Duncan, Barry
Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them. Duncan, Barry quotes
Category: Quotes of the day
Sharpman, Al
Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing. Sharpman, Al quotes
Augustine, James
It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born. Augustine, James quotes
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth quotes
The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it. -Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it. -Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
Louis Hector Berlioz
“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.” Louis Hector Berlioz quotes
Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
“People are like stained glass windows; they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is …
Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Isaac Asimov on War
John Dalton’s records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who …
Misfortunes
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. – Rousseau, Jean Jacques
Courtesy
True politeness consists in being easy one’s self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. – Pope, Alexander
The journey is the reward. -Proverb, Chinese
The journey is the reward. -Proverb, Chinese
Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right! -Ford, Henry
Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right! -Ford, Henry
Jimmy Carter on Sports
New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up. …
Anyone who doesn’t miss the past never had a mother. -Nunn, Gregory
Anyone who doesn’t miss the past never had a mother. -Nunn, Gregory
John le Carre
“Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are …
Paul Beatty
“If all the world’s a stage, I want to operate the trap door.” Paul Beatty quotes
Alan Kay
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” Alan Kay quotes
Saint Thomas Aquinas
“The things that we love tell us what we are.” Saint Thomas Aquinas quotes
Conrad Hall
“Contrast is what makes photography interesting.” Conrad Hall quotes
e. e. cummings
“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.” e. e. cummings quotes
Fiebig, Jim
Might does not make right, it only makes history. Fiebig, Jim quotes
Howard, Thomas
Hell is where everyone is doing his own thing. Paradise is where everyone is doing God’s thing. Howard, Thomas quotes
Atwood, Margaret
Never pray for justice, because you might get some. Atwood, Margaret quotes
Barrymore, Ethel
I never let them cough. They wouldn’t dare. Barrymore, Ethel quotes
Woolf, Virginia
When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly. Woolf, Virginia quotes
One of the benefits of a college education is to show the boy its little avail. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
One of the benefits of a college education is to show the boy its little avail. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Jean Baudrillard
“There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world.” Jean Baudrillard quotes
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“It is easier to talk about money — and much easier to talk about sex — than it is to talk about power. People who …
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. -Adams, Henry Brooks
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. -Adams, Henry Brooks
William Faulkner on Art
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, …
Cats
Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. – Davies, Robertson
Insanity
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit. – Emmons, Nathaniel
Joy
Joy runs deeper than despair – Boom, Corrie Ten
Victory lies with the truth. -Motto
Victory lies with the truth. -Motto
Some people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it. -Jerrold, Douglas William
Some people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it. -Jerrold, Douglas William
Wilhelm Reich on Government
The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social …
Vain, very vain is my search to find; that happiness which only centers in the mind. -Goldsmith, Oliver
Vain, very vain is my search to find; that happiness which only centers in the mind. -Goldsmith, Oliver
Jane Caminos
“A waist is a terrible thing to mind.” Jane Caminos quotes
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
“What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.” …