|
| Navigation: Famous Quotes and Authors - Random Quotes |
|
|
|
Random Quotes and Quotations
 A friend of mine hated her husband so much that when he died she had him cremated, blended him with marijuana, and smoked him. She said, "That's the best he's made me feel in years."  O black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire? How, in your darkness, did you come to know The power and beauty of the minstrel's lyre? Caesar had perished from the world of men Had not his sword been rescued by his pen. Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak. If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised." Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. The opinions which we hold of one another, our relations with friends and kinsfolk are in no sense permanent, save in appearance, but are as eternally fluid as the sea itself. Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you moving but doesn't get you anywhere. It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat. A friend in need is a friend indeed. No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm. Love seems the swiftest but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century. They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. Sometimes we look so intently toward the pinnacle that we stumble over the steps leading to it. Development begins just where you are. Victories that are cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting. It is the heart always that sees before the head can see. Of two evils, choose the prettier. The soul can split the sky in two, and let the face of God shine through. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown. 
|
|
| The Quotes on this website are the property of their respective authors. All information has been reproduced on this website for informational and educational purposes only. Copyright © 2011 Famous Quotes and Authors.com. All Rights Reserved. |
