Kevin Smith
“You know, there’s a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don’t all bring you lasagna at work. Most of ’em just …
Month: November 2009
Javan
“I don’t wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.” Javan quotes
He who praises every body, praises nobody. -Johnson, Samuel
He who praises every body, praises nobody. -Johnson, Samuel
Ingersoll, Robert Green
He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others. Ingersoll, Robert Green quotes
Newman, James
You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you felling otherwise. Newman, James quotes
Fulfillment
My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants. – Brotherton, J.
I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions. -Powell, John Enoch
I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions. -Powell, John Enoch
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. -Gibran, Kahlil
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. -Gibran, Kahlil
I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them. -Diana, Princess of Wales
I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them. -Diana, Princess of Wales
Sean O’Faolain
“There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things …
I want to be great, something special. -Leonard, Sugar Ray
I want to be great, something special. -Leonard, Sugar Ray
Be larger than your task. -Marden, Orison Swett
Be larger than your task. -Marden, Orison Swett
Aaron Shapiro
“We firmly believe there is more to life than money, beer, and sex. We just don’t know what it is.” Aaron Shapiro quotes
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
“The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.” Boutros Boutros-Ghali quotes
Superiority — doing things a little better than anybody else can do them. -Marden, Orison Swett
Superiority — doing things a little better than anybody else can do them. -Marden, Orison Swett
Alger, William R.
Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings. Alger, William R. quotes
Hijazi, Muhammad
Politics is the profession of those who have neither trade nor art. Hijazi, Muhammad quotes
Proverb, Danish
Fish and guests smell at three days old. Proverb, Danish quotes
Rather, Dan
If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all. Rather, Dan quotes
Earhart, Amelia
Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, But, they also get more notoriety when they crash. Earhart, …
In short, luck’s always to blame. -La Fontaine, Jean De
In short, luck’s always to blame. -La Fontaine, Jean De
Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation. -Stevenson, Adlai E.
Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation. -Stevenson, Adlai E.
Negativity
We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic. – Jeffers, Susan
I am a Roman citizen. -Cicero, Marcus T.
I am a Roman citizen. -Cicero, Marcus T.
What is a society without a heroic dimension? -Baudrillard, Jean
What is a society without a heroic dimension? -Baudrillard, Jean
Bertolt Brecht
“Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.” Bertolt Brecht quotes
If we do not hang together, we will all hang separately. -Franklin, Benjamin
If we do not hang together, we will all hang separately. -Franklin, Benjamin
Hastings
“A gentle word is never lost…It cheers the heart when sorrow-tossed, And lulls the cares that bruise it.” Hastings quotes
The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. -Hayes, Helen
The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. -Hayes, Helen
Howells, William Dean
A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it’s too late to let her know he sees it. Howells, William …
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
When my journal appears, many statues must come down. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington quotes
Fielding, Henry
Conscience — the only incorruptible thing about us. Fielding, Henry quotes
Wright, Steven
I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering. Wright, Steven quotes
Lord, Shirley
What really matters is what you do with what you have. Lord, Shirley quotes
Patriotism
What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. – Addison, Joseph
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there. -Jackson, Andrew
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there. -Jackson, Andrew
Love is like war, easy to begin, hard to end -Proverb
Love is like war, easy to begin, hard to end -Proverb
Body
Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our …
Fools and Foolishness
Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long. – Luther, Martin
What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. -Addison, Joseph
What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. -Addison, Joseph