Richard Willard Armour Famous Quotes



Middle age is the time of life that a man first notices in his wife.

"It's all right to hold a conversation, but you should let go of it now and then."

"He who cannot rest, cannot work he who cannot let go, cannot hold on he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward."

Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.


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The best ideas are common property.
Seneca

"The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think."
Horace Walpole

"A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even ... without any hope of doing it well."
Oliver Herford

I know all except myself.
Francois Villon

"The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows."
Plato

I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran.
Andrew A Rooney

You have to laugh at yourself because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't.
Emily Saliers

Praise the bridge that carried you over.
George Colman

"I wish I lived back in the Old West days, because I'd save up my money for about twenty years so I could buy a solid-gold pick. Then I'd go out west and start digging for gold. When someone came up and asked what I was doing, I'd say, 'Looking for gold, ya durn fool.' He'd say, 'Your pick is gold.' And I'd say, 'well, that was easy.' Good joke, huh"
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts

"When he is best, he is a little worse than a man and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast."
William Shakespeare