Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
~quote about Age by Maurice Chevalier, New York Times, 9 October 1960Motivational Quotes
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Luck: when your burst of energy doesn't run afoul of someone else's.
~quotes on Luck by Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966 History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.
~sayings on Dieting by Harold MacMillan The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
~quotations on Running by Erma Bombeck Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
~inspirational quotation about children by Matsuo Basho To win, you've got to put the ball in the macramé.
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Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.
~quote about Happiness by Jacques Prévert One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority by a minority which understood how to obtain possession of the means to power and coercion. It is, of course, natural to assume that these difficulties are not inherent in the nature of civilization itself but are determined by the imperfections of the cultural forms which have so far been developed.
~quotes on Civilization by Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion When red headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.
~sayings on Hair by Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
~quotations on Books Reading by Mary Wortley Montagu As we struggle to make sense of things, life looks on in repose.
~inspirational quotation about children by Author Unknown Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile way and you have their shoes.
~saying about children by Author Unknown Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
~quote about Adversity by Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature.
~quotes on Friendship by Abraham Lincoln Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
~sayings on Government by Sydney J. Harris A friend can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself
~quotations on For a Friend by Frances Ward Weller Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
~inspirational quotation about children by Jean Cocteau No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.
~saying about children by Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.
~quote about Alcohol by Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Marriage is like pleading guilty to an indefinite sentence. Without parole.
~quotes on Marriage by John Mortimer, The Trials of Rumpole Having babies is fun, but babies grow up into people.
~sayings on Parenting by M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter, The Price of Tomato Juice The marvels - of film, radio, and television - are marvels of one-way communication, which is not communication at all.
~quotations on Television by Milton Mayer I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
~inspirational quotation about children by Anna Quindlen, Enough Bookshelves, New York Times, 7 August 1991 Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.
~saying about children by Georg Hegel There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
~quote about Jewelry by William Makepeace Thackeray Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
~quotes on Wisdom by Norman Cousins All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
~sayings on Relationship by An ounce of will power is worth a pound of knowledge. It takes guts to leave ruts.
~quotations on Career by I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.
~inspirational quotation about children by John Buchan If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into committees. That'll do them in.
~saying about children by Author Unknown Tomatoes and squash never fail to reach maturity. You can spray them with acid, beat them with sticks and burn them; they love it.
~quote about Gardens by S.J. Perelman, Acres and Pains, 1951 A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
~quotes on Music by Leopold Stokowski Everyday is election day. The devil vote against is. God vote for us, but we always cast the deciding vote.
~sayings on Success by The future is dark, the present burdensome. Only the past, dead and buried, bears contemplation.
~quotations on History by G.R. Elton, The Practice of History Men of genius are rarely much annoyed by the company of vulgar people.
~inspirational quotation about children by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk God's interest in the human race is nowhere better evinced than in obstetrics.
~saying about children by Martin H. Fischer I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met.
~quote about Integrity by Dwight Lyman Moody Trees are much like human beings and enjoy each other's company. Only a few love to be alone.
~quotes on Trees by Jens Jensen, Siftings, 1939
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