“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions!” – William Shakespeare
“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” – …
“A mother who is really a mother is never free.” – Honore de Balzac
“She hit me so hard I thought I would land in BC.” – Darcy Tucker
“After the first Drop, things have just been great for the bands involved. Just an example is Dynamic Vibrations went on a coast-to-coast tour with …
“We believe that according the name “investors” to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a “romantic” – …
“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.” – Kahlil Gibran
“Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other’s character before marriage, which is never advisable.” – Oscar Wilde
“Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are fatuous preservers of youthful looks” – Charles Dickens
“In time of prosperity friends will be plenty; In time of adversity not one in twenty” – English Proverb
“He never, ever felt worthy of the adoration. He thought of himself as a regular (guy).” – David Gans
“Don’t keep a man guessing too long–he’s sure to find the answer somewhere else.” – Mae West
“It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.” – Erma Bombeck
“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.” – David Starr Jordan
“The greatest book is not the one whose message engraves itself on the brain, but the one whose vital impact opens up other viewpoints, and …
“Activity conquers cold, but stillness conquers heat” – Lao Tzu
“I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, …
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and …
“Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate, and generous life, …
“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.” – Buddha
“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.” – Charles Bukowski
“Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.” – Coco Chanel
“I got addicted. News, particularly daily news, is more addictive than crack cocaine, more addictive than heroin, more addictive than cigarettes.” – Dan Rather
Geburtstag und ZITAT DES TAGES von heute: José Ortega y Gasset (9.5.1883 – 18.10.1955) Schriftsteller, Philosoph (Spanien, 1883 – 1955). Bauernregel des Tages: Abendtau und …
“A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.” …
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. -Skinner, B(urrhus) F(rederic)
“To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” – Mark Twain
“All persons shall have full and free liberty of religious opinion; nor shall any be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious institution” – Thomas …
“Why indeed must ”God” be a noun? Why not a verb – the most active and dynamic of all.” – Mary Daly
“Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen” – Ambrose Bierce
“Success builds character, failure reveals it” – Dave Checkett
“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” – Vincent van Gogh
“It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or the fourteenth.” – George F. …
“Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.” – Bertolt Brecht
“He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of Christianity, will revolutionize the world” – Benjamin Franklin
Eine Gelegenheit, den Mund zu halten, sollte man nie vorübergehen lassen. Curt Goetz