There is no solution to death … Life intends to kill us. -Dorothy L. Sayers
There is no solution to death … Life intends to kill us. -Dorothy L. Sayers
Category: Quotes of the day
Confidence is the bond of friendship. -Publilius Syrus
Confidence is the bond of friendship. -Publilius Syrus
Let reason govern desire. -Marcus T. Cicero
Let reason govern desire. -Marcus T. Cicero
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. -Albert Camus
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. -Albert Camus
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it. -Henry David Thoreau
The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it. -Henry David Thoreau
John Ashbery
There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. John Ashbery quotes
Lillian Smith
Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has …
bores-and-boredom
All kinds are good except the kind that bores you. – Voltaire
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything or nothing. -Lady Nancy Astor
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything or nothing. -Lady Nancy Astor
May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies. -Voltaire
May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies. -Voltaire
"No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care" – Don Swartz
“No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care” – Don Swartz
The key to my success has been to give up everything for my dream. -John Johnson
The key to my success has been to give up everything for my dream. -John Johnson
Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about. -Georg C. Lichtenberg
Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about. -Georg C. Lichtenberg
"I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they’re the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!" – Warren G. Harding
“I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they’re the …
There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry. -Don G. Mitchell
There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry. -Don G. Mitchell
Virtue alone has majesty in death. -Edward Young
Virtue alone has majesty in death. -Edward Young
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. -John A. Shedd
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. -John A. Shedd
"Most men are the same. They’re only interested in fucking you and they don’t care whether you’re happy or sad. They just want to get on with their business in and out of bed, and they make you feel that you don’t count except as their sex toy." – Cameron Diaz
“Most men are the same. They’re only interested in fucking you and they don’t care whether you’re happy or sad. They just want to get …
Peter Medawar
“Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in …
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies. -Arthur Calwell
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies. -Arthur Calwell
There is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me! -William James
There is a voice inside which speaks and says: This is the real me! -William James
You can plant a dream. -Anne Campbell
You can plant a dream. -Anne Campbell
Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm. -William Shakespeare
Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm. -William Shakespeare
I am his awful wedded wife. -Goodman Ace
I am his awful wedded wife. -Goodman Ace
Hell is truth seen too late, duty neglected in its season. -Tryon Edwards
Hell is truth seen too late, duty neglected in its season. -Tryon Edwards
Shadow owes its birth to light. -John Gay
Shadow owes its birth to light. -John Gay
The more laws, the more offenders. -Thomas Fuller
The more laws, the more offenders. -Thomas Fuller
He speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting. -Queen Victoria
He speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting. -Queen Victoria
Jean Baptiste Masillon
To be proud and inaccessible is to be timid and weak. Jean Baptiste Masillon quotes
Peter D. Moore
Even though these technological advances originally sought to control information and bring order to the office, in many instances they have done just the opposite. …
Noam Chomsky
The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself. Noam Chomsky quotes
Brouhours
People of genius whenever they are faced with misfortune find resources within themselves. Brouhours quotes
W. Winter
Poetry is the language of feeling. W. Winter quotes
Man Ray
An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species …
The reason kids like rock ‘n roll is their parents don’t. -Mitch Miller
The reason kids like rock ‘n roll is their parents don’t. -Mitch Miller
Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst. -Walter Weckler
Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst. -Walter Weckler
Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong. -William E. Gladstone
Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong. -William E. Gladstone
God is the name we give our conscience. -Nader Shureih
God is the name we give our conscience. -Nader Shureih
A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered. -Edmund Burke
A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered. -Edmund Burke