Quotes
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We are tied …
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came. — John F. Kennedy Continue reading
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Music doesn’t lie. …
Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music. — Jimi Hendrix Continue reading
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Simple Philosophy
I have a simple philosophy. Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. And scratch where it itches. — Alice Roosevelt Longworth Continue reading
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The world is full of …
The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. — Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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To advise …
To advise is not to compel. — Anton Chekhov Continue reading
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Kissing
I wasn’t kissing her. I was whispering in her mouth. — Chico Marx Continue reading
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Wrinkles
Wrinkles — the service stripes of life. — Anonymous Continue reading
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Stupidity
There is more stupidity around than hydrogen and it has longer shelf life. — Frank Zappa Continue reading
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Half the world is composed …
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it. — Robert Frost Continue reading
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Baldness
There’s one thing about baldness, It’s neat. — Don Herold Continue reading
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Hesitates
He who hesitates is a damned fool. — Mae West Continue reading
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A forest bird …
A forest bird never wants a cage. — Henrik Ibsen Continue reading
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The sun is …
The sun is new each day. — Heraclitus Continue reading
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Beauty
Beauty is whatever gives joy. — Edna St. Vincent Millay Continue reading
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Silence
Silence is a source of great strength. — Lao Tzu Continue reading
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All things …
All things are only transitory. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Continue reading
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Pictures
Pictures must not be too picturesque. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Illusion
Illusion is the first of all pleasures. — Voltaire Continue reading
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I wish they would …
I wish they would only take me as I am. — Vincent Van Gogh Continue reading
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Too much of a …
Too much of a good thing can be taxing. — Mae West Continue reading
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A will …
A will finds a way. — Orison Swett Marden Continue reading
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Words are …..
Words are but the signs of ideas. — Samuel Johnson Continue reading
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If music be …
If music be the food of love, play on. — William Shakespeare Continue reading
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See-Saw
The world is but a perpetual see-saw. — Michel de Montaigne Continue reading
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He is who cruel…
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealing with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. — Immanuel Kant Continue reading
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Integrity
Integrity has no need of rules. — Albert Camus Continue reading
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When you arise in the morning,…
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. — Marcus Aurelius Continue reading
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There are many ways…
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Continue reading
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Hesitate
The time to hesitate is through. — Robby Krieger (guitarist who played in the band: ‘The Doors’) Continue reading
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Artist
Every artist was first an amateur. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Work
I work to stay alive. – Bette Davis Continue reading
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Bluebird
The bluebird carries the sky on his back. – Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Democracy
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. – H.L. Mencken Continue reading
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To live…
To live is to think. – Marcus Tullius Cicero Continue reading
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Sex
Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature. – Marilyn Monroe Continue reading
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Time
Time is the longest distance between two places. – Tennessee Williams Continue reading
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True knowledge…
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. – Socrates Continue reading
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Courage
You can’t test courage cautiously. – Annie Dillard Continue reading
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Hating
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong. – Muhammad Ali Continue reading
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Bladder
I don’t need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me. – Stephen Fry Continue reading
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Hell
Hell is a half-filled auditorium. – Robert Frost Continue reading
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Answer
There ain’t no answer. There ain’t gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer. – Gertrude Srein Continue reading
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Alone
If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad company. – Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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Experience
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. – Albert Camus Continue reading
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Music
Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it. – John Lennon Continue reading
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Being
Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is. – Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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Intelligence
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. – Stephen Hawking Continue reading
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Stupidity
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue reading
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Faith
Faith is spiritualized imagination. – Henry Ward Beecher Continue reading
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Punctuality
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. – Evelyn Waugh Continue reading
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Common Sense
Common sense is not so common. – Voltaire Continue reading
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I believe that a simple… – Albert Einstein
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind. – Albert Einstein Continue reading
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“That all men are equal…” – Aldous Huxley
“That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.” – Aldous Huxley Continue reading
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Everything
“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” – Isaac Asimov Continue reading
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Autumn
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus Continue reading
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I wish… – Edgar Allan Poe
“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.” – Edgar Allan Poe Continue reading
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“Think before you speak – Fran Lebowitz
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” – Fran Lebowitz Continue reading
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Civilizations – Molly Johnson
“All the world’s great civilizations have followed the same path. From bondage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy back to bondage. If we are to be the exception to history, then we must break the cycle, for those who do not remember the past are… Continue reading
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“I spent three days a week…” – Ray Bradbury
“I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it’s better than college. People should educate themselves – you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had every book in the library and I’d written a thousand stories.” – Ray… Continue reading
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“Music is a moral…” – Plato
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” – Plato Continue reading
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“The best thing about the future…” – Abraham Lincoln
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln Continue reading
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“I often think that a slightly exposed…” – Bette Davis
“I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.” – Bette Davis Continue reading
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Stupid – John Stuart Mill
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative. – John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) Continue reading
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America… – Hunter S. Thompson
America… just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable. – Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) Continue reading
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Sex at age 90… – George Burns
Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope. – George Burns Continue reading
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Our society is run by insane people… – John Lennon
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it. – John Lennon Continue reading
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Computer Viruses – Stephen Hawking
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image. – Stephen Hawking Continue reading
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The whole aim of practical politics… – H.L. Mencken
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. – H.L. Mencken Continue reading
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Ninety-nine percent of the people… – Thornton Wilder
Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. – Thornton Wilder Continue reading
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There are two types of poor people,… – Jean-Paul Sartre
There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck. – Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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We don’t really need reviewers,… – Carroll O’Connor
We really don’t need reviewers, just first-night reporters who tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show. – Carroll O’Connor Continue reading
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I was in enough to get along with people. …- Stephen King
I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody. – Stephen King Continue reading
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Some people talk in their sleep… – Albert Camus
Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep. – Albert Camus Continue reading
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Most folks are as happy… – Abraham Lincoln
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. – Abraham Lincoln Continue reading
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People don’t notice… – Anton Chekhov
People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy. – Anton Chekhov Continue reading
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Nature and books… – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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The Kingdom of Heaven… – John Burroughs
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind. – John Burroughs Continue reading
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How I Love Lucy was born?… – Lucille Ball
How I love Lucy was born? We decided to that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we’d profit from them. – Lucille Ball Continue reading
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Every saint has… – Oscar Wilde
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. – Oscar Wilde Continue reading
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