Susanna Clark
You got to sing like you don’t need the money; Love like you’ll never get hurt; You got to dance like nobody’s watchin’; It’s gotta …
Category: Quotes of the day
Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting. -Gertrude Stein
Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting. -Gertrude Stein
What different dooms our birthdays bring! -Thomas Hood
What different dooms our birthdays bring! -Thomas Hood
Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
If it weren’t for pickpockets, I’d have no sex life at all. -Rodney Dangerfield
If it weren’t for pickpockets, I’d have no sex life at all. -Rodney Dangerfield
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. -Marcus Aurelius
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. -Marcus Aurelius
Learning how to learn is life’s most important skill. -Tony Buzan
Learning how to learn is life’s most important skill. -Tony Buzan
Werner Heisenberg
“What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.” Werner Heisenberg quotes
What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man. -Edmund Burke
What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man. -Edmund Burke
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
“Fifty is halftime,” said Joe Namath when his big birthday rolled around. I appreciate sports metaphors as much as the next guy, but this one …
Hector Hugh Munro
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death. Hector Hugh Munro quotes
Mathurin Regnier
Every one is the architect of his own fortune. Mathurin Regnier quotes
The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man. -Napoleon Bonaparte
The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man. -Napoleon Bonaparte
No taste is so acquired as that for someone else’s quality of mind. -Cyril Connolly
No taste is so acquired as that for someone else’s quality of mind. -Cyril Connolly
The itch of disputing is the scab of the churches. -Sir Henry Wotton
The itch of disputing is the scab of the churches. -Sir Henry Wotton
Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you’re two steps ahead! -Fannie Flagg
Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you’re two steps ahead! -Fannie Flagg
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors. -Louisa May Alcott
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors. -Louisa May Alcott
A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated. -Horace Mann
A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated. -Horace Mann
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them. -Jean De La Fontaine
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them. -Jean De La Fontaine
How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made! -Oliver Wendell Holmes
How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made! -Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jim Valvano
How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You …
Harry Mathews
Syntax and vocabulary are overwhelming constraints –the rules that run us. Language is using us to talk –we think we’re using the language, but language …
It’s not necessary to blow out your neighbor’s light to let your own shine. -M. R. Dehaan
It’s not necessary to blow out your neighbor’s light to let your own shine. -M. R. Dehaan
The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water. -Camerounian Proverb
The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water. -Camerounian Proverb
Take what you want, God said to man, and pay for it. -Spanish Proverb
Take what you want, God said to man, and pay for it. -Spanish Proverb
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. -Miguel De Cervantes
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. -Miguel De Cervantes
Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame. -Robert Burns
Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame. -Robert Burns
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love. -Ovid
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love. -Ovid
Nat King Cole
“There’s just one thing I can’t figure out. My income tax!” Nat King Cole quotes
Bill Bryson
“He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense of humor.” Bill Bryson quotes
Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where’s it going to end? -Tom Stoppard
Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where’s it going to end? -Tom Stoppard
John Norley
All things are difficult before they are easy. John Norley quotes
Gerda Lerner
The appeal of the New Right is simply that it seems to promise that nothing will change in the domestic realm. People are terrified of …
Sister Elizabeth Kenny
It’s better to be a lion for a day, than a sheep all your life. Sister Elizabeth Kenny quotes
R. S. Storrs
The rules which experience suggest are better than those which theorists elaborate in their libraries. R. S. Storrs quotes
K. O’Hara
Remember, when the judgment’s weak, the prejudice is strong. K. O’Hara quotes
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller
One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to be for a man. -George Fordyce
One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to be for a man. -George Fordyce
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue. -Greek Proverb
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue. -Greek Proverb
Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing. -Edgar Watson Howe
Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing. -Edgar Watson Howe