http://www.vigenette.com Quotes are Nice Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:22:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. Sacha Guitry(1885 - 1957) http://www.vigenette.com/when-a-man-steals-sacha-guitry.htm Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of. Mark TwainUS humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) http://www.vigenette.com/religion-consists-mark-twain.htm The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you. Kin Hubbard(1868 - 1930) http://www.vigenette.com/the-fellow-that-kin-hubbard.htm Love: two minds without a single thought. Philip Barry http://www.vigenette.com/love-two-minds-philip-barry.htm There are women whose infidelities are the only link they still have with their husbands. Sacha Guitry(1885 - 1957) http://www.vigenette.com/there-are-women-sacha-guitry.htm How to win a case in court: If the law is on your side, pound on the law; if the facts are on your side, pound on the facts; if neither is on your side, pound on the table. UnknownQuotations by unknown authors http://www.vigenette.com/how-to-win-a-case-unknown.htm Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. Vernon Sanders Law http://www.vigenette.com/experience-is-a-vernon-sanders-law.htm Henry James created more convincing women than Iris Murdoch put together. Wilfred Sheed http://www.vigenette.com/henry-james-created-wilfred-sheed.htm Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs of the Chicago stockyard. H. L. MenckenUS editor (1880 - 1956) http://www.vigenette.com/henry-james-would-h-l-mencken.htm Henry James was one of the nicest old ladies I ever met. William FaulknerUS novelist (1897 - 1962) http://www.vigenette.com/henry-james-was-one-william-faulkner.htm Henry James chews more than he bites off. Mrs Henry Adams (c. 1880) http://www.vigenette.com/henry-james-chews-mrs-henry-adams-c-1880.htm Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty. Oscar WildeIrish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) http://www.vigenette.com/henry-james-writes-oscar-wilde.htm When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns. Raymond ChandlerUS detective novelist & screenwriter (1888 - 1959) http://www.vigenette.com/when-in-doubt-have-raymond-chandler.htm Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it. Truman CapoteUS author (1924 - 1984) http://www.vigenette.com/finishing-a-book-is-truman-capote.htm Life would be tolerable but for its amusements. George Bernard ShawIrish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950) http://www.vigenette.com/life-would-be-george-bernard-shaw.htm Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Mahatma GandhiIndian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948) http://www.vigenette.com/indolence-is-a-mahatma-gandhi.htm One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. Oscar WildeIrish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) http://www.vigenette.com/one-should-always-oscar-wilde.htm Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat. John Viscount Morley http://www.vigenette.com/where-it-is-a-duty-john-viscount-morley.htm In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards Mark TwainUS humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) http://www.vigenette.com/in-the-first-place-mark-twain.htm When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. Mark TwainUS humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) http://www.vigenette.com/when-we-remember-we-mark-twain-2.htm The holy passion of Friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. Mark TwainUS humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) http://www.vigenette.com/the-holy-passion-of-mark-twain.htm The only way to reform some people is to chloroform them. Thomas C. Haliburton http://www.vigenette.com/the-only-way-to-thomas-c-haliburton.htm A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. H.H. Munro (Saki) http://www.vigenette.com/a-little-inaccuracy-hh-munro-saki-2.htm What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo EmersonUS essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) http://www.vigenette.com/what-lies-behind-us-ralph-waldo-emerson.htm I suppose that I shall have to die beyond my means. Oscar Wilde, upon being told the cost of an operationIrish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) http://www.vigenette.com/i-suppose-that-i-oscar-wilde.htm Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. T.S. Eliot http://www.vigenette.com/some-editors-are-ts-eliot.htm Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. T.S. Eliot http://www.vigenette.com/immature-poets-ts-eliot.htm Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome. T.S. Eliot http://www.vigenette.com/television-is-a-ts-eliot.htm Adolescence is the stage between infancy and adultery. UnknownQuotations by unknown authors http://www.vigenette.com/adolescence-is-the-unknown.htm Adultery is the application of democracy to love. H. L. MenckenUS editor (1880 - 1956) http://www.vigenette.com/adultery-is-the-h-l-mencken.htm Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated. VoltaireFrench author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) http://www.vigenette.com/since-the-whole-voltaire.htm The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. Jules Renard(1864 - 1910) http://www.vigenette.com/the-only-man-who-is-jules-renard-2.htm The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent. Mell Lazzarus http://www.vigenette.com/the-secret-of-mell-lazzarus.htm California: The west coast of Iowa. Joan DidionUS author & journalist (1934 - ) http://www.vigenette.com/california-the-joan-didion.htm Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. CiceroRoman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC) http://www.vigenette.com/natural-ability-cicero.htm Any new venture goes through the following stages: enthusiasm, complication, disillusionment, search for the guilty, punishment of the innocent, and decoration of those who did nothing. UnknownQuotations by unknown authors http://www.vigenette.com/any-new-venture-unknown.htm The only way to succeed is to make people hate you. Josef von Sternberg http://www.vigenette.com/the-only-way-to-josef-von-sternberg.htm England produces the best fat actors. Jimmy Cannon http://www.vigenette.com/england-produces-jimmy-cannon.htm I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor. Roger MooreEnglish actor (1927 - ) http://www.vigenette.com/i-enjoy-being-a-roger-moore.htm Method acting? There are quite a few methods. Mine involves a lot of talent, a glass and some cracked ice. John BarrymoreUS actor (1882 - 1942) http://www.vigenette.com/method-acting-john-barrymore.htm Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton. Wilson MiznerUS screenwriter (1876 - 1933) http://www.vigenette.com/hollywood-is-a-wilson-mizner.htm Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. Oscar WildeIrish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) http://www.vigenette.com/truth-in-the-oscar-wilde.htm Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime. Jimmy Cannon http://www.vigenette.com/fishing-with-me-jimmy-cannon.htm There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. Josh BillingsUS Humorist (1818 - 1885) http://www.vigenette.com/there-is-no-revenge-josh-billings.htm A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. George Bernard ShawIrish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950) http://www.vigenette.com/a-lifetime-of-george-bernard-shaw.htm I do not believe the expenditure of $2.50 for a book entitles the purchaser to the personal friendship of the author. Evelyn WaughEnglish novelist & satirist (1903 - 1966) http://www.vigenette.com/i-do-not-believe-evelyn-waugh.htm Canada is a country so square that even the female impersonators are women. Richard Benner http://www.vigenette.com/canada-is-a-country-richard-benner.htm Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise. Aldo Leopold http://www.vigenette.com/examine-each-aldo-leopold.htm Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible. Margaret MeadUS anthropologist & popularizer of anthropology (1901 - 1978) http://www.vigenette.com/women-want-mediocre-margaret-mead-3.htm What once were vices are manners now. SenecaRoman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD) http://www.vigenette.com/what-once-were-seneca.htm