I stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it.
~quote about Philosophical by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.
~quotes on Funny Quotes by Oscar Wilde
People who influence us most are those who most believed in us – and vice versa.
~sayings on Friendship by
Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.
~quotations on Hair by Sam Ewing
Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.
~romantic shakespeare quotes by Alan Alda
The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums
~saying about romantic shakespeare by Arthur Koestler, Janus: A Summing Up
It is a mathematical fact that fifty percent of all doctors graduate in the bottom half of their class.
~quote about Medical by Author Unknown
The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.
~quotes on Cats by Paula Poundstone
All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.
~sayings on Confidence by Charles Dickens
Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.
~quotations on History by H.L. Mencken
In science it often happens that scientists say, You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken, and then they actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
~romantic shakespeare quotes by Carl Sagan, 1987
When you smile, not only do you feel but you bring a ray of light into the lives of others
~saying about romantic shakespeare by Brahma Kumaris
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
~quote about Age by Mark Twain
Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn’t cost anything.
~quotes on Happiness by
Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
~sayings on Thinking by Winnie the Pooh
Puritanism: the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
~quotations on Religion by H.L. Mencken
The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.
~romantic shakespeare quotes by George Bernard Shaw
Being good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing good is it useful
~saying about romantic shakespeare by Author Unknown
Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.
~quote about Religion by Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion
One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.
~quotes on Conformity by Proverb
Christendom has done away with Christianity without being quite aware of it.
~sayings on Religion by Soren Kierkegaard, Time, 16 December 1946
I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.
~quotations on Family by Fred Allen
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?
~romantic shakespeare quotes by Henry David Thoreau
Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.
~saying about romantic shakespeare by Zelda Fitzgerald
There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
~quote about Light by Edith Wharton
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.
~quotes on Soul by Vincent Van Gogh
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.
~sayings on Marriage by François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
~quotations on Living by Alfred Hitchcock
Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old
~romantic shakespeare quotes by Mary H. Waldrip
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?
~saying about romantic shakespeare by Paul Sweeney
I'll stick with gin. Champagne is just ginger ale that knows somebody.
~quote about Alcohol by M*A*S*H, Hawkeye, Ceasefire, 1973
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
~quotes on Simplicity by E.F. Schumacker
In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy.
~sayings on Kindness by Karl Reiland
Every society honors its live conformists, and its dead troublemakers.
~quotations on Conformity by Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever.
~romantic shakespeare quotes by Anita Loos
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance
~saying about romantic shakespeare by Franklin P. Adams
I'm a golfaholic, no question about that. Counseling wouldn't help me. They'd have to put me in prison, and then I'd talk the warden into building a hole or two and teach him how to play.
~quote about Golf by Lee Trevino
Knights of the spirit; warriors in the cause, Of justice absolute 'twixt man and man.
~quotes on Memorial Day by Richard Watson Gilder
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