"Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?" – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?” – Friedrich Nietzsche
Category: Quotes of the day
"The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition." – Proverb
“The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition.” – Proverb
"It is not the position, but the disposition." – Susan Sontag
“It is not the position, but the disposition.” – Susan Sontag
"The conditions at Oakley and Columbia are unconscionable, … This is no way to set juvenile offenders on the course to law-abiding and productive lives." – Alex Acosta
“The conditions at Oakley and Columbia are unconscionable, … This is no way to set juvenile offenders on the course to law-abiding and productive lives.” …
"Servant is who you are; prophet is what you do." – Keri Harvey
“Servant is who you are; prophet is what you do.” – Keri Harvey
"There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time." – Charles Horton Cooley
“There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time.” – Charles Horton Cooley
"In answer to your inquiry, I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell." – William Booth
“In answer to your inquiry, I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without …
"No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation." – Fran Lebowitz
“No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.” – Fran Lebowitz
"It’s disgraceful; completely, totally unconscionable." – Bob Arum
“It’s disgraceful; completely, totally unconscionable.” – Bob Arum
"You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions." – Gary Ryan Blair
“You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while …
"The world became a better place to live in after 11/9 [1989 – fall of Berlin wall] because each outbreak of freedom stimulated another outbreak." – Thomas Friedman
“The world became a better place to live in after 11/9 because each outbreak of freedom stimulated another outbreak.” – Thomas Friedman
"The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up." – Mark Twain
“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.” – Mark Twain
"For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands." – Christina G. Rossetti
“For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one …
"Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong – these are the features which constitute the" – Winston Churchill
“Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until …
"Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours" – William Osler
“Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the …
"You can’t afford to go out there and watch too much, … If you get caught watching, you’re not going to get to the puck and not going to make good plays." – Sidney Crosby
“You can’t afford to go out there and watch too much, … If you get caught watching, you’re not going to get to the puck …
"Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, — an open and noble temper." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, — an open and noble temper.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Don’t buy the house, buy the neighborhood." – Russian Proverb
“Don’t buy the house, buy the neighborhood.” – Russian Proverb
"You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers." – Les Brown
“You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.” – Les Brown
"Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve centre of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies." – Howard Thurman
“Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve centre of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or …
"The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness." – Michel de Montaigne
“The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.” – Michel de Montaigne
"To be alive at all involves some risk." – Harold Macmillan
“To be alive at all involves some risk.” – Harold Macmillan
"A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone." – Jo Godwin
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.” – Jo Godwin
"By phonemic trans-formation into visual terms, the alphabet became a universal, abstract, static container of meaningless sounds." – Marshall McLuhan
“By phonemic trans-formation into visual terms, the alphabet became a universal, abstract, static container of meaningless sounds.” – Marshall McLuhan
"The voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, and act and speak as if cheerfulness wee already there. To feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end, and courage will very likely replace fear. If we act as if from some better feeling, the bad feeling soon folds its tent like an Arab and silently steals away" – William Shakespeare
“The voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, and act and speak as if cheerfulness wee already there. …
"We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government." – William Howard Taft
“We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.” – William Howard Taft
"Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb" – Benjamin Rush
“Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb” – Benjamin Rush
"Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare." – Anthony Burgess
“Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.” – Anthony Burgess
"It’s true the cherry groves are few and far between. The city wants to bring them back." – David Dillon
“It’s true the cherry groves are few and far between. The city wants to bring them back.” – David Dillon
"Every morning I take out my bankbook, stare at it, shudder-and turn quickly to my typewriter." – Sydney J. Harris
“Every morning I take out my bankbook, stare at it, shudder-and turn quickly to my typewriter.” – Sydney J. Harris
"It was a good cherry pick. We scored, and I’m happy. Usually, I’m back in my end checking. But Albers found me." – Gilbert Brule
“It was a good cherry pick. We scored, and I’m happy. Usually, I’m back in my end checking. But Albers found me.” – Gilbert Brule
"When a reporter sits down at the typewriter, he’s nobody’s friend." – Theodore H. White
“When a reporter sits down at the typewriter, he’s nobody’s friend.” – Theodore H. White
"A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection." – Oscar Wilde
“A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection.” – Oscar Wilde
"The cistern contains: the fountain overflows." – William Blake
“The cistern contains: the fountain overflows.” – William Blake
"Too much plenty makes mouth dainty" – Benjamin Franklin
“Too much plenty makes mouth dainty” – Benjamin Franklin
"Life & death are partners in progress,for one need another to make it meaningful" – david atta (a.k.a davied attlars & mr dain)
“Life & death are partners in progress,for one need another to make it meaningful” – david atta (a.k.a davied attlars & mr dain)
"Life is just a bowl of cherries." – Proverb
“Life is just a bowl of cherries.” – Proverb
"Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines." – Robert H. Schuller
“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” – Robert H. Schuller
"Dear God, where art thou? more or less importantly, whom." – Daniel Robert O’Neill
“Dear God, where art thou? more or less importantly, whom.” – Daniel Robert O’Neill
"It is better to die giving all,than to live holding all." – david atta (a.k.a davied attlars & mr dain)
“It is better to die giving all,than to live holding all.” – david atta (a.k.a davied attlars & mr dain)