It is seldom indeed that one parts on good terms, because if one were on good terms one would not part.
~quote about Perspective by Marcel Proust, The Fugitive, Remembrance of Things Past, 1925
When you get the blues, tell yourself: A pauper had the blues because he had no shoes, until he chanced to meet a man who had no feet.
~quotes on Happiness by
Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.
~sayings on Golden Mean by Edward Gorey
Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.
~quotations on Wise Words by Brecht
Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves.
~romantic valentine quotes by Robert Neelly Bellah, Habits of the Heart, 1985
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on
~saying about romantic valentine by Samuel Goldwyn.
A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.
~quote about Creativity by Abraham H. Maslow
Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the common-sensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.
~quotes on Marriage by Gloria Steinem
If, from the more wretched parts of the old world, we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised, to furnish new pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without tribute.
~sayings on Taxes by Thomas Paine
"PRAY FOR WHAT YOU WANT, BUT WORK FOR THE THINGS YOU NEED"
~quotations on Living by UNKNOWN
A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation.
~romantic valentine quotes by Robert Maynard Hutchins
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.
~saying about romantic valentine by Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, 1890
In order to live off a garden, you practically have to live in it.
~quote about Gardens by Frank McKinney Hubbard
Love your enemies. From them you learn your fault.
~quotes on Attitude by
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
~sayings on Stress by J. Lubbock
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity
~quotations on Valentine's Day by Henry Van Dyke
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
~romantic valentine quotes by James Matthew Barrie
Eagles may soar in the clouds, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.
~saying about romantic valentine by Attributed to both Jason Hutchison and John Benfield
There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
~quote about Miscellaneous by Hindustani Proverb
We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.
~quotes on Light by Mary Dunbar
My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.
~sayings on Patriotism by Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, 1889
I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.
~quotations on Angels by Mae West
A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
~romantic valentine quotes by Ogden Nash
What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.
~saying about romantic valentine by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
When we lose twenty pounds... we may be losing the twenty best pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty.
~quote about Dieting by Woody Allen
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
~quotes on Virtue by George Bernard Shaw
He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels
~sayings on Sympathy by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose-petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
~quotations on Poetry by Don Marquis
Waste not the smallest thing created, for grains of sand make mountains, and atomies infinity.
~romantic valentine quotes by E. Knight
Our only hope for the redemption of woman from the thralldom of dress lies in the belief that her hitherto limited sphere of activities has been so insufficient for her intellectual occupations that she has been forced to expend her thoughts in decorating her person, instead of enlarging her mind.
~saying about romantic valentine by Mercy B. Jackson
Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
~quote about Risk by Samuel Johnson
There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex. People should be very free with sex, they should draw the line at goats.
~quotes on Sex by Elton John
The cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good, spit it out.
~sayings on Dieting by Author Unknown
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
~quotations on Humor by Roman Gary
I would be the last to condemn the thousands of sincere and dedicated people outside the churches who have labored unselfishly through various humanitarian movements to cure the world of social evils, for I would rather a man be a committed humanist than
~romantic valentine quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963
Buying something on sale is a very special feelingIn fact, the less I pay for something, the more it is worth to meI have a dress that I paid so little for that I am afraid to wear itI could spill something on it, and then how would I replace it for that
~saying about romantic valentine by Rita Rudner
Reach for the stars and never fear. You are capable of everything and can have anything you want.
In memory of Sandy and Jim Novotney
~quote about Growth by by way of Sandy Novotney
I have often asked myself why human beings have any rights at all. I always come to the conclusion that human rights, human freedoms, and human dignity have their deepest roots somewhere outside the perceptible world. These values are as powerful as they are because, under certain circumstances, people accept them without compulsion and are willing to die for them
~quotes on Freedom by Vaclav Havel
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