Poehler, Amy null
12939 Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of earth. Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
12940 Life is a quest and love a quarrel. Here is a place for me to lie. Edna St. Vincent Millay Millay, Edna St. Vincent null
12941 Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
12942 I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. Ellen Degeneres Degeneres, Ellen null
12943 Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. Roy T. Bennett Bennett, Roy T. null
12944 The ideas dictate everything. You have to be true to that or you're dead. David Lynch Lynch, David null
12945 True compassion is more than flinging a coin at a beggar. Martin Luther King Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr. null
12946 We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love. Sigmund Freud Freud, Sigmund null
12947 We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count. Neal A. Maxwell Maxwell, Neal Ash null
12948 Human beings can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. Saul Bellow Bellow, Saul null
12949 You can imagine me as a kid growing up in Redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. Patrick Swayze Swayze, Patrick null
12950 Fantasies are things that can't happen, and science fiction is about things that can happen. Ray Bradbury Bradbury, Ray null
12951 If a man can control his mind he can find the way to enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. Buddha Buddha null
12952 The true time to assist a plant that can be hurt by cold is before you plant it. Henry Mitchell Mitchell, Henry null
12953 No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace. H. P. Lovecraft Lovecraft, Howard Phillips null
12954 The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching. Dave Chappelle Chappelle, Dave null
12955 People always ask me, "Were you funny as a child?" Well, no, I was an accountant. Ellen Degeneres Degeneres, Ellen null
12956 The most harmful and foolish kind of prejudice is prejudice against yourself. Jewell Parker Rhodes Rhodes, Jewell Parker null
12957 No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. E. W. Wilcox Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
12958 The Hollywood tradition I like best is called "Sucking up to the Stars." Johnny Carson Carson, Johnny null
12959 Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. Stevie Wonder Wonder, Stevie null
12960 A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car. Kenneth Tynan Tynan, Kenneth null
12961 You know you're old when you notice how young the derelicts are getting. Jeanne Phillips Phillips, Jeanne null
12962 I probably couldn't play for me. I wouldn't like my attitude. John Thompson Thompson, John null
12963 You can't go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending. James Sherman Sherman, James null
12964 I'm on a grapefruit diet. I eat everything but grapefruit. Chi Chi Rodriguez Rodriguez, Chi Chi null
12965 There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. John Mortimer Mortimer, John null
12966 The more I see of deer, the more I admire them as mountaineers. John Muir Muir, John null
12967 Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. Liberty Hyde Bailey Bailey, Liberty Hyde null
12968 Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. Luis Bunuel Bunuel, Luis null
12969 A man is but the product of his thoughts - What he thinks, he becomes. Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas null
12970 It's easy to make a friend. What's hard to make is a stranger. Anonymous Unknown null
12971 Art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness. Anni Albers Albers, Anni null
12972 People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it. Simon Sinek Sinek, Simon null
12973 The number of one's possible fantasies is inversely proportional to the amount of one's liquid assets. Stanislaw Lem Lem, Stanislaw null
12974 Throughout history, people have never before expected to be as comfortable as people do today. Jens Risom Risom, Jens null
12975 Gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant act you can do, especially in the inner city Ron Finley Finley, Ron null
12976 Despite the general pessimistic attitude in the world today, I am nothing but an optimist. Hans Hofmann Hofmann, Hans null
12977 The words you attach to your experience become your experience. Tony Robbins Robbins, Tony null
12978 The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness. Joan Miro Miro, Joan null
12979 I just decided, when someone says you can't do something, do more of it. Faith Ringgold Ringgold, Faith null
12980 Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light. Brene Brown Brown, Brene null
12981 Sitting has become the smoking of our generation. Nilofer Merchant Merchant, Nilofer null
12982 So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great good fortune. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ginsburg, Ruth Bader null
12983 There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas. Susan Cain Cain, Susan null
12984 The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents. Belva Lockwood Lockwood, Belva null
12985 Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. Wassily Kandinsky Kandinsky, Wassily null
12986 If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. Edward Hopper Hopper, Edward null
12987 I was the first woman to paint cleanly, and that was the basis of my success. Tamara De Lempicka Lempicka, Tamara De null
12988 Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It's black and white - dramatic. Catherine Zeta-Jones Zeta-Jones, Catherine null
12989 Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character. Les Brown Brown, Les null
12990 Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. Charles Spurgeon Spurgeon, Charles H. null
12991 Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Pablo Picasso Picasso, Pablo null
12992 I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them? Leo Durocher Durocher, Leo null
12993 Getting people to laugh is the only way you get anyone to change their opinion. John Waters Waters, John null
12994 I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time. Anna Freud Freud, Anna null
12995 You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are. Yogi Shaman Yogi Shaman null
12996 It's so much better to promote what you love than to bash what you hate. Jessica Alba Alba, Jessica null
