She looked as though butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth –or anywhere else. -Else Lanchester
She looked as though butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth –or anywhere else. -Else Lanchester
Category: Quotes of the day
Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once. -W. C. Sellar
Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once. -W. C. Sellar
America and its demons, Europe and its ghost. -Le Monde
America and its demons, Europe and its ghost. -Le Monde
A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial. -Clifton Fadiman
A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial. -Clifton Fadiman
Giambattista Vico
Metaphysics abstracts the mind from the senses, and the poetic faculty must submerge the whole mind in the senses. Metaphysics soars up to universals, and …
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Forgive! How many will say, forgive, and find a sort of absolution in the sound to hate a little longer! Lord Alfred Tennyson quotes
Sir William Osler
Half of us are blind, few of us feel, and we are all deaf. Sir William Osler quotes
O Lord, if there is a Lord, save my soul, if I have a soul. -Joseph Ernst Renan
O Lord, if there is a Lord, save my soul, if I have a soul. -Joseph Ernst Renan
To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing. -Eva Young
To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing. -Eva Young
Failure is success if we learn from it. -Malcolm S. Forbes
Failure is success if we learn from it. -Malcolm S. Forbes
Work is our business; it’s success is God s. -German Proverb
Work is our business; it’s success is God s. -German Proverb
All the time I feel I must justify my existence. -Prince Of Wales Charles
All the time I feel I must justify my existence. -Prince Of Wales Charles
It’s not sissy to show your feeling. -Princess of Wales Diana
It’s not sissy to show your feeling. -Princess of Wales Diana
If you want a baby, have a new one. Don’t baby the old one. -Jessamyn West
If you want a baby, have a new one. Don’t baby the old one. -Jessamyn West
Charles Atlas
“Step by step and the thing is done.” Charles Atlas quotes
Sir John Lubbock
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds …
Joan L. Curcio
Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars. Joan L. Curcio quotes
Dr. Jess Lair
When I do something in my family because I really enjoy it, then my duty has become my pleasure. And it is a pleasure for …
Old men are dangerous: it doesn’t matter to them what is going to happen to the world. -George Bernard Shaw
Old men are dangerous: it doesn’t matter to them what is going to happen to the world. -George Bernard Shaw
No literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
No literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. -Napoleon Bonaparte
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. -Napoleon Bonaparte
Of all the dramatic media, radio is the most visual. -John Reeves
Of all the dramatic media, radio is the most visual. -John Reeves
Money isn’t everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen. -Rita Davenport
Money isn’t everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen. -Rita Davenport
The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. -Henry Lewis Stimson
The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. -Henry Lewis Stimson
I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction. -Georges Bataille
I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction. -Georges Bataille
Marshall Field
I have tried to make all my acts and commercial moves the result of definite consideration and sound judgment. There were never any great ventures …
Les Brown
Take action in order to move toward your goals. Les Brown quotes
Maurice Blanchot
To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking — and since it cannot, in order to become its echo I …
Jerome Wiesner
Some problems are just too complicated for rational, logical solutions. They admit of insights, not answers. Jerome Wiesner quotes
Age considers; youth ventures. -Raupach
Age considers; youth ventures. -Raupach
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time. -Benjamin Disraeli
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time. -Benjamin Disraeli
Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. -Benjamin Franklin
Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. -Benjamin Franklin
Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your children. -Samuel Levenson
Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your children. -Samuel Levenson
Preparing mentally takes more out of you than the physical aspect of it. -Summer Sanders
Preparing mentally takes more out of you than the physical aspect of it. -Summer Sanders
There is nothing new, but what has become antiquated. -French Proverb
There is nothing new, but what has become antiquated. -French Proverb
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O. When may it suffice? -William Butler Yeats
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O. When may it suffice? -William Butler Yeats
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on. -William Shakespeare
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on. -William Shakespeare
Ruth E. Renkel
Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby. Ruth E. Renkel quotes
P. L. Debevoise
Life begins when you get out of the grandstand into the game. P. L. Debevoise quotes
Honesty pays, but it doesn’t seem to pay enough to suit some people. -Kin Hubbard
Honesty pays, but it doesn’t seem to pay enough to suit some people. -Kin Hubbard