"Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man’s life" – Daniel Webster
“Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man’s life” – Daniel Webster
Category: Quotes of the day
The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness. -Julia Ward Howe
The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness. -Julia Ward Howe
"Murder is always a mistake – one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner" – Oscar Wilde
“Murder is always a mistake – one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner” – Oscar Wilde
Mary Archer
It sounds extraordinary but it?s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading. Mary Archer quotes
Louis V. Jr. Gerstner
Everything starts with the customer. Louis V. Jr. Gerstner quotes
Choose your love, Love your choice. -Thomas S. Monson
Choose your love, Love your choice. -Thomas S. Monson
"Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide." – Woodrow T. Wilson
“Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide.” – Woodrow T. Wilson
I pay the schoolmaster, but it is the school boys who educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
I pay the schoolmaster, but it is the school boys who educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences: suicide. Or murder." – Susan Sontag
“AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences: suicide. Or murder.” – Susan Sontag
Max Gluckman
“A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation.” …
The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage. -Thucydides
The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage. -Thucydides
Irving Batcheller
Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree. Irving Batcheller quotes
I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them. -Alfred Hitchcock
I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them. -Alfred Hitchcock
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book. -Friedrich Nietzsche
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book. -Friedrich Nietzsche
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed. -William Cowper
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed. -William Cowper
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup. -Ludwig Van Beethoven
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup. -Ludwig Van Beethoven
An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise. -William Dean Howells
An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise. -William Dean Howells
"When a man wants to murder a tiger, it’s called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him it’s called ferocity." – George Bernard Shaw
“When a man wants to murder a tiger, it’s called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him it’s called ferocity.” – George Bernard Shaw
Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. -W. Somerset Maugham
Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. -W. Somerset Maugham
"Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest." – W. H. Auden
“Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his …
"Fascism is capitalism plus murder." – Upton Sinclair
“Fascism is capitalism plus murder.” – Upton Sinclair
"Any man, in the right situation, is capable of murder. But not any man is capable of being a good camper. So, murder and camping are not as similar as you might think." – Jack Handy
“Any man, in the right situation, is capable of murder. But not any man is capable of being a good camper. So, murder and camping …
David Dinkins
I haven’t committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law. David Dinkins quotes
Alice Potter
I am optimistic and confident in all that I do. I affirm only the best for myself and others. I am the creator of my …
Eliza Cook
Though language forms the preacher, ‘Tis good works make the man. Eliza Cook quotes
One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it. -Pedro Calderon de la Barca
One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it. -Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. -Charlie McCarthy
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. -Charlie McCarthy
Marriage. The beginning and the end are wonderful. But the middle part is hell. -Enid Bagnold
Marriage. The beginning and the end are wonderful. But the middle part is hell. -Enid Bagnold
My sun sets to rise again. -Robert Browning
My sun sets to rise again. -Robert Browning
We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people. -Arthur Schopenhauer
We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people. -Arthur Schopenhauer
He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral. -Ursula K. Le Guin
He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral. -Ursula K. Le Guin
As soon as there is life there is danger. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
As soon as there is life there is danger. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Dalai Lama
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” The Dalai Lama quotes
Alan Ayckbourn
Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money. Alan Ayckbourn quotes
Robert Stone
What you’re trying to do when you write is to crowd the reader out of his own space and occupy it with yours, in a …
Victory is by nature insolent and haughty. -Marcus T. Cicero
Victory is by nature insolent and haughty. -Marcus T. Cicero
Too fair to worship, too divine to love. -Milman
Too fair to worship, too divine to love. -Milman
Edwin C. Bliss
Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don’t count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it! Edwin C. Bliss …
Kitty Kelley
A hero is someone we can admire without apology. Kitty Kelley quotes
James Ramsey Ullman
It is the ultimate wisdom of the mountains that a man is never more a man than when he is striving for what is beyond …