John D. Rockefeller
“I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.”
Month: March 2009
Michael McClary
“Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It’s called ‘rain’.”
Rodney Carrington
“You can talk about anything if you go about it the right way, which is never malicious.”
Irving Berlin
“The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You’ve …
Amy Vanderbilt
“Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.”
Patrick Young
“The trouble with weather forecasting is that it’s right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on …
Victor Borge
“Laughter is the closest distance between two people.”
William Safire
“Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don’t know and I don’t care.”
Thomas Berger
“Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there.”
William H. Sheldon
“Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.”
Miles Davis
“My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.”
Peter Minard
“Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in …
Stephen King
“Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.”
Cindy Gardner
“What’s the difference between a boyfriend and a husband? About 30 pounds.”
Christopher Hampton
“Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.”
Jeph Jacques
“You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are.”
Rene Descartes
“The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.”
The Talmud
“Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger; a miracle may not save you…and if it does, it will be deducted from your share of luck or …
Iris Murdoch
“Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.”
Franklin P. Adams
“I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.”
Leo Tolstoy
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
Paul Fix
“The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.”
Ugo Betti
“When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that’s necessary for believing in it.”
George Herbert
“The best mirror is an old friend.”
Martina Horner
“What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers.”
Grace Murray Hopper
“A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”
Walter Bagehot
“The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.”
Blaise Pascal
“We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.”
Robert Fulford
“I have seen the future and it doesn’t work.”
Charles Kuralt
“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.”
Don Marquis
“A hypocrite is a person who–but who isn’t?”
Carlos Castaneda
“Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it – what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance …
William Penn
“A good End cannot sanctifie evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.”
Barbara Mikkelson
“Beware the pull on your heartstrings — it’s often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.”
Emiliano Zapata
“It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees.”
Becky Hartman Edwards and Michael Patrick King
“No matter how far you travel or how much you run from it, can you ever really escape your past?”
William Congreve
“Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, tomorrow’s sun to thee may never rise.”