Murphy’s Law, (Edward A. Murphy, Jr.)
If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it. Murphy’s Law, (Edward A. Murphy, Jr.) quotes
Category: Quotes of the day
Coolidge, Calvin
After all, the chief business of the American people is business. Coolidge, Calvin quotes
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words. Solzhenitsyn, Alexander quotes
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon quotes
Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons. -Aristotle
Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons. -Aristotle
Leo Gallagher
“I wish TV had a knob so you could turn up the intelligence. The one marked Brightness doesn’t work.” Leo Gallagher quotes
The loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. -Goldsmith, Oliver
The loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. -Goldsmith, Oliver
There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation. -Smith, Logan Pearsall
There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation. -Smith, Logan Pearsall
It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial. -Fowles, Jib
It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial. -Fowles, Jib
Sympathy
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. – Whitman, Walt
Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. -Picabia, Francis
Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. -Picabia, Francis
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage. -Anouilh, Jean
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage. -Anouilh, Jean
Ridler, Anne
And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own. Ridler, Anne quotes
Will, George F.
Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions. Will, George F. quotes
Benjamin H. Brewster
“A lawyer starts life giving 0 worth of law for and ends giving worth for 0.” Benjamin H. Brewster quotes
Stephanie Klein
“I already knew to eat clean and listen to my body, to only eat when I was in a calm mental state. Everyone knew. But …
Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.” Gilbert K. Chesterton quotes
Absence — that common cure of love. -Cervantes, Miguel De
Absence — that common cure of love. -Cervantes, Miguel De
Anne Frank
“It’s difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It’s a wonder I …
Marvin
“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.” Marvin quotes
If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one. -Galsworthy, John
If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one. -Galsworthy, John
You win not by chance, but by preparation. -Maris, Roger
You win not by chance, but by preparation. -Maris, Roger
A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be a clergyman. -Johnson, Samuel
A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be a clergyman. -Johnson, Samuel
The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street. -Lamb, Charles
The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street. -Lamb, Charles
Purchasing power is a license to purchase power. -Vaneigem, Raoul
Purchasing power is a license to purchase power. -Vaneigem, Raoul
Upanishad, Brihadaranyaka
People see his pleasure-ground; him no one sees at all. Upanishad, Brihadaranyaka quotes
Schreiner, Olive
We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse’s knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for …
Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure. -Virgil
Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure. -Virgil
James Feibleman
“A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.” James Feibleman quotes
Catullus
“My mind’s sunk so low, Claudia, because of you, wrecked itself on your account so bad already, that I couldn’t like you if you were …
Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight. -Bacon, Francis
Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight. -Bacon, Francis
Listen! Encourage. Say something. Do something. Be yourself. Love -Turner, Rev. Dale
Listen! Encourage. Say something. Do something. Be yourself. Love -Turner, Rev. Dale
Consultants
A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee. – Glasgow, Arnold H.
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. -Beecher, Henry Ward
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. -Beecher, Henry Ward
The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society. -Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De
The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society. -Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De
Palmer, George Herbert
I am defeated, and know it, if I meet any human being from whom I find myself unable to learn anything. Palmer, George Herbert quotes
Dumas, Alexandre
Business, that’s easily defined; it’s other people’s money. Dumas, Alexandre quotes
Mermet, Claude
Friends are like melons; shall I tell you why? To find one good you must one hundred try. Mermet, Claude quotes
D’Amato, Cus
To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy. D’Amato, Cus quotes
Andrea Bocelli
“All that counts in life is intention.” Andrea Bocelli quotes