Monday, November 17, 2008

It is with our judgments as with our watches

It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.
~Author : Andre Gide Meaningful Sayings

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
~Author : Menander Wise Quotes

It is with our judgments as with our watches; no two go just alike, yet each believes his own.
~Author : Alexander Pope Motivational Sayings

To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then you sit down and meditate and wonder which it will be.
~Author : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Famous Quotes

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
~Author : Robert Lynd Inspirational Sayings

The happy person is the one who finds occasions for joy at every step. He does not have to look for them, he just finds them.
~Author : Ossian Lang Nice Quotes

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed

Art may make a suit of clothes: but nature must produce a man.
~Author : David Hume Nice Quotes

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
~Author : Ted Williams Great Sayings

The crime of suicide lies in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind.
~Author : E M Forster Howards End Meaningful Sayings

Above all things, be not made an ass to carry the burdens of other men if any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou has to spare if he presses thee further, he is not thy friend at all.
~Author : Sir Walter Raleigh Wise Quotes

Thought Why does man kill He kills for food. And not only food frequently there must be a beverage.
~Author : Woody Allen Motivational Sayings

A word to the wise is infuriating.
~Author : Hunter S Thompson Famous Quotes

Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.
~Author : Joseph Conrad Inspirational Sayings

There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
~Author : Henry Louis Mencken Famous Quotes

I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula AND Superman away.
~Author : Jack Handey Deep Thoughts Inspirational Sayings

There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness, and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.
~Author : Johann Kaspar Lavater Nice Quotes

In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt.
~Author : Meg Cabot Great Sayings

There are powers inside of you, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.
~Author : Orison Swett Marden Meaningful Sayings

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
~Author : Sri da Avabhas Wise Quotes

I find that we all get more legendary as time goes by. 'Legend' means, basically, 'bullshit.'
~Author : Joel Rosenberg Motivational Sayings

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Jeremy Bentham Great Sayings

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
~Author : Aristotle Politics Nice Quotes

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.
~Author : Jeremy Bentham Great Sayings

Life is just a quick succession of busy nothings.
~Author : Jane Austen Mansfield Park Meaningful Sayings

I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.
~Author : Howard Schultz Wise Quotes

Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!
~Author : Derwood Fincher Motivational Sayings

Speculations and loans in foreign fields are likely to bring us into war... The war-for-profit group has counterfeited patriotism.
~Author : Charles Lindberg Sr 1915 Famous Quotes

Mother Theresa Inspirational Sayings

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.
~Author : Mother Theresa Inspirational Sayings

Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society which is coming where everyone is interdependent.
~Author : John Dewey Nice Quotes

There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education.
~Author : Will Rogers Autobiography 1949 chapter 6 Great Sayings

There are times when you have to choose between being a human and having good taste.
~Author : Bertolt Brecht Meaningful Sayings

A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.
~Author : A Bartlett Giamatti Wise Quotes

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.
~Author : Theodore Roethke Motivational Sayings

I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.
~Author : Cyrano Savinien de Bergerac Famous Quotes

Mahatma Gandhi Famous Quotes

We must become the change we want to see.
~Author : Mahatma Gandhi Famous Quotes

We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
~Author : Plato Inspirational Sayings

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
~Author : Oscar Wilde Nice Quotes

Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
~Author : Golda Meir Great Sayings

Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.
~Author : Sir Francis Bacon Meaningful Sayings

It could not be happening because this sort of thing did not happen. Any contradictory evidence could be safely ignored.
~Author : Terry Pratchett Jingo Wise Quotes

In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.
~Author : William Osler Motivational Sayings

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Practice is the best of all instructors.

A whole is that which has beginning, middle and end.
~Author : Aristotle Rhetoric Nice Quotes

Yo soy un anima infeliz,Perdida en este mundo atormendo.
I am a miserable spirit lost in this tormented world.
~Author : James A Michener Iberia Great Sayings

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
~Author : George Bernard Shaw Meaningful Sayings

I don't really trust a sane person.
~Author : Lyle Alzado Wise Quotes

Practice is the best of all instructors.
~Author : Publilius Syrus Motivational Sayings

The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.
~Author : Alexander Meigs Haig Famous Quotes