Saturday, 31 January 2015

Quote Worthy


Sometimes you got to shut up, swallow your pride and accept that you’re wrong. It’s not giving up. It’s called growing up. - Unknown 

Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset. - Ann Landers

The person who knows "how" will always have a job. The person who knows "why" will always be his boss. - Diane Ravitch

Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great ones. - Duc de La Rochefoucauld

People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don't consider it servitude. - Ann Landers

A man may fall many times, but he won't be a failure until he says that someone pushed him. - Elmer G. Letterman

Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste your life, or master your time and master your life. - Alan Lakein

Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen. - Louis L''Amour

Never answer a hypothetical question. - Moshe Arens

The harder you fall, the higher you bounce. - Horatius

The more I see the less I know for sure. - John Lennon

One man with courage is a majority. - Andrew Jackson

Every exit is an entry somewhere else. - Tom Stoppard

Friday, 30 January 2015

Friends - Quotes


Best friends are people, who make your problem their problem just so you don’t have to go through them alone. - Unknown

For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother. - Homer

One best book is equal to equal to hundred good friends, a good friend is equal to a library. - Chris Bradford

True friends will always push you towards the great possibilities of your future. False friends will always chain you to the mistakes in your past. - Seth Brown

You don’t lose friends, because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends, and you’re better for it. - Mandy Hale

True friends are like diamonds; they are real and rare. false friends are like leaves; they are scattered everywhere. - Unknown

True friends accept us as we are while simultaneously cheering us along our road to improvement. - Unknown

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. Douglas Pagels

A true friend accepts who you are, but also helps you to become who you should be. - Unknown

You want your friend to rest in peace. Your friend wants you to live in peace. - J Bishop

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you! - Elbert Hubbard

I would rather walk with a freind in the dark, then alone in the light. - Helen Keller

A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. - Heather Pryor

A single rose can be my garden,a single friend my world. - Leo Buscaglia 

Friends understand us in a way the world never does. - Unknown

i get by with a little help from my friends. - John Lennon

Best friends listen to what you don't say. - Unknown

Thursday, 29 January 2015

Quote Worthy


The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world. - Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

Sometimes we have to stop looking at our problems and start appreciating how beautiful our lives have become. - Unknown

There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent. - Unknown 

It’s funny how everybody considers honesty a virtue, yet no one wants to hear the truth. - Unknown

Open your mouth only if what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence. - Arabic Proverb

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. - Thomas Merton

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him. - Arnold Schopenhauer

See through the eyes of compassion. Speak with the language of love. - Rumi

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough. - T.S. Eliot

The best view comes after the hardest climb. - Unknown

Let goodness go with the doing. - Marcus Aurelius

The fool wanders, a wise man travels. - Thomas Fuller

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Quote Worthy


My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier. - Anthony Hopkins

Never regret anything that has happened in your life. It cannot be changed, undone or forgotten. So take it as a lesson learned and move on. - Unknown

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. - Helen Keller

The pain will not go away by getting angry or bitter, it will go away when you learn to accept life’s challenges with grace and ease. - Leon Brown

Two things to remember in life. Take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take care of your words when you are with people. - Unknown

When you have done something wrong, admit it and be sorry. No one in history has ever choked to death from swallowing his pride. - Unknown

Sometimes you don’t realize the weight of something you’ve been carrying until you feel the weight of its release. - Unknown

You can’t fatten the pig on market day. - John Howard

A crooked log makes a straight fire. - George Herbert

What some invent, the rest enlarge. - Jonathan Swift

Look within!. . . The secret is inside you. - Hui Neng

No one can disgrace us but ourselves. - Josh Billings

Monday, 26 January 2015

Humorous Quotes


Quotes which are funny, ironical, quirky, some of which are also profoundly true.

