quote tattoos

Teenagers complain there's nothing to do, then stay out all night doing it. ~Bob Phillips



I am fully conscious of the fact, that aphorisms are like wandering Gypsies. They must always be published without guarantee of the authenticity. ~Erkki Melartin



You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword. ~Samuel Johnson



A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen. ~Edward de Bono



He who buys what he does not need steals from himself. ~Author Unknown



Faith... must be enforced by reason.... When faith becomes blind it dies. ~Mahatma Gandhi



When you blame others, you give up your power to change. ~Author Unknown



Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that the far greater part, if not all, of those difficulties which have hitherto amused philosophers, and blocked up the way to knowledge, are entirely owing to our selves. That we have first raised a dust, and then complain, we cannot see. ~George Berkeley



I have seen my kid struggle into the kitchen in the morning with outfits that need only one accessory: an empty gin bottle. ~Erma Bombeck



It's a public service when a gay chick goes lipstick instead of lumberjack. ~Two and a Half Men, "Alan Harper, Frontier Chiropractor," teleplay by Lee Aronsohn and Mark Roberts, original airdate 15 December 2003, spoken by the character Charlie Harper



Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb



Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. ~Jeff Valdez



The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them. ~Albert Einstein, letter to Sigmund Freud, 30 July 1932



Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams



Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. ~Fran Lebowitz



Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. ~Georg Christoph Lichtenberg



Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. ~Thomas Jefferson



Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying. ~Fran Lebowitz, Social Studies



Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. ~Abraham Lincoln



When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book