When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints.
~quote about Complaining by Samuel Johnson
If... the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law
~quotes on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobediance, 1849
Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
~sayings on Time by William Faulkner
By night, an atheist half believes in God.
~quotations on God by Edward Young, Night Thoughts
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age
~quotes about saying good bye to friends by Lucille Ball
He seemed to have an obligation to hit
~saying about bye to friends by Lou Brock
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
~quote about Politics by Oscar Ameringer
You can tell a child is growing up when he stops asking where he came from and starts refusing to tell where he is going.
~quotes on Teenagers by Author Unknown
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
~sayings on Decisions by David Russell
Man blames fate for other accidents but feels personally responsible for a hole in one.
~quotations on Golf by Martha Beckman
I could not say I believe. I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that people call God.
~quotes about saying good bye to friends by Carl Jung
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
~saying about bye to friends by Phyllis Diller
Both humans and dogs love to play well into adulthood, and individuals from both species occasionally display evidence of having a conscience.
~quote about Dogs by Jon Winokur
The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know.
~quotes on Education by William R. Inge
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
~sayings on Humankind by Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, 1916
Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.
~quotations on Food by Ernestine Ulmer
There are no foolish questions, and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.
~quotes about saying good bye to friends by Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.
~saying about bye to friends by Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, 1951
It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.
~quote about Parenting by Homer
Tooth decay was a perennial national problem that meant a mouthful of silver for patients, and for dentists a pocketful of gold.
~quotes on Dental by Claudia Wallis
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America.
~sayings on Baseball by Bruce Catton
Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
~quotations on Heartache by Rosa Parks
The difference between try and triumph is a little umph.
~quotes about saying good bye to friends by Author Unknown
Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere; and somewhere hearts are light; And somewhere men are laughing; and little children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville- great Casey has struck out
~saying about bye to friends by Ernest Lawrence
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
~quote about Labor by Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.
~quotes on Art by Georgia O'Keeffe
The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things that matter for a nation; the great peaks of honour we had forgotten - duty and patriotism, clad in glittering white; the great pinnacle of sacrifice poin
~sayings on Patriotic by David Lloyd George
When a girl marries she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one.
~quotations on Marriage by Helen Rowland
What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches
~quotes about saying good bye to friends by Karl Menninger
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
~saying about bye to friends by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You are what you eat. For example, if you eat garlic you're apt to be a hermit.
~quote about Food by Franklin P. Jones
The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are as near as the human form can ever come to abstract art.
~quotes on Art by Kenneth Tynan
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
~sayings on Men by Linda Ellerbee
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base slump. I just ain't hittin
~quotations on Baseball by Yogi Berra
Human life is purely a matter of deciding what's important to you.
~quotes about saying good bye to friends by Anonymous
In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It's a big difference.
~saying about bye to friends by Dan Quayle
Common sense is not so common.
~quote about Intelligence by Voltaire
Every leader needs to look back once in a while to make sure he has followers.
~quotes on Leadership by Author Unknown
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