12997 The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. Osho (aka Chandra Mohan Jain, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Acharya Rajneesh) Osho null
12998 Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. M. Scott Peck Peck, M. Scott null
12999 Maturing is realizing how many things don't require your comment. Rachel Wolchin Wolchin, Rachel null
13000 If you don't love yourself, you'll always be chasing after people who don't love you either. Mandy Hale Hale, Mandy null
13001 If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. Lao Tzu Laozi null
13002 You are much deeper, much broader, much brighter than any idea you could have of yourself. Harry Palmer Palmer, Harry null
13003 Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation. Smon Sinek Sinek, Simon null
13004 We need to help young people and their parents understand that it's not a sign of weakness to ask for help. Kate Middleton Middleton, Kate null
13005 The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
13006 Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. Samuel Ullman Ullman, Samuel null
13007 If you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren't focused enough on the road in front of you. Brad Paisley Paisley, Brad null
13008 Political history is far too criminal to be a fit subject of study for young men. W. H. Auden Auden, W. H. null
13009 I've married a few people I shouldn't have, but haven't we all? Mamie Van Doren Van Doren, Mamie null
13010 A poem is never finished, only abandoned. Paul Valery Valery, Paul null
13011 The trouble with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning, you're on the job. Slappy White White, Slappy null
13012 Mathematics has given economics rigor, but alas, also mortis. Robert Heilbroner Heilbroner, Robert null
13013 Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the titanic! Source Unknown Unknown null
13014 When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands. Maria Shriver Shriver, Maria null
13015 The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you're above everybody else. Kevin Hart Hart, Kevin null
13016 If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? Milton Berle Berle, Milton null
13017 Like a true Italian, Mom valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same. Rachael Ray Ray, Rachael null
13018 Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Kofi Annan Annan, Kofi null
13019 We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish. Friedrich Hayek Hayek, Friedrich null
13020 Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. Winston Churchill Churchill, Winston null
13021 There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless. Wilson Mizner Mizner, Wilson null
13022 If we all take the time to listen and love each other, this world would be a better place. Mike Love Love, Mike null
13023 All of us are looking for an outside ordeal that will internally change us. Carrie Fisher Fisher, Carrie null
13024 You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. Carol Burnett Burnett, Carol null
13025 The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose. Margaret Atwood Atwood, Margaret null
13026 A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. La Bruyere La Bruyere, Jean de null
13027 I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the statue of liberty. Bob Hope Hope, Bob null
13028 Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic. Norman Cousins Cousins, Norman null
13029 Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life, they are what we have been through and who we want to be. Lauren Hutton Hutton, Lauren null
13030 Comics can be an extremely powerful way to express a message. Sandra Bell-Lundy Bell-Lundy, Sandra null
13031 Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome. Margaret Atwood Atwood, Margaret null
13032 I just want women to always feel in control. Because we're capable, we're so capable. Nicki Minaj Minaj, Nicki null
13033 Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear. George Addair Addair, George null
13034 I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard. Estee Lauder Lauder, Estee null
13035 Any fine morning, a power saw can fell a tree that took a thousand years to grow. Edwin Way Teale Teale, Edwin Way null
13036 If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. Sheryl Sandburg Sandburg, Sheryl null
13037 We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
13038 I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say. Flannery O'Connor O'Connor, Flannery null
13039 It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. Babe Ruth Ruth, Babe null
13040 The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first. Iyanla Vanzant Vanzant, Iyanla null
13041 You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. Michael Jordan Jordan, Michael null
13042 Half the work that is done in the world is to make things appear what they are not. E. R. Beadle Beadle, Elias Root null
13043 You can never tell the depth of the well by the length of the pump handle. H. W. Thompson Thompson, H. W. null
13044 It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same. Philip Gibbs Gibbs, Philip null
13045 The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. David Russell Russell, David null
13046 Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss null
13047 My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand. Thich Nhat Hanh Hanh, Thich Nhat null
13048 The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. Thich Nhat Hanh Hanh, Thich Nhat null
13049 You get in life what you have the courage to ask for. Nancy D. Solomon Solomon, Nancy D. null
13050 We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. George S. Patton Patton, George S. null
13051 The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. Ida Bell Wells Wells, Ida Bell null
13052 You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow null
13053 Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission. Zig Ziglar Ziglar, Zig null
13054 Grandparents, like heroes, are as necessary to a child's growth as vitamins. Joyce Allston Allston, Joyce null
13055 The road to easy street goes through the sewer. John Madden Madden, John null
13056 Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. George S. Patton Patton, George S. null
13057 Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it. Harper Lee Lee, Harper null
