Ben Jonson
“Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.” Ben Jonson quotes
Year: 2009
Lawana Blackwell
“Patterning your life around other’s opinions is nothing more than slavery.” Lawana Blackwell quotes
Spanish Proverb
“If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.” Spanish Proverb quotes
Max L. Forman
“Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.” Max L. Forman quotes
John Gay
“Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.” John Gay quotes
John Dewey
“Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of the imagination.” John Dewey quotes
Resolution
For I am full of spirit and resolve to meet all perils very constantly. – Shakespeare, William
Persuasion
He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves. – Chesterfield, Lord
Simplicity
The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. – Buffett, Warren
Culture
Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny. – Camus, Albert
Alienation
There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we …
Stardom
You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don’t bother with other things. …
Obscurity
What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care. – Blake, …
Pearl Bailey
“What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.” Pearl Bailey quotes
Ludwig van Beethoven
“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” Ludwig van Beethoven quotes
George Will
“The future has a way of arriving unannounced.” George Will quotes
Francis of Assisi, St.
It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. Francis of Assisi, St. quotes
Hoffer, Eric
Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident. Hoffer, Eric quotes
Cicero, Marcus T.
The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body. Cicero, Marcus T. quotes
Bradshaw, Terry
What’s the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence. Bradshaw, Terry quotes
Paul, Alice
When you put your hand to the plow, you can’t put it down until you get to the end of the row. Paul, Alice quotes
Bloomfield, Lady
Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one’s self to be bored. Bloomfield, Lady quotes
Wright, Frank Lloyd
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. Wright, Frank Lloyd quotes
Sand, George
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. Sand, George quotes
Vine Deloria, Jr.
“Royalty has always been an unconscious but all-consuming goal of the European immigrant.” Vine Deloria, Jr. quotes
Wives
He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows. – Fuller, Thomas
Credit
O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, which makes bank credit like a bark of vapor. – Byron, Lord
Men and Women
Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are. – Angelis, Barbara De
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Henry Louis Mencken
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Henry Louis Mencken quote
Love is a friendship set to music.
Love is a friendship set to music. E. Joseph Cossman quote
They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love.
They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is …
Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.
Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life. Lord Byron quote
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
When you come to a fork in the road, take it. Yogi Berra quote
The life which is unexamined is not worth living.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living. Socrates quote
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. M.K. Gandhi quote
Garry Shandling
“I’m dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it.” Garry Shandling quotes
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Zig Ziglar quote
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson quote
There is no use trying, said Alice; one can’t believe impossible things. I dare say you haven’t had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
There is no use trying, said Alice; one can’t believe impossible things. I dare say you haven’t had much practice, said the Queen. When I …
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on …