Bayly, Thomas Haynes
Oh! no! we never mention her, her name is never heard; my lips are now forbid to speak, that once familiar word. Bayly, Thomas Haynes …
Category: Quotes of the day
Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep. -Lawrence, D. H.
Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep. -Lawrence, D. H.
Common sense is calculation applied to life. -Amiel, Henri Frederic
Common sense is calculation applied to life. -Amiel, Henri Frederic
To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior. -Maltz, Maxwell
To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior. -Maltz, Maxwell
Lewis Carroll
“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Lewis Carroll quotes
David Smith
“In this business you either sink or swim or you don’t.” David Smith quotes
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. -Proverb, African
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. -Proverb, African
Lord Byron
“I love not man the less, but Nature more.” Lord Byron quotes
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. -Hugo, Victor
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. -Hugo, Victor
Arlo Guthrie
“You can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in.” Arlo Guthrie quotes
Laws are not invented. They grow out of circumstances. -Azarias
Laws are not invented. They grow out of circumstances. -Azarias
I don’t say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. -Welles, Orson
I don’t say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. -Welles, Orson
Parting is such sweet sorrow. -Shakespeare, William
Parting is such sweet sorrow. -Shakespeare, William
Originality
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. – Twain, Mark
Love At First Sight
The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight. – Barney, Natalie Clifford
Act as if you have already achieved your goal and it is yours. -Anthony, Dr. Robert
Act as if you have already achieved your goal and it is yours. -Anthony, Dr. Robert
Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Wayne Dyer
“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” Wayne Dyer quotes
Depression is the inability to construct a future. -May, Rollo
Depression is the inability to construct a future. -May, Rollo
Harvey Samuel Firestone
“You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself.” Harvey Samuel Firestone quotes
Beauty is pleasure to the mind through the senses. -Kessler, Daniella
Beauty is pleasure to the mind through the senses. -Kessler, Daniella
Singer, Isaac Bashevis
The waste basket is a writer’s best friend. Singer, Isaac Bashevis quotes
Sterne, Laurence
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas. Sterne, Laurence quotes
Swift, Jonathan
It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to …
Isherwood, Christopher
Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination Isherwood, Christopher quotes
Happiness shouldn’t depend on other people; its how you feel about yourself that counts. -Tanner, Denise
Happiness shouldn’t depend on other people; its how you feel about yourself that counts. -Tanner, Denise
Sowing is not as difficult as reaping. -Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
Sowing is not as difficult as reaping. -Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all. -Thurber, James
It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all. -Thurber, James
Artemus Ward
“I have given two cousins to war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife’s brother.” Artemus Ward quotes
Galileo Galilei
“I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.” Galileo Galilei quotes
A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood. -Burke, Edmund
A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood. -Burke, Edmund
If politicians and scientist were lazier, how much happier we should all be. -Waugh, Evelyn
If politicians and scientist were lazier, how much happier we should all be. -Waugh, Evelyn
William Gurnall
“What is Jordan that I should wash in it? What is the preaching that I should attend on it, while I hear nothing but what …
Either sex alone is half itself. -Tennyson, Lord Alfred
Either sex alone is half itself. -Tennyson, Lord Alfred
Peri, Gabriel
I will soon be going out to shape all the singing tomorrows. Peri, Gabriel quotes
Marlowe, Christopher
Come live with me, and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove. Marlowe, Christopher quotes
Stallone, Sylvester
I’ve been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single …
Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all. Tacitus, …
Seduction
Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of wine. – Dworkin, Andrea
If we are to have magical bodies, we must have magical minds. -Dyer, Wayne
If we are to have magical bodies, we must have magical minds. -Dyer, Wayne