"When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking." – Gail Sheehy
“When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.” – Gail Sheehy
Category: Quotes of the day
Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold? -Nietzsche, Friedrich
Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold? -Nietzsche, Friedrich
Ina Garten
“If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it’s really like making a large chicken.” Ina Garten quotes
Sometimes you’re the windshield; sometimes you’re the bug -Knopfler, Mark
Sometimes you’re the windshield; sometimes you’re the bug -Knopfler, Mark
Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable. -Hubbard, Kin
Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable. -Hubbard, Kin
There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought. -Butler, Samuel
There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought. -Butler, Samuel
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane. -Twain, Mark
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane. -Twain, Mark
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency. -Roosevelt, Theodore
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency. -Roosevelt, Theodore
Harper, Michael S.
I have a great fear for the moral will of Americans if it takes more than a week to achieve the results. Harper, Michael S. …
Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. -Chesterfield, Lord
Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. -Chesterfield, Lord
For he was likely, had he been put on, to have proved most royally. -Shakespeare, William
For he was likely, had he been put on, to have proved most royally. -Shakespeare, William
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. -Epictetus
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. -Epictetus
Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence. -Camus, Albert
Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence. -Camus, Albert
Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything. -Johnson, Samuel
Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything. -Johnson, Samuel
Cooke, Alistair
Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men. Cooke, Alistair quotes
The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes. -Beecher, Henry Ward
The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes. -Beecher, Henry Ward
A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government. -Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government. -Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
The face is the index of the mind. -Proverb
The face is the index of the mind. -Proverb
No one knows when they are well off. -Punch
No one knows when they are well off. -Punch
Only the great can afford to have great defects. -La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
Only the great can afford to have great defects. -La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
A novel points out that the world consists entirely of exceptions. -Carey, Joyce
A novel points out that the world consists entirely of exceptions. -Carey, Joyce
Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable. -Sher, Barbara
Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable. -Sher, Barbara
O’Malley, Austin
Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces. O’Malley, Austin quotes
Edward Fitzgerald
“The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.” Edward Fitzgerald quotes
Partir, c’est mourir un peu. (To leave is to die a little.) -Proverb, French
Partir, c’est mourir un peu. (To leave is to die a little.) -Proverb, French
It?s not easy to write a poem about a poem. -Stojanovic, Dejan
It?s not easy to write a poem about a poem. -Stojanovic, Dejan
Shoot for the stars if you miss you get to flout around in space. -Oliver-Jimmy
Shoot for the stars if you miss you get to flout around in space. -Oliver-Jimmy
No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction -Phalerens, Demetrius
No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction -Phalerens, Demetrius
Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice. -Ford, Henry
Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice. -Ford, Henry
Swallow your pride occasionally, it’s not fattening. -Tyger, Frank
Swallow your pride occasionally, it’s not fattening. -Tyger, Frank
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. -Twain, Mark
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. -Twain, Mark
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Proverb, Chinese
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Proverb, Chinese
Orben, Robert
Washington is a place where politicians don’t know which way is up and taxes don’t know which way is down. Orben, Robert quotes
Richard Kehl
“A little boy came home and told his mother he had gotten first prize in an examination. The question had been How many legs does …
We are all failures — at least, all the best of us are. -Barrie, Sir James M.
We are all failures — at least, all the best of us are. -Barrie, Sir James M.
An idea is salvation by imagination. -Wright, Frank Lloyd
An idea is salvation by imagination. -Wright, Frank Lloyd
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. -Gandhi, Mahatma
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. -Gandhi, Mahatma
Let the tent be struck. -Lee, Robert E.
Let the tent be struck. -Lee, Robert E.
Two things are bad for the heart — running up stairs and running down people. -Baruch, Bernard M.
Two things are bad for the heart — running up stairs and running down people. -Baruch, Bernard M.
The Cardinal is at his wit’s end — it is true that he had not far to go. -Byron, Lord
The Cardinal is at his wit’s end — it is true that he had not far to go. -Byron, Lord