May 2010 – Page 69 – Dictionary of Quotes

"The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths." – Ken Kesey

“The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths.” – Ken Kesey

"It will greatly reduce lifting and throwing." – Bill Stowe

“It will greatly reduce lifting and throwing.” – Bill Stowe

"I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind." – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Youth doesn’t reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his place." – Francis Picabia

“Youth doesn’t reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his place.” – Francis Picabia

"Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand." – Andre Maurois

“Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.” – Andre Maurois

"Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them" – Confucius

“Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them” – Confucius

"A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself." – Oprah Winfrey

“A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.” – Oprah Winfrey

"He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need: If thou sorrow, he will weep; If thou wake, he cannot sleep: Thus of every grief in heart He with thee does bear a part. These are certain signs to know Faithful friend from flattering foe." – William Shakespeare

“He that is thy friend indeed,He will help thee in thy need:If thou sorrow, he will weep;If thou wake, he cannot sleep:Thus of every grief …

"Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses." – Lao Tzu

“Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.” – Lao Tzu

"this is my life. it is my one time to be me. i want to experience every good thing." – Maya Angelou

“this is my life. it is my one time to be me. i want to experience every good thing.” – Maya Angelou

"Music is God’s gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven." – Walter Savage Landor

“Music is God’s gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.” – Walter …

"A hundred load of worry will not pay an ounce of debt" – George Herbert

“A hundred load of worry will not pay an ounce of debt” – George Herbert

"A young doctor makes a humpy graveyard" – English Proverb

“A young doctor makes a humpy graveyard” – English Proverb

"The fact that you are willing to say, ”I do not understand, and it is fine,” is the greatest understanding you could exhibit." – Wayne Dyer

“The fact that you are willing to say, ”I do not understand, and it is fine,” is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.” – Wayne …

"Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry." – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.” – Samuel Taylor …

"He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness." – Chinese Proverbs

“He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.” – Chinese Proverbs

"Character must be kept bright as well as clean." – Lord Chesterfield

“Character must be kept bright as well as clean.” – Lord Chesterfield

"When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it’s a good indication of what you’re made of." – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it’s a good indication of what you’re made of.” – H. Jackson Brown …

"There is not room for Death, / Nor atom that his might could render void: / Thou – Thou art Being and Breath, / And what Thou art may never be destroyed." – Emily Bronte

“There is not room for Death, / Nor atom that his might could render void: / Thou – Thou art Being and Breath, / And …

"Retired is being tired twice, I’ve thought, first tired of working, then tired of not" – Richard Armour

“Retired is being tired twice, I’ve thought, first tired of working, then tired of not” – Richard Armour

"Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty – excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable -should persist after the beauty was gone." – Aristotle

“Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty – excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable -should persist after the …

"Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion." – Arabian Proverb

“Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion.” – Arabian Proverb

Es gibt drei Sorten von Menschen: solche, die sich zu Tode sorgen; solche, die sich zu Tode arbeiten; und solche, die sich zu Tode langweilen. ~~~ Winston Churchill

Es gibt drei Sorten von Menschen: solche, die sich zu Tode sorgen; solche, die sich zu Tode arbeiten; und solche, die sich zu Tode langweilen. …

"We’re busy nonetheless. Our folks and our equipment and our materials obviously are far less strained, and so is our budget." – Bill Stowe

“We’re busy nonetheless. Our folks and our equipment and our materials obviously are far less strained, and so is our budget.” – Bill Stowe

"We went as high as we could. We were actually putting graphic effects in here you couldn’t see on any graphics card commercially available when we were working on the game." – Bruce Shelley

“We went as high as we could. We were actually putting graphic effects in here you couldn’t see on any graphics card commercially available when …

"Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face." – Ronald Reagan

“Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face.” – Ronald Reagan

"The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous." – Francis Picabia

“The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.” – Francis Picabia

"Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year’s time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings." – Andre Maurois

“Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in …

"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it." – Confucius

“To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.” – Confucius

"I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better." – Abraham Lincoln

“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” – Abraham Lincoln

"I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood are conditions people have to work at. It’s a serious matter. You compromise, you give, you take, you stand firm, and you’re relentless…And it is an investment. Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I’m married to someone who is very jealous and you’re married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come." – Maya Angelou

“I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and …

"If you are going through hell, keep going." – Winston Churchill

“If you are going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

"Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings – always darker, emptier and simpler." – Friedrich Nietzsche

“Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings – always darker, emptier and simpler.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

"Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing." – Jean de La Fontaine

“Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.” – Jean …

"Love is seeing without eyes, hearing without ears; hatred is nothing." – Doug Horton

“Love is seeing without eyes, hearing without ears; hatred is nothing.” – Doug Horton

"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along." – George Herbert

“Do not wait; the time will never be “just right.” Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, …

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