" I know no method to secure the repeal of bad, obnoxious, or unjust laws so effective as their strict execution. "

Ulysses S. Grant US general & politician (1822 – 1885)

" That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. "

Unknown Quotations by unknown authors

" I hate women because they always know where things are. "

James Thurber US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 – 1961)

" Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back–in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you. "

Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1973

" Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts. "

Clare Booth Luce US diplomat, dramatist, journalist, & politician (1903 – 1987)

" We can lie in the language of dress or try ot tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent. "

Alison Lurie

" Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing. "

Socrates, Crito,” (Plato) Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC)

" Shallow understanding accompanies poor compassion, great understanding goes with great compassion. "

Tich Nhat Han, The sun my heart

" We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can. "

Will Rogers US humorist & showman (1879 – 1935)

" Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. "

Louis-Hector Berlioz

" After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations. "

H. L. Mencken, on Shakespeare US editor (1880 – 1956)

" Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. "

Edgar Allan Poe, “Eleonora” US short story author, editor, & poet (1809 – 1849)

" I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life, than on the nature of those events themselves. "

Wilhelm von Humboldt German diplomat & philologist (1767 – 1835)

" There are tones of voices that mean more than words. "

Robert Frost US poet (1874 – 1963)

" Men want sex. If men ruled the world, they could get sex anywhere, anytime. Restaurants would give you sex instead of breath mints on the way out. Gas stations would give sex with every fill-up. Banks would give sex to anyone who opened a checking account. "

Scott Adams, The Dilbert Future US cartoonist (1957 – )

" But he who never sins can little boast
Compared to him who goes and sins no more. "

N. P. Willis

" The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other. "

David Riesman

" Religions change; beer and wine remain. "

Hervey Allen

" It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance. "

Saint Jerome church father & saint (374 AD – 419 AD)

" Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. "

Tyron Edwards

" If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things. "

Norman Douglas

" For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers. "

Homer, The Odyssey Greek epic poet (800 BC – 700 BC)

" Never lie when the truth is more profitable. "

Stanislaw J. Lec Polish writer (1909 – 1966)

" In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not. "

Marya Mannes

" Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason. "

Unknown Quotations by unknown authors

" The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows why will always be his boss. "

Diane Ravitch, quoted in “Quotable Business,” by Louis E. Boone

" Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. "

Pablo Picasso Spanish Cubist painter (1881 – 1973)

" The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death. "

Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" What force is more potent than love? "

Igor Stravinsky Russian composer in US (1882 – 1971)

" Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war . . . "

Aristophanes Greek Athenian comic dramatist (450 BC – 388 BC)

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