Go to the ant, thou sluggard, learn to live, and by her busy ways, reform thy own. -Smart, Elizabeth
Go to the ant, thou sluggard, learn to live, and by her busy ways, reform thy own. -Smart, Elizabeth
Year: 2009
Tommy Lasorda
“I figure wherever I am, that’s the place to be.” Tommy Lasorda quotes
Jeremy Taylor
“Love is friendship set on fire.” Jeremy Taylor quotes
Donald Judd
“Most art is fragile and some should be placed and never moved away.” Donald Judd quotes
Margaret Fuller
“Nature provides exceptions to every rule.” Margaret Fuller quotes
Eternity — waste of time. -Barney, Natalie Clifford
Eternity — waste of time. -Barney, Natalie Clifford
Hietzsche
“The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.” Hietzsche quotes
I could never bear to be buried with people to whom I had not been introduced. -Parkinson, Norman
I could never bear to be buried with people to whom I had not been introduced. -Parkinson, Norman
Davis, Bette
The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart. Davis, Bette quotes
Brown, Norman O.
I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property. Brown, Norman O. quotes
Chapman, George
Danger, the spur of all great minds. Chapman, George quotes
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor quotes
Hugo, Victor
Progress is the stride of God. Hugo, Victor quotes
Dance and Dancing
On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there’s any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined. – Twain, Mark
Many a man’s strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use. -Bacon, Francis
Many a man’s strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use. -Bacon, Francis
Colleges don’t make fools, they only develop them. -Lorimer, Geroge
Colleges don’t make fools, they only develop them. -Lorimer, Geroge
God is definitely out of the closet. -Williamson, Marianne
God is definitely out of the closet. -Williamson, Marianne
John H. Patterson
“An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.” John H. Patterson quotes
There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth. -Galbraith, John Kenneth
There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth. -Galbraith, John Kenneth
Hosea Ballou
“Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.” Hosea Ballou quotes
Benjamin Spock
“You know more than you think you do.” Benjamin Spock quotes
Who is so deaf or so blind as he that willfully will neither hear nor see? -Proverb, English
Who is so deaf or so blind as he that willfully will neither hear nor see? -Proverb, English
The first rule of venture capitalism should be Shoot the Inventor. -Storey, Sir Richard
The first rule of venture capitalism should be Shoot the Inventor. -Storey, Sir Richard
Unity
Necessity unites. – Proverb, German
Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. -Reagan, Ronald
Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. -Reagan, Ronald
Fate
Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order. – Seneca
When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself. -Plato
When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself. -Plato
Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. -Wilde, Oscar
Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. -Wilde, Oscar
Dylan Thomas
“Though lovers be lost love shall not.” Dylan Thomas quotes
Diogenes
“What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.” Diogenes quotes
Robert Half
“Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.” Robert Half quotes
One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it. -Canetti, Elias
One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it. -Canetti, Elias
Robert Kennedy
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” Robert Kennedy quotes
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. -Eliot, T. S.
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. -Eliot, T. S.
Berger, John
Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at. Berger, John quotes
Pancoast, Mal
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. Pancoast, Mal quotes
Macdonald, George
How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset. Macdonald, George quotes
Stevens, Abel
Politeness is the art of choosing among one’s real thoughts. Stevens, Abel quotes
It is not wise to be wiser than necessary. -Quinault, Philippe
It is not wise to be wiser than necessary. -Quinault, Philippe
Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you. -Brooke, Rupert
Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you. -Brooke, Rupert