"Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion." – Dorothy Parker
“Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.” – Dorothy Parker
Category: Quotes of the day
"You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don’t understand that’s going to happen, then you’re not ready, you won’t do well in the markets." – Peter Lynch
“You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don’t understand that’s going to happen, then you’re not ready, you won’t do well in …
"Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky – or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time." – Carl Sandburg
“Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky – …
"While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future." – Ronald Reagan
“While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.” – Ronald Reagan
"No matter where you go – there you are" – Confucius
“No matter where you go – there you are” – Confucius
"Farewell, fair cruelty." – William Shakespeare
“Farewell, fair cruelty.” – William Shakespeare
"Wedding is destiny, And hanging likewise" – Proverb
“Wedding is destiny, And hanging likewise” – Proverb
"Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third" – Marge Piercy
“Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third” – Marge Piercy
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. -Lao-Tzu
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. -Lao-Tzu
"Either you have a big adjustment like a 20 percent or 30 percent decline, or you have a big recession or you have a slow decline in property prices or several years of no growth." – Andy Xie
“Either you have a big adjustment like a 20 percent or 30 percent decline, or you have a big recession or you have a slow …
"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them." – Thomas Merton
“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we …
"A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player’s personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team." – Pat Riley
“A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player’s personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for …
"When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income." – Chi Chi Rodriguez
“When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.” – Chi Chi Rodriguez
"I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultiv" – Dalai Lama
“I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness …
"I like my money right where I can see it… hanging in my closet." – Sarah Jessica Parker
“I like my money right where I can see it… hanging in my closet.” – Sarah Jessica Parker
"Love comforteth like sunshine after rain, But lust’s effect is tempest after sun; Love’s gentle spring doth always fresh remain, Lust’s winter comes ere summer half be done; Love surfeit’s not, Lust like a glutton dies, Love is all truth, Lust full" – William Shakespeare
“Love comforteth like sunshine after rain, But lust’s effect is tempest after sun; Love’s gentle spring doth always fresh remain, Lust’s winter comes ere summer …
"Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to "prove their love" like a moose needs a hat rack." – Abigail Van Buren
“Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.” – Abigail Van Buren
"Americans have different ways of saying things. They say "elevator", we say "lift"… they say "President", we say "stupid psychopathic git." – Alexai Sayle
“Americans have different ways of saying things. They say “elevator”, we say “lift”… they say “President”, we say “stupid psychopathic git.” – Alexai Sayle
"I do not much dislike the matter, but the manner of his speech." – William Shakespeare
“I do not much dislike the matter, but the manner of his speech.” – William Shakespeare
"The selfishness must be discovered and understood before it can be removed. It is powerless to remove itself, neither will it pass away of itself. Darkness ceases only when light is introduced; so ignorance can only be dispersed by Knowledge; selfishness by Love." – James Allen
“The selfishness must be discovered and understood before it can be removed. It is powerless to remove itself, neither will it pass away of itself. …
"An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?" – Rene Descartes
“An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?” – Rene Descartes
"Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good." – Woody Allen
“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.” – Woody Allen
No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat. -Durrell, Lawrence
No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat. -Durrell, Lawrence
"If he’s so smart, how come he’s dead?" – Homer Simpson
“If he’s so smart, how come he’s dead?” – Homer Simpson
"A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn’t see the clouds at all–he’s walking on them." – Leonard L. Levinson
“A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn’t see the clouds …
"People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or later they find themselves debtor or creditor to some one." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or later they find themselves debtor or creditor to some one.” …
"He that hath a wife and children must not sit with his fingers in his mouth" – Proverb
“He that hath a wife and children must not sit with his fingers in his mouth” – Proverb
Yoruban Proverb: Ashes always fly back in the …
Ashes always fly back in the face of him who throws them. Yoruban Proverb Proverb Link: Ashes always fly back in the …See More: Yoruban …
"Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love" – Louis-Hector Berlioz
“Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love” – Louis-Hector Berlioz
"Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people" – Allan Beck
“Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people” – Allan Beck
"The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." – Benjamin Disraeli
“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.” – Benjamin Disraeli
"I was walking by a drycleaner at 3a.m. and there was a sign that said Sorry, we’re closed. You don’t have to be sorry. It’s 3a.m. and your a drycleaner. It would be ridiculous for me to expect you to be open. I’m not gonna come by at 10 and say, hey I was here at 3a.m and you guys were closed. Someone owes me an apology." – Mitch Hedberg
“I was walking by a drycleaner at 3a.m. and there was a sign that said Sorry, we’re closed. You don’t have to be sorry. It’s …
"The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little" – Mark Twain
“The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little” – Mark Twain
"The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaieties, and its announced end, followed the rhythm of life and was a substitute for it." – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaieties, and its announced end, followed the rhythm of life and was a substitute for …
"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotion know what it means to want to escape from these" – Emily Dickinson
“Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. …
"To think great thoughts, you must be heroes as well as idealists" – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“To think great thoughts, you must be heroes as well as idealists” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
"A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow." – William Shakespeare
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you …
"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius." – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of …
The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress. -Harris, Sidney J.
The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress. -Harris, Sidney J.
"You can’t learn in school what the world is going to do next year." – Henry Ford
“You can’t learn in school what the world is going to do next year.” – Henry Ford