Elmer Wheeler Famous Quotes



"The real wit tells jokes to make others feel superior, while the half-wit tells them to make others feel small."


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"The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible."
Albert Einstein

"In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
Dorothy Parker

The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness.
Susan Sarandon

Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist.
Harrison Ford

"Fear God, and your enemies will fear you."
Benjamin Franklin

"Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do."
Shaquille ONeal

Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.
George Goethals

Engineering is an activity other than purely manual and physical work which brings about the utilization of the materials and laws of nature for the good of humanity.
R E Hellmund

"Fear not, provided you fear but if you fear not, then fear."
Blaise Pascal