Quotes of the Day

"When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece."
John Ruskin quotes
John Ruskin
2010-02-19 10:00:14

By the time we've made it, we've had it. -Forbes, Malcolm S.
By the time we've made it, we've had it. -Forbes, Malcolm S.
2010-02-19 10:00:05

"A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone."
Charles Darwin quotes
Charles Darwin
2010-02-19 10:00:03

Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are. -Wilde, Oscar
Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are. -Wilde, Oscar
2010-02-19 06:00:03

We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.

The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.

Poetry is the special medium of spiritual crazy wisdom, the form of expression that comes closest to creating a bridge between words and what is wordless.

When I died last, and, Dear, I die as often as from thee I go though it be but an hour ago and lovers hours be full eternity.

You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

A civil guest will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

Read good, big important things. -Noonan, Peggy
Read good, big important things. -Noonan, Peggy
2010-02-19 04:00:02

Who so loves believes the impossible. -Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Who so loves believes the impossible. -Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
2010-02-19 02:00:02

Thou unassuming common-place of Nature, with that homely face. -Wordsworth, William
Thou unassuming common-place of Nature, with that homely face. -Wordsworth, William
2010-02-18 16:00:02

"You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again."

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. -Bergson, Henri L.
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. -Bergson, Henri L.
2010-02-18 12:00:04

"Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge quotes
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2010-02-18 10:00:01

I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son. -Gibbon, Edward
I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son. -Gibbon, Edward
2010-02-18 06:00:02

You must look into people, as well as at them.

Deep experience is never peaceful.

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Conceit is God's gift to little men.

The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.

Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant to break the monotony of a decorous age.

I durst not laugh for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad air.

Those who know the least obey the best. -Farquhar, George
Those who know the least obey the best. -Farquhar, George
2010-02-18 04:00:05

Be happy or die. -Cohen, Rob
Be happy or die. -Cohen, Rob
2010-02-18 02:00:04

We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go. -Rohn, Jim
We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go. -Rohn, Jim
2010-02-17 16:00:02

"All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand."

Cleverness is not wisdom. -Euripides
Cleverness is not wisdom. -Euripides
2010-02-17 12:00:03

Thought, not money, is the real business capital... -Firestone, Harvey S.
Thought, not money, is the real business capital... -Firestone, Harvey S.
2010-02-17 10:00:04

"Life is not meaningful to us unless serving an end beyond itself, unless it is of value to someone else."
Abraham J. Herschel quotes
Abraham J. Herschel
2010-02-17 08:00:07

If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command. -Seneca
If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command. -Seneca
2010-02-17 06:00:03

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently. -Proverb, Chinese
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently. -Proverb, Chinese
2010-02-17 04:00:03

We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better road maps. -Demille, Nelson
We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better road maps. -Demille, Nelson
2010-02-17 02:00:03

What is a city, but the people; true the people are the city. -Coriolanus III
What is a city, but the people; true the people are the city. -Coriolanus III
2010-02-16 16:00:02

"You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence."

"Holding onto anger is like grasping onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned."

Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done. -Kovacs
Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done. -Kovacs
2010-02-16 12:00:02

Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity. -Ovid
Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity. -Ovid
2010-02-16 10:00:05

"A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past."
Fidel Castro quotes
Fidel Castro
2010-02-16 10:00:04

Let the ideas clash but not the hearts. -Mehta, C. C.
Let the ideas clash but not the hearts. -Mehta, C. C.
2010-02-16 06:00:03

Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve.

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions. -Kettering, Charles F.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions. -Kettering, Charles F.
2010-02-16 04:00:02

Good bankers, like good tea, can only be appreciated when they are in hot water. -Hussein, Jaffar
Good bankers, like good tea, can only be appreciated when they are in hot water. -Hussein, Jaffar
2010-02-16 02:00:02

Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters. -Conrad, Joseph
Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters. -Conrad, Joseph
2010-02-15 16:00:02

"The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish."

Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible. -Klee, Paul
Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible. -Klee, Paul
2010-02-15 12:00:05

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet."
Plato quotes
Plato
2010-02-15 10:00:10

When a person's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with them. -Bible
When a person's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with them. -Bible
2010-02-15 10:00:02

I will tell you the truth as soon as I figure it out.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print; A book's a book, although there's nothing in it.

Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.

Happiness is a sort of action.

He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.

A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.

Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim.

Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote. -Shirer, William L.
Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote. -Shirer, William L.
2010-02-15 04:00:03

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. -Hawthorne, Nathaniel
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. -Hawthorne, Nathaniel
2010-02-15 02:00:05

An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood. -Bonaparte, Napoleon
An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood. -Bonaparte, Napoleon
2010-02-14 16:00:04

"Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars."

"When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it."

"The law is not so much carved in stone as it is written in water, flowing in and out with the tide."

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them. -Bonaparte, Napoleon
Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them. -Bonaparte, Napoleon
2010-02-14 12:00:03

"We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end."
Benjamin Disraeli quotes
Benjamin Disraeli
2010-02-14 10:00:12

"Things are beautiful if you love them."
Jean Anouilh quotes
Jean Anouilh
2010-02-14 10:00:11

The best way to know God is to love many things. -Gogh, Vincent Van
The best way to know God is to love many things. -Gogh, Vincent Van
2010-02-14 10:00:02

The President is the people's lobbyist. -Humphrey, Hubert H.
The President is the people's lobbyist. -Humphrey, Hubert H.
2010-02-14 06:00:05

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

It is not enough to give orders they must be obeyed. -Bonaparte, Napoleon
It is not enough to give orders they must be obeyed. -Bonaparte, Napoleon
2010-02-14 02:00:04

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious. -Amiel, Henri Frederic
Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious. -Amiel, Henri Frederic
2010-02-13 16:00:03

"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman."

"Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms."