Month: October 2009

Heaven

You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman. – Joyce, James

Enlightenment

If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is the quiet acceptance of what is. – Dyer, Wayne

Remedies

The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea. – Dinesen, Isak

Nick Faldo

“We were happily married for eight months. Unfortunately, we were married for four and a half years.” Nick Faldo quotes

Carroll O’Connor

“Even a true artist does not always produce art.” Carroll O’Connor quotes

Ani DiFranco

“Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.” Ani DiFranco quotes

Dizzy Dean

“It ain’t braggin’ if you can back it up.” Dizzy Dean quotes

Churchill, Winston

Eating words has never given me indigestion. Churchill, Winston quotes

Kaunda, Kenneth

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees. Kaunda, Kenneth quotes

Hodges, Job E.

Lots of people know a good thing the minute the other fellow sees it first. Hodges, Job E. quotes

Burke, Billie

Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese Burke, Billie quotes

Suzanne Heller

“Misery is when you make your bed and then your mother tells you it’s the day she’s changing the sheets.” Suzanne Heller quotes

Listening

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. – Brothers, Dr. Joyce

Rick Pitino

“When you build bridges you can keep crossing them.” Rick Pitino quotes

Joan Lunden

“Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you …

George Sand

“The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.” George Sand quotes

A. A. Milne

“Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” A. A. Milne quotes

Lewis Mumford

“Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.” Lewis Mumford quotes

Tom Brokaw

“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” Tom Brokaw quotes

Francis David

“We need not think alike to love alike.” Francis David quotes

Bolingbroke, Henry

The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue. Bolingbroke, Henry quotes

Machiavelli, Niccolo

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be …

Dowson, Ernest

They are not long, the days of wine and roses:Out of a misty dreamOur path emerges for a while, then closesWithin a dream. Dowson, Ernest …

Riley, Pat

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable. Riley, Pat quotes

Griswold, Alfred Whitney

Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored. Griswold, Alfred Whitney quotes

Worth

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. – Santayana, George

Men

The question arises as to whether it is possible not to live in the world of men and still to live in the world. – …