13058 Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully. Phillips Brooks Brooks, Phillips null
13059 I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. Emma Goldman Goldman, Emma null
13060 A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty. Nadia Boulanger Boulanger, Nadia null
13061 Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first. Arthur Schopenhauer Schopenhauer, Arthur null
13062 Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night. Zig Ziglar Ziglar, Zig null
13063 The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better. Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas null
13064 Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. Herbert Hoover Hoover, Herbert Clark null
13065 We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving. Bernard Meltzer Meltzer, Bernard null
13066 Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked. -- Walter Savage Landor
13067 I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it. Serena Williams Williams, Serena null
13068 You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too. Sam Rayburn Rayburn, Sam null
13069 Everyone needs something old in their space. It shows a sense of history and honors the past. Ashley Gilbreath Gilbreath, Ashley null
13070 You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. Henry Ford Ford, Henry null
13071 It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results. Warren Buffett Buffett, Warren null
13072 Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. Alan Dundes Dundes, Alan null
13073 Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. Norman R. Augustine Augustine, Norman R. null
13074 Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television. David Letterman Letterman, David null
13075 When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age. Victor Hugo Hugo, Victor null
13076 Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. Greg Anderson Anderson, Greg null
13077 To me, "sexy" is a woman with confidence. I admire women who have very little fear. Allegra Versace Versace, Allegra null
13078 If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously. Billy Wilder Wilder, Billy null
13079 The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. Ray Kroc Kroc, Ray A. null
13080 You don't have to be singing about love all the time in order to give love to the people. Jimi Hendrix Hendrix, Jimi null
13081 Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
13082 I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty. Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan null
13083 The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river. Ross Perot Perot, H. Ross null
13084 To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. Laozi (Lao Tzu) Laozi null
13085 We don't know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. Isabel Allende Allende, Isabel null
13086 Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing. Richard Rohr Rohr, Richard null
13087 The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
13088 Singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on earth. Edith Piaf Piaf, Edith null
13089 I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way. Buddy Rich Rich, Buddy null
13090 It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. Walter Lippmann Lippmann, Walter null
13091 Clay can be dirt in the wrong hands, but clay can be art in the right hands. Lupita Nyong'o Nyong'o, Lupita null
13092 You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Buddha Buddha null
13093 Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Brian Tracy Tracy, Brian null
13094 My mind is always racing, and always going and always working, and it's a gift and a curse. Sean Combs Combs, Sean null
13095 As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. Friedrich Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich null
13096 I'm different, and I have to be a warrior to be that way. Johnny Weir Weir, Johnny null
13097 Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Earl Nightingale Nightingale, Earl null
13098 It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
13099 What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. John Anster Anster, John null
13100 A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. Hugh Downs Downs, Hugh null
13101 He who is not friendly toward a good guest will never have one. Chinese Wisdom Proverb - Chinese null
13102 Treat thoughts as guests and wishes as Chinese. Chinese Saying Proverb - Chinese null
13103 Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary. Uta Hagen Hagen, Uta null
13104 The degree of responsibility you take for your life determines how much change you can create in it. Celestine Chua Chua, Celestine null
13105 If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. Margaret Fuller Fuller, Margaret null
13106 A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey. Dolly Parton Parton, Dolly null
13107 Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. Christian D. Larson Larson, Christian D. null
13108 Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile initially scared me to death. Betty Bender Bender, Betty null
13109 There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. Roger Staubach Staubach, Roger null
13110 Earth is but a marketplace; Heaven is home. West African Proverb Proverb - West African null
13111 Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them. Orison Swett Marden Marden, Orison Swett null
13112 As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! Robert Collier Collier, Robert null
13113 The most effective way to do it, is to do it. Amelia Earhart Earhart, Amelia null
13114 Nothing happens in cricket, ever. Even the highlights resemble a freeze frame. Charlie Brooker Brooker, Charlie null
13115 Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo mull
13116 Find out who you are and do it on purpose. Dolly Parton Parton, Dolly null
13117 The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. Orison Swett Marden Marden, Orison Swett null
13118 Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. Peter Gay Gay, Peter null
13119 Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. George S. Patton Patton, George S.
13120 We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. Martin Luther King Jr. King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr.
