Murrow, Edward R.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices — just recognize them. Murrow, Edward R. quotes
Month: September 2009
Beaumont, Francis
Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. Beaumont, Francis quotes
Proverb, Greek
Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom. Proverb, Greek quotes
Asaf, George
What’s the use of worrying? It never was worth while, so pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and smile, smile, smile. Asaf, George …
Holton
Work your way up or rust your way out. Holton quotes
Kempis, Thomas
By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity. Kempis, Thomas quotes
Love Quote 0026
Love is a dream that comes alive when we meet. – Anonymous
The tongue can paint what the eye can’t see. -Proverb, Chinese
The tongue can paint what the eye can’t see. -Proverb, Chinese
Numbers 6:3 Bible: Hebrew
“He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink …
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. -Selye, Hans
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. -Selye, Hans
Iris Murdoch on Nature
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. – Iris …
Retirement
Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don’t choose to have it known. – Chesterfield, Lord
Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat. -Proverb, Irish
Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat. -Proverb, Irish
No man can understand why a woman shouldn’t prefer a good reputation to a good time. -Rowland, Helen
No man can understand why a woman shouldn’t prefer a good reputation to a good time. -Rowland, Helen
James A. Baldwin on History
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. – James A. Baldwin Quotes, Famous Quotes, James A. Baldwin, History
Nature
All nature wears one universal grin. – Fielding, Henry
Reform
Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. – Carlyle, Thomas
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees. -Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees. -Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. -Drucker, Peter F.
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. -Drucker, Peter F.
Fischer, Ernst
To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature. Fischer, Ernst quotes
Henry, Patrick
This is all the Inheritance I can give to my dear Family. The Religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich …
Proverb, Russian
Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it. Proverb, Russian quotes
Hope, Bob
I do benefits for all religions — I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality. Hope, Bob quotes
Pliny The Elder
The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils. Pliny The Elder quotes
Nehru, Jawaharlal
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order. Nehru, Jawaharlal quotes
Robertson, Frederick W.
Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing. Robertson, Frederick W. quotes
Celine, Louis-Ferdinand
To philosophize is only another way of being afraid and leads hardly anywhere but to cowardly make-believe. Celine, Louis-Ferdinand quotes
Osborne, John
They spend their time looking forward to the past. Osborne, John quotes
Like a kite cut from the string, lightly the soul of my youth has taken flight -Takuboku, Ishikawa
Like a kite cut from the string, lightly the soul of my youth has taken flight -Takuboku, Ishikawa
Kabbalah
“The pure impulse of dynamic creation is formless; and being formless, the creation it gives rise to can assume any and every form.” Kabbalah quotes
It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree. -Mckern, Leo
It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree. -Mckern, Leo
There’s nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively. -Dyer, Wayne
There’s nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively. -Dyer, Wayne
No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable. -Landor, Walter Savage
No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable. -Landor, Walter Savage
Edgar Degas on Art
Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do. – Edgar Degas Quotes, Famous Quotes, Edgar Degas, Art
Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise. -Prior, Matthew
Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise. -Prior, Matthew
Sir Richard Steele
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” Sir Richard Steele quotes
Clare Ansberry
“Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes.” Clare Ansberry quotes
Annie Dillard
“There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.” Annie Dillard quotes
The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of human failure. -Johnson, Lyndon B.
The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of human failure. -Johnson, Lyndon B.
Roger Ebert
“All good art is about something deeper than it admits.” Roger Ebert quotes