Gentlemen prefer bonds. -Mellon, Andrew William
Gentlemen prefer bonds. -Mellon, Andrew William
Category: Quotes of the day
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? -Rousseau, Jean Jacques
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? -Rousseau, Jean Jacques
Worth
Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. – Santayana, George
Men
The question arises as to whether it is possible not to live in the world of men and still to live in the world. – …
Quit worrying about your health. It’ll go away. -Orben, Robert
Quit worrying about your health. It’ll go away. -Orben, Robert
Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features. -Hazlitt, William
Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features. -Hazlitt, William
Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. -Swift, Jonathan
Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. -Swift, Jonathan
Dan Barker
“Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can?t be taken …
Julie Andrews
“All love shifts and changes. I don’t know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.” Julie Andrews quotes
Lester Bangs
“The first mistake of art is to assume that it’s serious.” Lester Bangs quotes
Thomas J. Watson
“The way to succeed is to double your error rate.” Thomas J. Watson quotes
Nunc scio quit sit amor. Lat., Now I know what love is. -Virgil
Nunc scio quit sit amor. Lat., Now I know what love is. -Virgil
Delacroix, Eugene
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. Delacroix, Eugene quotes
Randolph, John
That most delicious of all privilegesspending other peoples money. Randolph, John quotes
Meredith, George
The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination. Meredith, George quotes
Roux, Joseph
Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know. Roux, Joseph quotes
Baudelaire, Charles
On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose …
Connolly, Cyril
The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. Connolly, Cyril quotes
Raphael, Frederic
People resent articulacy, as if articulacy were a form of vice. Raphael, Frederic quotes
Ginsberg, Allen
Democracy! Bah! When I hear that word I reach for my feather Boa! Ginsberg, Allen quotes
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. -Machiavelli, Niccolo
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. -Machiavelli, Niccolo
Ryszard Kapuscinski
“Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.” Ryszard Kapuscinski quotes
When some fellers decide to retire nobody knows the difference. -Hubbard, Kin
When some fellers decide to retire nobody knows the difference. -Hubbard, Kin
Government
Beaverbrook is so pleased to be in the government that he is like the town tart who finally married the Mayor. – Baxter, Beverley
Own more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest. -Shakespeare, William
Own more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest. -Shakespeare, William
Once can survive everything nowadays, except death. -Wilde, Oscar
Once can survive everything nowadays, except death. -Wilde, Oscar
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. -Bourne, Alec
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. -Bourne, Alec
Jeffrey Rowland
“We’ve always been here and we’ll always be here. We are a specific arrangement of particles and this instant is infinite. Did we luck out, …
James Carroll
“We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things there are times when …
Charles Du Bos
“The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.” Charles Du Bos quotes
Johann Georg von Zimmermann
“Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth.” Johann Georg von Zimmermann quotes
Philip James Bailey
“Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.” Philip James Bailey quotes
Imelda Marcos
“I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.” Imelda Marcos quotes
Barbara Sher
“Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.” Barbara Sher quotes
All art is an imitation of nature. -Seneca
All art is an imitation of nature. -Seneca
Alex Comfort
“We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.” Alex Comfort quotes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
People can die of mere imagination. Chaucer, Geoffrey quotes
Zaharias, Babe Didrikson
It s not just enough to swing at the ball. You’ve got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it. Zaharias, Babe …
Ballou, Hosea
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. Ballou, Hosea quotes
Maclaren, Alexander
Man’s course begins in a garden, but it ends in a city. Maclaren, Alexander quotes