Finley Peter Dunne Famous Quotes
"Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th'ligislachure, baptizes th' young, marries th' foolish, comforts th' afflicted, afflicts th' comfortable, buries th' dead an' roasts thim aftherward."
The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
Many a man that couldn't direct you to the drug store on the corner when he was 3 will get a respectful hearing when age has further impaired his mind.
Finley Peter Dunne Quotations
"Before I was married, I had a hundred theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories."
John Wilmot
"Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Sir, I say that justice is truth in action."
Benjamin Disraeli
"Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot remember where they left things."
Woody Allen
Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
Blaise Pascal
No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth.
Francis Bacon
"Dawson Well, all I'm saying is that I want to look back and say that I did it the best I could while I was stuck in this place. Had as much fun as I could while I was stuck in this place. Played as hard as I could while I was stuck in this place. Dogged as many girls as I could while I was stuck in this place."
Dazed and Confused
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Rabindranath Tagore
"No one can possibly know what is about to happen it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time."
James Arthur Baldwin
"To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations--such is a pleasure beyond compare."
Kenko Yoshida