As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. -Da Vinci, Leonardo
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. -Da Vinci, Leonardo
Year: 2009
Sidney, Sir Philip
The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity. Sidney, Sir Philip quotes
Sarraute, Nathalie
Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry. Sarraute, Nathalie quotes
Schumpeter, Joseph A.
Economic progress, in capitalist society, means turmoil. Schumpeter, Joseph A. quotes
Luther, Martin
Forgiveness is God’s command. Luther, Martin quotes
Mille, Agnes De
The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate. Mille, Agnes De quotes
Colby, Frank Moore
One learns little more about a man from his feats of literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal. Colby, Frank Moore quotes
May, Rollo
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness. May, Rollo quotes
Dylan, Bob
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants …
Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society. -Balzac, Honore De
Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society. -Balzac, Honore De
Boy George
“I like to say that I’m bisexual…when I want sex, I buy it.” Boy George quotes
The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food. -Connolly, Cyril
The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food. -Connolly, Cyril
The relation nurse/doctor is even more complex than the relation patient/doctor. -Kocher, Gerhard
The relation nurse/doctor is even more complex than the relation patient/doctor. -Kocher, Gerhard
A man is sorry to be honest for nothing. -Ovid
A man is sorry to be honest for nothing. -Ovid
Wise men learn many things from their enemies. -Aristophanes
Wise men learn many things from their enemies. -Aristophanes
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. -Franklin, Benjamin
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. -Franklin, Benjamin
Friedan, Betty
The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive. Friedan, Betty quotes
Bardot, Brigitte
It is better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be. Bardot, Brigitte quotes
Parker, Dorothy
Drink, and dance and laugh and lie, love the reeling midnight through, for tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.) Parker, Dorothy quotes
Murphy’s Law, (Edward A. Murphy, Jr.)
If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it. Murphy’s Law, (Edward A. Murphy, Jr.) quotes
Coolidge, Calvin
After all, the chief business of the American people is business. Coolidge, Calvin quotes
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words. Solzhenitsyn, Alexander quotes
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon quotes
Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons. -Aristotle
Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons. -Aristotle
Leo Gallagher
“I wish TV had a knob so you could turn up the intelligence. The one marked Brightness doesn’t work.” Leo Gallagher quotes
The loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. -Goldsmith, Oliver
The loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. -Goldsmith, Oliver
There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation. -Smith, Logan Pearsall
There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation. -Smith, Logan Pearsall
It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial. -Fowles, Jib
It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial. -Fowles, Jib
Sympathy
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. – Whitman, Walt
Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. -Picabia, Francis
Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. -Picabia, Francis
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage. -Anouilh, Jean
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage. -Anouilh, Jean
Ridler, Anne
And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own. Ridler, Anne quotes
Will, George F.
Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions. Will, George F. quotes
Benjamin H. Brewster
“A lawyer starts life giving 0 worth of law for and ends giving worth for 0.” Benjamin H. Brewster quotes
Stephanie Klein
“I already knew to eat clean and listen to my body, to only eat when I was in a calm mental state. Everyone knew. But …
Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.” Gilbert K. Chesterton quotes
Absence — that common cure of love. -Cervantes, Miguel De
Absence — that common cure of love. -Cervantes, Miguel De
Anne Frank
“It’s difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It’s a wonder I …
Marvin
“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.” Marvin quotes
If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one. -Galsworthy, John
If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one. -Galsworthy, John