Quotes and Sayings
I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, cattle, barns, and farming tools, for these are more easily acquired than gotten rid of. Better if they had been born in the open pasture and suckled by a wolf, that they might have seen with clearer eyes what field they were called to labour in.Henry David Thoreau, Walden
People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something.William Bennet Munro
Spring is a true reconstructionist.Henry Timrod
Now comes the mystery.Henry Ward Beecher, last words
Pressure? This is just a football match. When you do not know how to feed your children, that is pressure.Jose Luis Chilavert, Goal keeper for Paraguay, said during France 98 World Cup (soccer/football)
When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, Ours.Father Andrew SDC
This ONLY is denied God The power to undo the past.Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
It matters not whether you win or lose what matters is whether I win or lose.Darrin Weinberg
A precedent embalms a principle.Benjamin Disraeli
We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.Rabbi Harold Kushne
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.Elbert Hubbard
Whatever one man is capable of conceiving, other men will be able to achieve.Jules Verne
What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness.M. C. Escher, Quoted in Comic Sections, D. MacHale (Dublin 1993)
The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.Sam Ewig
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.William Cowpe
Practice is everythingThis is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.Periande
True friendship is never serene.Marie de Rabutin - Chantal
If I know what love is, it is because of you.Herman Hesse
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.George Bernard Shaw
One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.Benjamin Disreali
My life is the story of a man who always wants to carry too much. My spiritual quest is the painful process of learning to let go of things not essential.Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher. com Weblog, December 16, 2002
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.Marcel Proust
I think; therefore I am.Rene Descartes
Love is friendship set on fire.Jeremy Taylo
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.Akiro Kurosawa
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine - To - Five hours.Hunter S. Thompson
He who conquers others is strong He who conquers himself is mighty.Lao Tzu
It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.Michel de Montaigne
Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; take honour from me and my life is done.William Shakespeare
When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance.Victor Borge
We participate in a tragedy at a comedy we only look.Aldous Huxley
A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.W. E. B. Du Bois
Love in its essence is spiritual fire.Swedenborg
It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness.Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.Sri da Avabhas
Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.Robert Louis Stephenson
Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now.Henry David Thoreau
