Quotes of the Day

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution. -Ellis, Havelock
All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution. -Ellis, Havelock
2010-03-10 02:00:03

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. -Orwell, George
Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. -Orwell, George
2010-03-09 16:00:01

Call or text a friend today and tell them you need them in your life. -Flanagan, Jerry
Call or text a friend today and tell them you need them in your life. -Flanagan, Jerry
2010-03-09 12:00:02

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. -Cicero, Marcus T.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. -Cicero, Marcus T.
2010-03-09 10:00:03

"Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility. In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility."
Michael Korda quotes
Michael Korda
2010-03-09 10:00:01

The first duty of love is to listen. - Paul Tillich

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. -Dietrich, Marlene
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. -Dietrich, Marlene
2010-03-09 06:00:03

A good example is far better than a good precept.

Our happiness in this world depends on the affections we are able to inspire. -Prazlin, Duchess
Our happiness in this world depends on the affections we are able to inspire. -Prazlin, Duchess
2010-03-09 04:00:02

In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic. -Keynes, John Maynard
In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic. -Keynes, John Maynard
2010-03-09 02:00:03

Communism is in conflict with human nature. -Renan, Ernest
Communism is in conflict with human nature. -Renan, Ernest
2010-03-08 16:00:04

"I feel good about taking things to Goodwill and actually, I do like shopping at Goodwill. It's so cheap that it feels like a library where I am just checking things out for awhile until I decide to take them back."

I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck. -Crowley, Aleister
I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck. -Crowley, Aleister
2010-03-08 12:00:03

Has God forgotten all I have done for Him. -Louis XIV
Has God forgotten all I have done for Him. -Louis XIV
2010-03-08 10:00:02

"The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech."
Anthony M. Kennedy quotes
Anthony M. Kennedy
2010-03-08 08:00:08

Nothing is new except arrangement. -Durant, William J.
Nothing is new except arrangement. -Durant, William J.
2010-03-08 06:00:02

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

My mother's obsession with the good scissors always scared me a bit. It implied that somewhere in the house there lurked: the evil scissors.

The distinctive character of a child is to always live in the tangible present.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic that to love others.

When you doubt, abstain.

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

Being at the center of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence -- the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.

One brave deed makes no hero.

Character is simply habit long continued. -Plutarch
Character is simply habit long continued. -Plutarch
2010-03-08 04:00:03

I find that the Americans have no passions, they have appetites. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
I find that the Americans have no passions, they have appetites. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
2010-03-08 02:00:02

Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it. -Proverb
Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it. -Proverb
2010-03-07 16:00:02

"Most advances in science come when a person for one reason or another is forced to change fields."

Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back. -Diana, Princess of Wales
Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back. -Diana, Princess of Wales
2010-03-07 12:00:03

What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self. -Keller, Helen
What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self. -Keller, Helen
2010-03-07 10:00:04

"The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can."
Margo Kaufman quotes
Margo Kaufman
2010-03-07 10:00:03

"I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect."
Julius Irving quotes
Julius Irving
2010-03-07 08:00:12

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. -Einstein, Albert
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. -Einstein, Albert
2010-03-07 06:00:02

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.

To be too conscious is an illness. A real thorough going illness.

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

The person who cannot laugh is not only ready for treason, and deceptions, their whole life is already a treason and deception.

Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men..

The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

Attitudes are the forerunners of conditions.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

She has lost the art of conversation, but not, unfortunately, the power of speech. -Shaw, George Bernard
She has lost the art of conversation, but not, unfortunately, the power of speech. -Shaw, George Bernard
2010-03-07 04:00:04

Hollywood has gone from Pola to Polaroid. -Negri, Pola
Hollywood has gone from Pola to Polaroid. -Negri, Pola
2010-03-07 02:00:02

The enemy of idealism is zealotry. -Kinnock, Neil
The enemy of idealism is zealotry. -Kinnock, Neil
2010-03-06 16:00:03

People are never free of trying to be content. -Bookchin, Murray
People are never free of trying to be content. -Bookchin, Murray
2010-03-06 12:00:02

"Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts."
Blaise Pascal quotes
Blaise Pascal
2010-03-06 10:00:15

The penalty of leadership is loneliness. -Robinson, H. Wheeler
The penalty of leadership is loneliness. -Robinson, H. Wheeler
2010-03-06 10:00:04

"It's not about finding the right man, it's about being the right woman."
Debby Jones quotes
Debby Jones
2010-03-06 10:00:03

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. -Wharton, Edith
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. -Wharton, Edith
2010-03-06 06:00:03

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

What you think of me is none of my business.

If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.

The fool knows after he's suffered.

Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.

The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but by what takes place in our hearts.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. -Rohn, Jim
The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. -Rohn, Jim
2010-03-06 04:00:03

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven. -Shakespeare, William
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven. -Shakespeare, William
2010-03-06 02:00:04

Every advantage has its tax. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Every advantage has its tax. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
2010-03-05 16:00:02

"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern."

Never speak disrespectfully of Society. Only people who can't get into it do that. -Wilde, Oscar
Never speak disrespectfully of Society. Only people who can't get into it do that. -Wilde, Oscar
2010-03-05 12:00:02

"Music is well said to be the speech of angels."
Thomas Carlyle quotes
Thomas Carlyle
2010-03-05 10:00:15

For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions. -Lao-Tzu
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions. -Lao-Tzu
2010-03-05 10:00:04

"A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever."
Jesse Jackson quotes
Jesse Jackson
2010-03-05 10:00:03

"If you give a man a fish, he will have a single meal. If you teach him how to fish, he will eat all his life."
Kwan-Tzu quotes
Kwan-Tzu
2010-03-05 08:00:12

Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other. -Williams, Tennessee
Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other. -Williams, Tennessee
2010-03-05 06:00:02

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

After love, the most sacred gift you can give is your labor.

And all your future lies beneath your hat.

Medicine knows no limits, especially not its own.

Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.

The trouble with Ian is that he gets off with women because he can't get on with them.

The substance of the eminent Socialist gentlemans speech is that making a profit is a sin, but it is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.

? Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist, but the ability to start over. ? -F. Scott Fitzgerald
? Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist, but the ability to start over. ? -F. Scott Fitzgerald
2010-03-05 04:00:04

Let us be tried by our actions. -Motto
Let us be tried by our actions. -Motto
2010-03-05 02:00:04

A nation is not in danger of financial disaster merely because it owes itself money. -Mellon, Andrew William
A nation is not in danger of financial disaster merely because it owes itself money. -Mellon, Andrew William
2010-03-04 16:00:02

"Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship."

More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause. -Cathcart, Jim
More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause. -Cathcart, Jim
2010-03-04 12:00:04

"Learning has been [a] great loser by being shut up in colleges and cells and secluded from the world and good company."
David Hume quotes
David Hume
2010-03-04 12:00:03

"True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."
Albert Einstein quotes
Albert Einstein
2010-03-04 10:00:09

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist. -Plutarch
Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist. -Plutarch
2010-03-04 10:00:01

If each of us hires people smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. -Ogilvy, David
If each of us hires people smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. -Ogilvy, David
2010-03-04 06:00:02

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival.

A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.