A brilliant epigram is a solemn platitude gone to a masquerade ball. -Lionel Strachey
A brilliant epigram is a solemn platitude gone to a masquerade ball. -Lionel Strachey
Category: Quotes of the day
I find that the Americans have no passions, they have appetites. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
I find that the Americans have no passions, they have appetites. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Here is the simple but powerful rule… always give people more than they expect to get. -Nelson Boswell
Here is the simple but powerful rule… always give people more than they expect to get. -Nelson Boswell
No party is as bad as its leaders. -Will Rogers
No party is as bad as its leaders. -Will Rogers
Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out. -William M. Thackeray
Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out. -William M. Thackeray
Robbie Robertson
Music should never be harmless. Robbie Robertson quotes
All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. -Daniel Boone
All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. -Daniel Boone
Sidney Madwed
“The finest gift you can give anyone is encoragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If …
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. -Arthur Ashe
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. -Arthur Ashe
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. -Jane Austen
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. -Jane Austen
Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. -Aldous Huxley
Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. -Aldous Huxley
The bastard! He doesn’t exist! -Samuel Beckett
The bastard! He doesn’t exist! -Samuel Beckett
In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective. -Ferdinand Foch
In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective. -Ferdinand Foch
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last. -Johann Kaspar Lavater
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last. -Johann Kaspar Lavater
Christian Nevell Bovee
The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow …
My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else. -Herschel Walker
My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else. -Herschel Walker
The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion. -Fred A. Allen
The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion. -Fred A. Allen
There can be no literary equivalent to truth. -Laura Riding
There can be no literary equivalent to truth. -Laura Riding
Looking at yourself in a mirror isn’t exactly a study of life. -Lauren Bacall
Looking at yourself in a mirror isn’t exactly a study of life. -Lauren Bacall
The soul never thinks without a picture. -Aristotle
The soul never thinks without a picture. -Aristotle
I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years. -Molly Ivins
I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years. -Molly Ivins
Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name. -Dylan Thomas
Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name. -Dylan Thomas
Clothe with life the weak intent, let me be the thing I meant. -John Greenleaf Whittier
Clothe with life the weak intent, let me be the thing I meant. -John Greenleaf Whittier
Maureen Duffy
The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound. Maureen Duffy quotes
Mark Victor Hansen
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life-changing difference. Mark Victor Hansen quotes
You must make your own opportunities. -John B. Gough
You must make your own opportunities. -John B. Gough
Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law. -Hubert H. Humphrey
Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law. -Hubert H. Humphrey
Human improvement is from within outward. -James A. Froude
Human improvement is from within outward. -James A. Froude
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. -Benjamin Franklin
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. -Benjamin Franklin
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. -Plutarch
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. -Plutarch
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. -Maurois, Andre
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. -Maurois, Andre
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. -Arbuthnot, John
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. -Arbuthnot, John
Spiritual energy flows in and produces effects in the phenomenal world. -James, William
Spiritual energy flows in and produces effects in the phenomenal world. -James, William
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers. -Horace
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers. -Horace
"Life is all about timing… the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable… attainable. Have the patience, wait it out It’s all about timing." – Stacey Charter
“Life is all about timing… the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable… attainable. Have the patience, wait it out It’s all about …
(John) Calvin Coolidge
“I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a President, and I think I’ll go along with them.” (John) Calvin Coolidge quotes
Change is inevitable-except from a vending machine. -Gallagher, Robert C.
Change is inevitable-except from a vending machine. -Gallagher, Robert C.
In a major matter no details are small. -Gondi, Paul De
In a major matter no details are small. -Gondi, Paul De
Mary Caroline Davies
“May I forget what ought to be forgotten; and recall, unfailing, all that ought to be recalled, each kindly thing, forgetting what might sting.” Mary …
Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I’d try a revolver first. -Billings, Josh
Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I’d try a revolver first. -Billings, Josh