The irony is this: If you don’t go in, you can’t find out. -Richard Stine
The irony is this: If you don’t go in, you can’t find out. -Richard Stine
Category: Quotes of the day
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. -Booker T. Washington
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. -Booker T. Washington
Good Americans when they die, go to Paris. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
Good Americans when they die, go to Paris. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength. -Joseph Joubert
He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength. -Joseph Joubert
Terry Mccormick
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around. Terry Mccormick quotes
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
A wise man hears one word and understands two. -Yiddish Proverb
A wise man hears one word and understands two. -Yiddish Proverb
Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. -Warren Buffett
Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. -Warren Buffett
Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love. -Charles Peguy
Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love. -Charles Peguy
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. -Lawrence Durrell
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. -Lawrence Durrell
No one ever complains about a speech being too short! -Ira Hayes
No one ever complains about a speech being too short! -Ira Hayes
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. -George Bernard Shaw
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. -George Bernard Shaw
Scratch a lover, and find a foe. -Dorothy Parker
Scratch a lover, and find a foe. -Dorothy Parker
Optimism is the opium of the people. -Milan Kundera
Optimism is the opium of the people. -Milan Kundera
I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. -Gerald G. Jampolsky
I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. -Gerald G. Jampolsky
It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane. -Margaret Anderson
It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane. -Margaret Anderson
"What is happiness? The feeling that power increases – that resistance is being overcome" – Friedrich Nietzsche
“What is happiness? The feeling that power increases – that resistance is being overcome” – Friedrich Nietzsche
Manfred Eigen
“A theory has only the alternative of being wrong. A model has a third possibility – it might be right but irrelevant.” Manfred Eigen quotes
"I teach world history, and we have a term for guys like Malcolm. He really is what they call a Renaissance Man. He doesn’t fit a stereotype. It’s uncommon to have all of those things at the same time." – Dana Drummond
“I teach world history, and we have a term for guys like Malcolm. He really is what they call a Renaissance Man. He doesn’t fit …
An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it. -Robert Bresson
An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it. -Robert Bresson
G. A. Borghese
It is necessary; therefore, it is possible. G. A. Borghese quotes
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. -Jean Paul Richter
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. -Jean Paul Richter
What comes from the heart, goes to the heart. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What comes from the heart, goes to the heart. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? -Benjamin Disraeli
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? -Benjamin Disraeli
A man is a god in ruins. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man is a god in ruins. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Smile, it’s free therapy. -Doug Horton
Smile, it’s free therapy. -Doug Horton
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. -George Eliot
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. -George Eliot
This is a court of law young man, not a court of justice. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
This is a court of law young man, not a court of justice. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
Lydia Child
Now twilight lets her curtain down / And pins it with a star. Lydia Child quotes
Duke of Prince Philip Edinburgh
We live in what virtually amounts to a museum — which does not happen to a lot of people. Duke of Prince Philip Edinburgh quotes
Fox
Of all the characters of cruelty, I consider the most despicable the one that cloaks himself in a garb of mercy. Fox quotes
Prayer is a confession of one’s own unworthiness and weakness. -Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer is a confession of one’s own unworthiness and weakness. -Mahatma Gandhi
"Prison has helped him become a better Muslim. He is a Malcolm X with a softer tone." – Shakeel Syed
“Prison has helped him become a better Muslim. He is a Malcolm X with a softer tone.” – Shakeel Syed
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers. -William Penn
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers. -William Penn
It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end -Ernest Hemingway
It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end -Ernest Hemingway
Give God the margin of eternity to justify himself. -H. R. Haweis
Give God the margin of eternity to justify himself. -H. R. Haweis
"There was great team chemistry. That really was a complete team. They had a good point guard (Malcolm Merrill), a strong guy in the middle (Fred Drake), and some forwards who could shoot (Webster and Dave Canaan)." – Bob Brown
“There was great team chemistry. That really was a complete team. They had a good point guard (Malcolm Merrill), a strong guy in the middle …
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. -Buddha
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. -Buddha
To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman. -John Stuart Mill
To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman. -John Stuart Mill
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. -Pir Vilayat Khan
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. -Pir Vilayat Khan