May 2010 – Page 183 – Dictionary of Quotes

"Always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise, they won’t go to yours" – Yogi Berra

“Always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise, they won’t go to yours” – Yogi Berra

"Well, birthdays are merely symbolic of how another year has gone by and how little we’ve grown. No matter how desperate we are that someday a better self will emerge, with each flicker of the candles on the cake, we know it’s not<br/>to be, that for the rest of our sad, wretched pathetic lives, this is who we areto the bitter end. Inevitably, irrevocably; happy birthday? No such thing." – Jerry Seinfeld

“Well, birthdays are merely symbolic of how another year has gone by and how little we’ve grown. No matter how desperate we are that someday …

"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything." – Muhammad Ali

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of …

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do" – Eleanor Roosevelt

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do” – Eleanor Roosevelt

"We will have some of the legacy athletes there jumping for the anniversary." – Connie Hagler

“We will have some of the legacy athletes there jumping for the anniversary.” – Connie Hagler

An enormous part of our mature experience cannot not be expressed in words. -Whitehead, Alfred North

An den modernen Gemälden ist nur noch eins verständlich: die Signatur. ~~~ Ephraim Kishon

An den modernen Gemälden ist nur noch eins verständlich: die Signatur. Ephraim Kishon

Misstrauen ist ein Zeichen von Schwäche. ~~~ Mahatma Gandhi

Misstrauen ist ein Zeichen von Schwäche. Mahatma Gandhi

Latin Proverb: Wine carries …

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Francis J. Braceland

“We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves.” Francis J. Braceland quotes

Frederick Langbridge

“Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud and one the stars.” Frederick Langbridge quotes

"I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy, golden storm, yes many loved before us, I know we are not new, in city and in forest they smiled like me and you, but now it’s come to distances and both of us must try, your eyes are soft with sorrow, Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye." – Leonard Cohen

“I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy, golden storm, yes many loved before …

"I want a lover I don’t have to love" – Conor Oberst

“I want a lover I don’t have to love” – Conor Oberst

"We hoped she would be born on Valentine’s Day, but she came a day early. I wanted to name her Valerie, but my wife wouldn’t go along with it. Her name is Jessica." – Jim Valentine

“We hoped she would be born on Valentine’s Day, but she came a day early. I wanted to name her Valerie, but my wife wouldn’t …

"We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more." – Anne Sophie Swetchine

“We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.” – Anne Sophie Swetchine

"Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye." – Marie Louise De La Ramee

“Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.” – Marie Louise …

"The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian." – Frank Herbert

“The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit …

"The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude." – Charles R. Swindoll

“The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… We …

"And I am right, And you are right, Modified rapture!" – William S. Gilbert

“And I am right, And you are right, Modified rapture!” – William S. Gilbert

"The Incline boys are skiing really, really well this year. They’ve been really consistent with their finishes and it’s going to be a race for the two spots headed to state." – Dave Brolliar

“The Incline boys are skiing really, really well this year. They’ve been really consistent with their finishes and it’s going to be a race for …

"I’m into flames these days. I’m a little guy who needs to do big things." – Danny Graves

“I’m into flames these days. I’m a little guy who needs to do big things.” – Danny Graves

"Have you never been moved by poor men’s fidelity, the image of you they form in their simple minds? Why should you always talk of their envy, without understanding that what they ask of you is not so much your worldly goods, as something very hard to define, which they themselves can put no name to; yet at times it consoles their loneliness; a dream of splendor, of magnificence, a tawdry dream, a poor man’s dream /and yet God blesses it!" – Georges Bernanos

“Have you never been moved by poor men’s fidelity, the image of you they form in their simple minds? Why should you always talk of …

"I fell in love with her; she was just adorable," – Wendy White

“I fell in love with her; she was just adorable,” – Wendy White

"While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his." – Ambrose Bierce

“While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his.” – Ambrose Bierce

"the public adulation for Saturday was worrying because here was a 9/11 book that everyone was praising to the sky, making into a bestseller, and it was not a good book for McEwan, who is a very, very good writer. But maybe I shouldn’t have been so pompous." – John Banville

“the public adulation for Saturday was worrying because here was a 9/11 book that everyone was praising to the sky, making into a bestseller, and …

"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world." – Brandi Snyder

“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.” – Brandi Snyder

"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything." – Friedrich Nietzsche

“The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

"If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments." – Earl Wilson

“If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.” – Earl Wilson

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." – Henry David Thoreau

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music …

"The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them." – Albert Einstein

“The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize …

"Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone" – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

"There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love." – Oscar Wilde

“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.” – Oscar Wilde

"The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool." – Stephen King

“The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.” – Stephen King

"To become wise, one must "wish" to have certain experiences and run, as it were, into their gaping jaws. This, of course, is very dangerous; many a wise guy has been swallowed." – Friedrich Nietzsche

“To become wise, one must “wish” to have certain experiences and run, as it were, into their gaping jaws. This, of course, is very dangerous; …

"If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself, or even less, in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct; and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight." – Leonardo da Vinci

“If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself, or even …

"Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy." – Robert A. Heinlein

“Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.” – Robert A. Heinlein

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