Quotes of the Week
Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
-- George Carlin
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
-- H. L. Mencken
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
-- Paul Valery, 1895
Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?
-- Jay Leno
Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
-- Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea (1938) "Vendredi"
The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.
-- William Gibson
I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I taught her that.
-- Ellen DeGeneres, My Point and I Do Have One
Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.
-- Evan Esar, Esar's Comic Dictionary
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
-- Vince Lombardi
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
-- Evelyn Waugh, Diaries of Evelyn Waugh (1976)
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
-- Henry James
Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.
-- Norman Mailer, Armies Of The Night
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
-- Thomas Berger
Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
-- William Safire
Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
-- Victor Borge
The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.
-- Patrick Young
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Motivational Quotes of the Week
Motivational Quotes of the Week
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.
-- George Santayana
I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, "I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here."
-- Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, June 2003
Worry is a misuse of imagination.
-- Dan Zadra
The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.
-- Ruth Benedict
Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.
-- Margaret Fuller
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.
-- Thomas H. Huxley
Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.
-- C. S. Lewis, 'The Pilgrim's Regress'
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
-- Indira Gandhi, quoted by Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 1982
It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it.
-- Robert E. Lee, Statement at the Battle of Fredericksburg (13th December 1862)
Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's 'St. Matthew's Passion' on a ukulele.
-- Bagdikian's Observation
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
-- Thomas A. Edison
Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
-- Samuel Johnson, from Boswell's Life of Johnson
Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'.
-- Michael McClary
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
-- John D. Rockefeller
You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light.
-- Vicomte de Chateaubriand
Who is more busy than he who hath least to do?
-- John Clarke, Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina, 1639
Health is not simply the absence of sickness.
-- Hannah Green
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.
-- Earl Warren
Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.
-- Julius Rosenwald
If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back.
-- Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity, 2002
Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
-- Peter Minard
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
-- Aesop
My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
-- Miles Davis
Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.
-- William H. Sheldon
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
-- Henry S. Haskins
Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own.
-- Logan Pearsall Smith
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
-- Matthew Arnold, 'God and the Bible,' 1875
Experience is a good teacher, but she send in terrific bills.
-- Minna Thomas Antrim
It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.
-- Thomas Babington Macaulay
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
-- Robertson Davies, "A Voice from the Attic", 1960
What's the difference between a boyfriend and a husband? About 30 pounds.
-- Cindy Gardner
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.
-- Stephen King, "Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes", 1988
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.
-- George Santayana
I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, "I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here."
-- Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, June 2003
Worry is a misuse of imagination.
-- Dan Zadra
The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.
-- Ruth Benedict
Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.
-- Margaret Fuller
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.
-- Thomas H. Huxley
Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.
-- C. S. Lewis, 'The Pilgrim's Regress'
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
-- Indira Gandhi, quoted by Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 1982
It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it.
-- Robert E. Lee, Statement at the Battle of Fredericksburg (13th December 1862)
Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's 'St. Matthew's Passion' on a ukulele.
-- Bagdikian's Observation
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
-- Thomas A. Edison
Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
-- Samuel Johnson, from Boswell's Life of Johnson
Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'.
-- Michael McClary
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
-- John D. Rockefeller
You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light.
-- Vicomte de Chateaubriand
Who is more busy than he who hath least to do?
-- John Clarke, Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina, 1639
Health is not simply the absence of sickness.
-- Hannah Green
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.
-- Earl Warren
Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.
-- Julius Rosenwald
If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back.
-- Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity, 2002
Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
-- Peter Minard
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
-- Aesop
My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
-- Miles Davis
Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.
-- William H. Sheldon
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
-- Henry S. Haskins
Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own.
-- Logan Pearsall Smith
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
-- Matthew Arnold, 'God and the Bible,' 1875
Experience is a good teacher, but she send in terrific bills.
-- Minna Thomas Antrim
It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.
-- Thomas Babington Macaulay
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
-- Robertson Davies, "A Voice from the Attic", 1960
What's the difference between a boyfriend and a husband? About 30 pounds.
-- Cindy Gardner
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.
-- Stephen King, "Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes", 1988
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Quotes of the Day for February 26, 2009
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
-- Horace Walpole
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
-- Michel de Montaigne
Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
-- Nikola Tesla, Modern Mechanics and Inventions, July, 1934
-- Horace Walpole
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
-- Michel de Montaigne
Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
-- Nikola Tesla, Modern Mechanics and Inventions, July, 1934
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 26, 2009
Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.
