It is not… Ayn Rand
It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957
US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 - 1982)
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Retirement at… George Burns
Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
George Burns
US actor & comedian (1896 - 1996)
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Hope is a thing… Emily Dickinson
Hope is a thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without words And never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson
US poet (1830 - 1886)
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Please give me some… Edna St. Vincent Millay
Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Letters, 1952
US poet (1892 - 1950)
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A conservative is a… Alfred E. Wiggam
A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
Alfred E. Wiggam
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To be a hero or a… Simone Weil
To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.
Simone Weil
French social philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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The true secret of… Hannah Whitall Smith
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
Hannah Whitall Smith, 1902
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Give me an… Hawkeye and Trapper
Give me an incubator or give me death!
Hawkeye and Trapper, M*A*S*H
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Perhaps, after all,… Oscar Wilde
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
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It is very… Anne Tyler
It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.
Anne Tyler, Celestial Navigation, 1974
US novelist (1941 - )
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Eternal vigilance… Wendell Phillips
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty–power is ever stealing from the many to the few.
Wendell Phillips
US abolitionist (1811 - 1884)
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They say that God… Emily Dickinson
They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
Emily Dickinson
US poet (1830 - 1886)
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Sleep is an… J.G. Ballard
Sleep is an eight-hour peep show of infantile erotica.
J.G. Ballard
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A judge is a law… H. L. Mencken
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
December 27th, 2006 - Posted in H. L. Mencken | | 0 Comments
If you can spend a… Lin Yutang
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.
Lin Yutang
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My passport photo… Anne Morrow Lindbergh
My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen — no retouching, no shadows, no flattery — just stark me.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Freud is the father… Germaine Greer
Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It has no mother.
Germaine Greer
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I have long since… Dorothy Day
I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.
Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness, 1952
US editor & reformer (1897 - 1980)
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There is nothing… Michel de Montaigne
There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.
Michel de Montaigne
French essayist (1533 - 1592)
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Baby: an alimentary… Elizabeth Adamson
Baby: an alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other.
Elizabeth Adamson
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Red is grey and… Moody Blues
Red is grey and yellow white We decide which is right and which is an illusion.
Moody Blues, “Tuesday Afternoon”
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It is in vain to… Charlotte Bronte
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, 1847
English novelist (1816 - 1855)
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Eternity is not… Charlotte P Gilman
Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time. We are in it now.
Charlotte P Gilman
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People with bad… Mary McCarthy
People with bad consciences always fear the judgement of children.
Mary McCarthy
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Whoever does not… Unknown
Whoever does not love his work cannot hope that it will please others.
Unknown
Quotations by unknown authors
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A Hospital is no… Samuel Goldwyn
A Hospital is no place to be sick.
Samuel Goldwyn
US (Polish-born) movie producer (1882 - 1974)
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What saves a man is… Antoine de Saint-Exupery
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French writer (1900 - 1944)
December 24th, 2006 - Posted in Antoine de Saint-Exupery | | 0 Comments
Every man wants a… Helen Rowland
Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature — and another woman to help him forget them.
Helen Rowland
(1876 - 1950)
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We have not lost… George Bernard Shaw
We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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Curiosity killed… Steven Wright
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
Steven Wright
US comedian and actor (1955 - )
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As if you could… Henry David Thoreau
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
Henry David Thoreau
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)
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To love deeply in… Madame Swetchine
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
Madame Swetchine
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The world is… George Bernard Shaw
The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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We have too many… Abigail Adams
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
Abigail Adams, letter to John Adams, 1774
US wife of John Adams 1764 (1744 - 1818)
December 22nd, 2006 - Posted in Abigail Adams | | 0 Comments
The poet judges not… Walt Whitman
The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing.
Walt Whitman
US poet (1819 - 1892)
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It is really asking… Lillian Bell
It is really asking too much of a woman to expect her to bring up her husband and her children too.
Lillian Bell
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The murals in… Peter De Vries
The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.
Peter De Vries
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No good deed goes… Clare Booth Luce
No good deed goes unpunished.
Clare Booth Luce, in H. Faber, The Book of Laws, 1980
US diplomat, dramatist, journalist, & politician (1903 - 1987)
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True friendship is… Marie de Rabutin-Chantal
True friendship is never serene.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal
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Changing husbands… Kathleen Norris
Changing husbands is only changing troubles.
Kathleen Norris
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Miami Beach is… Lenny Bruce
Miami Beach is where neon goes to die.
Lenny Bruce
(1923 - 1966)
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One never notices… Marie Curie
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
Marie Curie, letter to her brother, 1894
French (Polish-born) chemist & physicist (1867 - 1934)
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I am the only… R. Buckminster Fuller
I am the only guinea pig I have.
R. Buckminster Fuller
US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)
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What a pity, when… Margot Asquith
What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.
Margot Asquith
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Kill one man and… Jean Rostand
Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill all and you are a God.
Jean Rostand
(1894 - 1977)
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What you will do… Judy Grahn
What you will do matters. All you need is to do it.
Judy Grahn, Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds, 1984
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Love is an… Robert Frost
Love is an irresistable desire to be irresistably desired.
Robert Frost
US poet (1874 - 1963)
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Most people ignore… Adrian Mitchell
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
Adrian Mitchell
December 19th, 2006 - Posted in Adrian Mitchell | | 0 Comments
If the world were a… Rita Mae Brown
If the world were a logical place, men would ride sidesaddle.
Rita Mae Brown
US author and social activist
December 18th, 2006 - Posted in Rita Mae Brown | | 0 Comments
Where you used to… Edna St. Vincent Millay
Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell.
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Letters, 1952
US poet (1892 - 1950)
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