All Manner of Quotations
Vita Sackville-West wrote: “It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by”. By the same token, it is necessary to gather these quotations collectively for reference if the mind is to stay witty and sharp. They also have the quality of being provocative and biting with the brevity of words, like Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. Or charmingly disarming like We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm. (Winston Churchill) All good quotations have on thing in common - they drive home a nail by hitting the nail on the head with a single blow as opposed to, say, a convoluted way of putting forward a point. We call a spade a spade, a rose a rose.Sardonic wit and humour will not be overlooked. Human nature being what it is, the insult gag is most popular when directed at someone else, since no one other than the hapless victim is identified with it. Conversely, it has the rewarding effect by the simple expedient of switching from the third-person personal pronoun to the first. That way, it characterizes mankind’s failings collectively.
Finally, if you can’t think of a smart, snappy retort when caught in a tight situation, a slight yawn is just as good. Or, sometimes, the only defense against stupidity is silence.
Words sing. They hurt. They teach. They sanctify. There were man’s first, immeasurable feast of magic. They liberated us from ignorance and our barbarous past. (Leo Rosten)
It’s only words and words are all I have to take you heart away. (from a Beatles lyrics)
No one can accuse him of being scatterbrained. He hasn’t any brains to scatter.
She has a pretty little head. For a head, it is pretty little.
Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men. (G.K. Chesterton)
The real art if conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. (Dorothy Nevell)
Many people who have the gift of gab don’t know how to wrap it up. (Arnold Glasow)
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. (R. Tagore)
Sanskrit proverb:
Look to this day
For yesterday is but a dream,
And tomorrow is only a vision,
but today, well lived,
makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day.
Amy time he get an idea in his head, he has the whole thing in a nutshell.
He says he has a mind of his own. He’s welcome to it. Who else would want it?
The reason people blame things on previous generation is that there’s only one other choice. (Doug Larson)
Optimists are nostalgic about the future. (Chicago Tribute)
Pessimists always take the cynic route. (Wall street Journal)
May you look back to the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future. (Delacorte)
An age is called Dark, not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. (James Michener)
Love beauty; it is the shadow of God on the universe. (Gabriela Mistral)
Day slipped the sun in an envelope of clouds;
Night sealed it with a star. (Joyce Andrews)
Dawn crept in tie-dyed majesty through the shadows. (Peter H. Capstick)
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. (Arthur Ashe)
Speak not against anyone whose burden you have not weighed yourself. (Marion Bradley)
The Bible tells us to love our neighbours, and also to love our enemies, probably because they are generally the same people. (C.K. Chesterton)
He one guy who must have a sixth sense. There is no evidence of the other five.
Told by an insurance agent that his company pays over $5 million for broken arms and legs, he asked, “What do they do with all of them?”
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. (C.K. Chesterton)
Nothingcan keep an argument going like two persons who aren’t sure what they’re arguing about. (O.A. Battista)
Points of View:
I’m trusting. You’re naïve. He’s a fool. – Lori Abrams
I’m quite. You’re unassertive. He’s a wimp. – Alexandra Frank
I’m sensitive. You’re fussy. He’s neurotic. – Michele Simos
I’m concerned. You’re curious. He’s nosy. – Lori Abrams
I’m thirty. You’re a it tight. He’s cheap. – Rosemary Proehl
We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon. (Konrad Adenaeur)
Some things have to be believed to be seen. (Ralph Hodgson)
In the end, the poem is not a thing we see; it is rather a light which we may see – and what we see is life. (Robert Penn Warren)
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. (Mark Twain)
What I admire in Columbus is not his having discovered a world but his having gone to search for it on the faith of opinion. (Robert Turgot)
An error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. O.A. Battista
He thinks he’s out of this word. Everyone wishes he were.
She’s got tired of trying to get a pearl out of an oyster, so she smartened up – and got a diamond out of an old crab.
Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it. People who want milk shouldn't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in hopes that a cow will back up to them.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
-- Abraham
The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.
-- Robyn Davidson
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.
-- Frederick Henry Hedge
The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.
-- Marcel Achard
The citizen's first duty is unrest.
She resembles an insurance policy – both have cash surrender value.
A penny will hide the biggest star in the Universe if you hold it close enough to your eye.
-- Samuel Grafton
Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as the victim, and the perpetrator as well. Each little dishonesty ... makes another little rotten spot somewhere in the perpetrator's psyche.
-- Lesley Conger
I will spend my heaven doing good on earth.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, Just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
-- Napolean Hill
Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.
-- Frank Moore Colby
We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier.
-- Walter Savage Landor
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Intelligence is when you spot a flaw in your boss's reasoning. Wisdom is when you refrain from pointing it out.
-- James Dent
He has made an art of not picking up the check. You’ve really got to hand it to him.
Truth is always strong, no matter how weak it looks; and falsehood is always weak, no matter how strong it looks.
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
What I'm concerned about is the people who don't dwell on the meaninglessness of their lives, or the meaningfulness of it - who just pursue mindless entertainment.
