Random Sample of Quotes |
 | Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store. — Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973, American President [1963-1969] (“Jack” being the president J.F. Kennedy) 3 likes |
 | Alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine are weak dilutions. The surest poison is time. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 3 likes |
 | The closer you get to the light, the more you know yourself full of shadows. |
 | The most bitter insult one can offer to a Londoner is “bastard”, which, taken for what it means, is hardly an insult at all. — George Orwell, 1903-1950, British writer 3 likes |
 | Brain-washing starts in the cradle. |
 | Rabelais offers a vision of the future of print culture as a consumer's paradise of applied knowledge. — Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist |
 | There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Romeo & Juliet 37 likes |
 | I love that town. No clocks. No locks. No restrictions. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress (on Las Vegas) 3 likes |
 | Coincidence is the known result of unknown causes. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 4 likes |
 | Success is not in what you have, but who you are. — Bo Bennett, 1972-, American self-help guru 2 likes |
 | In order to escape from this prison, one must learn not to be on good terms with its indisputable comforts. |
 | Better to be hated by the Turks than being loved by the Germans. — Croatian proverb 3 likes |
 | I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat. |
 | Because I’m worth it. Parce que je le vaux bien. — Slogan of L’Oreal 2 likes |
 | Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry? — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist |
 | It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 3 likes |
 | An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 6 likes |
| Of course, like all young men, I tried to be as unhappy as I could – a kind of Hamlet and Raskolnikov rolled into one. |
 | The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 3 likes |
 | Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 16 likes |
 | The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 29 likes |
| Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 4 likes |
 | Vanity is the dominant passion of man. |
 | Manners are the hypocrisy of nations. |
 | He had a clear conscience. Never used it. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims 8 likes |
 | Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 3 likes |
 | Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it. — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 8 likes |
 | When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything. — Umberto Eco, 1932-2016, Italian writer 5 likes |
 | Respect old age, for it does not come alone. Τίμα το γήρας, ου γαρ έρχεται μόνον. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 14 likes |
 | Strange as it may seem, my life is based on a true story. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 5 likes |
 | When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent. — Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992, American Sci-Fi writer 214 likes |
 | What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men. — Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer 2 likes |
 | Dedicate your life to truth. Vitam impendere vero. — Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet 88 likes |
| Woman’s ideal: to be served in the little things, and to serve in the big ones. |
 | An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 5 likes |
 | There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 6 likes |
| I will always love the false image I had of you. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
 | The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 19 likes |
 | Often is man’s best wisdom to be silent. Το σιγάν πολλάκις εστί σοφώτατον ανθρώπω νοήσαι. — Pindar, 522-438 BC, Ancient Greek lyric poet 2 likes |
 | Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall. |
