Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness. -Ouida
Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness. -Ouida
Month: November 2009
Giuseppe Mazzini
“The family is the country of the heart.” Giuseppe Mazzini quotes
William James
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” William James quotes
Italian Proverb
“It is not enough to aim; you must hit.” Italian Proverb quotes
Eleanor H. Porter
“It’s funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn’t it?” Eleanor H. Porter quotes
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be. -France, Anatole
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be. -France, Anatole
Marya Mannes
“All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.” Marya Mannes quotes
Ken Hill
“Music is an art form. It is a way to wordlessly communicate.” Ken Hill quotes
Clarence Day
“We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.” Clarence Day quotes
No language is rude that can boast polite writers. -Beardsley, Aubrey
No language is rude that can boast polite writers. -Beardsley, Aubrey
Michael Iapoce
“Reputation is character minus what you’ve been caught doing.” Michael Iapoce quotes
Robert Albert Bloch
“The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.” Robert Albert Bloch quotes
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own. -Vaneigem, Raoul
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own. -Vaneigem, Raoul
Gooding Jr., Cuba
I’ve always been a sucker for attention. Gooding Jr., Cuba quotes
Connelly, Billy
I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be. Connelly, …
Jefferson, Thomas
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. Jefferson, Thomas quotes
Fink, David Harold
You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do. Fink, David Harold quotes
Stael, Germaine De
The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to …
No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers. -Spurgeon, Charles Haddon
No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers. -Spurgeon, Charles Haddon
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. -Sterne, Laurence
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. -Sterne, Laurence
I never loved another person the way I loved myself. -West, Mae
I never loved another person the way I loved myself. -West, Mae
To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself. -Beecher, Henry Ward
To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself. -Beecher, Henry Ward
Robert Herrick
“Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.” Robert Herrick quotes
Federico Fellini
“Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.” Federico Fellini quotes
Anthony Burgess
“Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.” Anthony Burgess quotes
Harvey S. Firestone
“You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself.” Harvey S. Firestone quotes
We seldom report of having eaten too little. -Jefferson, Thomas
We seldom report of having eaten too little. -Jefferson, Thomas
Robert Zend
“Being a philosopher, I have a problem for every solution.” Robert Zend quotes
Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating. -Dyer, Wayne
Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating. -Dyer, Wayne
Who is so firm that can’t be seduced? -Shakespeare, William
Who is so firm that can’t be seduced? -Shakespeare, William
To try is all. It matters not if one succeeds or fails outwardly. -Thibodeau, Robert
To try is all. It matters not if one succeeds or fails outwardly. -Thibodeau, Robert
Family
Families are about love overcoming emotional torture. – Groening, Matt
Don’t throw stones at your neighbors , if your own windows are glass. -Franklin, Benjamin
Don’t throw stones at your neighbors , if your own windows are glass. -Franklin, Benjamin
Robert Pirsig
“There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology – the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn’t any good.” Robert Pirsig …
Kathe Kollwitz
“I do not want to die… until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me …
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. -Franklin, Benjamin
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. -Franklin, Benjamin
Boetcker, William
The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you will learn to enjoy the abundant …
Verrall, E. V.
I am a believer in punctuality though is makes me very lonely. Verrall, E. V. quotes
Lessing, Doris
In university they don’t tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools. Lessing, Doris quotes
Auerbach, Red
The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. Auerbach, Red quotes