13121 The greatest act of faith some days is to simply get up and face another day. Amy Gatliff Gatliff, Amy null
13122 An old dog can learn new tricks. If your enthusiasm has lost its vitality, do everything possible to revive it. Don Mcart Mcart, Don null
13123 Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. Edwin Markham Markham, Edwin null
13124 You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. Les Brown Brown, Les null
13125 No solution can ever be found by running in three different directions. Deepak Chopra Chopra, Deepak null
13126 Not knowing you can't do something is sometimes all it takes to do it. Ally Carter Carter, Ally null
13127 Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Og Mandino Mandino, Og null
13128 Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you. Marsha Norman Norman, Marsha null
13129 True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut, Kurt null
13130 Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit. -- Helena Rubinstein Rubinstein, Helena null
13131 A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them. Elbert Hubbard Hubbard, Elbert Green null
13132 Put your heart, mind and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. Swami Sivananda Swami Sivananda null
13133 The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear. Rumi Rumi null
13134 No one who's in a position of success has gotten there without someone giving them a shot. Regina King King, Regina null
13135 When all candles be out, all cats be grey. John Heywood Heywood, John null
13136 Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. Coco Chanel Chanel, Gabrielle "Coco" null
13137 A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey, Oprah null
13138 Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror. Byron Katie Katie, Byron null
13139 Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused. Source Unknown Unknown null
13140 Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them. Tom Stoppard Stoppard, Tom null
13141 A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting. Christian Dior Dior, Christian null
13142 There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up. Bernard Meltzer Meltzer, Bernard null
13143 Count that month lost in which you have not been swept up in an enthusiasm. Thornton Wilder Wilder, Thornton null
13144 I know it sounds corny, man, but I like to bring folks joy, and I like to have a good time. Wolfman Jack Wolfman Jack null
13145 I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way. Hedy Lamarr Lamarr, Hedy null
13146 The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day. Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss null
13147 One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography. William Ellery Channing Channing, William Ellery null
13148 To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold. Unknown Unknown null
13149 Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken. D. H. Lawrence Lawrence, D. H. null
13150 Standup is essentially part of your personality with the volume turned up. Tom Segura Segura, Tom null
13151 Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. Pietro Aretino Aretino, Pietro null
13152 Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
13153 Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it. Bernard Meltzer Meltzer, Bernard null
13154 The voices of women need to be heard, the volume needs to be turned up. Anne Bancroft Bancroft, Anne null
13155 You keep going until you get it right, then you keep going until you can't get it wrong. Monica Aldama Aldama, Monica null
13156 However crazy you may think it is, there is a place for what you want to do and who you want to be. David Bowie Bowie, David null
13157 May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past. Irish Toast Proverb - Irish null
13158 The nature of storytelling, since the dawn of man, has a beginning, a middle and an end. Matthew Gray Gubler Gubler, Matthew Gray null
13159 This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. Leonard Cohen Cohen, Leonard null
13160 I don't think anyone, until their soul leaves their body, is past the point of no return. Tom Hiddleston Hiddleston, Tom null
13161 We have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. Charles R. Swindoll Swindoll, Charles R. null
13162 I'd like to dial it back five or ten percent and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view. Elon Musk Musk, Elon null
13163 Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up. A. A. Milne Milne, A. A. null
13164 It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak. Neil Gaiman Gaiman, Neil null
13165 Young people are just as attracted to the truth as they are convenience and expediency. Pope Francis Pope Francis null
13166 If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad. Jane Austen Austen, Jane null
13167 It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked. Warren Buffett Buffett, Warren null
13168 Cherish your daughters as much as your sons and teach them both to stand up for what is right. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ginsburg, Ruth Bader null
13169 A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job. Ella Harris Harris, Ella null
13170 Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. William James James, William null
13171 All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. Margaret Atwood Atwood, Margaret null
13172 Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors ... and miss. Robert A. Heinlein Heinlein, Robert A. null
13173 One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving. Paulo Coelho Coelho, Paulo null
13174 Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein Einstein, Albert null
13175 Our music's kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful. Jerry Cantrell Cantrell, Jerry null
13176 Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
13177 Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. Epictetus Epictetus null
13178 You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. Shirley Chisholm Chisholm, Shirley null
13179 Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. Kofi Annan Annan, Kofi null
13180 To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing. Philip Guston Guston, Philip null
13181 History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John F. null
13182 Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight D. null
13183 History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. George Santayana Santayana, George null
13184 It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. Frederick Douglass Douglass, Frederick null
13185 The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop. Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
13186 The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way. Keanu Reeves Reeves, Keanu null
13187 It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has. Source Obscure Unknown null
13188 Getting information off the internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. Mitchell Kapor Kapor, Mitchell null
13189 Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you. Zig Ziglar Ziglar, Zig null
13190 I am as bad as the worst, but thank God, I am as good as the best. Walt Whitman Whitman, Walt null
13191 Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer, deserves to be. David Thornburg Thornburg, David null
13192 I always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport. Sugar Ray Leonard Leonard, Sugar Ray null
13193 You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. Khalil Gibran Gibran, Khalil null
13194 Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love. Tom Mullen Mullen, Tom null
13195 Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it. And the imagination to improvise. Sylvia Plath Plath, Sylvia null
13196 Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. Louis L'Amour L'Amour, Louis null
