Perfection has one grave defect. It is apt to be dull. -W. Somerset Maugham
Perfection has one grave defect. It is apt to be dull. -W. Somerset Maugham
Category: Quotes of the day
A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit. -Richard Bach
A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit. -Richard Bach
"The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul" – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
No wise man ever wished to be younger. -Jonathan Swift
No wise man ever wished to be younger. -Jonathan Swift
There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work. -Charles Haddon Spurgeon
There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work. -Charles Haddon Spurgeon
G Gaia
“The common dogma is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific-technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent …
Things are beautiful if you love them. -Jean Anouilh
Things are beautiful if you love them. -Jean Anouilh
Josh Mcdowell
Forgiveness is the oil of relationships. Josh Mcdowell quotes
Elayne Boosler
I’m so compulsive about losing weight, I weigh myself after I cough. Elayne Boosler quotes
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more. -Charles Lamb
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more. -Charles Lamb
To me — old age is always ten years older than I am. -Andre B. Buruch
To me — old age is always ten years older than I am. -Andre B. Buruch
Oh, duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself. -Oscar Wilde
Oh, duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself. -Oscar Wilde
"I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them." – Alfred Hitchcock
“I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.” – Alfred Hitchcock
"We Americans have no commission from God to police the world." – Benjamin Harrison
“We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.” – Benjamin Harrison
All people are equal, it is not birth, it is virtue alone that makes the difference. -Voltaire
All people are equal, it is not birth, it is virtue alone that makes the difference. -Voltaire
Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it. -Doug Horton
Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it. -Doug Horton
"We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder "censorship," we call it "concern for commercial viability."" – David Mamet
“We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit …
Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads haven’t been cut off. -E. M. Cioran
Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads haven’t been cut off. -E. M. Cioran
Tim Allen
While awaiting sentencing, I decided to give stand-up comedy a shot. The judge had suggested I get my act together, and I took him seriously. …
Friends come and go but enemies accumulate. -Arthur Bloch
Friends come and go but enemies accumulate. -Arthur Bloch
Never judge a book by its movie. -J. W. Eagan
Never judge a book by its movie. -J. W. Eagan
No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing. -Gabriel Garcia Marquez
No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing. -Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Innovation is the creation of the new or the re-arranging of the old in a new way. -Michael Vance
Innovation is the creation of the new or the re-arranging of the old in a new way. -Michael Vance
Gilberte Beaux
Character is more important than intelligence for success. Gilberte Beaux quotes
Men at sometime are the masters of their fate. -William Shakespeare
Men at sometime are the masters of their fate. -William Shakespeare
Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel. -Frank Dane
Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel. -Frank Dane
"Being YOUR SELF means being true to who we really are. Man is basically good. This is the fundamental fact. Being mean or evil, therefore, is not us. It is a negation of who we really are." – John B. Bejo
“Being YOUR SELF means being true to who we really are. Man is basically good. This is the fundamental fact. Being mean or evil, therefore, …
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. -Leonardo Da Vinci
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. -Leonardo Da Vinci
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. -Albert Einstein
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. -Albert Einstein
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. -Aesop
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. -Aesop
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. -George Eliot
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. -George Eliot
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality. -Oscar Wilde
Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality. -Oscar Wilde
I was young and foolish then; now I am old and foolisher. -Mark Twain
I was young and foolish then; now I am old and foolisher. -Mark Twain
Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. -Count Leo Tolstoy
Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. -Count Leo Tolstoy
Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others. -Wayne Dyer
Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others. -Wayne Dyer
Queen Elizabeth
All my possessions for a moment of time. Queen Elizabeth quotes
Alan W. Watts
Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well …
Cannon’s Law
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy’s First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because …
The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. -Sir William Osler
The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. -Sir William Osler
All things grow with time — except grief. -Jewish Proverb
All things grow with time — except grief. -Jewish Proverb