Blaise Cendrars Sauser
Writing is to descend like a miner to the depths of the mine with a lamp on your forehead, a light whose dubious brightness falsifies …
Category: Quotes of the day
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi
"We need to alter the wedding vow. Till death do us part – or until you become an inconvenience." – Carl Young
“We need to alter the wedding vow. Till death do us part – or until you become an inconvenience.” – Carl Young
Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us. -Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us. -Charles Haddon Spurgeon
"I’m So sad; I can’t cry" – Karan Patade
“I’m So sad; I can’t cry” – Karan Patade
Lovers should also have their days off. -Natalie Clifford Barney
Lovers should also have their days off. -Natalie Clifford Barney
The human race has improved everything, but the human race. -Adlai E. Stevenson
The human race has improved everything, but the human race. -Adlai E. Stevenson
I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor. -Edward Albee
I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor. -Edward Albee
Every fool finds a greater one to admire them. -Bioleau
Every fool finds a greater one to admire them. -Bioleau
Mattie Stepanek
“Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second.” Mattie Stepanek quotes
If we could sell our experience for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires. -Abigail Van Buren
If we could sell our experience for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires. -Abigail Van Buren
Jerry Brown
The government is becoming the family of last resort. Jerry Brown quotes
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations. -James Mackintosh
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations. -James Mackintosh
Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. -Miguel De Cervantes
Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. -Miguel De Cervantes
What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it. -Hugh Blair
What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it. -Hugh Blair
I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist. -Sally Kempton
I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist. -Sally Kempton
The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
No winter lasts forever; no spring skips it’s turn. -Hal Borland
No winter lasts forever; no spring skips it’s turn. -Hal Borland
The big thing is that you know what you want. -Earl Nightingale
The big thing is that you know what you want. -Earl Nightingale
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one. -A. J. Liebling
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one. -A. J. Liebling
Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature. -W. H. Auden
Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature. -W. H. Auden
Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it. -Jeremy Taylor
Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it. -Jeremy Taylor
The secret of successful speakers? Passion and compassion with a purpose. -Lily Walters
The secret of successful speakers? Passion and compassion with a purpose. -Lily Walters
A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind. -Eugene Ionesco
A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind. -Eugene Ionesco
Redd Foxx
The food here is so tasteless you could eat a meal of it and belch and it wouldn’t remind you of anything. Redd Foxx quotes
Rose Tremain
Life is not a dress rehearsal. Rose Tremain quotes
George Gurdjieff
Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise …
Edward Varese
Contrary to popular belief an artist is never ahead of his time, but most people are far behind theirs. Edward Varese quotes
Charles Wells
We can only change the world by changing men. Charles Wells quotes
The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. -Kahlil Gibran
The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. -Kahlil Gibran
Death always waits. The door of the hearse is never closed. -Joseph Bayly
Death always waits. The door of the hearse is never closed. -Joseph Bayly
Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts. -Marquis De Vauvenargues
Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts. -Marquis De Vauvenargues
Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. -Meister Eckhart
Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. -Meister Eckhart
The happy ending is our national belief. -Mary Mccarthy
The happy ending is our national belief. -Mary Mccarthy
When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Robert Bridges
“I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I’d see the summer garden in rainbow clouds.” Robert Bridges quotes
God’s finger touched him and he slept. -Lord Alfred Tennyson
God’s finger touched him and he slept. -Lord Alfred Tennyson
James Ling
Don’t tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done. James Ling quotes
Freya Stark
I have met charming people, lots who would be charming if they hadn’t got a complex about the British and everyone has pleasant and cheerful …
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. -Charlie Chaplin
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. -Charlie Chaplin