valentine quotes for friends

An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature. ~Herbert Spencer
We are closer to the ants than to butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. ~Gerald Brenan
To be a fashionable woman is to know yourself, know what you represent, and know what works for you. To be "in fashion" could be a disaster on 90 percent of women. You are not a page out of Vogue. ~Author Unknown
To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world. ~Charles Dudley Warner
There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all. ~Rebecca West (Cicily Maxwell Andrews), "The Harsh Voice," There Is No Conversation, 1935
The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution. (OK, it doesn't take a genius, or even a politician, to figure out that big changes are afoot when we have a medium that lets someone throw up a virtual storefront on the Web and instantly gain access to the global market.) ~Steven Levy, 1997
If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse - as a man shoots himself. ~H.L. Mencken
Beer and Rugby are more or less synonymous. ~Chris Laidlaw, 1973
Love never reasons but profusely gives; gives, like a thoughtless prodigal, its all, and trembles lest it has done too little. ~Hannah More
One saves oneself much pain, by taking pains; much trouble, by taking trouble. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. ~Jack Lemmon
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. ~Arnold Toynbee
People don't change. Only their costumes do. ~Gene Moore
When life throws you scraps, make a quilt. ~Author Unknown
'Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon,
Come, let's be a comfortable couple and take care of each other! How glad we shall be, that we have somebody we are fond of always, to talk to and sit with. ~Charles Dickens
Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture. ~Henri Matisse, Notes d'un peintre, 1908
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. ~G.K. Chesterton
Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song. ~Edmund Clarence Stedman