Terry Pratchett
“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 …
Month: May 2009
Jerry Seinfeld
“There is no such thing as “fun for the whole family.”” Jerry Seinfeld quotes
Calvin Coolidge
“No man ever listened himself out of a job.” Calvin Coolidge quotes
Muriel Spark
“Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.” Muriel Spark quotes
William Ellery Channing
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” William Ellery Channing quotes
Mae West
“Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.” Mae West quotes
Marilyn French
“Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.” Marilyn French quotes
Katharine Whitehorn
“The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.” Katharine Whitehorn quotes
Arthur Erickson
“Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.” Arthur Erickson quotes
Juvenal
“Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.” Juvenal quotes
Miguel de Cervantes
“That’s the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.” Miguel de Cervantes quotes
Georgia O’Keeffe
“I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.” Georgia O’Keeffe quotes
Stanislaw Lem
“Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.” Stanislaw Lem quotes
Annie Lennox
“Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.” Annie Lennox quotes
David Icke
“Today’s mighty oak is just yesterday’s nut, that held its ground.” David Icke quotes
Marquis de Vauvenargues
“When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.” Marquis de Vauvenargues quotes
Kathleen Quinlan
“I am really a sea creature. Just a mammal that lost its fins.” Kathleen Quinlan quotes
Muhammad Ali
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” Muhammad Ali quotes
King Solomon
“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.” King Solomon quotes
Henry A. Kissinger
“Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.” Henry A. Kissinger quotes
James Russell Lowell
“All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.” James Russell Lowell quotes
Theodore Bikel
“No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.” Theodore Bikel quotes
Peter Benchley
“If man doesn’t learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.” Peter Benchley quotes
Toni Morrison
“Make a difference about something other than yourselves.” Toni Morrison quotes
Euripides
“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.” Euripides quotes
John Stuart Mill
“All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.” John Stuart Mill quotes
Luther Burbank
“We must return to nature and nature’s god.” Luther Burbank quotes
Sally Kempton
“I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist.” Sally Kempton quotes
Pierre Gallois
“If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is …
Dorothy Day
“I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk …
Martha Graham
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Martha Graham quotes
Hal Borland
“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” Hal Borland quotes
Robert Heinlein
“A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.” Robert Heinlein quotes
Seth Godin
“Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting your own standards–and …
Stephen Sondheim
“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.” Stephen Sondheim quotes
Pierre Bonnard
“Art will never be able to exist without nature.” Pierre Bonnard quotes
Frank Tibolt
“We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.” Frank Tibolt quotes
James A. Baldwin
“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.” James A. Baldwin quotes
Georg Trakl
“I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.” Georg Trakl quotes
Christopher Morley
“There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.” Christopher Morley quotes