-- Christina Baldwin
Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.
-- Comte de Buffon
He who would travel happily must travel light.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The things you own end up owning you.
-- Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, 1996
-- Christina Baldwin
Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.
-- Comte de Buffon
He who would travel happily must travel light.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The things you own end up owning you.
-- Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, 1996
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 25, 2009
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
Hope is only the love of life.
-- Henri-Frédéric Amiel
In Ethiopia during the famine, I saw stuff there that reorganized how I saw the world. I didn't quite know what to do about it. At a certain point, I felt God is not looking for alms. God is looking for action.
-- Bono, Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002
Work is not always required... there is such a thing as sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.
-- George McDonald
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
Hope is only the love of life.
-- Henri-Frédéric Amiel
In Ethiopia during the famine, I saw stuff there that reorganized how I saw the world. I didn't quite know what to do about it. At a certain point, I felt God is not looking for alms. God is looking for action.
-- Bono, Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002
Work is not always required... there is such a thing as sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.
-- George McDonald
Quotes of the Day for February 25, 2009
Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.
-- Pat Paulsen
It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.
-- Darrin Weinberg
Conceit is God's gift to little men.
-- Bruce Barton
There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else.
-- Cullen Hightower
-- Pat Paulsen
It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.
-- Darrin Weinberg
Conceit is God's gift to little men.
-- Bruce Barton
There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else.
-- Cullen Hightower
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Quotes of the Day for February 24, 2009
I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
-- Samuel Goldwyn
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
-- Fran Lebowitz
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant.
-- Scott Adams, Dogbert; Dilbert cartoons
With a stop light, green means 'go' and yellow means 'slow down'. With a banana, however, it is quite the opposite. Yellow means 'go', green means 'whoa, slow down', and red means 'where the heck did you get that banana?'
-- Mitch Hedberg
-- Samuel Goldwyn
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
-- Fran Lebowitz
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant.
-- Scott Adams, Dogbert; Dilbert cartoons
With a stop light, green means 'go' and yellow means 'slow down'. With a banana, however, it is quite the opposite. Yellow means 'go', green means 'whoa, slow down', and red means 'where the heck did you get that banana?'
-- Mitch Hedberg
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 24, 2009
The best armor is to keep out of range.
-- Italian Proverb
I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks.
-- Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 04, 2004
What children take from us, they give…We become people who feel more deeply, question more deeply, hurt more deeply, and love more deeply.
-- Sonia Taitz, O Magazine, May 2003
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
-- Mitch Albom
-- Italian Proverb
I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks.
-- Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 04, 2004
What children take from us, they give…We become people who feel more deeply, question more deeply, hurt more deeply, and love more deeply.
-- Sonia Taitz, O Magazine, May 2003
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
-- Mitch Albom
Monday, February 23, 2009
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 21, 2009
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
-- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
-- Bruce Barton
Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
-- Jean de La Fontaine
To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
-- Jane Austen
-- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
-- Bruce Barton
Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
-- Jean de La Fontaine
To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
-- Jane Austen
Quotes of the Day for February 21, 2009
The wages of sin are unreported.
-- Unknown
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
-- Mark Twain, in Christian Science
Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.
-- George Santayana
Great part of being a grownup, you never have to do anything.
-- Peter Blake, House M.D., Safe, 2006
-- Unknown
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
-- Mark Twain, in Christian Science
Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.
-- George Santayana
Great part of being a grownup, you never have to do anything.
-- Peter Blake, House M.D., Safe, 2006
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 22, 2009
The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore.
-- W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
-- Susan Ertz, Anger in the Sky
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
If you don't think your life is worth more than someone else's, sign your donor card and kill yourself now.
-- Matthew V. Lewis, House M.D., Last Resort, 2008
-- W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
-- Susan Ertz, Anger in the Sky
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
If you don't think your life is worth more than someone else's, sign your donor card and kill yourself now.
-- Matthew V. Lewis, House M.D., Last Resort, 2008
Quotes of the Day for February 22, 2009
A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
-- Joseph Stalin
Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.
-- George F. Will
Fall not in love, therefore; it will stick to your face.
-- National Lampoon, "Deteriorata"
I do not know which makes a man more conservative—to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.
