Djilas, Milovan
Normal life cannot sustain revolutionary attitudes for long. Djilas, Milovan quotes
Year: 2009
Swindoll, Charles
When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority. Swindoll, Charles quotes
Roosevelt, Eleanor
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. Roosevelt, Eleanor quotes
There just isn’t any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying. -Rosenberg, Joel
There just isn’t any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying. -Rosenberg, Joel
Jim Dietz
“Rowing is a sport for dreamers. As long as you put in the work, you can own the dream. When the work stops, the dream …
I’ve been on a calendar, but I’ve never been on time. -Monroe, Marilyn
I’ve been on a calendar, but I’ve never been on time. -Monroe, Marilyn
Tomorrow
He that has given today may, if he so please, take away tomorrow. – Horace
It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one’s own suffering. -Lynd, Robert
It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one’s own suffering. -Lynd, Robert
The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned. -Shawcross, Lord
The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned. -Shawcross, Lord
Excellence
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. – Wilde, Oscar
Evil
My mother’s obsession with the good scissors always scared me a bit. It implied that somewhere in the house there lurked: the evil scissors. – …
Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. -Hegel, Georg
Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. -Hegel, Georg
Pema Chodron
“It’s also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that’s sitting right here right now… with its aches and it pleasures… is …
Yugoslav Proverb
“If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.” Yugoslav Proverb quotes
Chris Rock
“You don’t pay taxes – they take taxes.” Chris Rock quotes
Fools are without number. -Erasmus, Desiderius
Fools are without number. -Erasmus, Desiderius
Truman Capote
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” Truman Capote quotes
Keillor, Garrison
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. Keillor, Garrison quotes
Feldman, Marty
Money can’t buy poverty. Feldman, Marty quotes
Ford, Ford Madox
Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst. Ford, Ford Madox quotes
Sagan, Francoise
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the fronts people assume before one another’s eyes, and the front a writer puts …
The obscure we see eventually, the completely apparent takes longer. -Murrow, Edward R.
The obscure we see eventually, the completely apparent takes longer. -Murrow, Edward R.
(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset
“How glorious it is – and how painful – to be an exception.” (Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset quotes
He who sleeps half a day has won half a life. -Kraus, Karl
He who sleeps half a day has won half a life. -Kraus, Karl
Speculation
If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation. – Hazlitt, William
Science and Scientists
The man of science is a poor philosopher. – Einstein, Albert
Polls
I did not enter the labor Party forty-seven years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr. Mori, Dr. Gallup and Mr. Harris. – Benn, …
Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. -Proverb, Swedish
Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. -Proverb, Swedish
Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well deceived. -Swift, Jonathan
Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well deceived. -Swift, Jonathan
Strategies
The best armor is to keep out of range. – Proverb, Italian
Temptation
Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances. – Battista, Orlando A.
There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it. -Hitchcock, Alfred
There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it. -Hitchcock, Alfred
Aldo Leopold
“Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.” Aldo Leopold quotes
Anita Loos
“Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita Loos quotes
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. -Rousseau, Jean Jacques
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. -Rousseau, Jean Jacques
Julius Caesar
“As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can.” Julius Caesar quotes
Cowley, Abraham
Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion. Cowley, Abraham quotes
Proverb, Indian
An arch never sleeps. Proverb, Indian quotes
Adler, Mortimer J.
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. Adler, Mortimer J. quotes
Reuther, Walter
If you’re not big enough to lose, you’re not big enough to win Reuther, Walter quotes