Walker Percy
“To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something.” Walker Percy quotes
Category: Quotes of the day
Jean-Paul Sartre
“In love, one and one are one.” Jean-Paul Sartre quotes
When your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme. -Cricket, Jiminy
When your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme. -Cricket, Jiminy
Alec Baldwin
“I don’t get acting jobs because of my looks.” Alec Baldwin quotes
Henry Ellis
“Every artist writes his own autobiography.” Henry Ellis quotes
The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again. -Bombeck, Erma
The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again. -Bombeck, Erma
I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold -Watts, Isaac
I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold -Watts, Isaac
Guest, Judith
Two separate, distinct personalities, not separate at all, but inextricably bound, soul and body and mind, to each other, how did we get so far …
Anderson, John B.
The only way you can do that is with mirrors, and that’s what it would take. Anderson, John B. quotes
Cohen, Herb
See it like it is! Cohen, Herb quotes
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance. -Huxley, Thomas H.
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance. -Huxley, Thomas H.
The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person. -Carlyle, Thomas
The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person. -Carlyle, Thomas
Elections
Indeed, you won the elections, but I won the count. – Somoza, Anastasio
Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect. -Lion, The
Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect. -Lion, The
Nothing is swifter than our years. -Ovid
Nothing is swifter than our years. -Ovid
J.D. Anderson
“Knowledge is not wisdom, unless used wisely.” J.D. Anderson quotes
Elizabeth Bowen
“Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.” Elizabeth Bowen quotes
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. -Marx, Karl
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. -Marx, Karl
The best place a person can die, is where they die for others. -Barrie, Sir James M.
The best place a person can die, is where they die for others. -Barrie, Sir James M.
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. -Baudelaire, Charles
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. -Baudelaire, Charles
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it’s the best possible substitute for it. -Garfield, James A.
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it’s the best possible substitute for it. -Garfield, James A.
To some lawyers, all facts are created equal. -Frankfurter, Felix
To some lawyers, all facts are created equal. -Frankfurter, Felix
Donald H. Rumsfeld
“If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.” Donald H. Rumsfeld quotes
Every man’s memory is his private literature. -Huxley, Aldous
Every man’s memory is his private literature. -Huxley, Aldous
John Wayne
“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” John Wayne quotes
I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me. -Christie, Agatha
I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me. -Christie, Agatha
Werner Karl Heisenberg
“Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.” Werner Karl Heisenberg quotes
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. -Johnson, Samuel
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. -Johnson, Samuel
Browning, Robert
‘Tis not what man does which exalts him, but what man Would do! Browning, Robert quotes
I am not a glutton — I am an explorer of food. -Bombeck, Erma
I am not a glutton — I am an explorer of food. -Bombeck, Erma
Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it. -Brown, Les
Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it. -Brown, Les
Bureaucracy
Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true. – Blake, William
Debt
Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay. – …
I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum. -Tutu, Bishop Desmond
I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum. -Tutu, Bishop Desmond
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. -Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. -Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle
Lemuel Washburn
“What a queer thing is Christian salvation! Believing in firemen will not save a burning house; believing in doctors will not make one well, but …
George MacDonald
“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.” George MacDonald quotes
Christian Nestell Bovee
“Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.” Christian Nestell Bovee quotes
It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence. -Seneca
It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence. -Seneca
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo