A thick skin is a gift from God. -Konrad Adenauer
A thick skin is a gift from God. -Konrad Adenauer
Category: Quotes of the day
"Subtle, clever brain, wiser than I am,<br/>by what devious means do you contrive<br/>to remain idle? Teach me, O master." – William Carlos Williams
“Subtle, clever brain, wiser than I am,by what devious means do you contriveto remain idle? Teach me, O master.” – William Carlos Williams
One murder makes a villain, millions often a hero. -Bishop Porteous
One murder makes a villain, millions often a hero. -Bishop Porteous
Chogyam Trungpa
Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy. Chogyam Trungpa quotes
David P. Gardner
We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we …
Elie Wiesel
I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be …
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. -T. S. Eliot
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. -T. S. Eliot
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. -Charles Dickens
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. -Charles Dickens
Fiction is the truth inside the lie. -Stephen King
Fiction is the truth inside the lie. -Stephen King
Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. -Andy Warhol
Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. -Andy Warhol
I never gave up, even when people told me I’d never make it. -Bob Wickman
I never gave up, even when people told me I’d never make it. -Bob Wickman
Romances I never read like those I have seen. -Lord Byron
Romances I never read like those I have seen. -Lord Byron
Rita Coolidge
Too often the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the locks and shut off the …
Remy De Gourmont
Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds. Remy De Gourmont quotes
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Towery city and branching between towers; Cuckoo-echoing, bell-swarmed, lark-charmed, rook-racked, river-rounded. Gerard Manley Hopkins quotes
Ice-T
The Constitution is a figment of your imagination, held up to make people believe they have rights. I don’t believe anybody in this country has …
Felix Frankfurter
Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. Felix Frankfurter quotes
Books had instant replay long before televised sports. -Bert Williams
Books had instant replay long before televised sports. -Bert Williams
One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it. -French Proverb
One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it. -French Proverb
Tis better to understand, than to be understood. -St. Francis of Assisi
Tis better to understand, than to be understood. -St. Francis of Assisi
Fear the man who fears you. -Hasidic Proverb
Fear the man who fears you. -Hasidic Proverb
If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign we intend the Union shall go on. -Abraham Lincoln
If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign we intend the Union shall go on. -Abraham Lincoln
Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress. -Maimonides
Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress. -Maimonides
Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature. -Josiah Gilbert Holland
Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature. -Josiah Gilbert Holland
Your are in charge. You have the ability to master you destiny. -Michael J. Mccarthy
Your are in charge. You have the ability to master you destiny. -Michael J. Mccarthy
Søren Kierkegaard
The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo, the more he can remember the more divine …
Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view? -Victor Hugo
Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view? -Victor Hugo
The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get. -Scott Alexander
The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get. -Scott Alexander
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. -Mark Twain
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. -Mark Twain
A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. -Seneca
A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. -Seneca
You can have such an open mind that it is too porous to hold a conviction. -George W. Crane
You can have such an open mind that it is too porous to hold a conviction. -George W. Crane
Reason is the enemy of faith. -Martin Luther
Reason is the enemy of faith. -Martin Luther
Ernest Bramah
He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit. Ernest Bramah quotes
Leon Edel
The secret of biography resides in finding the link between talent and achievement. A biography seems irrelevant if it doesn’t discover the overlap between what …
Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear. -Cyril Connolly
Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear. -Cyril Connolly
When we think we lead we are most led. -Lord Byron
When we think we lead we are most led. -Lord Byron
A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling. -Fredrich
A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling. -Fredrich
The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last. -Oscar Wilde
The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last. -Oscar Wilde
There is a higher law than the Constitution. -William Seward
There is a higher law than the Constitution. -William Seward
Homer Simpson
“Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals… except the weasel.” Homer Simpson quotes