-- Michael K. Hooker
He's so slow that he takes an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes.
-- Edwin W. Edwards
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
-- Peter T. McIntyre
Sometimes fashion moves from the moment to the moment to the moment. But where is the integrity in design?
There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
-- Oscar Levant
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up on rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.
-- Meg Chittenden
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed --I well know. For it is a sign that he has tried to surpass himself.
-- Georges Clemenceau
While he felt like a victim, he acted like a hero.
Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power."
-- William Henry Harrison
Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television."
-- Aldo Leopold
I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honestly out of countenance any day of the week, if there is anything to get got by it.
If it was an overnight success, it was one long, hard, sleepless night."
-- Dicky Barrett
I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts."
The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.
-- Henrik Ibsen
Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to buy
When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, 'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?' He answered, 'If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.'"
-- Jerry Lewis
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.
-- Richard Harris
Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it. People who want milk shouldn't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in hopes that a cow will back up to them.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. -- Abraham
The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision. -- Robyn Davidson
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past. -- Frederick Henry Hedge
The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship. -- Marcel Achard
The citizen's first duty is unrest.
A penny will hide the biggest star in the Universe if you hold it close enough to your eye. -- Samuel Grafton
I will spend my heaven doing good on earth.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, Just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
-- Napolean Hill
Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours. -- Frank Moore Colby
We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier. -- Walter Savage Landor
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Intelligence is when you spot a flaw in your boss's reasoning. Wisdom is when you refrain from pointing it out. -- James Dent
Truth is always strong, no matter how weak it looks; and falsehood is always weak, no matter how strong it looks.
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
What I'm concerned about is the people who don't dwell on the meaninglessness of their lives, or the meaningfulness of it - who just pursue mindless entertainment. -- Michael K. Hooker
He's so slow that he takes an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes. -- Edwin W. Edwards
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. -- Peter T. McIntyre
Sometimes fashion moves from the moment to the moment to the moment. But where is the integrity in design?
There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. -- Oscar Levant
Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up on rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.
-- Meg Chittenden
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed --I well know. For it is a sign that he has tried to surpass himself. -- Georges Clemenceau
While he felt like a victim, he acted like a hero.
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power." -- William Henry Harrison
Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television." -- Aldo Leopold
I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honestly out of countenance any day of the week, if there is anything to get got by it.
The only dates he’s interested in are the one with no apron strings attached.
He’s constantly in love instead of constant in love.
He prefers a girl who’s sexy, not brainy. He says when he feels intellectual, there’s always the public library.
If it was an overnight success, it was one long, hard, sleepless night." -- Dicky Barrett
I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts."
The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone. -- Henrik Ibsen
Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to buy
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice. -- Richard Harris
The man who is everywhere is never anywhere.
The age of Grace began in mid-Acts, after the conversion of the Apostle Paul. It is through his letters alone that we learn about the dispensation of Grace, about Israel being set aside, with Jew and Gentile being saved into the Body of Christ. It was Paul who taught 'all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses' (Acts 21:21). It was also Paul who proclaimed the forgiveness of sins 'to all who would believe' in Christ, adding that 'ye could not be justified by the law of Moses' (Acts 13:38-39). The measuring rod of grace tells us that the age of Grace began with Paul, then continued through those who were saved and subsequently carried on His God-given doctrines of grace. -- John Fredericksen
He told a friend he was defeated because of his youth. Said the friend, “But you’re over sixty years and your youth is spent.” Sadly, he explained, “That’s the trouble. They found out how I spent it.”
Offering candy to his girlfriend, he said, “Sweets to the sweet.” She thanked him and asked, “Won’t you have some of these nuts?”
An invasion of armies can be resisted but not when an idea whose time has come. (Victor Hugo)
Though is action in rehearsal. (Sigmund Freud)
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye (from The Little Prince)
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death: ourselves. (Eda Leshan)
Our language has wisely sensed the two side of being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone. (Paul Tillich)
What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be. (Ellen Burstyn)
Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use. (Peter Latham)
Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn’t blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won’t cheat, than you know he never will. (John D. MacDonald)
Integrity has no need of rules. (Albert Camus)
What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are. (Edgar Z. Friedenberg)
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny. (Eric Hopper in The Passionate State of Mind)
No one beneath you can offend you. No one your equal would. (Jan L. Wells)
Maybe taking ourselves for somebody else means that we cannot bear to see ourselves as we are. (Albert Brie)
Men go aboard to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion, of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. (St. Augustine)
Know yourself: Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. (Ann Landers)
We may not return the affection if those who like us, but we always respect their good judgement. (Libbie Fudim)
The most difficult secret for a man to keep is the opinion he has of himself. (Marcel Pagnol)
Appearances give us more pleasure than reality, especially when they help to satisfy our egos. (Emile Chevalier)
We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence. (Andre Maurois)
We have to learn to be out own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our worst enemies. (Roderick Thorp)
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