Gustave Flaubert on Jobs & Working
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. – Gustave Flaubert Quotes, Famous Quotes, Gustave …
Category: Quotes of the day
Erma Bombeck on Humor
When humor goes, there goes civilization. – Erma Bombeck Quotes, Famous Quotes, Erma Bombeck, Humor
Faith
Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice. – Goethals, George W.
Maurice Chevalier on Age
A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us …
Henry A. Kissinger on History
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise. – Henry A. Kissinger Quotes, Famous …
Wages
Like all wage slaves, he had two crosses to bear: the people he worked for and the people he worked with – Vizinczey, Stephen
Heart
Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble. – Kempis, Thomas
Goals
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be …
McCallister Dodds
“Real strength is not just a condition of one’s muscle, but a tenderness in one’s spirit.” McCallister Dodds quotes
Alfred de Musset
“One must not trifle with love.” Alfred de Musset quotes
B. F. Skinner
“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.” B. F. Skinner quotes
Jean-Luc Godard
“To be or not to be. That’s not really a question.” Jean-Luc Godard quotes
Andre Norton
“There’s no night without stars.” Andre Norton quotes
Hans Nouwens
“In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.” Hans Nouwens quotes
Lavater, Johann Kaspar
Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence. Lavater, Johann Kaspar quotes
Jackson, Glenda
Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You’re never as good as you’d like to be. So there’s always something to hope for. Jackson, …
Pope, Alexander
An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded. Pope, Alexander quotes
Toynbee, Arnold
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. Toynbee, Arnold quotes
Horton, Doug
There is no bad in good. Horton, Doug quotes
Hope, Anthony
A book might be written on the injustice of the just. Hope, Anthony quotes
Dworkin, Andrea
Only when manhood is dead — and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer sustains it — only then will we know what it …
David Hume
“It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.” David Hume quotes
Lily Tomlin on Humor
If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question? – Lily Tomlin Quotes, Famous Quotes, Lily Tomlin, Humor
Michel de Montaigne on Knowledge & Learning
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly. – Michel de Montaigne Quotes, Famous Quotes, Michel de …
Worry
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. – Pythagoras
Whitman, Walt
Freedom — to walk free and own no superior. Whitman, Walt quotes
Sandburg, Carl
One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude. Sandburg, Carl quotes
Frost, Robert
A liberal man is too broad-minded to take his own side in a quarrel. Frost, Robert quotes
Allen, Woody
Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. Allen, Woody quotes
El-Sadat, Anwar
Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire. El-Sadat, Anwar quotes
Howe, Edgar Watson
A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact. Howe, Edgar Watson quotes
Malcolm X
In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure. Malcolm X quotes
Twain, Mark
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large mattertis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. Twain, …
Melbourne, Lord
It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same. Melbourne, Lord quotes
David Russell on Time
The Present is a Point just passed. – David Russell Quotes, Famous Quotes, David Russell, Time
Edward Appleton on Business
I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill. – Edward Appleton Quotes, Famous Quotes, Edward Appleton, Business
Physics
A physicist’s journey starts with putting two numbers together, and ends with taking the Universe apart. – Wakcher, Michael
Risk
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. – Conant, James B.
Betrayal
It is all right to rat, but you can’t re-rat. – Churchill, Winston
Friends and Friendship
Friendship is a sheltering tree. – Coleridge, Samuel Taylor