Antonio Porchia
“One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.” Antonio Porchia quotes
Month: December 2009
The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. -Hutcheson, Francis
The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. -Hutcheson, Francis
Oh, how bitter it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes. -Grenfell, Wilfred T.
Oh, how bitter it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes. -Grenfell, Wilfred T.
Gibbon, Edward
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. Gibbon, Edward quotes
For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. -Shakespeare, William
For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. -Shakespeare, William
As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well. -Oerter, Al
As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well. -Oerter, Al
Gentlemen
Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time. – Pirandello, Luigi
Distrust
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. – Thoreau, Henry David
Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting. -Shakespeare, William
Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting. -Shakespeare, William
Robin Williams
“Cocaine is God’s way of saying that you’re making too much money.” Robin Williams quotes
Carol Green
“It’s noble to want to confess, but if the results are just damage and pain, that’s not noble. It’s selfish.” Carol Green quotes
Tom Nolan
“In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.” Tom Nolan quotes
Ingratitude is treason to mankind. -Thomson, James
Ingratitude is treason to mankind. -Thomson, James
George Harrison
“With our love, we could save the world.” George Harrison quotes
Walter Scott
“We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.” Walter Scott quotes
It is difficult to steer a parked car, so get moving. -Mears, Henrietta
It is difficult to steer a parked car, so get moving. -Mears, Henrietta
Nicholson
“Time keeps no measure when true friends are parted, No record day by day; the sands move not for those who, loyal-hearted, friendship’s firm laws …
In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer. -Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer. -Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Diogenes of Sinope
Modesty is the color of virtue. Diogenes of Sinope quotes
Gasset, Jose Ortega Y
Biography is: a system in which the contradictions of a human life are unified. Gasset, Jose Ortega Y quotes
Drucker, Peter F.
The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done. Drucker, Peter F. quotes
Gaulle, Charles De
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other. Gaulle, Charles De …
You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership. -Eisenhower, Dwight D.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership. -Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Democracy without morality is impossible. -Kemp, Jack
Democracy without morality is impossible. -Kemp, Jack
Reverie
There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and …
Husbands
From the moment I liberated Brigitte, the moment I showed her how to be truly herself, our marriage was all downhill. – Vadim, Roger
Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat. -Goering, Hermann
Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat. -Goering, Hermann
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine. -Pope, Alexander
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine. -Pope, Alexander
Tallulah Bankhead
“If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.” Tallulah Bankhead quotes
Jack Welch
“Change before you have to.” Jack Welch quotes
No matter what a woman looks like, if she’s confidant, she’s sexy. -Hilton, Paris
No matter what a woman looks like, if she’s confidant, she’s sexy. -Hilton, Paris
E. W. Dijkstra
“The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.” E. W. Dijkstra quotes
If your advertising goes unnoticed, everything else is academic! -Bernbach, William
If your advertising goes unnoticed, everything else is academic! -Bernbach, William
Morley, Christopher
Success: Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. Morley, Christopher quotes
Day, Dorothy
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up. Day, Dorothy quotes
Hellman, Lillian
If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don’t listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. Hellman, Lillian quotes
Plath, Sylvia
The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it. Plath, Sylvia quotes
Smith, Hannah Whitall
Look upon your chastening as God’s chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement. Smith, Hannah Whitall quotes
Advertising
Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise. – Peter, Laurence J.
Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last. -Cowley, Abraham
Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last. -Cowley, Abraham