Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament. George Santayana
Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.Life and LivingQuotations by George Santayana
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Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it. Samuel Smiles
Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.Life and LivingQuotations by Samuel Smiles
Life is not a dress rehearsal. Rose Tremain
Life is not a dress rehearsal.Life and LivingQuotations by Rose Tremain
One recipe for a longer life; Never exceed the speed limit. Source Unknown
One recipe for a longer life; Never exceed the speed limit.Life and LivingQuotations by Source Unknown
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. Oscar Wilde
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.Life and LivingQuotations by Oscar Wilde
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. Otto Rank
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.AchievementQuotations by Otto Rank
Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. Ambrose Bierce
Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.AcquaintanceQuotations by Ambrose Bierce
To see him act is like reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
To see him act is like reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning.Acting and ActorsQuotations by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. Marcus Aurelius
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.AngerQuotations by Marcus Aurelius
No person is important enough to make me angry. Carlos Castaneda
No person is important enough to make me angry.AngerQuotations by Carlos Castaneda
Act nothing in a furious passion. It’s putting to sea in a storm. Thomas Fuller
Act nothing in a furious passion. It’s putting to sea in a storm.AngerQuotations by Thomas Fuller
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. Joseph Joubert
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.AngerQuotations by Joseph Joubert
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. Jules Renard
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.AngerQuotations by Jules Renard
There is not in nature, a thing that makes man so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate anger. John Webster
There is not in nature, a thing that makes man so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate anger.AngerQuotations by John Webster
The cow is of the bovine ilk: One end is moo, the other, milk. Ogden Nash
The cow is of the bovine ilk: One end is moo, the other, milk.AnimalsQuotations by Ogden Nash
Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries? W. J. Wetherby
Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?AnniversariesQuotations by W. J. Wetherby
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. Soren Kierkegaard
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.AnxietyQuotations by Soren Kierkegaard
The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency. David Sarnoff
The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.ApathyQuotations by David Sarnoff
You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. Herb Cohen
You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.AppearanceQuotations by Herb Cohen
Every person is responsible for his own looks after 40. Abraham Lincoln
Every person is responsible for his own looks after 40.AppearanceQuotations by Abraham Lincoln
I don’t consider myself bald, I’m just taller than my hair. Tom Sharp
I don’t consider myself bald, I’m just taller than my hair.AppearanceQuotations by Tom Sharp
When your work speaks for itself, get out of the way. Thomas ‘Wayne’ Brazell
When your work speaks for itself, get out of the way.AppraisalQuotations by Thomas ‘Wayne’ Brazell
By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property. Voltaire
By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.AppreciationQuotations by Voltaire
When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers. Colleen C. Barrett
When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.ArchitectureQuotations by Colleen C. Barrett
Form ever follows function. Louis Henry Sullivan
Form ever follows function.ArchitectureQuotations by Louis Henry Sullivan
Quarrels would not last so long if the fault lay only on one side. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Quarrels would not last so long if the fault lay only on one side.ArgumentQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
There is no point in arguing about matters of taste. Source Unknown
There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.ArgumentQuotations by Source Unknown
What is the use of your pedigrees? (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
What is the use of your pedigrees?AristocracyQuotations by (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. Calvin Coolidge
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.Army and NavyQuotations by Calvin Coolidge
Making the world safe for hypocrisy. Thomas Wolfe
Making the world safe for hypocrisy.Army and NavyQuotations by Thomas Wolfe
No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist. Ludwig Van Beethoven
No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Ludwig Van Beethoven
It’s not necessary to blow out your neighbor’s light to let your own shine. M. R. Dehaan
It’s not necessary to blow out your neighbor’s light to let your own shine.LightQuotations by M. R. Dehaan
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak. Epictetus
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.ListeningQuotations by Epictetus
Never tell your story to a deaf man. Proverb
Never tell your story to a deaf man.ListeningQuotations by Proverb
Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books. Gaston Bachelard
Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.LiteratureQuotations by Gaston Bachelard
There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity. Mario Vargas Llosa
There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.LiteratureQuotations by Mario Vargas Llosa
Remarks are not literature. Gertrude Stein
Remarks are not literature.LiteratureQuotations by Gertrude Stein
The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational. A. N. Wilson
The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.LogicQuotations by A. N. Wilson
On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone. Janis Joplin
On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.LonelinessQuotations by Janis Joplin
We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. Tennessee Williams
We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.LonelinessQuotations by Tennessee Williams