Ogilvy, David
The consumer isn’t a moron. She is your wife. Ogilvy, David quotes
Month: December 2009
Mizner, Addison
Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it. Mizner, Addison quotes
Powell, John Enoch
If my ship sails from sight, it doesn’t mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends. Powell, John Enoch quotes
Bird, Larry
I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it. Bird, Larry …
Browne, Sir Thomas
Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death. …
Dante Alighieri
O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! Dante Alighieri quotes
The real history of consciousness starts with one’s first lie. -Brodsky, Joseph
The real history of consciousness starts with one’s first lie. -Brodsky, Joseph
Success action is cumulative in its results. -Wattles, Wallace D.
Success action is cumulative in its results. -Wattles, Wallace D.
I shall always be a priest of love. -Lawrence, D. H.
I shall always be a priest of love. -Lawrence, D. H.
Arnold Lobel
“Books to the ceiling,/ Books to the sky,/ My pile of books is a mile high./ How I love them! How I need them!/ I’ll …
Paul Graham
“Nerds don’t just happen to dress informally. They do it too consistently. Consciously or not, they dress informally as a prophylactic measure against stupidity.” Paul …
Whoever named it necking is a poor judge of anatomy. -Marx, Groucho
Whoever named it necking is a poor judge of anatomy. -Marx, Groucho
Stephen Fry
“I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.” Stephen Fry quotes
If I didn’t start painting, I would have raised chickens. -Moses, Grandma
If I didn’t start painting, I would have raised chickens. -Moses, Grandma
Chris Bowyer
“Exaggeration follows desperation.” Chris Bowyer quotes
Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing. -Mencken, H. L.
Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing. -Mencken, H. L.
Everett, Douglas
There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one …
Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue. -Dahlberg, Edward
Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue. -Dahlberg, Edward
It’s better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one. -Geneen, Harold S.
It’s better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one. -Geneen, Harold S.
It is better to be the hammer than the anvil. -Proverb, French
It is better to be the hammer than the anvil. -Proverb, French
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
“A man’s respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.” Adam Clayton Powell Jr. quotes
Ludwig Wittgenstein
“I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.” Ludwig Wittgenstein quotes
Chester Bowles
“Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.” Chester Bowles quotes
He who puts up with insult invites injury. -Proverb, Jewish
He who puts up with insult invites injury. -Proverb, Jewish
Rudyard Kipling
“Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.” Rudyard Kipling quotes
Oh, duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself. -Wilde, Oscar
Oh, duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself. -Wilde, Oscar
Erna Bombeck
“A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.” Erna Bombeck quotes
Chinese Curse
“May you always live in interesting times.” Chinese Curse quotes
Order marches with weighty and measured strides. Disorder is always in a hurry. -Bonaparte, Napoleon
Order marches with weighty and measured strides. Disorder is always in a hurry. -Bonaparte, Napoleon
Steinbeck, John
The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty. Steinbeck, John quotes
Lindsay, Vachel
To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name. Lindsay, Vachel quotes
Budgell, Eustace
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another. – Budgell, Eustace quotes
Allen, Brandt
Control over computing belongs with users. Allen, Brandt quotes
Barney, Natalie Clifford
Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity. Barney, Natalie Clifford quotes
It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers, some of it might not be true. -Lieberman, Gerald F.
It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers, some of it might not be true. -Lieberman, Gerald F.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act. -Shakespeare, William
Few love to hear the sins they love to act. -Shakespeare, William
A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation. -Mencken, H. L.
A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation. -Mencken, H. L.
Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good. -Ovid
Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good. -Ovid
Herbert Read
“Art is pattern informed by sensibility.” Herbert Read quotes
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything. -Einstein, Albert
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything. -Einstein, Albert