Descartes, Rene
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. Descartes, Rene quotes
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God the almighty and all terrible, who expects us to do something to help ourselves. -Serrity, Dorothy
God the almighty and all terrible, who expects us to do something to help ourselves. -Serrity, Dorothy
It’s not only the most difficult thing to know one’s self, but the most inconvenient. -Billings, Josh
It’s not only the most difficult thing to know one’s self, but the most inconvenient. -Billings, Josh
Enough research will tend to support your conclusions. -Bloch, Arthur
Enough research will tend to support your conclusions. -Bloch, Arthur
Robert Fulghum
“The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is …
Albert Guerard
“Doubt ’til thou canst doubt no more…doubt is thought and thought is life. Systems which end doubt are devices for drugging thought.” Albert Guerard quotes
Agnes de Mille
“No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.” Agnes de Mille quotes
The cynic never grows up, but commits intellectual suicide. -Brown, Dean Charles R.
The cynic never grows up, but commits intellectual suicide. -Brown, Dean Charles R.
Charles Gavin
“It’s easier to build a boy than to mend a man.” Charles Gavin quotes
Louisa May Alcott
“Love is a great beautifier.” Louisa May Alcott quotes
Barry Goldwater
“A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.” Barry Goldwater quotes
What ever crushes individuality is despotism, no matter what name it is called. -Mill, John Stuart
What ever crushes individuality is despotism, no matter what name it is called. -Mill, John Stuart
Lucan
“The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.” Lucan quotes
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes. -Nehru, Jawaharlal
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes. -Nehru, Jawaharlal
Watts, Isaac
For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. Watts, Isaac quotes
Chase, Edna W.
Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess. Chase, Edna W. quotes
Miyake, Issey
Design is not for philosophy — it’s for life. Miyake, Issey quotes
Mansfield, Katherine
I want to be all that I am capable of becoming. Mansfield, Katherine quotes
Dulles, John Foster
Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression. Dulles, John Foster quotes
Emmons, Nathaniel
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit. Emmons, Nathaniel quotes
Benson, Arthur Christopher
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortune, but its fears. Benson, Arthur Christopher quotes
Approval
The best ballplayer’s the one who doesn’t think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you. – Stengel, Casey
If youth but knew; if age but could. -Estienne, Henri
If youth but knew; if age but could. -Estienne, Henri
A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He’ll beat you all at piety. -Johnson, Samuel
A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He’ll beat you all at piety. -Johnson, Samuel
One crime has to be concealed by another. -Seneca
One crime has to be concealed by another. -Seneca
Jonathan Carroll
“You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover’s arms can only come later, when you’re sure …
Sidney Sheldon
“Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.” Sidney Sheldon quotes
Natalie Wood
“The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.” Natalie Wood quotes
Abraham Maslow
“If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” Abraham Maslow quotes
One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going. -Priestley, J. B.
One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going. -Priestley, J. B.
Where thou art, that is home. -Dickinson, Emily
Where thou art, that is home. -Dickinson, Emily
Crockett, Davy
Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have. Crockett, Davy quotes
Beecher, Henry Ward
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? Beecher, Henry Ward quotes
Salk, Lee
When it gets dark enough you can see the stars. Salk, Lee quotes
Levant, Oscar
There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Levant, Oscar quotes
Tolstoy, Count Leo
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth. Tolstoy, Count Leo quotes
Brothers, Dr. Joyce
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means you’ve become a comfortable, trusted element in another person’s life. Brothers, Dr. Joyce quotes
Dictionaries
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to be quite true. – Johnson, Samuel
Recession
I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished. – Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Big mouthfuls often choke. -Proverb, Italian
Big mouthfuls often choke. -Proverb, Italian