Once when I was in Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, I met a mysterious old stranger. He said he was about to die and wanted to tell someone about the treasure. I said, 'Okay, as long as it's not a long story. Some of us have a plane to catch, you know.' He stared telling his story, about the treasure and his life and all, and I thought 'This story isn't too long.' But then, he kept going, and I started thinking, 'Uh-oh, this story is getting long.' But then the story was over, and I said to myself 'You know, that story wasn't too long after all.' I forget what the story was about, but there was a good movie on the plane. It was a little long, though. (Jack Handey Deep Thoughts)
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite. (Marquis de Sade)
Assassination has never changed the history of the world. (Benjamin Disraeli)
Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be. (George Santayana)
Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. (Robert Green Ingersoll)
If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down. (Mary Pickford)
If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I will never know happiness. For I am possessed by a fever for knowledge, experience, and creation. (Anais Nin)
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. (James Russell Lowell)
The church is near, but the way is icy, The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. (Ukranian Proverb)
A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possibility that the other may be right, though neither believes it. (Don Fraser)
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. (Chuck Norris)
Everything comes if a man will only wait. (Tancred)
Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets. (Anthony Burgess)
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. (Marilyn vos Savant)
Sometimes you have to play for a long time to be able to play like yourself. (Miles Davis)
Love is a medicine for the sickness of the world a prescription often given, too rarely taken. (Dr. Karl Menninger)
Our common language is ... English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language. (William John Bennett)
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. (J. Paul Getty)
I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred. (Tom Robbins)