Heinlein, Robert
Human beings hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn; when they do, which isn’t often, on their own, the hard way. Heinlein, …
Category: Quotes of the day
Thomason, Pauline
Love is blind — marriage is the eye-opener. Thomason, Pauline quotes
Wooden, John
There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be …
Genuis flows through the most improbable portals -Blum, Donald
Genuis flows through the most improbable portals -Blum, Donald
We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. -Keller, Helen
We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. -Keller, Helen
Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment. -Baudrillard, Jean
Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment. -Baudrillard, Jean
Heaven
You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman. – Joyce, James
Enlightenment
If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is the quiet acceptance of what is. – Dyer, Wayne
Remedies
The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea. – Dinesen, Isak
Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. -Lewis, C. S.
Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. -Lewis, C. S.
Nick Faldo
“We were happily married for eight months. Unfortunately, we were married for four and a half years.” Nick Faldo quotes
Carroll O’Connor
“Even a true artist does not always produce art.” Carroll O’Connor quotes
Ani DiFranco
“Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.” Ani DiFranco quotes
The faces in New York remind me of people who played a game and lost. -Kempton, Murray
The faces in New York remind me of people who played a game and lost. -Kempton, Murray
Dizzy Dean
“It ain’t braggin’ if you can back it up.” Dizzy Dean quotes
Churchill, Winston
Eating words has never given me indigestion. Churchill, Winston quotes
Kaunda, Kenneth
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees. Kaunda, Kenneth quotes
Hodges, Job E.
Lots of people know a good thing the minute the other fellow sees it first. Hodges, Job E. quotes
Burke, Billie
Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese Burke, Billie quotes
Man will not live without answers to his questions. -Morgenthau, Hans J.
Man will not live without answers to his questions. -Morgenthau, Hans J.
Suzanne Heller
“Misery is when you make your bed and then your mother tells you it’s the day she’s changing the sheets.” Suzanne Heller quotes
To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you’re overdoing it. -Jenkins, Josh
To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you’re overdoing it. -Jenkins, Josh
Listening
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. – Brothers, Dr. Joyce
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved. -Thucydides
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved. -Thucydides
A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man’s mind. -Da Vinci, Leonardo
A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man’s mind. -Da Vinci, Leonardo
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. -Hubbard, Elbert
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. -Hubbard, Elbert
Rick Pitino
“When you build bridges you can keep crossing them.” Rick Pitino quotes
Joan Lunden
“Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you …
George Sand
“The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.” George Sand quotes
A. A. Milne
“Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” A. A. Milne quotes
Lewis Mumford
“Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.” Lewis Mumford quotes
Tom Brokaw
“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” Tom Brokaw quotes
Wat heeft een jong meisje aan een boek dat voor jonge meisjes geschikt is? -Boon, Louis Paul
Wat heeft een jong meisje aan een boek dat voor jonge meisjes geschikt is? -Boon, Louis Paul
Francis David
“We need not think alike to love alike.” Francis David quotes
Bolingbroke, Henry
The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue. Bolingbroke, Henry quotes
Machiavelli, Niccolo
Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be …
Dowson, Ernest
They are not long, the days of wine and roses:Out of a misty dreamOur path emerges for a while, then closesWithin a dream. Dowson, Ernest …
Riley, Pat
Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable. Riley, Pat quotes
Dreyfus, Richard
I find myself fascinating. Dreyfus, Richard quotes
Griswold, Alfred Whitney
Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored. Griswold, Alfred Whitney quotes