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Allen, Hugh
Each 24 hours, the world turns over
on someone who was sitting on top of it.
Allen, Woody
There are two kinds of people in this
world, good and bad.
The good people sleep better, but
the bad people tend to have more fun
during the waking hours.
Aristotle
Anyone can get angry-this is easy. But
to get angry with the right person, at the right degree, at the right time,
for the right reason and in the right way-this is not easy.
Barrie, James M.
God gave us our memories so that we
might have roses in December.
Becque, Henry
The defect of equality is that we
desire it only with our superiors.
Billings, Josh
Love looks through a telescope; envy,
through a microscope.
Browne, Merry
Expect people to be better than they
are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they
are not; it helps them to keep trying.
Burroughs, John
To treat your facts with imagination
is one thing,
but to imagine your facts is another.
Davis, Geena
If you risk nothing, then you risk
everything.
Dickens, Charles
Never close your lips to those to
whom you have opened your heart.
Einstein, Albert
There are only two ways to live your
life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything
is a miracle.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Gravitation can not be held responsible
for people falling in love.
Erdman, Linda
They say TV really is still in its
infancy, which helps to explain why you have to get up so often to change
it.
Fortini, Scott
I saw a star, I reached for it, I
missed. So I accepted the sky.
Frost, Robert
In three words I can sum up everything
I've learned about life:
it goes on.
Grant, U.S.
When you find yourself in a hole,
stop digging.
Harris, Sydney
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is
hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?
Henry, Will
The eyes shout what the lips fear
to say.
Hesse, Herman
If time is not real, then the dividing
line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between
good and evil, is also an illusion.
Hoffer, Eric
It is easier to love humanity as a
whole than to love one's neighbor.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
The young man knows the rules, but
the old man knows the exceptions.
Home, Henry
The difficulty is not so great to
die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
Jong, Erica
Advice is what we ask for when we
already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Jung, C.G.
If there is anything we wish to change
in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is something
that could better be changed in ourselves.
Show me a sane man and I will cure
him for you.
LePatner, Barry
Good judgment comes from experience,
and experience comes from bad judgment.
Levinson, Sam
The reason grandparents and grandchildren
get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
Lewis, C.S.
Suspicion often creates what it suspects.
Maher, Bill
Everything that used to be a sin is
now a disease.
Newton, John
If ever I reach heaven, I expect to
find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see
there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the
greatest wonder of all, to find myself there.
Nietzsche
Whatever does not destroy me makes
me stronger.
Nin, Anais
We don't see things as they are, we
see them as we are.
Picasso, Pablo
Only put off until tomorrow what you
are willing to die having left undone.
Once I drew like Raphael but it has
taken me a lifetime to draw like a child.
Rather, Dan
Americans will put up with anything
provided it doesn't block traffic.
Redmoon, Ambrose
Courage is not the absence of fear,
but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
Rogers, Will
Even if you're on the right track,
you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Runes, Dagobert D.
You cannot train a horse with shouts
and expect it to obey a whisper.
Shakespeare, William
Suspicion always haunts the guilty
mind.
Shaw, George Bernard
The man with a toothache thinks everyone
happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake
about the rich man.
Shedd, John A.
A ship in harbor is safe--but that
is not what ships are for.
Thurber, James
Love is what you've been through with
somebody.
Wilson, Sloan
It's not a question of who's going
to throw the first stone; it's a question of who's going to start building
with it.
Wright, Stephen
I intend to live forever. So far,
so good.
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