George Farquhar Famous Quotes
"We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it."
George Farquhar Quotations
Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.
Anthony Burgess
"A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study but war and it organization and discipline, for that is the only art that is necessary to one who commands."
Niccolo Machiavelli
Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.
Phillips Brooks
Money There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
Sophocles
Let's have some new cliches.
Samuel Goldwyn
"To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again."
David Viscott
I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers. Go ahead-make my day.
Ronald Reagan
"There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better we find comfort somewhere."
Jane Austen
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
Diogenes
"Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go."
James Arthur Baldwin