Alfonso The Wise
If I had been present at creation, I would have given some useful hints. Alfonso The Wise quotes
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Philip Roth
Undermining experience, embellishing experience, rearranging and enlarging experience into a species of mythology. Philip Roth quotes
Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. -Earl Wilson
Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. -Earl Wilson
When you doubt, abstain. -Zoroaster
When you doubt, abstain. -Zoroaster
We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers. -Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley
We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers. -Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. -Zig Ziglar
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. -Zig Ziglar
Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can be gotten without it. -Samuel Butler
Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can be gotten without it. -Samuel Butler
If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy? -Thomas Lovell Beddoes
If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy? -Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Is your Christianity ancient history–or current events? -Samuel M. Shoemaker
Is your Christianity ancient history–or current events? -Samuel M. Shoemaker
Fyodor Dostoevsky
To be too conscious is an illness. A real thorough going illness. Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes
Wilfred Owen
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Wilfred Owen quotes
Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst. -George Farquhar
Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst. -George Farquhar
In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact. -Thomas H. Huxley
In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact. -Thomas H. Huxley
No man is a success in business unless he loves his work. -Florence Scovel Shinn
No man is a success in business unless he loves his work. -Florence Scovel Shinn
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. -Edmund Burke
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. -Edmund Burke
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. -Norman Vincent Peale
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. -Norman Vincent Peale
I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair. -Joseph Addison
I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair. -Joseph Addison
"It’s not just going to be predicated on what they do, it’s how (the team plays with them). We don’t necessarily need a lot of points from that position, we need defence and rebounding from that position. Those are the two main things I’m focusing on from that position." – Sam Mitchell
“It’s not just going to be predicated on what they do, it’s how (the team plays with them). We don’t necessarily need a lot of …
Life may not be beautiful, but it is interesting. -Sir John Robert Seeley
Life may not be beautiful, but it is interesting. -Sir John Robert Seeley
acting-and-actors
I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us. – Nancy Reagan
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state. -Samuel Davies
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state. -Samuel Davies
Samuel Pepys
I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not, for …
Tyrius Maximus
Choose rather to punish your appetites than be punished by them. Tyrius Maximus quotes
The eyes those silent tongues of love. -Miguel De Cervantes
The eyes those silent tongues of love. -Miguel De Cervantes
My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes. -Michael Jordan
My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes. -Michael Jordan
Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles. -Bob Richards
Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles. -Bob Richards
When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists. -Walter Lippmann
When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists. -Walter Lippmann
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair. -Edmund Burke
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair. -Edmund Burke
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. -Auguste Rodin
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. -Auguste Rodin
The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people, the hardest is with one. -Joan Baez
The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people, the hardest is with one. -Joan Baez
Oliver Goldsmith
The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim. Oliver Goldsmith quotes
American Proverb
If your time ain’t come not even a doctor can kill you. American Proverb quotes
George V. Higgins
Politics is a choice of enemas. You’re gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do. George V. Higgins quotes
Michelangelo Buonarroti
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. Michelangelo Buonarroti quotes
Your range of available choices — right now — is limitless. -Frederick (Carl) Frieseke
Your range of available choices — right now — is limitless. -Frederick (Carl) Frieseke
Abraham Crowley
“A mighty pain to love it is, and ’tis a pain that pain to miss; but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to …
The greatest joy of life is to love and be loved. -R.D. Clyde
The greatest joy of life is to love and be loved. -R.D. Clyde
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul. -Simone Weil
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul. -Simone Weil
George E. Woodberry
“If you can’t have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life …
Mike Tatum
“The more you chase money, the harder it is to catch it.” Mike Tatum quotes