Month: August 2009

Tear, The by George Gordon, Lord Byron

Tear, The by George Gordon, Lord Byron When Friendship or Love Our sympathies move; When Truth, in a glance, should appear, The lips may beguile, …

Tiger, The by William Blake

Tiger, The by William Blake Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forest of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? …

A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe

A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed- But a waking dream of life and …

Alone by Edgar Allan Poe

Alone by Edgar Allan Poe From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not …

Love’s Secret by William Blake

Love’s Secret by William Blake Never seek to tell thy love, Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind does move Silently, invisibly. …

A Dream by William Blake

A Dream by William Blake Once a dream did weave a shade O’er my angel-guarded bed, That an emmet lost its way Where on grass …

I Am Not Yours Sara Teasdale

“I Am Not Yours” Sara Teasdale I am not yours, not lost in you, Not lost, although I long to be Lost as a candle …

Ellen Metcalf

“You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out …

Marilyn Monroe

“It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.” Marilyn Monroe quotes

Rohr, Richard

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what’s there: all of it. Rohr, Richard quotes

Buddha

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being …

Benchley, Robert

Drawing on my fine command of the language, I said nothing. Benchley, Robert quotes

Feyerabend, Paul Karl

The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education Feyerabend, Paul Karl quotes

Proverb, English

The mob has many heads but no brains. Proverb, English quotes

Paglia, Camille

If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts. Paglia, Camille quotes

Mckain, Robert J.

Become all that you are capable of becoming! Mckain, Robert J. quotes

Richard Louis Evans

“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.” Richard Louis Evans quotes

Josh Billings on Marriage

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can’t help but smile on it. – Josh Billings Quotes, …

William Wrigley Jr.

“When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.” William Wrigley Jr. quotes

William Saroyan

“Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure.” William Saroyan quotes

Mary Pettibone Poole

“To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.” Mary Pettibone Poole quotes

Charles Horton Cooley

“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.” Charles Horton Cooley quotes

Chen Shui-bian

“Even if one tree falls down it wouldn’t affect the entire forest.” Chen Shui-bian quotes

Nader, Ralph

This administration is not sympathetic to corporations, it is indentured to corporations. Nader, Ralph quotes

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley quotes

Charell, Ralph

The inner speech, your thoughts, can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak. …

Auden, W. H.

Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying. Auden, W. H. quotes

Goldsmith, Oliver

You, that are going to be married, think things can never be done too fast: but we that are old, and know what we are …

Heave

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Heave quotes

Smith, Logan Pearsall

What I like in a good author isn’t what he says, but what he whispers. Smith, Logan Pearsall quotes

Schweitzer, Albert

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now — always. Schweitzer, Albert quotes

Haile Selassie on History

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of …