Category: Quotes of the day

Eugenio Montale

“In reality art is always for everyone and for no one.” Eugenio Montale quotes

Joseph Wood Krutch

“If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.” Joseph Wood Krutch quotes

Bonaparte, Napoleon

The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it. Bonaparte, Napoleon quotes

Barrymore, John

I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning. Barrymore, John quotes

Pitt, Brad

Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen. Pitt, Brad quotes

Roosevelt, Theodore

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight. Roosevelt, …

Hal

“I used to envy kids who had an old-fashioned Grandpa. Not any more. I’ve got a new ambition. Now I just want to become a …

Lord Thomas Dewar on Love

Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses. – Lord Thomas Dewar Quotes, Famous Quotes, Lord Thomas Dewar, Love

Byron R. White on History

The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend. – Byron R. White Quotes, Famous Quotes, Byron R. White, History

Fiction

A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel’s only morality. – Kundera, Milan

Judge Gideon J. Tucker

“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.” Judge Gideon J. Tucker quotes

Arne Jacobsen

“If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.” Arne Jacobsen quotes

Dennis Miller

“A recent police study found that you’re much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run.” Dennis Miller quotes

Kurt Cobain

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” Kurt Cobain quotes

Heywood Broun

“Any new system is worth trying when your luck is bad.” Heywood Broun quotes

Aldrich, Thomas B.

Civilization is the lamb’s skin in which barbarism masquerades. Aldrich, Thomas B. quotes

Cooley, Charles Horton

There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time. Cooley, Charles Horton quotes

Hulbert, Harold

Children need love, especially when they don’t deserve it. Hulbert, Harold quotes

Campbell, Patrick

From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I can’t …

Hubbard, Elbert

There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought. Hubbard, Elbert quotes

Bouilly

“Whatever we possess becomes of double value When we have the opportunity of sharing it with others.” Bouilly quotes

Wendell Berry on Nature

I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the …

Skill

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation. – Ruskin, John

Ability

Others have done it before me. I can, too. – Faunce, Corporal John

Novelty

The New is not a fashion, it is a value. – Barthes, Roland