There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. Josh Billings
There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.SurprisesQuotations by Josh Billings
Month: November 2008
Look up, and not down; Out and not in; Forward and not back; And lend a hand. Edward Everett Hale
Look up, and not down; Out and not in; Forward and not back; And lend a hand.SupportQuotations by Edward Everett Hale
My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today. Richard Adams
My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today.SupportQuotations by Richard Adams
Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them. Voltaire
Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.SuperstitionQuotations by Voltaire
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother. Voltaire
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother.SuperstitionQuotations by Voltaire
Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either. Mark Twain
Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.SuperstitionQuotations by Mark Twain
No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man. Harriet Beecher Stowe
No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.SuperstitionQuotations by Harriet Beecher Stowe
It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday. American Proverb
It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.SuperstitionQuotations by American Proverb
Where the flag of truth waves unfurled, there you will find superstition waiting in ambush. Platen
Where the flag of truth waves unfurled, there you will find superstition waiting in ambush.SuperstitionQuotations by Platen
It is bad luck to be superstitious. Andrew W. Mathis
It is bad luck to be superstitious.SuperstitionQuotations by Andrew W. Mathis
The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable. Doris Lessing
The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable.SuperstitionQuotations by Doris Lessing
Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of. Joseph Joubert
Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.SuperstitionQuotations by Joseph Joubert
Superstition is the poetry of life. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Superstition is the poetry of life.SuperstitionQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs. Marlene Dietrich
Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.SuperstitionQuotations by Marlene Dietrich
Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God. Marcus T. Cicero
Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.SuperstitionQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. Edmund Burke
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.SuperstitionQuotations by Edmund Burke
Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.SuperstitionQuotations by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
My father used to say superior people never make long visits. Marianne Moore
My father used to say superior people never make long visits.SuperiorityQuotations by Marianne Moore
What the superior person seeks is in themselves. What the mean person seeks is in others. Confucius
What the superior person seeks is in themselves. What the mean person seeks is in others.SuperiorityQuotations by Confucius
The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm. Confucius
The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.SuperiorityQuotations by Confucius
The sun is but a morning star. Henry David Thoreau
The sun is but a morning star.SunQuotations by Henry David Thoreau
The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth. Arthur Rimbaud
The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth.SunQuotations by Arthur Rimbaud
Then is it sin to rush into the secret house of death. Ere death dare come to us? William Shakespeare
Then is it sin to rush into the secret house of death. Ere death dare come to us?SuicideQuotations by William Shakespeare
No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide. Cesare Pavese
No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.SuicideQuotations by Cesare Pavese
I am just going outside and may be some time. Lawrence Oates
I am just going outside and may be some time.SuicideQuotations by Lawrence Oates
It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night.SuicideQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche
Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren’t in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life. Vaclav Havel
Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren’t in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.SuicideQuotations by Vaclav Havel
But the child’s sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath! Elizabeth Barrett Browning
But the child’s sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!ChildrenQuotations by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity. Christian Nevell Bovee
Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.ChildrenQuotations by Christian Nevell Bovee
It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows. Erma Bombeck
It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.ChildrenQuotations by Erma Bombeck
Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth. Erma Bombeck
Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.ChildrenQuotations by Erma Bombeck
There is no sinner like a young saint. Aphra Behn
There is no sinner like a young saint.ChildrenQuotations by Aphra Behn
You see much more of your children once they leave home. Lucille Ball
You see much more of your children once they leave home.ChildrenQuotations by Lucille Ball
Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child’s world and thus a world event. Gaston Bachelard
Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child’s world and thus a world event.ChildrenQuotations by Gaston Bachelard
It’s fun being a kid. Bradford Arthur Angier
It’s fun being a kid.ChildrenQuotations by Bradford Arthur Angier
Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives. Maya Angelou
Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.ChildrenQuotations by Maya Angelou
Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon the growing boy. William Wordsworth
Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon the growing boy.ChildhoodQuotations by William Wordsworth
That great Cathedral space which was childhood. Virginia Woolf
That great Cathedral space which was childhood.ChildhoodQuotations by Virginia Woolf
Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out. William M. Thackeray
Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.ChildhoodQuotations by William M. Thackeray
There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book. Marcel Proust
There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book.ChildhoodQuotations by Marcel Proust