Quotable Quotes

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if America forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution.

Carl Sandburg, American writer

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Some seek bread; and some seek wealth and ease; and some seek fame, but all are seeking rest.

Frederick Langbridge, English clergyman and author

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History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed

Horace Walpole

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All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.


Anatole France,French Writer

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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.

Eric Hoffer, American phliosopher

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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

Bertrand Russell, English mathemaician and philosopher

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Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

henrinbergson, french philosopher

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We fear something before we hate it. A child who fears noises become a man who hates noise.

Cyril Connolly, British critic

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One has two duties-- to be worried and not to be worried.

E.M. Forster, British author

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One today is worth two tomorrows

Benjamin Franklin

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Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.

Ambrose Bierce

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When a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps; when he says perhaps, he means no; when he says no, he is no diplomat.


Anonymous

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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all.


John Cage, American Composer

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the really frightening part about middle-aged is the fact that you'll grow out of it

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Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.



Scottish journalist

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The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.



L.P. Hartley

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"A blowing wind on Christmas Day brings good luck."

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One brave deed makes no hero

John Greenleaf Whittier---American poet and essayist

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He who is learned is not wise; He who is wise is not learned.

From the Tao (dow) Te Ching, the sacred book of Taoism

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Man must rise above the Earth-- to the top of the atmosphere and beyond-- for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

Socrates, Greek philosopher