Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in. - John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller Quotes
Emile M. Cioran Quotes
In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world. - Emile M. Cioran
Alan Bennett Quotes
If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging. - Alan Bennett
Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. - Mahatma Gandhi
George Carlin Quotes
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. - George Carlin
Oscar Wilde Quotes
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. - Oscar Wilde
Alexander Pope Quotes
Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance. - Alexander Pope
Benjamin Franklin Quotes
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. - Benjamin Franklin
Charles Dickens Quotes
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. - Charles Dickens
Emile M. Cioran Quotes
Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone. - Emile M. Cioran
Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Albert Einstein Quotes
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstein
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. - George Bernard Shaw
Emile M. Cioran Quotes
God - a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies of it nowadays. - Emile M. Cioran
Winston Churchill Quotes
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. - Winston Churchill
Mark Twain Quotes
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising. - Mark Twain
Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes. - Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. - Benjamin Disraeli
Alexander Pope Quotes
Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever. - Alexander Pope
Mark Twain Quotes
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others. - Mark Twain
Dale Carnegie Quotes
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. - Dale Carnegie
George Orwell Quotes
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded. - George Orwell
Abraham Lincoln Quotes
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. - Abraham Lincoln
William Shakespeare Quotes
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear. - William Shakespeare
Denis Waitley Quotes
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. - Denis Waitley
Mae West Quotes
One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it. - Mae West
Rodney Dangerfield Quotes
My wife was afraid of the dark... then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light. - Rodney Dangerfield
Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in. - Benjamin Franklin
John F. Kennedy Quotes
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process. - John F. Kennedy
Ayn Rand Quotes
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. - Ayn Rand
Rodney Dangerfield Quotes
I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get. - Rodney Dangerfield
John F. Kennedy Quotes
If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. - John F. Kennedy
Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Ray Bradbury Quotes
I have spent my life going from mania to mania. Somehow it has all paid off. - Ray Bradbury
Ayn Rand Quotes
Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started. - Ayn Rand
Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead. - Theodore Roosevelt
Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. - Benjamin Disraeli
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. - George Bernard Shaw
John D. Rockefeller Quotes
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. - John D. Rockefeller
Jackie Mason Quotes
Did you ever hear of a kid playing accountant - even if they wanted to be one? - Jackie Mason
Mark Twain Quotes
The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this. - Mark Twain
Anna Freud Quotes
Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself. - Anna Freud
George Carlin Quotes
The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going. - George Carlin
Thomas Merton Quotes
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. - Thomas Merton
Simone Weil Quotes
Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty. - Simone Weil
Warren Buffett Quotes
We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out. - Warren Buffett
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier. - George Bernard Shaw
Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Jimi Hendrix Quotes
Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music. - Jimi Hendrix
Plato Quotes
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. - Plato
Sophocles Quotes
If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too. - Sophocles
Pablo Picasso Quotes
I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents. - Pablo Picasso
John F. Kennedy Quotes
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war. - John F. Kennedy
Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition. - Friedrich Nietzsche
John D. Rockefeller Quotes
The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it? - John D. Rockefeller
T.S. Eliot Quotes
The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible. - T.S. Eliot
Carl Jung Quotes
When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate. - Carl Jung
Ray Bradbury Quotes
If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder. - Ray Bradbury
Agatha Christie Quotes
The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes. - Agatha Christie
Denis Waitley Quotes
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes. - Denis Waitley
Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Victor Hugo Quotes
Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. - Victor Hugo
Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice. - Theodore Roosevelt
Jackie Kennedy Quotes
There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all. - Jackie Kennedy
Victor Hugo Quotes
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. - Victor Hugo
Plato Quotes
To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way. - Plato
Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Isaac Asimov Quotes
I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. - Isaac Asimov
Mark Twain Quotes
The educated Southerner has no use for an 'R', except at the beginning of a word. - Mark Twain
Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. - Benjamin Disraeli
Anne Frank Quotes
Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl? - Anne Frank
Denis Waitley Quotes
You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest. - Denis Waitley
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mortimer Adler Quotes
Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely. - Mortimer Adler
Alexander Pope Quotes
Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use. - Alexander Pope
Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. - Benjamin Disraeli
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Blake Quotes
Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow. - William Blake
Rudyard Kipling Quotes
Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade. - Rudyard Kipling
Benjamin Franklin Quotes
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. - Benjamin Franklin
Henry David Thoreau Quotes
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. - Henry David Thoreau
Alexander Pope Quotes
If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business. - Alexander Pope
John F. Kennedy Quotes
The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution. - John F. Kennedy
Mark Twain Quotes
Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. - Mark Twain
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Sophocles Quotes
Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere. - Sophocles
Pablo Picasso Quotes
If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme. - Pablo Picasso
Sophocles Quotes
Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession. - Sophocles
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. - George Bernard Shaw
Albert Camus Quotes
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being. - Albert Camus
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Michelangelo Quotes
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself. - Michelangelo
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. - George Bernard Shaw
Winston Churchill Quotes
I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod. - Winston Churchill
Oscar Wilde Quotes
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. - Oscar Wilde
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself. - George Bernard Shaw
Dale Carnegie Quotes
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. - Dale Carnegie
Ray Bradbury Quotes
A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt. - Ray Bradbury
Oscar Wilde Quotes
There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies. - Oscar Wilde
Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another. - Mahatma Gandhi
William Wordsworth Quotes
With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things. - William Wordsworth
Francis Bacon Quotes
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. - Francis Bacon
Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Arthur Conan Doyle
Isaac Asimov Quotes
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. - Isaac Asimov
Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them. - Napoleon Bonaparte
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing. - George Bernard Shaw
Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand. - Leonardo da Vinci
Confucius Quotes
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire. - Confucius
Moliere Quotes
There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live. - Moliere
William Shakespeare Quotes
Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything. - William Shakespeare
Emile M. Cioran Quotes
Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown. - Emile M. Cioran
Benjamin Franklin Quotes
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. - Benjamin Franklin
Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. - Theodore Roosevelt
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. - George Bernard Shaw
Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. - Arthur Conan Doyle
Roald Dahl Quotes
The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it. - Roald Dahl
Orson Welles Quotes
Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me. - Orson Welles
Albert Camus Quotes
Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death. - Albert Camus
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. - George Bernard Shaw
Lewis Carroll Quotes
I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then. - Lewis Carroll
Earl Nightingale Quotes
You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own "acres of diamonds." - Earl Nightingale
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. - George Bernard Shaw
Jimi Hendrix Quotes
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix
Henry David Thoreau Quotes
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. - Henry David Thoreau
Charles Lindbergh Quotes
Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand? - Charles Lindbergh
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth. - George Bernard Shaw
Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. - Napoleon Bonaparte
John Keats Quotes
The Public - a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility. - John Keats
Henry David Thoreau Quotes
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. - Henry David Thoreau
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does. - George Bernard Shaw
Agatha Christie Quotes
The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn. - Agatha Christie
Mortimer Adler Quotes
Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love. - Mortimer Adler
Wallace Stevens Quotes
Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic. - Wallace Stevens
Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? - Friedrich Nietzsche
Alexander Pope Quotes
Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor. - Alexander Pope
Francis Bacon Quotes
Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason. - Francis Bacon
Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. - Arthur Conan Doyle
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying. - George Bernard Shaw
Isaac Asimov Quotes
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' - Isaac Asimov
Buddha Quotes
Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death. - Buddha
Yogi Berra Quotes
If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot. - Yogi Berra
Sophocles Quotes
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth. - Sophocles
William Shakespeare Quotes
There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting. - William Shakespeare
Pablo Picasso Quotes
Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter? - Pablo Picasso
Emile M. Cioran Quotes
Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there. - Emile M. Cioran
Martin Luther King, Jr Quotes
The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important. - Martin Luther King, Jr
Mark Twain Quotes
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop. - Mark Twain
Martin Luther King, Jr Quotes
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. - Martin Luther King, Jr
Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends. - Benjamin Disraeli
Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness. - Mahatma Gandhi
Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Aristotle Quotes
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
Albert Camus Quotes
Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep. - Albert Camus
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. - George Bernard Shaw
John D. Rockefeller Quotes
The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets. - John D. Rockefeller
Winston Churchill Quotes
This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read. - Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill Quotes
When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin. - Winston Churchill
Alexander Pope Quotes
Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground. - Alexander Pope
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. - George Bernard Shaw
Warren Buffett Quotes
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. - Warren Buffett
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people. - George Bernard Shaw
Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay. - Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Franklin Quotes
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. - Benjamin Franklin
Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Jackie Mason Quotes
Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe. - Jackie Mason
Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name. - Theodore Roosevelt
Winston Churchill Quotes
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. - Winston Churchill
Steve Jobs Quotes
We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them. - Steve Jobs
John D. Rockefeller Quotes
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. - John D. Rockefeller
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