To preserve a man alive in the midst of so many chances and hostilities, is as great a miracle as to create him. ~Jeremy Taylor
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. ~Marlene Dietrich
I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay. ~Madonna Ciccone
Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive. ~Marya Mannes
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. ~Will Rogers
Business is the art of extracting money from another man's pocket without resorting to violence. ~Max Amsterdam
It's a nasty divorce when they can't agree on how to divvy up the His and Hers towels. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. ~Bruce Lee
Gardens... should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves. ~H.E. Bates, A Love of Flowers
I am convinced digestion is the great secret of life. ~Sydney Smith
After two days in the hospital, I took a turn for the nurse. ~W.C. Fields
How can you eat anything with eyes? ~Will Kellogg
Golf is a good walk spoiled. ~Mark Twain
As we are human, we can't do what we can't do; as we're neurotic, we can't do what we can. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
If you can't forgive and forget, pick one. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Oh God, if there be cricket in heaven, let there also be rain. ~Alec Douglas Home
Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
Conscience warns us before it reproaches us. ~Comtesse Diane (Marie Josephine de Suin de Beausacq), Maximes de la vie, 1908
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men. ~Herman Melville
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life. ~John Burroughs
Action is the antidote to despair. ~Joan Baez
If God wanted us to be brave, why did He give us legs? ~Marvin Kitman
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. ~George Smith Patton, War as I Knew It, 1947
