Francois Truffaut
“Film lovers are sick people.” Francois Truffaut quotes
Category: Quotes of the day
Alexander Woollcott
“Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.” Alexander Woollcott quotes
George W. Douglas
“Each happiness of yesterday is a memory for tomorrow.” George W. Douglas quotes
Marie De Vichy-Chaconne
“It is only the first step that is difficult.” Marie De Vichy-Chaconne quotes
Amelia Burr
“Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.” Amelia Burr quotes
J. S. Bryan
“Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.” J. S. Bryan quotes
The secret of freedom, courage. -Thucydides
The secret of freedom, courage. -Thucydides
Experience teaches only the teachable. -Aldous Huxley
Experience teaches only the teachable. -Aldous Huxley
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. -Benjamin Franklin
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. -Benjamin Franklin
I’m very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache. -Lewis Carroll
I’m very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happen to have a headache. -Lewis Carroll
Judith Vladeck
To realize that I’ve touched seventy was absolutely devastating. I’m disturbed by my concern in undertaking new commitments–as if my time is limited. I never …
Madame De Lambert
The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when …
Richard H. Dana
Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children. Richard H. Dana quotes
Belva Plain
“How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!” Belva Plain quotes
The past does not equal the future. -Anthony Robbins
The past does not equal the future. -Anthony Robbins
We derive our vitality from our store of madness. -E. M. Cioran
We derive our vitality from our store of madness. -E. M. Cioran
No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. -John Ruskin
No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. -John Ruskin
Who loves me loves my dog. -Latin Proverb
Who loves me loves my dog. -Latin Proverb
A man should ever be ready booted to take his journey. -Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
A man should ever be ready booted to take his journey. -Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Lord Halifax
“A man that should call everything by its right name, would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy.” Lord Halifax …
Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner. -Oscar Wilde
Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner. -Oscar Wilde
Stephen Vincent Benet
Books are not men and yet they stay alive. Stephen Vincent Benet quotes
To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men. -A. W. Tozer
To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men. -A. W. Tozer
Doctor Who
“There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes.” Doctor Who quotes
Akira Kurosawa
“In a mad world only the mad are sane.” Akira Kurosawa quotes
Gracie Allen
“When I was born I was so surprised I didn’t talk for a year and a half.” Gracie Allen quotes
Those who sleep with dogs gets up with fleas. -American Proverb
Those who sleep with dogs gets up with fleas. -American Proverb
Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. -Ruth Graham
Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. -Ruth Graham
Make measurable progress in reasonable time. -Jim Rohn
Make measurable progress in reasonable time. -Jim Rohn
Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth. -Natalie Clifford Barney
Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth. -Natalie Clifford Barney
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature . -Charles Dickens
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature . -Charles Dickens
Josiah Bailey
They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. Josiah Bailey quotes
Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost. -Buddha
Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost. -Buddha
My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it. -Abraham Lincoln
My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it. -Abraham Lincoln
Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean. -Confucius
Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean. -Confucius
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand. -George Santayana
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand. -George Santayana
Carter Hodding
“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other, wings.” Carter Hodding quotes
As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason. -Sir Thomas Browne
As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason. -Sir Thomas Browne
Common Sense is very uncommon. -Horace Greeley
Common Sense is very uncommon. -Horace Greeley
There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. -Woodrow T. Wilson
There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. -Woodrow T. Wilson