13197 Come friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world. Alfred Lord Tennyson Tennyson, Alfred, Lord null
13198 Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over. Alan Rickman Rickman, Alan null
13199 Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. Confucius Confucius null
13200 That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence. Christopher Hitchens Hitchens, Christopher null
13201 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. Neil Degrasse Tyson Tyson, Neil Degrasse null
13202 The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. Anais Nin Nin, Anais null
13203 How hurtful it can be to deny one's true self and live a life of lies just to appease others. June Ahern Ahern, June null
13204 The changes we dread most may contain our salvation. Barbara Kingsolver Kingsolver, Barbara null
13205 Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it. Jesse Owens Owens, Jesse null
13206 There is a kind of magiccness about going far away and then coming back all changed. Kate Douglas Wiggin Wiggin, Kate Douglas null
13207 We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace. Chinua Achebe Achebe, Chinua null
13208 You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen. Michelle Obama Obama, Michelle null
13209 Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible. Carol Moseley Braun Braun, Carol Moseley null
13210 You're strong, you're a Kelly Clarkson song, you got this. Jonathan Van Ness Van Ness, Jonathan null
13211 Sometimes carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement. Albert Camus Camus, Albert null
13212 You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself. Pierre Bonnard Bonnard, Pierre null
13213 If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees. Hal Borland Borland, Hal null
13214 Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. Rebecca West West, Dame Rebecca null
13215 A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. Diane Arbus Arbus, Diane null
13216 Painting is as close as a person can get to actually capturing the heat of the moment. Sylvester Stallone Stallone, Sylvester null
13217 Manage the heat, let the meat cook, and you'll get fantastic results. Guy Fieri Fieri, Guy null
13218 Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other. Brian Tracy Tracy, Brian null
13219 Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist. Hans Hofmann Hofmann, Hans null
13220 I just don't think most people put myself and robert frost in the same category. Bob Newhart Newhart, Bob null
13221 I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people. Alvin Ailey Ailey, Alvin null
13222 Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day. Gabby Douglas Douglas, Gabby null
13223 Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open. Jordan Peterson Peterson, Jordan null
13224 If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful. Sophia Loren Loren, Sophia null
13225 Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow. Zora Neale Hurston Hurston, Zora Neale null
13226 Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view. Lillian Hellman Hellman, Lillian null
13227 Anyone who has ever made anything of importance was disciplined. Andrew Hendrixson Hendrixson, Andrew null
13228 Hugs can do great amounts of good, especially for children. Diana, Princess Of Wales Diana, Princess Of Wales null
13229 Find something you love to do, and you'll never have to work a day in your life. Harvey Mackay Mackay, Harvey null
13330 The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. Saint Augustine Saint Augustine null
13331 Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper. Ruby Bridges Bridges, Ruby null
13332 Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. Ludwig Van Beethoven Beethoven, Ludwig Van null
13333 Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision. Stevie Wonder Wonder, Stevie null
13334 Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. Audre Lorde Lorde, Audre null
13335 The ability to tell your own story, in words or images, is already a victory, already a revolt. Rebecca Solnit Solnit, Rebecca null
13336 My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ginsburg, Ruth Bader null
13337 Women who believe in each other create armies that will win kingdoms and wars. Nikita Gill Gill, Nikita null
13338 In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. Thurgood Marshall Marshall, Thurgood null
13339 Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated. Coretta Scott King King, Coretta Scott
13340 Despotism and freedom of the press cannot exist together. Leon Gambetta Gambetta, Leon null
13341 Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. Nora Ephron Ephron, Nora null
13342 When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her. Adrienne Rich Rich, Adrienne null
13343 They give you a round bat, and they throw you a round ball, and then they tell you to hit it square. Willie Stargell Stargell, Willie null
13344 Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ginsburg, Ruth Bader null
13345 What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. Colette Colette null
13346 There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask. Colette Colette null
13347 I'll stop wearing black when they make a darker color. Wednesday Addams Addams, Wednesday null
13348 Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ginsburg, Ruth Bader null
13349 It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. Audre Lord Lord, Audre null
13350 It's rare for anyone to value the opinions of a teenage girl. Billie Eilish Eilish, Billie null
13351 Posterity, you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. John Adams Adams, John null
13352 We must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction. Audre Lord Lord, Audre null
13353 If you think about a thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken. Ina Garten Garten, Ina null
13354 When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup. Sam Lefkowitz Lefkowitz, Sam null
13355 The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness. Dalai Lama Dalai Lama null
13356 An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on thanksgiving day. Irv Kupcinet Kupcinet, Irv null
13357 I suppose I will die never knowing what pumpkin pie tastes like when you have room for it. Robert Brault Brault, Robert
13358 When it comes down to it, I'm just a girl who wears those five-finger weird toe shoes. Shailene Woodley Woodley, Shailene null
13359 It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals. Felix Frankfurter Frankfurter, Felix null
13360 Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
13361 Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for? Robert Browning Browning, Robert null
13362 Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth. Alfred Marshall Marshall, Alfred null
13363 The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all. Origen Origen null
13364 My little old dog; A heart beat at my feet. Edith Wharton Wharton, Edith null
13365 Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. Rene Descartes Descartes, Rene null
13366 When writing the story of your life, don't let anyone else hold the pen. Source Unknown Unknown null
13367 It is not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa null
13368 If you take care of the small things the big things take care of themselves. Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
13369 The past the present and the future are really one: They are today. Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Harriet Beecher null
13370 Remember all things are possible for those who believe. Gail Devers Devers, Gail null
13371 Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar null
13372 Leave who you were. Love who you are. Look forward to who you will become. Source Obscure Unknown null
13373 Truly, thoughts are things, and their scope of operation is the world itself. Napoleon Hill Hill, Napoleon null
13374 My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. Desmond Tutu Tutu, Desmond null
