It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are. -Porter, O. Henry
It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are. -Porter, O. Henry
Category: Quotes of the day
Circumstance
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances. – Livy, Titus
An idea is the only level which moves the world. -Corey, Arthur F.
An idea is the only level which moves the world. -Corey, Arthur F.
Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes. -Shakespeare, William
Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes. -Shakespeare, William
Influence
People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced. – Eliot, T. S.
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. -Bono, Edward De
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. -Bono, Edward De
Florence Scovel Shinn
“Giving opens the way for receiving.” Florence Scovel Shinn quotes
Alfred Austin
“Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.” Alfred Austin quotes
Paul Engle
“Wisdom is knowing when you can’t be wise.” Paul Engle quotes
God doesn’t have any grandchildren. -Jones, Eli Stanley
God doesn’t have any grandchildren. -Jones, Eli Stanley
Lamartine, Alphonse De
Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. Lamartine, Alphonse De quotes
Kraus, Karl
Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning. Kraus, Karl quotes
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string. -Pele
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string. -Pele
Warren Buffett
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” Warren Buffett …
The supply of government exceeds demand. -Lapham, Lewis H.
The supply of government exceeds demand. -Lapham, Lewis H.
Brotherhood
We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger. – Schweitzer, Albert
Indifference
Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent. – Picabia, Francis
Crime and Criminals
Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards. – Farquhar, George
If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. -Dayan, Moshe
If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. -Dayan, Moshe
Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions of us, forms our true honor. -Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von
Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions of us, forms our true honor. -Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von
Jack Cleary on Death
I’m not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me. – Jack Cleary Quotes, Famous Quotes, Jack Cleary, Death
Determination
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of effort is the measure of the results. – Allen, James
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases. -Euripides
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases. -Euripides
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. -Branden, Nathaniel
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. -Branden, Nathaniel
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem quotes
Douglass, Frederick
A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me. Douglass, Frederick quotes
Mathews, William
In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages. Mathews, William quotes
Lee, Robert E.
Let the tent be struck. Lee, Robert E. quotes
Arnold, Sir Edwin
Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison. Arnold, Sir Edwin quotes
Benet, Stephen Vincent
Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways. Benet, Stephen …
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. -Jerome, Jerome K.
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. -Jerome, Jerome K.
Michael
“The purpose of parenting is to provide steady and wide-ranging opportunities for a child. The child does the rest.” Michael quotes
We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon. -Adenauer, Konrad
We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon. -Adenauer, Konrad
Groucho Marx on Humor
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. – Groucho Marx Quotes, Famous Quotes, Groucho Marx, Humor
I write plays for people who wouldn’t be seen dead in the theatre. -Keeffe, Barrie
I write plays for people who wouldn’t be seen dead in the theatre. -Keeffe, Barrie
The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious. -Rostand, Jean
The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious. -Rostand, Jean
William James on History
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we …
Bad manners make a journalist. -Wilde, Oscar
Bad manners make a journalist. -Wilde, Oscar
In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist. -Char, Rene
In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist. -Char, Rene
Gandhi, Indira
There are two kinds of people: Those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group because …