America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people. -Steinem, Gloria
America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people. -Steinem, Gloria
Category: Quotes of the day
I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on… -Rossetti, Christina
I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on… -Rossetti, Christina
We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love. -Landor, Walter Savage
We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love. -Landor, Walter Savage
Calumny is only the noise of madmen. -Diogenes of Sinope
Calumny is only the noise of madmen. -Diogenes of Sinope
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else. -Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else. -Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions. -Roux, Joseph
Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions. -Roux, Joseph
Letterman, David
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing. Letterman, David quotes
Bruyere, Jean De La
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought. Bruyere, Jean De La quotes
Spielberg, Steven
I’ve discovered I’ve got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces. Spielberg, Steven quotes
Maxim, Cadet
Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others …
John Gunther
“Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.” John Gunther quotes
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit. -Seneca
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit. -Seneca
Someone’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality. -Brown, Les
Someone’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality. -Brown, Les
There is no armor against fate. -Shirley, James
There is no armor against fate. -Shirley, James
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead. -La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead. -La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
To describe happiness is to diminish it. -Stendhal, Henri B.
To describe happiness is to diminish it. -Stendhal, Henri B.
Space
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread. – Pascal, Blaise
Philip G. Hamerton
“Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the …
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. -Patton, George S.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. -Patton, George S.
Henrich, Tommy
Catching a fly ball is a pleasure, but knowing what to do with it is a business. Henrich, Tommy quotes
Navratilova, Martina
Whoever said, It’s not whether you win or lose that counts, probably lost. Navratilova, Martina quotes
Duncan, Isadora
So that ends my first experience of matrimony, which I always thought a highly over-rated performance. Duncan, Isadora quotes
in the end everything will be okay. if its not okay its not the end. -Unknown
in the end everything will be okay. if its not okay its not the end. -Unknown
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. -Baruch, Bernard M.
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. -Baruch, Bernard M.
Beauty rests on necessities. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Beauty rests on necessities. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it. -Chesterton, Gilbert K.
The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it. -Chesterton, Gilbert K.
Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door. -Howard, Vernon
Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door. -Howard, Vernon
He who goes to law for a sheep loses his cow. -Proverb, Spanish
He who goes to law for a sheep loses his cow. -Proverb, Spanish
Too humble is half proud. -Proverb, Yiddish
Too humble is half proud. -Proverb, Yiddish
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." – Carl Gustav Jung
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – Carl Gustav Jung
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven. -Confucius
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven. -Confucius
Gray, John Edward
We have no problems, only situations. Not all problems have solutions, but all situations have outcomes. Gray, John Edward quotes
Levi-Strauss, Claude
Just as the individual is not alone in the group, nor any one in society alone among the others, so man is not alone in …
Crispin Glover
“A ‘geek’ by definition is someone who eats live animals….I’ve never eaten live animals.” Crispin Glover quotes
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. -Dickinson, Emily
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. -Dickinson, Emily
The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are. -Bacon, Francis
The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are. -Bacon, Francis
Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. -Temple, Sir William
Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. -Temple, Sir William
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. -Kierkegaard, Soren
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. -Kierkegaard, Soren
Beauty is in the heart of the beholder. -Bernstein, Al
Beauty is in the heart of the beholder. -Bernstein, Al
What keeps me going is goals. -Ali, Muhammad
What keeps me going is goals. -Ali, Muhammad