Read books online
at our other site:
The Literature Page

Random Quotations

The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below .

Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902)
No human thing is of serious importance.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
That’s the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.: John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
- More quotations on: [Medicine]
The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.: John Cage (1912 - 1992)
- More quotations on: [Beauty]
One of the most sublime experiences we can ever have is to wake up feeling healthy after we have been sick.: Rabbi Harold Kushner
- More quotations on: [Health]
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.: Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.: Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)
- More quotations on: [Quotations]
It's a lot like nature. You only have as many animals as the ecosystem can support and you only have as many friends as you can tolerate the bitching of.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 08-16-05
- More quotations on: [Friendship]
Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.: Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Tweek Vs. Craig, 1999
Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.: Robertson Davies
- More quotations on: [Happiness]
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
- More quotations on: [Sanity]
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- More quotations on: [Fishing]
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.: Thich Nhat Hanh
Money can't buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy.: Spike Milligan
- More quotations on: [Enemies] [Money]
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster. Your life will never be the same again.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996), The Greatest Miracle in the World
- More quotations on: [Kindness]
Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.: William Safire (1929 - )
- More quotations on: [Apathy]
Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.: Chinese Proverb
- More quotations on: [Proverbs]
A hotel isn't like a home, but it's better than being a house guest.: William Feather (1908 - 1976)