Jun 22, 2006 17:23
And now, time for some of my favorite quotes:
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven."
-John Milton
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
-Voltaire
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."
-Oscar Wilde
"If we do not find something pleasant, at least we shall find something new."
-Voltaire
"Every experience carries its lesson."
-Frank Herbert
"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
-Mark Twain
"The greatest barrier for learning is the thought of knowing."
-Frank Herbert
"Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much."
-Oscar Wilde
"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please."
-Mark Twain
"It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away."
-Charles Dickens
"This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in."
-Charles Dickens
"Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company."
-Mark Twain
"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints."
-Billy Joel
"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
-Mark Twain
"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."
-Charles Dickens
"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."
-Mark Twain
"I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough."
-Mark Twain
"It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce."
-Voltaire
"Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument."
-Voltaire
"It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense."
-Mark Twain
"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry."
-Mark Twain
"Never put off 'till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."
-Mark Twain
"Sometimes too much drink is barely enough."
-Mark Twain
"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."
-Mark Twain
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
-Mark Twain
"There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist."
-Mark Twain
"Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative."
-Oscar Wilde
"Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one."
-Oscar Wilde
"There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."
-Oscar Wilde
"Life is too important to be taken seriously."
-Oscar Wilde
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
-Oscar Wilde
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
-Walt Disney
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
-Walt Disney
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."
-Walt Disney