Some Quotes
"To achieve great things we must live as though we are never going to die."
- Marquis De Vauvenargues (1715-1747 French Moralist)
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't."
- Erica Jong (1942- American Writer, Feminist)
"Talk not of wasted affection! Affection never was wasted ...."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882 American Poet)
"Is there another life? Shall I awake and find all this a dream? There must be, we cannot be created for this sort of suffering."
- John Keats (1795-1821 English Poet)
"Question with boldness even the existence of god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826 3rd President of the United States)
"All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable."
- Fran Lebowitz (1951- American Writer, Critic, Humorist)
"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies for instance."
- John Ruskin (1819-1900 English Writer, Critic)
"The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it."
- Anthony Burgess (1917-1993 English Novelist)
"How our life has been warped by books! We are not contented with realities: we crave conclusions."
- David Grayson (1870-1946 American Journalist)
"The absurd man is he who never changes."
- Auguste Barthelemy (1796-1823 French Satirical Poet)
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself."
- Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931 Syrian Poet)
"No kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ."
- Baron De Montesquieu (1689-1755 French Political Philosopher)
"The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting."
- Fran Lebowitz (1951- American Writer, Critic, Humorist)
- Marquis De Vauvenargues (1715-1747 French Moralist)
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't."
- Erica Jong (1942- American Writer, Feminist)
"Talk not of wasted affection! Affection never was wasted ...."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882 American Poet)
"Is there another life? Shall I awake and find all this a dream? There must be, we cannot be created for this sort of suffering."
- John Keats (1795-1821 English Poet)
"Question with boldness even the existence of god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826 3rd President of the United States)
"All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable."
- Fran Lebowitz (1951- American Writer, Critic, Humorist)
"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies for instance."
- John Ruskin (1819-1900 English Writer, Critic)
"The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it."
- Anthony Burgess (1917-1993 English Novelist)
"How our life has been warped by books! We are not contented with realities: we crave conclusions."
- David Grayson (1870-1946 American Journalist)
"The absurd man is he who never changes."
- Auguste Barthelemy (1796-1823 French Satirical Poet)
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself."
- Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931 Syrian Poet)
"No kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ."
- Baron De Montesquieu (1689-1755 French Political Philosopher)
"The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting."
- Fran Lebowitz (1951- American Writer, Critic, Humorist)