Moffett, Thomas
We are digging our graves with our teeth. Moffett, Thomas quotes
Year: 2009
They gave each other a smile with a future in it. -Lardner, Ring
They gave each other a smile with a future in it. -Lardner, Ring
How poor are they that have not patience. What wound did ever heal but by degrees? -Shakespeare, William
How poor are they that have not patience. What wound did ever heal but by degrees? -Shakespeare, William
Funerals
Even the best of friends cannot attend each other’s funeral. – Albran, Kehlog
When you like your work every day is a holiday. -Tyger, Frank
When you like your work every day is a holiday. -Tyger, Frank
Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet. -Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet. -Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Talent
I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent. – Wooden, John
He used statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts; for support rather than illumination. -Lang, Andrew
He used statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts; for support rather than illumination. -Lang, Andrew
Stephen Colbert
“Equations are the devil’s sentences.” Stephen Colbert quotes
Douglas Horton
“The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.” Douglas Horton quotes
It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom. -Hume, David
It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom. -Hume, David
Forster, Edward M.
There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer. Forster, Edward …
Welles, Orson
Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that’s printed about him. Welles, Orson quotes
Wilder, Billy
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty. Wilder, Billy quotes
Lerner, Max
You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. Lerner, …
Gay, John
No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die whove no retreat. Gay, John quotes
Picasso, Pablo
Through art we express our conception of what nature is not. Picasso, Pablo quotes
A fool’s paradise is a wise man’s hell! -Fuller, Thomas
A fool’s paradise is a wise man’s hell! -Fuller, Thomas
Barbara Bush
“I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.” Barbara Bush quotes
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. -Franklin, Benjamin
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. -Franklin, Benjamin
Haste
Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry. – Wesley, John
Cleverness
Clever men are good, but they are not the best. – Carlyle, Thomas
Superstition
No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man. – Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Innocence
If you would live innocently, seek solitude. – Syrus, Publilius
Folly loves the martyrdom of fame. -Byron, Lord
Folly loves the martyrdom of fame. -Byron, Lord
Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. -Gibran, Kahlil
Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. -Gibran, Kahlil
The greatest joy of life is to love and be loved. -Clyde, R.D.
The greatest joy of life is to love and be loved. -Clyde, R.D.
To talk goodness is not good… only to do it is. -Proverb, Chinese
To talk goodness is not good… only to do it is. -Proverb, Chinese
Eddison, E. E.
He without fear is king of the world. Eddison, E. E. quotes
Thackeray, William M.
Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs. Thackeray, William M. quotes
Smith, Sydney
All this class of pleasures inspires me with the same nausea as I feel at the sight of rich plum-cake or sweetmeats; I prefer the …
VIII, Pope Boniface
Anything done for another is done for oneself. VIII, Pope Boniface quotes
Janicki, H.
People travel in the way of least resistance, by choosing one’s environment, one will travel in a particular way. Janicki, H. quotes
Hubbard, L. Ron
Personnel and their capacity for work on their exact jobs is the basic key to income and success. Hubbard, L. Ron quotes
Antrim, Minna
An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself. Antrim, Minna quotes
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. -Franklin, Benjamin
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. -Franklin, Benjamin
H. Jackson Browne
“Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.” H. Jackson Browne quotes
Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he’s hired to do. -Forbes, Malcolm S.
Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he’s hired to do. -Forbes, Malcolm S.
People
We hold the view that the people make the best judgment in the long run. – Kennedy, John F.
Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field. -Anderson, Sparky
Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field. -Anderson, Sparky