Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. -Jean Paul Richter
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. -Jean Paul Richter
Category: Quotes of the day
To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin. -Lord Byron
To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin. -Lord Byron
Writing is thinking on paper. -William Zinsser
Writing is thinking on paper. -William Zinsser
Don’t force it… get a bigger hammer. -Arthur Bloch
Don’t force it… get a bigger hammer. -Arthur Bloch
I’ll always be number 1 to myself. -Moses Malone
I’ll always be number 1 to myself. -Moses Malone
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. -Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. -Will Rogers
Gary Cooper
“In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.” Gary Cooper quotes
James Langston Hughes
“Hold fast to dreams. For if dreams die. Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.” James Langston Hughes quotes
A child’s education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
A child’s education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
Marian Anderson
When you stop having dreams and ideals — well, you might as well stop altogether. Marian Anderson quotes
Dorothy Nevill
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at …
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. -William Shakespeare
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. -William Shakespeare
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said. -Peter F. Drucker
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said. -Peter F. Drucker
Judges don’t age. Time decorates them. -Enid Bagnold
Judges don’t age. Time decorates them. -Enid Bagnold
Look twice before you leap. -Charlotte Bronte
Look twice before you leap. -Charlotte Bronte
The busy have no time for tears. -Lord Byron
The busy have no time for tears. -Lord Byron
Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one. -Baltasar Gracian
Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one. -Baltasar Gracian
"The small businessman is smart; he realizes there’s no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich." – Adam Osborne
“The small businessman is smart; he realizes there’s no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive …
Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man. -Hugh Blair
Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man. -Hugh Blair
Gordon R(upert) Dickson
“Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.” Gordon R(upert) Dickson quotes
No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write. -Nicholas Boileau
No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write. -Nicholas Boileau
Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. -Eugene Ionesco
Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. -Eugene Ionesco
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
… one of the best gifts of the gods … a good, faithful housekeeper … But for this noble, self-sacrificing woman, much of my public …
Russel H. Conwell
When a man has done all he can do, still there is a mighty, mysterious agency over which he needs influence to secure success. The …
A truth looks freshest in the fashions of the day. -Lord Alfred Tennyson
A truth looks freshest in the fashions of the day. -Lord Alfred Tennyson
I didn’t go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer. -Sam Shepard
I didn’t go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer. -Sam Shepard
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books. -Chinese Proverb
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books. -Chinese Proverb
Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long. -Ogden Nash
Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long. -Ogden Nash
Madonna Ciccone
“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.” Madonna Ciccone quotes
All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness. -Tennessee Williams
All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness. -Tennessee Williams
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
“You have to dream before your dreams can come true.” A. P. J. Abdul Kalam quotes
The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness. -Fyodor Dostoevsky
The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness. -Fyodor Dostoevsky
William T. Sherman
Courage — a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. William T. Sherman quotes
The government is best which makes itself unnecessary. -Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
The government is best which makes itself unnecessary. -Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are. -Oscar Wilde
Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are. -Oscar Wilde
Trying to get a fast ball past Hank Aaron is like trying to get the sun past a rooster. -Curt Simmons
Trying to get a fast ball past Hank Aaron is like trying to get the sun past a rooster. -Curt Simmons
To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted. -Voltaire
To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted. -Voltaire
When you go to buy, use your eyes not your ears. -Czech. Proverb
When you go to buy, use your eyes not your ears. -Czech. Proverb
In the factory we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope. -Charles Revson
In the factory we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope. -Charles Revson
I have always hated that damn James Bond. I’d like to kill him. -Sean Connery
I have always hated that damn James Bond. I’d like to kill him. -Sean Connery