Read books online
at our other site:
The Literature Page

Random Quotations

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

Partake of some of life's sweet pleasures. And yes, get comfortable with yourself.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.: Henri-Frédéric Amiel
- More quotations on: [Work] [Talent]
One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
It's better to be a company than to work for a company.: Jim Coudal, Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, sc. 1
- More quotations on: [Love]
Charity sees the need not the cause.: German Proverb
- More quotations on: [Charity] [Proverbs]
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
- More quotations on: [Brain] [Morning]
You have to accept the plan and realize that if you slip, and you might, you can’t use that as a reason to give up or stop.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
- More quotations on: [Faith]
Youth isn't always all it's touted to be.: Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, 1999
- More quotations on: [Children] [Youth]
There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.: Sylvia Plath (1932 - 1963), The Bell Jar, 1963
Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousand of miles and all the years you have lived.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
Advertisements... contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letter to Nathaniel Macon, January 12, 1819
- More quotations on: [Journalism] [Advertising]
One day the factory sports coach, who was very strict, pointed at four boys, including me, and ordered us to run in a race. I protested that I was weak and not fit to run, but the coach sent me for a physical examination and the doctor said that I was perfectly well. So I had to run, and when I got started I felt I wanted to win. But I only came in second. That was the way it started.: Emil Zatopek
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- More quotations on: [Belief]
Holding onto anger is like grasping onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned.: Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC)
That is not what Geek means to me. We are more than the hobbies that we do or the things that we like. To me, Geek means an outsider, a rebel, a dreamer, a creator, a fighter. It's a person who dares to love something that isn't conventional.: Felicia Day, Geek and Sundry, State of the Sundry, 03-25-13
The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.: Anita Roddick, A Revolution in Kindness, 2003
- More quotations on: [Kindness]
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.: Beverly Sills (1929 - )
- More quotations on: [Failure]
I want to believe in intelligent design, and hence I am suspicious of anything that seems to confirm my desire to believe.: James Lileks, The Bleat web log, September 15, 2003
- More quotations on: [God]