Favorite Quotations
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Great Famous Quotes
Euripides
The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought.
W. Somerset Maugham
Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
Gore Vidal
Of ex-President Eisenhower at the Republican convention of 1964 Reading a speech with his usual sense of discovery.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State What does it matter to me the State may be given up for lost.
Benny Hill
The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a million times a million to one. Next time you fly, cut the odds and take a bomb.
Dorothy Gilman, A New Kind of Country, 1978
If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.
Eric Anderson
It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music, and to the excitement of great science that we open to them the possibilities that lie within the human spirit -- enable them to see visions and dream dreams.
Bulgarian Proverb
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
Oscar Wilde, , in a letter to his friend, Frances Forbes-Robertson, who had invited him to her wedding in London, but Wilde was
Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.
Aesop, The Dog and the Shadow
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Brendan Francis
People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly.
Elayne Boosler
Only a weak mind seeks ultimate answers. ¶ 12:28 AM 0 comments
Famous Quotes:
Euripides
The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought.
W. Somerset Maugham
Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
Gore Vidal
Of ex-President Eisenhower at the Republican convention of 1964 Reading a speech with his usual sense of discovery.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State What does it matter to me the State may be given up for lost.
Benny Hill
The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a million times a million to one. Next time you fly, cut the odds and take a bomb.
Dorothy Gilman, A New Kind of Country, 1978
If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.
Eric Anderson
It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music, and to the excitement of great science that we open to them the possibilities that lie within the human spirit -- enable them to see visions and dream dreams.
Bulgarian Proverb
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
Oscar Wilde, , in a letter to his friend, Frances Forbes-Robertson, who had invited him to her wedding in London, but Wilde was
Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.
Aesop, The Dog and the Shadow
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Brendan Francis
People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly.
Elayne Boosler
Only a weak mind seeks ultimate answers. ¶ 12:28 AM 0 comments
Famous Quotations Update
Cicero
It is a true saying that One falsehood leads easily to another.
John Sheffield
'Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.
Cicero
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
John D. MacDonald
Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.
Tom Robbins
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Juvenal
Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to love what makes life worth having. ¶ 12:28 AM 0 comments
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Cicero
It is a true saying that One falsehood leads easily to another.
John Sheffield
'Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.
Cicero
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
John D. MacDonald
Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.
Tom Robbins
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Juvenal
Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to love what makes life worth having. ¶ 12:28 AM 0 comments
More Quotations
George Bernard Shaw
The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.
Charlotte Bronte
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.
Professor Edsger Dijkstra
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
G. C. Lichtenberg
I cannot say whether things will get better if we change what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.
Stanislaus J. Lec
In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
Confucius, The Confucian Analects
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
Buddha
Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
Melaine Rawn, "Dragon Prince 1: Dragon Prince"
In that instant he learned what jealousy was. He wanted to know the name of every other man she had ever looked at, whether they had touched her- and most especially where to find these men so that he could kill them.
Alan Alda
Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You cannot get there by bus, only by hard work, risking and by not quite knowing what you are doing. What you will discover will be wonderful; yourself.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them -which- we are missing.
Sydney Smith
Live always in the best company when you read.
Thomas Love Peacock
Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies. ¶ 12:28 AM 0 comments
Straight to the Quotations ...
George Bernard Shaw
The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.
Charlotte Bronte
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.
Professor Edsger Dijkstra
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
G. C. Lichtenberg
I cannot say whether things will get better if we change what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.
Stanislaus J. Lec
In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
Confucius, The Confucian Analects
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
Buddha
Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
Melaine Rawn, "Dragon Prince 1: Dragon Prince"
In that instant he learned what jealousy was. He wanted to know the name of every other man she had ever looked at, whether they had touched her- and most especially where to find these men so that he could kill them.
Alan Alda
Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You cannot get there by bus, only by hard work, risking and by not quite knowing what you are doing. What you will discover will be wonderful; yourself.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them -which- we are missing.
Sydney Smith
Live always in the best company when you read.
Thomas Love Peacock
Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies. ¶ 12:28 AM 0 comments
Latest greatest Famous Quotations
Japanese Proverb
Art is the illusion of spontaneity.
Henry David Thoreau
Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows.
Duke Ellington
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
John Keats, Letter to James Rice, Feb 1820
I muse with the greatest affection on every flower I have known from my infancy - their shapes and colours are as new to me as if I had just created them with a superhuman fancy - It is because they are connected with the most thoughtless and happiest moments of our lives.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra
That everybody is allowed to learn to read spoileth in the long run not only writing but thinking.
Winston Churchill
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
Henry Kissinger
The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose. ¶ 12:28 AM 0 comments
Here are the Famous Quotations ...
Japanese Proverb
Art is the illusion of spontaneity.
Henry David Thoreau
Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows.
Duke Ellington
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
John Keats, Letter to James Rice, Feb 1820
I muse with the greatest affection on every flower I have known from my infancy - their shapes and colours are as new to me as if I had just created them with a superhuman fancy - It is because they are connected with the most thoughtless and happiest moments of our lives.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra
That everybody is allowed to learn to read spoileth in the long run not only writing but thinking.
Winston Churchill
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
Henry Kissinger
The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose. ¶ 12:28 AM 0 comments
Today's Quotes
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
When we are unable to find tranquillity within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Saville
Women have more strengths in their looks than we have in our laws, and more power in their tears than we have by our arguments.
Albert Einstein
If I were to start taking care of my grooming, I would no longer be my own self ... so the hell with it ... I will continue to be unconcerned about it, which surely has the advantage that I'm left in peace by many a fop who would otherwise come to see me.
David Wells
God's people have no assurances that the dark experiences of life will be held at bay, much less that God will provide some sort of running commentary on the meaning of each day's allotment of confusion, boredom, pain, or achievement.
Stanislaw J. Lec, "Unkempt Thoughts"
There are grammatical errors even in his silence.
Mark Twain
There is no such thing as the Queen's English. The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares ¶ 12:27 AM 0 comments
Quotes:
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
When we are unable to find tranquillity within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Saville
Women have more strengths in their looks than we have in our laws, and more power in their tears than we have by our arguments.
Albert Einstein
If I were to start taking care of my grooming, I would no longer be my own self ... so the hell with it ... I will continue to be unconcerned about it, which surely has the advantage that I'm left in peace by many a fop who would otherwise come to see me.
David Wells
God's people have no assurances that the dark experiences of life will be held at bay, much less that God will provide some sort of running commentary on the meaning of each day's allotment of confusion, boredom, pain, or achievement.
Stanislaw J. Lec, "Unkempt Thoughts"
There are grammatical errors even in his silence.
Mark Twain
There is no such thing as the Queen's English. The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares ¶ 12:27 AM 0 comments