13375 To have courage for whatever comes in life - Everything lies in that. Saint Teresa of Avila Saint Teresa of Avila null
13376 Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once. Thomas Huxley Huxley, Thomas null
13377 One always has time enough if one will apply it well. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von null
13378 You can gain more control of your life by paying closer attention to the little things. Emily Dickinson Dickinson, Emily null
13379 I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing toward being a champion. Billie Jean King King, Billie Jean null
13380 Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life. Rumi Rumi null
13381 All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and receive help from other people. Alexis Carrel Carrel, Alexis null
13382 Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William null
13383 The only medicine for suffering, crime and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Thomas Huxley Huxley, Thomas null
13384 Don't focus on the pain, focus on the progress. Dwayne Johnson Johnson, Dwayne null
13385 You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
13386 What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none with us. Saint Teresa Of Avila Saint Teresa Of Avila null
13387 There is no greater harm than that of time wasted. Michelangelo Michelangelo null
13388 Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit. Napoleon Hill Hill, Napoleon null
13389 If you know your true worth, you do not need anyone else to confirm it. Alan Cohen Cohen, Alan null
13390 Mathematics is the queen of science, and arithmetic the queen of mathematics. Carl Friedrich Gauss Gauss, Carl Friedrich null
13391 If the system is broken, my inclination is to fix it rather than to fight it. Sonia Sotomayor Sotomayor, Sonia null
13392 Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening. Larry King King, Larry null
13393 Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count. Stella Mccartney Mccartney, Stella null
13394 I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity. Julius Erving (Dr. J) Erving, Julius null
13395 I am a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. I am a friend of women and I am their advocate. Carre Otis Otis, Carre null
13396 In our house, everyone has a job, and my job in our house is to play football. Ronaldinho Ronaldinho null
13397 Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. John Steinbeck Steinbeck, John null
13398 I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it. Beverly Cleary Cleary, Beverly null
13399 Money is my military, each dollar a soldier. I never send my money into battle unprepared and undefended. Kevin O'Leary O'Leary, Kevin null
13400 No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music. Billie Holiday Holiday, Billie null
13401 Children should learn that reading is a pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school. Beverly Cleary Cleary, Beverly null
13402 No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. Robin Williams Williams, Robin null
13403 We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Jung Jung, Carl null
13404 Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster. Elon Musk Musk, Elon null
13405 Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement go to las vegas. Paul A. Samuelson Samuelson, Paul A.
13406 I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. Beverly Cleary Cleary, Beverly null
13407 Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough. Billie Holiday Holiday, Billie null
13408 Doctors say hay fever can be positive or negative. Sometimes the eyes have it, and sometimes the nose. Anonymous Unknown null
13409 You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. Bob Feller Feller, Bob null
13410 All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope. Alexandre Dumas Dumas, Alexandre null
13411 Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. Leo Buscaglia Buscaglia, Leo null
13412 Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. Thomas Hardy Hardy, Thomas null
13413 I've always had a duck personality. Calm above water, feet going crazy below. K. Flay Flay, K. null
13414 Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water. Christopher Morley Morley, Christopher null
13415 You don't drown my falling in the water; You drown my staying there. Edwin Louis Cole Cole, Edwin Louis null
13416 I write when something sticks in my craw. Writing is a compulsion - or an itch. Hisaye Yamamoto Yamamoto, Hisaye null
13417 Ambition is the path to success persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. Bill Bradley Bradley, Bill null
13418 Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh, Anne Morrow null
13419 No disability or dictionary out there is capable of clearly defining who we are as a person. Robert M. Hensel Hensel, Robert M. null
13420 Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution. Anonymous Unknown null
13421 Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. Nikki Giovanni Giovanni, Nikki null
13422 There's nothing wrong with you. There's a lot wrong with the world you live in. -- Chris Colbert
13423 A trifling debt makes a man your debtor; A large one makes him an enemy. Seneca The Younger Seneca The Younger null
13424 Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them! Madam C. J. Walker Walker, Madam C. J. null
13425 It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. James Baldwin Baldwin, James null
13426 Don't worry about failure; You only have to be right once. Drew Houston Houston, Drew null
13427 Your past does not define who you are, it's only muscle that you are building for your future. Mayra Rubio Rubio, Mayra null
13428 We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us Virginia Satir Satir, Virginia null
13429 We need four hugs a day for survival. We need eight hugs a day for maintenance. We need twelve hugs a day for growth. Virginia Satir Satir, Virginia null
13429 Embrace what you don't know ... because what you don't know can become your greatest asset. Sara Blakely Blakely, Sara null
13430 This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another. Elliot Page Page, Elliot null
13431 Embrace your vulnerabilities, accept them, and forgive yourself. Angelica Monroy Monroy, Angelica null
13432 It takes no compromise to give people their rights ... It takes no money to respect the individual. Harvey Milk Milk, Harvey null
13433 Artificial intelligence is devoid of intelligence because it is devoid of artifice. Jean Baudrillard Baudrillard, Jean null
13434 Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama Dalai Lama null
13435 Sometimes the biggest accomplishment in life is to find yourself. Luisa Fernanda Cicero Cicero, Luisa Fernanda null
13436 Face challenges, fear, and frustration by seeking out knowledge and opportunities for growth. Fanny Mairena Mairena, Fanny null
13437 No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative. Gary Allan Allan, Gary null
13438 Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start. Anthony Bourdain Bourdain, Anthony null
13439 To be in love is to touch with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well. Gwendolyn Brooks Brooks, Gwendolyn null
13440 My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar. Ace Frehley Frehley, Ace null
13441 It is impossible for you to go on as you were before, so you must go on as you never have. Cheryl Strayed Strayed, Cheryl null
13442 If you don't understand yourself, you don't understand anybody else. Nikki Giovanni Giovanni, Nikki null
13443 Strive to be a person of value, and success will undeniably follow. Nenci Rodriguez Rodriguez, Nenci null
13444 The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. James Baldwin Baldwin, James null
13445 You are not lucky to be here. The world needs your perspective. They are lucky to have you. Antonio Tijerino Tijerino, Antonio null