-- John Maynard Keynes, The End of Laissez-faire (1926) Ch. 1
-- Joseph Stalin
Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.
-- George F. Will
Fall not in love, therefore; it will stick to your face.
-- National Lampoon, "Deteriorata"
I do not know which makes a man more conservative—to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.
-- John Maynard Keynes, The End of Laissez-faire (1926) Ch. 1
Quotes of the Day for February 23, 2009
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
-- Woody Allen
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
-- Nikita Khrushchev
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
-- Elizabeth Taylor
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow.
-- Evan Esar
-- Woody Allen
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
-- Nikita Khrushchev
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
-- Elizabeth Taylor
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow.
-- Evan Esar
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 23, 2009
We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can.
-- Will Rogers
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
-- Henry David Thoreau
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
-- Rebecca West
If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks.
-- Steve Pavlina, How to Win an Argument, 08-31-05
-- Will Rogers
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
-- Henry David Thoreau
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
-- Rebecca West
If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks.
-- Steve Pavlina, How to Win an Argument, 08-31-05
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Quotes of the Day for February 19, 2009
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
-- H. L. Mencken
Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
-- Putt's Law
Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.
-- Thornton Wilder
To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
-- Robert Orben
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
-- H. L. Mencken
Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
-- Putt's Law
Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.
-- Thornton Wilder
To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
-- Robert Orben
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 19, 2009
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
-- Samuel Johnson
Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships.
-- Harriet Lerner
We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
-- Indira Gandhi
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
-- Colin Powell
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
-- Samuel Johnson
Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships.
-- Harriet Lerner
We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
-- Indira Gandhi
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
-- Colin Powell
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 16, 2009
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
-- Amy Lowell
I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.
-- Herbert Bayard Swope
There is no wisdom without love.
-- N. Sri Ram
Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart.
-- Margaret Cho, weblog, 03-03-04
-- Amy Lowell
I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.
-- Herbert Bayard Swope
There is no wisdom without love.
-- N. Sri Ram
Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart.
-- Margaret Cho, weblog, 03-03-04
Quotes of the Day for February 16, 2009
Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.
-- David Broder
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
-- Robert Benchley
I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.
-- Henny Youngman
-- David Broder
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
-- Robert Benchley
I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.
-- Henny Youngman
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 18, 2009
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.
-- William Hutton
Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.
-- Jewish Proverb
I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.'
-- Earl Warren, Chief Justice
Nobody has things just as he would like them. The thing to do is to make a success with what material I have. It is a sheer waste of time and soulpower to imagine what I would do if things were different. They are not different.
-- Dr. Frank Crane
-- William Hutton
Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.
-- Jewish Proverb
I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.'
-- Earl Warren, Chief Justice
Nobody has things just as he would like them. The thing to do is to make a success with what material I have. It is a sheer waste of time and soulpower to imagine what I would do if things were different. They are not different.
-- Dr. Frank Crane
Quotes of the Day for February 18, 2009
Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.
-- Herman Wouk
I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed.
-- Frank Deford
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.
-- John Gaule
Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time.
-- Norman Ford
-- Herman Wouk
I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed.
-- Frank Deford
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.
-- John Gaule
Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time.
-- Norman Ford
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Quotes of the Day for February 12, 2009
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
-- Will Rogers
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
-- Woodrow Wilson
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
-- Doug Larson
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.
-- Jilly Cooper
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
-- Will Rogers
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
-- Woodrow Wilson
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
-- Doug Larson
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.
-- Jilly Cooper
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 11, 2009
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. As everyone else, I love to dunk my crust in it. But alone, it is not a diet designed to keep body and soul together.
-- Bette Davis, The Lonely Life, 1962
People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.
-- Cullen Hightower
Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.
-- Elizabeth Goudge
When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!
-- William Blake
-- Bette Davis, The Lonely Life, 1962
People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.
-- Cullen Hightower
Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.
-- Elizabeth Goudge
When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!
-- William Blake
Quotes of the Day for February 11, 2009
A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.
-- George Wald
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
-- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
-- Ernest Hemingway
Lies are like children: they're hard work, but it's worth it because the future depends on them.
-- Pam Davis, House M.D., It's A Wonderful Lie, 2008
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
-- George Wald
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
-- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
-- Ernest Hemingway
Lies are like children: they're hard work, but it's worth it because the future depends on them.
