The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
~quote about Smiles by William Shakespeare, Othello
We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.
~quotes on For a Friend by Caroline Sheridan Norton
It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - voluntarily sell - himself every day and hour to the beast of property.
~sayings on Property by Johann Most, The Beast of Property
Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
~quotations on Art by G.K. Chesterton
I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.
~the good earth quote by Mary Worley Montagu
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal
~saying about the earth by Albert Pike
In the long run wives are to be paid in a peculiar coin - consideration for their feelings. As it usually turns out this is an enormous, unthinkable inflation few men will remit, or if they will, only with a sense of being overcharged.
~quote about Marriage by Elizabeth Hardwick, Seduction and Betrayal, 1974
Play it as it lies is one of the fundamental dictates of golf. The other is Wear it if it clashes.
~quotes on Golf by Henry Beard, Golfing, 1985
Real motivation is that drive from within: You know where you are going because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel poster on the wall.
~sayings on Self Improvement by Denis Waitley
Little children, headache; big children, heartache.
~quotations on Teenagers by Italian Proverb
Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, it is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.
~the good earth quote by Jack Handey?
Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.
~saying about the earth by Lois Wyse
Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors.
~quote about Taxes by Franklin D. Roosevelt
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The records do not show that Adam and Eve were married.
~quotes on Religion by Ed Howe
A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead of the television.
~sayings on Grandparents by Author Unknown
I had very good dentures once. Some magnificent gold work. It's the only form of jewelry a man can wear that women fully appreciate.
~quotations on Dental by Graham Greene
People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.
~the good earth quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, 1858
It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something
~saying about the earth by Franklin D. Roosevelt
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
~quote about Adversity by Bertrand Russell
I merely observe that all living things are manipulated. As long as there is a will, it is bent and twisted constantly. Only the dead are allowed the luxury of freedom, and then only because they want nothing, and therefore can't be thwarted.
~quotes on Conformity by Orson Scott Card
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
~sayings on Simplicity by Vernon Howard
Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles.
~quotations on Adversity by Maltbie D. Babcock
Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up.
~the good earth quote by Sharon Olds, This Sporting Life, 1987
What love is I don't know if it's not the response of our deepest natures to one another.
~saying about the earth by William Carlos Williams
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
~quote about Violence by Abraham Lincoln
Happiness is a way station between too little and too much.
~quotes on Happiness by Channing Pollock, Mr. Moneypenny
We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
~sayings on Media Journalism by Wendell Phillips
The dying process begins the minute we are born, but it accelerates during dinner parties.
~quotations on Parties by Carol Matthau
You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same
~the good earth quote by Unknown
Man - a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
~saying about the earth by Alexander Hamilton
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person
~quote about Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by Mother Teresa
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
~quotes on Life by Mark Twain
Love - a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker
~sayings on Valentine's Day by Author Unknown
I wasn't kissing her, I was whispering in her mouth.
~quotations on Kisses by Chico Marx
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving
~the good earth quote by W.T. Purkiser
They... threw themselves into the interests of the rest, but each plowed his or her own furrow. Their thoughts, their little passions and hopes and desires, all ran along separate lines. Family life is like this - animated, but collateral.
~saying about the earth by Rose Macaulay
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
~quote about Weather by Langston Hughes
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.
~quotes on Baseball by Toby Harrah, 1983
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