It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. -Benjamin Franklin
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. -Benjamin Franklin
Category: Quotes of the day
"We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described" – Henry David Thoreau
“We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described” – Henry David Thoreau
No man flatters the woman he truly loves. -Tuckerman
No man flatters the woman he truly loves. -Tuckerman
Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed. -Natalie Clifford Barney
Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed. -Natalie Clifford Barney
A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption. -James Thurber
A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption. -James Thurber
Knowledge is only potential power. -Napoleon Hill
Knowledge is only potential power. -Napoleon Hill
Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. -Victor Hugo
Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. -Victor Hugo
I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. -Pierre De Beaumarchais
I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. -Pierre De Beaumarchais
The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted. -Georg C. Lichtenberg
The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted. -Georg C. Lichtenberg
We should not only master questions, but also act upon them, and act definitely. -Woodrow T. Wilson
We should not only master questions, but also act upon them, and act definitely. -Woodrow T. Wilson
The ink of the scholar and the blood of a martyr are of equal value in heaven. -The Koran
The ink of the scholar and the blood of a martyr are of equal value in heaven. -The Koran
David O. Selznick
Hollywood’s like Egypt, full of crumbled pyramids. It’ll never come back. It’ll just keep on crumbling until finally the wind blows the last studio prop …
C. Northcote Parkinson
The Law of Triviality… briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the …
Christianity is a battle not a dream. -Wendell Phillips
Christianity is a battle not a dream. -Wendell Phillips
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. -George Jean Nathan
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. -George Jean Nathan
Drugs are reality’s legal loopholes. -Jeremy P. Johnson
Drugs are reality’s legal loopholes. -Jeremy P. Johnson
Expect victory and you make victory. -Preston Bradley
Expect victory and you make victory. -Preston Bradley
Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality. -Henry David Thoreau
Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality. -Henry David Thoreau
Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
Chief Wiggum
“What IS your fascination with my forbidden closet of mysteries?” Chief Wiggum quotes
Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood. -Freeman Jr. Teague
Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood. -Freeman Jr. Teague
Mario Cuomo
“Commencement speakers,” said Father Flynn, “should think of themselves as the body at an old-fashioned Irish wake. They need you in order to have the …
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. -Malcolm S. Forbes
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. -Malcolm S. Forbes
Humility like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights. -Henry David Thoreau
Humility like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights. -Henry David Thoreau
Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance. -English Proverb
Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance. -English Proverb
Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise. -Alice Walker
Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise. -Alice Walker
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. -Francis Bacon
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. -Francis Bacon
Richard P. Feynman
“To those who do not know mathematics it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty, the deepest beauty, of nature. …
All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Brian Hwang
The opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is ignorance. Brian Hwang quotes
Kate Millet
Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different. Kate Millet quotes
Frank Dane
It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you. Frank Dane quotes
Paul Reichmann
You build on cost and you borrow on value. Paul Reichmann quotes
Where there is injury let me sow pardon. -St. Francis of Assisi
Where there is injury let me sow pardon. -St. Francis of Assisi
The best way to make children good is to make them happy. -Oscar Wilde
The best way to make children good is to make them happy. -Oscar Wilde
When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are. -Earvin ”Magic” Johnson
When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are. -Earvin ”Magic” Johnson
What men want is not knowledge, but certainty. -Bertrand Russell
What men want is not knowledge, but certainty. -Bertrand Russell
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found. -Moliere
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found. -Moliere
Nothing is too small to know, and nothing too big to attempt. -William Van Horne
Nothing is too small to know, and nothing too big to attempt. -William Van Horne