" Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. "

Rudyard Kipling British (Indian-born) author (1865 – 1936)

" Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy. "

Groucho Marx US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 – 1977)

" For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed. "

Clifton Fadiman US author, editor, & radio host (1904 – )

" The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. "

Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard French novelist (1844 – 1924)

" There are three rings involved with marriage. The engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering. "

Woody Allen US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 – )

" Nature made him, and then broke the mold. "

Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso Italian epic poet (1474 – 1533)

" There are two things in particular that it [the computer industry] failed to foresee: one was the coming of the Internet(…); the other was the fact that the century would end. "

Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 – 2001)

" So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence. "

Bertrand Russell British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

" To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. "

Anne-Sophie Swetchine

" A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores. "

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

" To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. "

Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

" You can complain because roses have have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. "

Ziggy

" Mental toughness is essential to success. "

Vince Lombardi US football coach (1913 – 1970)

" Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by its restrictions. Never is a long, undependable time, and life is too full of rich possibilities to have restrictions placed upon it. "

Gloria Swanson US actress (1899 – 1983)

" To generalize is to be an idiot. "

William Blake English engraver, illustrator, & poet (1757 – 1827)

" And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. "

Shakespeare

" The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world. "

George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004 43rd President of US (1946 – )

" It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. "

W. Somerset Maugham English dramatist & novelist (1874 – 1965)

" When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter. "

Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) “Other People” (1865 – 1946)

" Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. "

M. Kathleen Casey

" The art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of the citizens to give to the other. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis. "

Martha Beck, O Magazine, Growing Wings, January 2004

" The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative. "

Edward Abbey (Vox Clamans in Deserto)

" You can evade life, but you can not evade Death. "

T. S. Elliot

" You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it. "

Charles Buxton

" You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. "

James Thurber, New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 “The Bear Who Let It Alone” US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 – 1961)

" He who does not venture has no luck. "

Mexican Proverb

" An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory. "

Gary L. Francione, (American Legal Philosopher), Reaction to quote by Joseph Joubert

" I never know how much of what I say is true. "

Bette Midler US actress, comedienne, & singer (1945 – )

" Shut up he explained. "

Ring Lardner, The Young Immigrants, 1920 US author (1885 – 1933)

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