God and other artists are always a little obscure. ~Oscar Wilde
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Dogen
It's an odd thing about this universe that, though we all disagree with each other, we are all of us always in the right. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. ~Jimmy Johnson
Ruin and recovery are both from within. ~Epictetus
The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Poet at the Breakfast Table, 1872
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own. ~Jonathan Swift, The Battle of the Books, 1704
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
He conquers who endures. ~Persius
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. ~Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ~Douglas Pagels
There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy. ~E.V. Lucas
Our modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned. ~Swami Nirmalananda, Enlightened Anarchism
We shall be inclined to pronounce the voyage that led to the way to this New World as the most epoch-making event of all that have occurred since the birth of Christ. ~John Fiske
Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. ~Henry Ward Beecher
I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it. ~Thomas Jackson
Infinity is a floorless room without walls or ceiling. ~Author Unknown
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. ~George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, "Maxims: Liberty and Equality," 1905
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. ~Ted Koppel
You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it. ~Neil Gaiman
So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance. ~Attributed to Richard M. Nixon
It was not a laugh but merely a loud smile. ~Author Unknown
Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once. ~Dave Barry, "Your Disintegrating Body," Dave Barry Turns 40, 1990
Mothers, tell your children: be quick, you must be strong. Life is full of wonder, love is never wrong. Remember how they taught you, how much of it was fear. Refuse to hand it down - the legacy stops here. ~Melissa Etheridge, "Silent Legacy," Yes I Am, 1993
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