Anonymous Famous Quotes
Dare to be wise.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Plan more than you can do, then do it."
"If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price."
"If for a tranquil mind you seek, These things observe with care Of whom you speak, to whom you speak, And how, and when and where."
Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.
Don't let yourself forget what it's like to be sixteen.
A magician pulls rabbits out of hats. An experimental psychologist pulls habits out of rats.
Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.
By courage I repel adversity.
Liberals are very broadminded they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side.
The best defense against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes off.
No man deserves punishment for his thoughts.
Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.
Tis the advisor who suffers from bad advice.
It is light grief that can take counsel.
May no portent of evil be attached to the words I say.
"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better."
"There are no thanks for a kindness, which has been delayed."
Life is a sexually transmitted disease.
I am a Marxist--of the Groucho tendency.
Write a wise saying and your name will live forever
Any piece of clothing can be sexy with a quietly passionate woman inside it.
You add insult to injury.
To harken to evil conversation is the road to wickedness..
To him that you tell your secret you resign your liberty.
"Alas my love you do me wrong, To cast me of discurteously And I have loved you so long, Delighting in your company."
God is not dead but alive and well and working on a much less ambitious project.
"Unity in things necessary, liberty in things doubtful, charity in everything."
"Whatever you undertake, act with prudence, and consider the consequences."
Anonymous Quotations
"Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men."
Confucius
"Frank I'd known her for years. We used to go to all the police functions together. Ah, how I loved her, but she had her music. I think she had her music. She'd hang out with the Chicago Male Chorus and Symphony. I don't recall her playing an instrument or be able to carry a tune. Yet she was on the road 300 days of the year. In fact I bought her a harp for christmas. She asked me what it was."
Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad
"Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute."
Cicero
I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.
Edward Gibbon
"Don't run too far, you will have to return the same distance."
Biblical Proverb
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Vince Lombardi
"Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge."
Fritz Perls
"A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight."
Robertson Davies
"The crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a perparation for his future career."
Albert Einstein
"When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me."
W Somerset Maugham