Once a make up my mind, I'm full of indecision.
~quote about Funny Saying by Oscar Levant
History being the record of human action is a richly variegated material, and it is not easy to give a true impression of the stuff by snipping off an inch or two for a pattern.
~quotes on History by Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, Truth and Opinion
On the other hand, the Bible contains much that is relevant today, like Noah taking 40 days to find a place to park.
~sayings on Religion by Curtis McDougall
A great deal of what passes for current Christianity consists in denouncing other people's vices and faults.
~quotations on Hypocrisy by Henry H. Williams
Idle people, or those without goals, soon tired of their own company.
~romantic quotes and poem by
There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
~saying about romantic poem by Flannery O'Connor
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
~quote about Prejudice by Ralph W. Sockman
[P]oets are masters of us ordinary men, in knowledge of the mind, because they drink at streams which we have not yet made accessible to science.
~quotes on Poetry by Sigmund Freud
There are three good reasons to be a teacher - June, July, and August.
~sayings on Teachers by Author Unknown
The expendability factor has increased by being transferred from the specialised, scarce and expensively trained military personnel to the amorphous civilian population. American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War 5 per cent of those killed were civilians, in the Second World War 48 per cent, while in a Third World War 90-95 per cent would be civilians.
~quotations on War by Colin Ward, Anarchy in Action
It takes a lot of experience for a girl to kiss like a beginner.
~romantic quotes and poem by Ladies Home Journal, 1948
God can heal a broken heart, but He has to have all the pieces.
~saying about romantic poem by Author Unknown
Unemployment diminishes people. Leisure enlarges them.
~quote about Unemployment by Mason Cooley
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
~quotes on Self-Discovery by Michel de Montaigne
In a game of poker, I can put the players' souls in my pocket.
~sayings on Poker by Beausourire
A baby is a blank cheque made payable to the human race.
~quotations on Babies by Barbara Christine Seifert
All we have of freedom, all we use or know - This our fathers bought for us long and long ago.
~romantic quotes and poem by Rudyard Kipling, The Old Issue, 1899
Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.
~saying about romantic poem by Larry King
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
~quote about Jobs by C. Northcote Parkinson, 1958
We don't give our criminals much punishment, but we sure give 'em plenty of publicity.
~quotes on Justice by Will Rogers
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
~sayings on Humor by Groucho Marx
The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today’s work supremely well.
~quotations on Self Discipline by
What's the matter with you guys? The sight of blonde hair knocks you three rungs down on the evolutionary ladder.
~romantic quotes and poem by From the television show Civil Wars
When you possess light within, you see it externally.
~saying about romantic poem by Anaïs Nin
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
~quote about Happiness by Sigmund Freud
The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on
~quotes on Labor Day by Elbert Hubbard
Life's a waste of time, time's a waste of life so let's all get wasted and have the time of our life.
~sayings on Alcohol by Author Unknown
People understand contests. You take a bunch of kids throwing rocks at random and people look askance, but if you go and hold a rock-throwing contest - people understand that.
~quotations on Sports by Don Murray
History is herstory too.
~romantic quotes and poem by Author Unknown
A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible.
~saying about romantic poem by Welsh Proverb
The mathematics are distinguished by a particular privilege, that is, in the course of ages, they may always advance and can never recede.
~quote about Math by Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab your fate by the shoulders and shake it
~quotes on Adversity by Author Unknown
Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
~sayings on Mornings by William Feather
What we can’t learn from proverbs we must learn from experience. Which is cheaper?
~quotations on Proverbs by
Good food, good sex, good digestion, good sleep: to these basic animal pleasures, man has added nothing but the good cigarette.
~romantic quotes and poem by Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.
~saying about romantic poem by Unknown
Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got.
~quote about Confidence by Sophia Loren
Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.
~quotes on Courage by Arthur Koestler
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