Read books online
at our other site:
The Literature Page

Random Quotations

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

Anybody who has doubts about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.: George Meany
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.: Rita Mae Brown
- More quotations on: [Instinct]
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.: Chuck Sigars, The World According to Chuck weblog, October 14, 2003
- More quotations on: [Happiness] [Joy] [Neighbors]
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.: Michael J. Fox (1961 - ), quoted by Lorne A. Adrain in 'The Most Important Thing I Know'
- More quotations on: [Perfection] [Excellence]
Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.: Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
- More quotations on: [Talent]
All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- More quotations on: [Lies]
I suppose no matter what I'm drawing, there will always be some sort of question in my mind about it. A work of art (even cartoon art)is never really finished; it is abandoned.: Brooke McEldowney, Pibgorn commentary, 03-31-05
- More quotations on: [Art]
I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.: Emo Phillips, Neuropsychology: Clinical and Experimental Foundations
Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.: Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.: Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
- More quotations on: [Art] [Painting]
Everyone has his burden; what counts is how you carry it.: Joe Brown and David Brown
There is no such thing as "fun for the whole family.": Jerry Seinfeld (1954 - )
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897)
- More quotations on: [Temptation] [Cowardice]
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
The greatest danger to our future is apathy.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
- More quotations on: [Apathy]
The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.: Martha Graham (1894 - 1991)
- More quotations on: [Body]
I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.: Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)
No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it.: Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000)
No good deed goes unpunished.: Clare Booth Luce (1903 - 1987), in H. Faber, The Book of Laws, 1980