It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
-- Henry James My religion consists of a humble admiration of the unlimitable superior who reveals Himself in the
slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds. That deeply emotional
convi "The brighter you are, the more you have to learn." (Don Herold) It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
-- St. Francis of Assisi Love is blind -- marriage is the eye-opener.
-- Pauline Thomason United Kingdom The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One
cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the
marvelous str "There is nothing more fearful than ignorance in action." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, Criticisms, Reflections and Maxims) "Failure is not an option!" (Ed Harris, as Gene Kranz, Apollo 13) United Kingdom
To die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
-- Anatole France There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you
yourself have altered.
-- Nelson Mandela, A Long Walk to Freedom Actually, the only memory I have of being a Cub Scout was trying to get my hat back. That was all
I did. Run back and forth at my bus stop going "Quit it."
-- Jerry Seinfeld There's a saying among prospectors: "Go out looking for one thing, and that's all you'll ever find."
-- Robert Flaherty "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." (John Benfield) United Kingdom They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist---
-- John B. Sedgwick, general, dying words, 1864 Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.
-- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking
campaign We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart. -- H.L. Mencken United Kingdom
There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry.
-- George Armstrong Custer "God is dead: but considering the state Man is in, there will perhaps be caves, for ages yet, in which his shadow will be shown." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, The Joyful Wisdom) "Paper should be edible, nutritious. Inks used for printing or writing should have delicious flavors. Magazines or newspapers read at breakfast should be eaten for lunch. Instead of throwing one's mai blah "Each friend represents a world in us; a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only in meeting them that a new world is born." (Anais Nin) There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called
marriage.
-- James Holt McGavran United Kingdom The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders.
-- P. J. O'Rourke Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them
down people's throats.
-- Howard Aiken Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
-- Stephen Leacock United Kingdom
Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it. I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.
-- Douglas Adams Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple, learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a
dozen.
-- John Steinbeck An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
-- Margaret Atwood "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." (Mark Twain) United Kingdom Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
-- H. L. Mencken I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Indeed, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all.
-- Ogden Nash, Song of the Open Road, 1945 The marriage of Marxism and feminism has been like the marriage of husband and wife depicted
in English common law: Marxism and feminism are one, and that one is Marxism.
-- Heidi Hartmann, The Unha United Kingdom
The more I know about people, the better I like my dog.
-- Mark Twain We love because it's the only true adventure.
-- Nikki Giovanni To realize that you do not understand is a virtue;
Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
--Lao-Tzu, "Tao Teh Ching" One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if
possible, speak a few reasonable words.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
-- Anonymous United Kingdom UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911 "Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." (Erica Jong) A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There
are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's
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"Freedom of press is limited to those who own one." (Henry Louis Mencken) "Love is always a stranger in the house of avarice." (Andreas Capellanus) "Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?" (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the
chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'.
- unknown Marriage isn't a word... it's a sentence.
-- King Vidor, in the 1928 film, The Crawl United Kingdom Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on!
-- Rory Bremner My darling wife was always glum. I drowned her in a cask of rum, And so made sure that she would stay, In better spirits night and day. blah "Ideas are like stars, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and, following them, you reach yo United Kingdom
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
-- Walter Winchell That's the nature of research--you don't know what in hell you're doing.
-- 'Doc' Edgerton "I love to doubt as well as know." (Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321) He that would have the fruit must climb the tree.
-- Thomas Fuller, M.D. Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
-- Mae West United Kingdom "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." (Roald Dahl) Shotgun wedding: a case of wife or death "Experience is the name that everyone gives to their mistakes." (Oscar Wilde) United Kingdom
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
-- Samuel Johnson For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-
knowing.
- Henry Louis Mencken "I have great faith in fools; My friends call it self-confidence." (Edger Allen Poe) You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
-- John Ciardi Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot. United Kingdom Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
-- Mae West No one finds life worth living; he must make it worth living.
-- Anon. Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson United Kingdom
A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.
-- Mae West Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
- Mark Twain Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.
-- Charles Schultz blah "You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think." (Milton Berle) "Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships." (Sharon Stone) United Kingdom In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with the giants on whose
shoulders we stand.
-- Gerald Holton "Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to t There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
-- Benjamin Disraeli United Kingdom
"Truth lies not only in a dream, but in many dreams." (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, novelist and filmmaker) There is more to life than increasing its speed.
-- Gandhi "Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) "If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat." (Mark Twain) Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.
-- Henry Ford United Kingdom A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
-- Robert Frost By working faithfully eight hours a day, you might eventually get to be a boss and work twelve
hours a day.
-- ROBERT FROST I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.
-- Robert G. Ingersoll United Kingdom
Never tell. Not if you love your wife... In fact, if your old lady walks in on you, deny it. Yeah. Just
flat out and she'll believe it: "I'm tellin' ya. This chick came downstairs with a sign around I still live.
-- Daniel Webster, dying words blah "Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. unattributed" (Anonymous) We have been friends together in sunshine and in shade.
-- Caroline Norton A beauty is a woman you notice; A charmer is one who notices you.
-- Adlai Stevenson United Kingdom To realize that you do not understand is a virtue;
Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
--Lao-Tzu, "Tao Teh Ching" Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
-- George Santayana It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
-- Rene Descartes United Kingdom