13446 One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world. Malala Yousafzai Yousafzai, Malala null
13447 The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. Gen. Omar N. Bradley Bradley, Gen. Omar N.
13448 Letting someone know that you need help is a true show of strength. Mecca Woods Woods, Mecca null
13449 You look ridiculous if you dance. You look ridiculous if you don't dance. So you might as well dance. Gertrude Stein Stein, Gertrude null
13450 I like to sit around the pool, listen to music, barbecue, grill, stuff like that. Just the guy next door, I guess. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earnhardt, Dale, Jr. null
13451 If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that i'm shortchanging myself. Zanele Muholi Muholi, Zanele null
13452 Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
13453 Nothing is a bigger waste of time than regretting the past and worrying about the future. James Meredith Meredith, James null
13454 Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
13455 You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - It's all there. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
13456 Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society. Sonia Sotomayor Sotomayor, Sonia null
13457 The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school. Alice Cooper Cooper, Alice null
13458 So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life. Will Smith Smith, Will null
13459 Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress. Charles Kettering Kettering, Charles null
13460 Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed. Cavett Robert Robert, Cavett null
13461 A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. Bruce Lee Lee, Bruce null
13462 Don't worry about what's cool and what's not cool. Authenticity is what's cool. Zac Posen Posen, Zac null
13463 Give me one friend, just one, who meets the needs of all my varying moods. Esther M. Clark Clark, Esther M. null
13464 O Imitators, a servile race, how often have your attacks roused my pile and often my laughter! Horace Horace null
13465 Truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for. Bob Marley Marley, Bob null
13466 If it weren't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever. David Letterman Letterman, David null
13467 Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees. Karle Wilson Baker Baker, Karle Wilson null
13468 I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. Douglas Adams Adams, Douglas null
13469 Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head. Carol Burnett Burnett, Carol null
13470 Unfortunately for my family, they have a writer in the family. Isabelle Allende Allende, Isabelle null
13471 I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: As you may have noticed I have no hair. Patrick Stewart Stewart, Patrick null
13472 For the whole world is Irish on the seventeenth o' March! Thomas Augustine Daly Daly, Thomas Augustine null
13473 I always tell young girls, surround yourself with goodness. I learned early on how to get the haters out of my life. Michelle Obama Obama, Michelle null
13474 I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones. John Peel Peel, John null
13475 If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden. Frances Hodgson Burnett Burnett, Frances Hodgson null
13476 That is one good thing about this world - There are always sure to be more springs. Lucy Maud Montgomery Montgomery, Lucy Maud null
13477 Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. J. M. Barrie Barrie, James Matthew null
13478 We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry. E. B. White White, Elwyn Brooks null
13479 You're not really famous until you're a Pez dispenser. Carrie Fisher Fisher, Carrie null
13480 Laughter is timeless; Imagination has no age; Dreams are forever. Walt Disney Disney, Walt null
13481 The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. Jacques Cousteau Cousteau, Jacques null
13482 It costs nothing to say something kind. Even less to shut up altogether. Nathan Fillion Fillion, Nathan null
13483 Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly upon our own point of view. George Lucas Lucas, George null
13484 If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values; They're hobbies. Jon Stewart Stewart, Jon null
13485 The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's Mark Twain Twain, Mark null
13486 Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest. Confucius Confucius null
13487 When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time. Maya Angelou Angelou, Maya null
13488 If we can clean up our world, I'll bet you we can achieve warp drive. William Shatner Shatner, William null
13489 If the internet has taught us anything, it's that you want less news and more cats. Peter Sagal Sagal, Peter null
13490 Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil. Bishop Reginald Heber Heber, Bishop Reginald null
13491 Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes. George Bernard Shaw Shaw, George Bernard null
13492 He who chases two rabbits catches neither. Confucius Confucius null
13493 Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar. Bradley Miller Miller, Bradley null
13494 Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home. Sylvia Earle Earle, Sylvia null
13495 What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? Henry David Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David null
13496 When I first looked back at the earth, standing on the moon, I cried. Alan Shepard Shepard, Alan null
13497 A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. Greek Proverb Proverb - Greek null
13498 I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here. Arthur C. Clarke Clarke, Arthur C. null
13499 Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin null
