Quotes of the Day

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves. -Pope, Alexander
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves. -Pope, Alexander
2010-03-12 16:00:02

All fair in love and war. -Smedley, Francis Edward
All fair in love and war. -Smedley, Francis Edward
2010-03-12 12:00:02

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win. -Chesterton, Gilbert K.
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win. -Chesterton, Gilbert K.
2010-03-12 10:00:02

Profits are like breathing. You have to have them. But who would stay alive just to breathe?

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail.

Most people would rather die than think: many do.

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.

As one lamp lights another, nor grows less,So nobleness enkindleth nobleness.

What do you call a boomerang that doesn't work? A stick!

My mother loved children -- she would have given anything if I had been one.

The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion.

It is change; all yields its place and goes. -Euripides
It is change; all yields its place and goes. -Euripides
2010-03-12 04:00:02

Patience. A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. -Bierce, Ambrose
Patience. A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. -Bierce, Ambrose
2010-03-12 02:00:04

They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own. -Porchia, Antonio
They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own. -Porchia, Antonio
2010-03-11 16:00:02

"A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time."

My work is a game -- a very serious game. -Escher, M. C.
My work is a game -- a very serious game. -Escher, M. C.
2010-03-11 12:00:05

When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have. -Proverb, French
When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have. -Proverb, French
2010-03-11 10:00:04

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."
Lucille Ball quotes
Lucille Ball
2010-03-11 10:00:03

Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors. -Twain, Mark
Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors. -Twain, Mark
2010-03-11 06:00:03

Genius, when young, is divine.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.

Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.

Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.

Art is a form of catharsis.

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.

I never thought a role model should be negative.

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing. -Proverb
Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing. -Proverb
2010-03-11 04:00:02

I am better than my reputation. -Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von
I am better than my reputation. -Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von
2010-03-11 02:00:03

I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie. -Matthau, Walter
I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie. -Matthau, Walter
2010-03-10 16:00:01

Don't force it... get a bigger hammer. -Bloch, Arthur
Don't force it... get a bigger hammer. -Bloch, Arthur
2010-03-10 12:00:04

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. -Thoreau, Henry David
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. -Thoreau, Henry David
2010-03-10 10:00:03

"Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality."
Dalai Lama quotes
Dalai Lama
2010-03-10 10:00:02

"My only hobby is laziness, which naturally rules out all others."
Granni Nazzano quotes
Granni Nazzano
2010-03-10 08:00:13

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it. -Hazlitt, William
To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it. -Hazlitt, William
2010-03-10 06:00:04

To know yourself, see how others do, to know others look into your own heart.

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.

What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.

When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.

Only sick music makes money today.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Patience, money and time bring all things to past.

Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, until it hears something better.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

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.