The applause of silence is the only kind that counts. - Alfred Jarry

The art galleries of Paris contain the finest collection of frames I ever saw. - Humphrey Davy

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. - Konrad Adenauer

The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle. - Unknown

The best careers advice to give to the young is ‘Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.’ - Katherine Whitehorn

The best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well. - Alfred Hitchcock

The best defence against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes off. - Unknown

The best doctor is the veterinarian. He can’t ask his patients what is the matter - he’s got to just know. - Will Rogers

The bigger they come, the harder they fall. - Robert Fitzsimmons’ remark before boxing match

The bonds of matrimony are only a good investment when the interest is kept up. - Unknown

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office. - Robert Frost

The cannon thunders... limbs fly in all directions... one can hear the groans of victims and the howling of those performing the sacrifice... it's Humanity in search of happiness. - Charles Baudelaire

The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knowness. - Daniel Boorstin

The chickens have come home to roost. - Jane Sherwood Ace

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Sunday, 25 January 2015

Q & A


What do you call ten rabbits marching backwards?
A receding hareline.

Why were the Indians in America first?
They had reservations.

How does Moses make his tea?
Hebrews it.

How do you make holy water?
Boil the hell out of it!

What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?
A thesaurus.

What does a clock do when it's hungry?
It goes back four seconds

how can you tell when a man is well hung?
When you can just barely slip your finger in between his neck and the noose.

How does a man show he's planning for the future?
He buys two cases of beer instead of one.

What makes a man think about a candlelight dinner?
A power failure?

What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is every night?
A widow.

When do you care for a man's company?
When he owns it.

Did you miss me?
With every bullet, so far.

What did one ocean say to the other ocean?
Nothing: They just waved.

Do any of your relatives suffer from mental illness?
No … they all seem to enjoy it!

Saturday, 24 January 2015

Quote Worthy


Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it. - Duc de La Rochefoucauld

There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown. - Napoleon Hill

Be around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant influence. - Jim Rohn

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in life. - Jean Paul Richter

The cells in your body react to everything your mind says. Negativity brings your immune system down. - Unknown 

It is not sufficient to have great qualities; we must be able to make good use of them. - Duc de La Rochefoucauld

Sometimes, I simply need to remind myself that I don’t have to do what everyone else is doing. - Unknown 

The way you look at things either sets you free or makes you a prisoner of your own mind. - Unknown 

Sometimes it’s not the strength but gentles that cracks the hardest shells. - Richard Paul Evans

Two monologues do not make a dialogue. - Jeff Daly

They think too little who talk to much. - John Dryden 

One learns to itch where one can scratch. - Scott Reed

In the long run, a short cut seldom is. - Malcom Forbes

Friday, 23 January 2015

Life - Quotes


In life, you will realize that there is a role for everyone you meet. Some will test you, some will use you, some will love you, and some will teach you. But, the ones that are important are the ones who bring out the best in you. They’re the rare and amazing people who remind you why it’s worth it. - Unknown

You need to see that life is not always perfect. We will not always get what we want. And though it hurts a lot, what should have happened, happened. Who should have left, left and whatever is thrown you off course will always bring you to where it is you need to be. - Unknown 

Our lives will start getting better once we let go of the people, places, and things that hurt us in our past, and forgive ourselves for the bridges we burned. - Antonie Crowley

Life is so ironic. It takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate silence, and absence to value presence. - Unknown

Some days my life is nothing more than a beautiful contradiction of everything I want it to be. Still I am grateful. - L. F. Pollock

Our lives are story books that we write for ourselves; wonderfully illustrated by the people we meet. - Unknown

Life is a great tapestry. The individual is only an insignificant thread in an immense and miraculous pattern. - Albert Einstein

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere. - Unknown 

No matter how hard life can get, go to bed grateful you still have one. - Unknown

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw

There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. - Unknown

Life is all about how we see things. - Unknown

Life is short – you better get started. - Guy Clark

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Quote Worthy


At times when it seems like your life is not going the way you anticipated, it just may be that things are actually falling into place and you can’t quite see the big picture … yet! - Sherri Bishop

Be happy, be who you want to be. If others don’t like it, let them be. As the saying goes, happiness is a choice. Life isn’t about pleasing everybody! - Unknown 

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something. - Unknown 

Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Sometimes what you are most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free. - Robert Tew

If it’s not yours, don’t take it. If it’s not true, don’t say it. If it’s not right, don’t do it. - Unknown 