13500 Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. Muhammad Ali Ali, Muhammad null
13501 April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire. T. S. Eliot Eliot, T. S. null
13502 If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster. Clint Eastwood Eastwood, Clint null
13503 May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive. Fennel Hudson Hudson, Fennel null
13504 Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. Jim Carrey Carrey, Jim null
13505 Remember, the force will be with you. Always. Obi-Wan Kenobi Kenobi, Obi-Wan null
13506 May The Fourth Be With You. Your Puzzle Friends Unknown null
13507 I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
13508 Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret null
13509 Be mindful of measuring yourself by how much you do for other people. It's not your job to be a savior. Mecca Woods Woods, Mecca null
13510 It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression. Harvey Milk Milk, Harvey null
13511 Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek. Dan Rather Rather, Dan null
13512 People who love to eat are always the best people. Julia Child Child, Julia null
13513 Before you speak, ask yourself: is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve on the silence? Sai Baba Sai Baba null
13514 A lesson taught with humor is a lesson retained. Dr. Ruth Westheimer Westheimer, Dr. Ruth null
13515 Heroism doesn't always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history. Mary Roach Roach, Mary null
13516 If history repeats itself, I am so getting a dinosaur. Unknown Unknown null
13517 And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. James Russell Lowell Lowell, James Russell null
13518 You can't buy happiness, but you can buy donuts. And that's kind of the same thing. Unknown Unknown null
13519 They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. President Franklin D. Roosevelt On D-day Roosevelt, Franklin Delano null
13520 When I'm no longer rapping, I want to open up an Ice Cream Parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg null
13521 Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea. Sylvia Earle Earle, Sylvia null
13522 Happiness is the richest thing we will ever own. Donald Duck (in an animated Disney Film) Donald Duck null
13523 Tea has remedies for all difficulties, and iced tea has answers for all problems and the summer heat. Unknown Unknown null
13524 May there always be tradewinds behind you, rainbows above you, and aloha all around you. Kauai Blessing Kauai Blessing null
13525 At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon. Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan null
13526 A good photograph is knowing where to stand. Ansel Adams Adams, Ansel null
13527 Beware the horns of a bull, the heels of the horse, and the smile of an Englishman. James Joyce Joyce, James null
13528 If the garbage man calls, tell him we don't want any. Groucho Marx Marx, Groucho null
13529 The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature. Antoine Francois Prevost Prevost, Antoine Francois null
13530 No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark. Warsan Shire Shire, Warsan null
13531 I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, F. Scott null
13532 The rainforests hold answers to questions we have yet to ask. Mark Plotkin Plotkin, Mark null
13533 The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. Andy Rooney Rooney, Andy null
13534 An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins. Anthony Bourdain Bourdain, Anthony null
13535 The best fathers have the softest, sweetest hearts. In other words, great dads are real marshmallows. Richelle E. Goodrich Goodrich, Richelle E. null
13536 And since all this loveliness can not be heaven, I know in my heart it is June. Abba Woolson Woolson, Abba null
13537 Canadians are nice and polite. It's not just a stereotype. Justin Trudeau Trudeau, Justin null
13538 A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. Winston Churchill Churchill, Winston null
13539 Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. George Washington Washington, George null
13540 I'd like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted other people to be also free. Rosa Parks Parks, Rosa null
13541 July is hot afternoons and sultry nights and mornings when it's joy just to be alive. Hal Borland Borland, Hal null
13542 Do what we can, summer will have its flies. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Ralph Waldo null
13543 Ohana means family, and family means no one gets left behind. Lilo & Stitch Lilo & Stitch null
13544 A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden. Robert Southey Southey, Robert null
13545 I grew up watching "Superman." When I first learned to dive, I wasn't diving; I was flying, like Superman. Tom Hiddleston Hiddleston, Tom null
13547 Stay afraid, but do it anyway. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow. Carrie Fisher Fisher, Carrie null
13548 Anyone can break thin wooden sticks, but it is hard to break a bundle of the same. Old Saying Unknown null
13549 Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses. Elizabeth Taylor Taylor, Elizabeth null
13550 Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. Buddha Buddha null
13551 I love the smell of the universe in the morning. Neil Degrasse Tyson Tyson, Neil Degrasse null
13552 The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl null
13553 Some things just can't be described. And stepping onto the moon was one of them. Buzz Aldrin Aldrin, Buzz null
13554 The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter. Sally Ride Ride, Sally null
13555 For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. Carl Sagan Sagan, Carl null

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