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If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Ben Franklin

added by JacksonK45
14 years ago

A democracy is two wolves and a small lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb contesting the vote. (Misattributed)

Benjamin Franklin

added by acronimous
14 years ago

God is not merely interested in the freedom of brown men, yellow men, red men and black men. He is interested in the freedom of the whole human race.

Martin Luther King Jr.

added by frogmorton
14 years ago

If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book...

Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning

added by dale_g
14 years ago

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.

Roland Barthes, Esprit

added by acronimous
14 years ago

You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

Homer Simpson

added by acronimous
14 years ago

There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.

Russian proverb

added by acronimous
14 years ago

Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself.

Ralph Waldo Trine

added by rinat
14 years ago

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

Dr. Hans Selye

added by acronimous
14 years ago

90 percent of the people in the stock market, professionals and amateurs alike, simply haven't done enough homework.

William J. O'Neil

added by paul8539
15 years ago

This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap. Being a force of Nature, instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

George Bernard Shaw

added by scott_j
15 years ago

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them -- that's the essense of inhumanity.

George Bernard Shaw

added by acronimous
15 years ago

The only reward of virtue is virtue -- the only way to have a friend is to be one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

added by acronimous
15 years ago

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…

Ralph Waldo Emerson

added by acronimous
15 years ago

What government is the best -- That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Johann von Goethe

added by acronimous
15 years ago

Golf has too much walking to be a good game, and just enough game to spoil a good walk.

Harry Leon Wilson

added by modulus204
15 years ago

A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

added by modulus204
15 years ago

To handle yourself, use your head -- To handle others, use your heart.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

added by acronimous
15 years ago

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

added by frogmorton
15 years ago

Take this kiss upon the brow and, in parting from you now, thus much let me avow -- you are not wrong who deem that my days have been a dream yet if hope has flown away in a night, or in a day, in a vision, or in none, is it therefore the less gone all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Edgar Allan Poe

added by acronimous
15 years ago

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon-no alternative.

Golda Meir

added by acronimous
15 years ago

Earth is 98 percent full. Please delete anyone you can.

Anonymous

added by paul8539
15 years ago

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes, he who loves no one has no woes.

Buddha

added by acronimous
15 years ago

Judge Smails: It’s easy to grin / When your ship comes in / And you’ve got the stock market beat. / But the man worthwhile, / Is the man who can smile, / When his shorts aren’t too tight in the seat.

CaddyShack

added by acronimous
15 years ago

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