Kalidasa
“Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life. For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow is only a vision …
Year: 2009
Variety is the soul of pleasure. -Behn, Aphra
Variety is the soul of pleasure. -Behn, Aphra
Chase, Ilka
America’s best buy is a telephone call to the right man. Chase, Ilka quotes
Liberation is not deliverance. -Hugo, Victor
Liberation is not deliverance. -Hugo, Victor
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember. -Seneca
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember. -Seneca
Doubt
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. – Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
Capitalism
Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment. The crypto-businessman is the true revolutionary in a Communist country. – Hoffer, Eric
All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous. -Murdoch, Iris
All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous. -Murdoch, Iris
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. -Petrarch, Francesco
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. -Petrarch, Francesco
John Bartlett
“I have gathered a posie of other men’s flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.” John Bartlett quotes
William Makepeace Thackeray
“To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.” William Makepeace Thackeray quotes
The fewer the words, the better the prayer. -Luther, Martin
The fewer the words, the better the prayer. -Luther, Martin
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. -Aristotle
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. -Aristotle
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. -Cicero, Marcus T.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. -Cicero, Marcus T.
Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in position to look too close. -Frost, Robert
Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in position to look too close. -Frost, Robert
After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved. -Proverb, Italian
After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved. -Proverb, Italian
Cynthia Ozick
“Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey.” Cynthia Ozick quotes
Walker Percy
“To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something.” Walker Percy quotes
Jean-Paul Sartre
“In love, one and one are one.” Jean-Paul Sartre quotes
When your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme. -Cricket, Jiminy
When your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme. -Cricket, Jiminy
Alec Baldwin
“I don’t get acting jobs because of my looks.” Alec Baldwin quotes
Henry Ellis
“Every artist writes his own autobiography.” Henry Ellis quotes
The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again. -Bombeck, Erma
The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again. -Bombeck, Erma
I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold -Watts, Isaac
I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold -Watts, Isaac
Guest, Judith
Two separate, distinct personalities, not separate at all, but inextricably bound, soul and body and mind, to each other, how did we get so far …
Anderson, John B.
The only way you can do that is with mirrors, and that’s what it would take. Anderson, John B. quotes
Cohen, Herb
See it like it is! Cohen, Herb quotes
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance. -Huxley, Thomas H.
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance. -Huxley, Thomas H.
The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person. -Carlyle, Thomas
The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person. -Carlyle, Thomas
Elections
Indeed, you won the elections, but I won the count. – Somoza, Anastasio
Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect. -Lion, The
Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect. -Lion, The
Nothing is swifter than our years. -Ovid
Nothing is swifter than our years. -Ovid
J.D. Anderson
“Knowledge is not wisdom, unless used wisely.” J.D. Anderson quotes
Elizabeth Bowen
“Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.” Elizabeth Bowen quotes
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. -Marx, Karl
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. -Marx, Karl
The best place a person can die, is where they die for others. -Barrie, Sir James M.
The best place a person can die, is where they die for others. -Barrie, Sir James M.
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. -Baudelaire, Charles
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. -Baudelaire, Charles
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it’s the best possible substitute for it. -Garfield, James A.
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it’s the best possible substitute for it. -Garfield, James A.
To some lawyers, all facts are created equal. -Frankfurter, Felix
To some lawyers, all facts are created equal. -Frankfurter, Felix
Donald H. Rumsfeld
“If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.” Donald H. Rumsfeld quotes