Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. -Harry Emerson Fosdick
Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. -Harry Emerson Fosdick
Category: Quotes of the day
It’s the height of folly to want to be the only wise one. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
It’s the height of folly to want to be the only wise one. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We are the environment. -Charles Panati
We are the environment. -Charles Panati
Promote yourself but do not demote another. -Israel Salanter
Promote yourself but do not demote another. -Israel Salanter
"If a man’s mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure" – Buddha
“If a man’s mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure” – Buddha
A kiss may ruin a human life. -Oscar Wilde
A kiss may ruin a human life. -Oscar Wilde
"Our demands remain the same and if they’re not met in two days we’ll give the full fireworks." – Brutus Ebipadei
“Our demands remain the same and if they’re not met in two days we’ll give the full fireworks.” – Brutus Ebipadei
The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack. -George Ade
The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack. -George Ade
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. -Kris Kristofferson
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. -Kris Kristofferson
Alistair Cooke
Washington’s birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy. Alistair Cooke quotes
Ralph Ransom
Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we …
Nelson Rockefeller
Maybe this is like the Old Testament. It was visited upon us and maybe were going to benefit from it. Nelson Rockefeller quotes
"All the fun will conclude with a fireworks show at approximately 8 p.m.. We hope everyone will join us for this special day." – Warren Bowron
“All the fun will conclude with a fireworks show at approximately 8 p.m.. We hope everyone will join us for this special day.” – Warren …
When we can’t find peace in ourselves it is vain to look for it elsewhere. -Proverb
When we can’t find peace in ourselves it is vain to look for it elsewhere. -Proverb
Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved. -W. S. Gilbert
Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved. -W. S. Gilbert
All publicity is good, except an obituary notice. -Brendan F. Behan
All publicity is good, except an obituary notice. -Brendan F. Behan
That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic. -Woodrow T. Wilson
That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic. -Woodrow T. Wilson
Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. -William Wycherley
Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. -William Wycherley
Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief. -Arthur Schnitzler
Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief. -Arthur Schnitzler
"Fireworks themselves are inherently dangerous because they’re made out of explosive material." – Jason Gunkle
“Fireworks themselves are inherently dangerous because they’re made out of explosive material.” – Jason Gunkle
Isn’t privacy about keeping taboos in their place? -Kate Millet
Isn’t privacy about keeping taboos in their place? -Kate Millet
"Thanks for a great fireworks show. We had a wonderful view." – Bill McArthur
“Thanks for a great fireworks show. We had a wonderful view.” – Bill McArthur
John J. Ingalls
In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the …
Bill Moyers
When I learn something new-and it happens every day-I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest. …
Al Bauman
A wage hike is very hard to take away, but bonuses and profit-sharing can disappear very quickly in hard times…More people are realizing that bonuses …
Frank Romer
People will sit up and take notice of you if you will sit up and take notice of what makes them sit up and take …
We tend to live up to our expectations. -Earl Nightingale
We tend to live up to our expectations. -Earl Nightingale
"We’d tie cans to our (cars) and drag them through the street and there would be fireworks. You make noise for a long and happy life." – Elise Marquis
“We’d tie cans to our (cars) and drag them through the street and there would be fireworks. You make noise for a long and happy …
Life is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’re gonna get. -Forrest Gump Movie
Life is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’re gonna get. -Forrest Gump Movie
Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker. -Spanish Proverb
Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker. -Spanish Proverb
All great art is born of the metropolis. -Ezra Pound
All great art is born of the metropolis. -Ezra Pound
The more corrupt the state, the more laws. -Publius Cornelius Tacitus
The more corrupt the state, the more laws. -Publius Cornelius Tacitus
"It would be disappointing if they (the fireworks) don’t happen, but hey, it’s New Year’s, it’s Vegas, it’s still a party." – Bill Johnson
“It would be disappointing if they (the fireworks) don’t happen, but hey, it’s New Year’s, it’s Vegas, it’s still a party.” – Bill Johnson
What is true is true, and what is false is false… -Emanuel Swedenborg
What is true is true, and what is false is false… -Emanuel Swedenborg
If at first you don’t succeed, try to hide your astonishment. -Harry F. Banks
If at first you don’t succeed, try to hide your astonishment. -Harry F. Banks
William H(oward) Gass
“We have scarcely gotten home … when our children’s sneezes greet us, skinned knees bleed after waiting all day to do so. There is the …
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. -Henry Brooks Adams
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. -Henry Brooks Adams
William Frederick Book
Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they …
Farmers Almanac
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer. Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious …
Savinien Cyrano De Bergerac
Luckless is the country in which the symbols of procreation are the objects of shame, while the agents of destruction are honored! And yet you …