Random Quotations

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We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
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Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
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Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959), quoted in his obituary, April 9, 1959
I have a problem about being nearly sixty: I keep waking up in the morning and thinking I'm thirty-one.
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Elizabeth Janeway, Between Myth and Morning, 1974
Reading is no substitute for action.
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Colleen Wainwright, Communicatrix, 07-26-08
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
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Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
Millions of words are written annually purporting to tell how to beat the races, whereas the best possible advice on the subject is found in the three monosyllables: 'Do not try.'
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Dan Parker
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
Nothing’s better than the wind to your back, the sun in front of you, and your friends beside you.
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Aaron Douglas Trimble
I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.
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George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.
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David Letterman (1947 - )
My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature.
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Jane Goodall (1934 - )
After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said, 'No hablo ingles.'
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Ronnie Shakes
It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it.
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Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870), Statement at the Battle of Fredericksburg (13th December 1862)
A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.
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John Tudor
I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.
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Lisa Alther, Kinflicks, 1975
Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are.
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Amy Bloom
Acting like someone you're not is exactly what it takes to realize you're capable of more than you ever knew.
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Rob Sheridan, Mad Love, The Young and The Reckless, 2011
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
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Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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