-- Pam Davis, House M.D., It's A Wonderful Lie, 2008
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Quotes of the Day for February 10, 2009
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
-- John Lennon, "Beautiful Boy"
I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
-- James Thurber, "Carpe Noctem, If You Can", in "Credos and Curios" (1962)
The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
-- Fyodor Dostoevsky
In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.
-- Ellen DeGeneres, (attributed)
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
-- John Lennon, "Beautiful Boy"
I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
-- James Thurber, "Carpe Noctem, If You Can", in "Credos and Curios" (1962)
The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
-- Fyodor Dostoevsky
In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.
-- Ellen DeGeneres, (attributed)
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 10, 2009
What worries you masters you.
-- Haddon W. Robinson
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte
Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.
-- Jane Wyman
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
-- Haddon W. Robinson
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte
Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.
-- Jane Wyman
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
Monday, February 9, 2009
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 9, 2009
Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
-- Richard M. Nixon, in his White House farewell
The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom...
-- Bell Hooks
I just realized that there's going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with it the right way.
-- Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Raisins, 2003
There is…nothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people.
-- H. R. Schaffer, O Magazine, May 2003
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
-- Richard M. Nixon, in his White House farewell
The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom...
-- Bell Hooks
I just realized that there's going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with it the right way.
-- Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Raisins, 2003
There is…nothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people.
-- H. R. Schaffer, O Magazine, May 2003
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
Quotes of the Day for February 9, 2009
I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.
-- Jackie Mason
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
-- Niels Bohr
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
-- Henry Kissinger
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
-- George Carlin
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
-- Jackie Mason
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
-- Niels Bohr
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
-- Henry Kissinger
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
-- George Carlin
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Quotes of the Day for February 7, 2009
I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.
-- Richard Feynman
There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.
-- Thomas Sowell
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long.
-- Leonard Bernstein
At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.
-- Raymond Chandler
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
-- Richard Feynman
There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.
-- Thomas Sowell
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long.
-- Leonard Bernstein
At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.
-- Raymond Chandler
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 7, 2009
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.
-- Frank Lloyd Wright, New York Times, October 4, 1953
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
-- David Lloyd George
It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.
-- George Washington
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.
-- Frank Lloyd Wright, New York Times, October 4, 1953
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
-- David Lloyd George
It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.
-- George Washington
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
Quotes of the Day for February 8, 2009
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
-- Bertrand Russell
When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
-- Al Franken, "Oh, the Things I Know", 2002
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
-- P. J. O'Rourke
A poem is no place for an idea.
-- Edgar Watson Howe, Country Town Sayings, 1911
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
-- Bertrand Russell
When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
-- Al Franken, "Oh, the Things I Know", 2002
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
-- P. J. O'Rourke
A poem is no place for an idea.
-- Edgar Watson Howe, Country Town Sayings, 1911
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 8, 2009
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
-- William Hazlitt
A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.
-- W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
There can be no spirituality, no sanctity, no truth without the female sex.
-- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Revelations, 1993
In many cases, the more you try to compete, the less competitive you actually are.
-- Kathy Sierra, Creating Passionate Users, 07-22-06
Source: http://quotationspage.com/mailclicks.php?i=60
-- William Hazlitt
A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.
-- W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
There can be no spirituality, no sanctity, no truth without the female sex.
-- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Revelations, 1993
In many cases, the more you try to compete, the less competitive you actually are.
-- Kathy Sierra, Creating Passionate Users, 07-22-06
Source: http://quotationspage.com/
Friday, February 6, 2009
Motivational Quotes of the Day
Motivational Quotes of the Day for February 6, 2009
The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.
-- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
-- Hugh White
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
-- Stuart's Law of Retroaction
We don't always get to choose what we love.
-- Scott Westerfeld, The Last Days, 2006
Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.
-- Max Frisch
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
-- Jean Giraudoux
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
-- H. H. Williams
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
-- Bob Hope
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com
The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.
-- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
-- Hugh White
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
-- Stuart's Law of Retroaction
We don't always get to choose what we love.
-- Scott Westerfeld, The Last Days, 2006
Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.
-- Max Frisch
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
-- Jean Giraudoux
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
-- H. H. Williams
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
-- Bob Hope
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com
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