Appearances are deceptive. Aesop
Appearances are deceptive.AppearanceQuotations by Aesop
Month: November 2008
Well, excuuuuuse me!!!! Steve Martin
Well, excuuuuuse me!!!!ApologiesQuotations by Steve Martin
Never make a defense or apology before you are accused. Charles I
Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.ApologiesQuotations by Charles I
He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone. Oscar Wilde
He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.Aphorisms and EpigramsQuotations by Oscar Wilde
Epigrams succeed where epics fail. Persian Proverb
Epigrams succeed where epics fail.Aphorisms and EpigramsQuotations by Persian Proverb
There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion. Vladimir Nabokov
There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.Aphorisms and EpigramsQuotations by Vladimir Nabokov
Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. W. Somerset Maugham
Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.Aphorisms and EpigramsQuotations by W. Somerset Maugham
He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable. Thomas B. Macaulay
He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.Aphorisms and EpigramsQuotations by Thomas B. Macaulay
An epigram is only a wisecrack that’s played at Carnegie Hall. Oscar Levant
An epigram is only a wisecrack that’s played at Carnegie Hall.Aphorisms and EpigramsQuotations by Oscar Levant
An aphorism can never be the whole truth; it is either a half-truth or a truth-and-a-half. Karl Kraus
An aphorism can never be the whole truth; it is either a half-truth or a truth-and-a-half.Aphorisms and EpigramsQuotations by Karl Kraus
An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself. Minna Antrim
An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.Aphorisms and EpigramsQuotations by Minna Antrim
The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency. David Sarnoff
The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.ApathyQuotations by David Sarnoff
I shall stay the way I am because I do not give a damn. Dorothy Parker
I shall stay the way I am because I do not give a damn.ApathyQuotations by Dorothy Parker
There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference. Juan Montalvo
There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.ApathyQuotations by Juan Montalvo
If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime. Georg C. Lichtenberg
If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.ApathyQuotations by Georg C. Lichtenberg
I don’t know, I don’t care, and it doesn’t make any difference! Jack Kerouac
I don’t know, I don’t care, and it doesn’t make any difference!ApathyQuotations by Jack Kerouac
Most human beings have an infinite capacity for taking things for granted. Aldous Huxley
Most human beings have an infinite capacity for taking things for granted.ApathyQuotations by Aldous Huxley
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. Frederic Chopin
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.ApathyQuotations by Frederic Chopin
The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last. Oscar Wilde
The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last.AnxietyQuotations by Oscar Wilde
Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds. Lord Alfred Tennyson
Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.AnxietyQuotations by Lord Alfred Tennyson
Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety. Frank Smith
Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.AnxietyQuotations by Frank Smith
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable. Seneca
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.AnxietyQuotations by Seneca
Who’s not sat tense before his own heart’s curtain. Rainer Maria Rilke
Who’s not sat tense before his own heart’s curtain.AnxietyQuotations by Rainer Maria Rilke
Love is full of anxious fears. Ovid
Love is full of anxious fears.AnxietyQuotations by Ovid
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. Ovid
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.AnxietyQuotations by Ovid
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came. James Russell Lowell
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.AnxietyQuotations by James Russell Lowell
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbors. Rudyard Kipling
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbors.AnxietyQuotations by Rudyard Kipling
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. Soren Kierkegaard
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.AnxietyQuotations by Soren Kierkegaard
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity Chuck Jones
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativityAnxietyQuotations by Chuck Jones
Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest. Ben Johnson
Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.AnxietyQuotations by Ben Johnson
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. Benjamin Franklin
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.AnxietyQuotations by Benjamin Franklin
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may be. John Dryden
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may be.AnxietyQuotations by John Dryden
We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often. Winston Churchill
We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.AnxietyQuotations by Winston Churchill
Suspense is worst than disappointment. Robert Burns
Suspense is worst than disappointment.AnxietyQuotations by Robert Burns
Where everything is bad it must be good to know the worst. Francis H. Bradley
Where everything is bad it must be good to know the worst.AnxietyQuotations by Francis H. Bradley
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. Josh Billings
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.AnxietyQuotations by Josh Billings
Antipathy, dissimilarity of views, hate, contempt, can accompany true love. J. August Strindberg
Antipathy, dissimilarity of views, hate, contempt, can accompany true love.AntipathyQuotations by J. August Strindberg
Thou art all ice. Thy kindness freezes. William Shakespeare
Thou art all ice. Thy kindness freezes.AntipathyQuotations by William Shakespeare
They exchanged the quick, brilliant smile of women who dislike each other on sight. Marshall Pugh
They exchanged the quick, brilliant smile of women who dislike each other on sight.AntipathyQuotations by Marshall Pugh
Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected. Samuel Johnson
Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected.AntipathyQuotations by Samuel Johnson