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June 7, 2010 at 1:09 pm

Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing.
~Author : Adolph Monod Famous Quotes

Genius is of no country.
~Author : Charles Churchill Inspirational Sayings

A kiss, is the physical transgression of the mental connection which has already taken place.
~Author : Tanielle Naus Nice Quotes

Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child.
~Author : Waiter Rant Waiter Rant weblog 062105 Great Sayings

Deus ex machina A god from the machine
~Author : Menander Meaningful Sayings

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government but civilization itself.
~Author : Gerald R Ford Inaugural Address 9 August 1974 Popular Sayings

A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its civic courage, both as a whole and separately, in each country, in each government, in each political party, and, of course, in the United Nations. Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling and intellectual elites…
~Author : Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Commencement Address at Harvard University June 8 1978 Wise Quotes

Skiing consists of wearing 3,000 worth of clothes and equipment and driving 200 miles in the snow in order to stand around at a bar and drink.
~Author : P J O’Rourke Witty Sayings

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.
~Author : Benjamin Franklin Motivational Sayings

The soul has this proof of its divinity that divine things delight in it.
~Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca Famous Quotes

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem they know how it’s done, they’ve seen it done every day, but they’re unable to do it themselves.
~Author : Brendan Francis Behan Inspirational Sayings

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
~Author : H L Mencken Nice Quotes

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May 29, 2010 at 11:02 am

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
~Author : Antoine De SaintExupery Famous Quotes

Al Czervik Last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it.
~Author : CaddyShack Inspirational Sayings

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
~Author : Ralph Waldo Emerson Nice Quotes

With Congress, every time they make a joke it’s a law, and every time they make a law it’s a joke.
~Author : Will Rogers Great Sayings

Ferris I asked for a car, I got a computer. How’s that for being born under a bad sign
~Author : Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Meaningful Sayings

Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.
~Author : W C Fields in Richard J Anobile Godfrey Daniels Popular Sayings

The opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings.
~Author : Dan Cook Wise Quotes

To become aware of the possiblity of the search is to be onto something.
~Author : Walker Percy Witty Sayings

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbors as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant of others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.
~Author : Eric Hoffer Motivational Sayings

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.
~Author : Gore Vidal Famous Quotes

Whom did it benefit.
~Author : Longinus Cassius Inspirational Sayings

Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection.
~Author : Sir Francis Bacon The Advancement of Learning 1605 Nice Quotes

most interesting quotes

November 19, 2009 at 4:31 am

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body.
~Author : Seneca Famous Quotes

When all think alike, no one thinks very much.
~Author : Albert Einstein Inspirational Sayings

There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.
~Author : Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts 1931 Life and Human Nature Nice Quotes

How much I love every thing that is decided and open!
~Author : Jane Austen Emma Great Sayings

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
~Author : Voltaire Meaningful Sayings

The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it.
~Author : James Agate Popular Sayings

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
~Author : Doug Larson Wise Quotes

Death is more universal than life everyone dies but not everyone lives.
~Author : A Sachs Witty Sayings

Heaven is not the wide blue sky but the place where corporeality is begotten in the house of the Creative.
~Author : Lu Yen Motivational Sayings

I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.
~Author : David Bissonette Famous Quotes

High expectations are the key to everything.
~Author : Sam Walton Inspirational Sayings

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.
~Author : Wayne W Dyer Nice Quotes

Wisdom Sayings And Inspirational Phrase

October 25, 2009 at 7:23 am

Charity looks at the need and not at the cause Cool Saying
In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity Cool Quotes
Charm: the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves Nice Quotes
If you don’t quit, and don’t cheat, and don’t run home when trouble arrives, you can only win
A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children
The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children
He that will not when he may, When he will he shall have nay
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both
His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer’d and as God He taught
The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction
The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him
I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind
Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms
The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo
All will come out in the washing. [Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.] God loveth the clean
You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short range failures
The cheapest gift I have to give is kindness, and it is the best
They are happiest who have power to gather wisdom from a flower
Good leaders are like baseball umpires; they go practically unnoticed when doing their jobs right Romantic Saying

Memorable Phrases And Wise Quotation

October 12, 2009 at 6:57 pm

Roses are red Violets are blue Most poems rhyme This one doesn’t Memorable Phrases
Shared suffering brings people together faster than anything else does Wisdom Quotation
Stupidity is NOT a handicap! PARK ELSEWHERE! Success comes in cans, not can’t s Favorite Quotes
The greatest actions of love often got unnoticed
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one
To accomplish something, the first person you have to defeat is yourself
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but two Wrights made an airplane
When you hear a kind word spoken about a friend, tell her so
A kid’s idea of a balanced diet is a hamburger in each hand
All the treasure in the world is worthless, unless you have someone to share it with
A rumor is as hard to unspread as butter
A statesman shears the sheep. A politician skins them
Death is not totally extinguishing the light but turning off the lamp because the dawn has come
Don’t be afraid of tomorrow, for God has already been there
God loves everyone, but probably prefers fruit of the Spirit over religious nuts!
Hating someone is like burning down your house to get rid of a rat
Help Wanted: Telepath. You know where to apply
I don’t necessarily agree with everything I say
I know UNIX, PASCAL, C, FORTRAN, COBOL, and nineteen other high-tech words Favorite Sayings

interesting life sayings

September 16, 2009 at 8:32 am

You want a wife who is intelligent, but not too intelligent.
~Author : President Nixon on the best wife for a president interesting life sayings

The thought of being president frightens me. I do not think I want the job.
~Author : Ronald Reagan interesting sayings

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
~Author : Thomas Alva Edison life Quotes

History suggests that Capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom.
~Author : Milton Friedman Great Sayings

There is a noble manner of being poor and who does not know it will never be rich.
~Author : Seneca Meaningful Sayings

So many men so many questions.
(Quot Homines Tot Sententiae)
~Author : Terence Wise Quotes

A person who can acquire no property, can have no other interest but to eat as much, and to labour as little as possible. Whatever work he does beyond what is sufficient to purchase his own maintenance can be squeezed out of him by violence only, and not by any interest of his own.
~Author : Adam Smith Motivational Sayings

Do more than you’re supposed to do and you can have or be or do anything you want.
~Author : Bill Sands Famous Quotes

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
~Author : Socrates In 1911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said ed Robert Byrne 1988 Inspirational Sayings

Oprah Winfrey Famous Quotes

September 12, 2009 at 6:55 pm

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
~Author : Oprah Winfrey Famous Quotes

Wooderson That’s what I like about these high school girls, I keep getting older, they stay the same age.
~Author : Dazed and Confused Inspirational Sayings

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
~Author : Buddha Nice Quotes

For example, in Year 1 that useless letter “c” would be dropped to be replased either by “k” or “s”, and likewise “x” would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which “c” would be retained would be the “ch” formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform “w” spelling, so that “which” and “one” would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish “y” replasing it with “i” and Iear 4 might fiks the “g
j” anomali wonse and for all.

Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez “c”, “y” and “x” — bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez — tu riplais “ch”, “sh”, and “th” rispektivli.

Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud
hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
~Author : Mark Twain A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling Great Sayings

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
~Author : Helen Keller Meaningful Sayings

Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
~Author : Arab Proverb Wise Quotes

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
~Author : David Starr Jordan The Philosophy of Despair Motivational Sayings

In conclusion, there is a marvelous anecdote from the occasion of Russell’s ninetieth birthday that best serves to summarize his attitude toward God and religion. A London lady sat next to him at this party, and over the soup she suggested to him that he was not only the world’s most famous atheist but, by this time, very probably the world’s oldest atheist. ‘What will you do, Bertie, if it turns out you’re wrong’ she asked. ‘I mean, what if–uh–when the time comes, you should meet Him What will you say’ Russell was delighted with the question. His birght, birdlike eyes grew even brighter as he contempalated this possible future dialogue, and then he pointed a finger upward and cried, ‘Why, I should say, ‘God, you gave us insufficient evidence.’ ‘
~Author : Al Seckel Famous Quotes

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.
~Author : Dwight D Eisenhower Inspirational Sayings

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August 22, 2009 at 5:33 pm

Every nation ridicules other nations — and all are right.
~Author : Arthur Schopenhauer Famous Quotes

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
~Author : Thomas Jefferson Inspirational Sayings

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
~Author : Plato The Republic Nice Quotes

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
~Author : Mel Brooks Great Sayings

A book holds a house of gold.
~Author : Chinese Proverb Meaningful Sayings

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
(Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.)
~Author : William Occam Wise Quotes

It’s better to be known by six people for something you’re proud of than to be known by sixty million for something you’re not.
~Author : Albert Brooks Motivational Sayings

I bet when they weren’t fighting, Vikings with horn helmets had to stick potatoes on the ends of the horns, so as to avoid eye pokings to fellow Vikings and lady Vikings.
~Author : Jack Handey Deep Thoughts Famous Quotes

Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn’t have to experience it.
~Author : Max Frisch Inspirational Sayings

Random Quotes | A quote for every occasion

August 19, 2009 at 9:05 am

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.
~Author : Max Eastman Famous Quotes

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
~Author : H Jackson Brown Jr Inspirational Sayings

The first who was king was a fortunate soldier Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
~Author : Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire Nice Quotes

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
~Author : Louisa May Alcott Great Sayings

My candle burns at both ends
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light.
~Author : Edna St Vincent Millay A Few Figs from Thistles 1920 Meaningful Sayings

I tell people I’m too stupid to know what’s impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.
~Author : Debi Thomas Wise Quotes

There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.
~Author : Martin Luther Motivational Sayings

Language is the dress of thought.
~Author : Samuel Johnson Famous Quotes

Hatred is the anger of the weak.
~Author : Alphonse Daudet Inspirational Sayings

Naughty or Nice Quotes, Sayings and Quotations

August 17, 2009 at 10:39 am

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
~Author : William Shakespeare Famous Quotes

That best portion of a good man’s life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
~Author : William Wordsworth Inspirational Sayings

A schedule defends from chaos and whim.
~Author : Annie Dillard Nice Quotes

An nescis mi fili, quantilla prudentia regitur orbis?
Dost thou not know, my son, with what little wisdom the world is governed?
~Author : Count Oxenstierna letter to his son 1648 Great Sayings

We were happily married for eight months. Unfortunately, we were married for four and a half years.
~Author : Nick Faldo Meaningful Sayings

An artist does not fake reality–he *stylizes* it.
~Author : Ayn Rand From the article Art and Sense of Life in The Romantic Manifesto Wise Quotes

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
~Author : Dwight D Eisenhower Motivational Sayings

Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit we cannot flower and grow without it.
~Author : Jesse Lair Famous Quotes

There is an applause superior to that of the multitudes one’s own.
~Author : Elizabeth Elton Smith Inspirational Sayings

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