A single rose can be my garden ... a single friend, my world. - Leo Buscaglia 

Everything was impossible until someone did it. - Unknown 

Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today. - Cherokee

A man is not good or bad for one action. - Thomas Fuller

He that knows nothing doubts nothing. - George Herbert

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Spiritual - Quotes


Make no mistake about it – enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. Its seeing through the façade of pretence. It’s the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true. - Adyashanti

If the whole world is holding on to you and you are not holding on to anything, then you are free. Let everything come and hold you, but you are not holding anything. That’s how you leave the mind and enter freedom. - Mooji

Everything on Earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian Theory of Existence. - Morning Dove Salish

Your soul always knows what to do to heal your body and your mind. You must listen to your intuition and follow instructions. - Caroline Myss

When you awaken… It’s not about seeing different things in life. It’s about seeing the things in your life differently. - Rhonda Hendricks

To study The Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things. - Dogen

Your spiritual journey is the kindness and assistance that you extend to whomever you meet. - Elizabeth Gilbert

Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen to your heart, it knows. - Native American Proverb

Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity. - Lao Tzu

Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Quote Worthy


To try and fail, then try again and fail again, they’ll call  you stubborn. To try and fail, then try again and succeed, they’ll call you determined. While they’re busy calling you names, you’re busy improving. - Doza

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. - Leo Buscaglia 

Cry as much as you want to, but make sure when you’re finished, you never cry for the same reason again. - Wiz Khalifa

If you are in a bad situation, do not worry, it will change. If you are in a good situation, do not worry it will change. - Unknown

Every encounter, every misstep, every second of our day contains something that serves a purpose. - Panache Desai

Having a soulmate is not always about romance. You can find your soulmate in a friendship too. - Unknown 

Sometimes, not saying anything is the best answer. You see, silence can never misquoted. - Unknown 

If you don’t understand my silence, how will you understand my words? - Unknown 

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. - Steve Jobs

Sometimes we just need to change our perspective. - Unknown 

No man is demolished but by himself. - Richard Bently

Enquire not what boils in another’s pot. - Thomas Fuller

Monday, 19 January 2015

Humorous Quotes


Quotes which are funny, ironical, quirky, some of which are also profoundly true.

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. - Katharine Hepburn 

Sometimes you got to play the role of a fool to fool the fool who thinks they are fooling you. - Unknown

Sometimes you have to burn the bridges to keep the crazies from following you. - Unknown

Stubbornness does have its helpful features. You always know what you are going to be thinking tomorrow. - Glen Beaman

Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me... I quit." -  Bill Maher

Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational – but how much does it cost you to knock on wood? - Unknown

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn’t be any fun living in it. - Josh Billings

Television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn’t have in your home. - David Frost

Television has brought murder back into the home – where it belongs. - Alfred Hitchcock

Television is a device that permits people who haven’t anything to do to watch people who can’t do anything. - Fred Allen

Television is a vehicle that permits people who haven’t anything to do to watch people who can’t do anything. - Fred Allen

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man. - Helen Rowland

That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing. - Pliny The Younger

That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public. - John Stuart Mil

The advantage of modern means of communication is they enable you to worry about things in all of the world. - Unknown

Sunday, 18 January 2015

Questions, Questions, Questions...


Why do supermarkets make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?

Why do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in our driveways and put our useless junk in the garage?

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Why do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters?

Why do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke?

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again? - A. A. Milne

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

Why is it that doctors and attorneys call what they do ‘practice’?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why don’t you ever see the headline ‘Psychic Wins Lottery’?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

Why isn’t there mouse-flavoured cat food?

Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?

Why is ‘abbreviated’ such a long word?

Saturday, 17 January 2015

Quote Worthy


It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labours of peace. - Andre Gide

Do not think what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach. - Unknown

You have got to stand for something or you are going to fall for anything. Be bold in what you stand for and careful what you fall for. - Unknown

Rain puts a hole in stone because of its constancy, not its force. I just kept knocking on doors until the right one opened. - H. Joseph Gerber

When you are transitioning to a new season of life, the people and situations that no longer fit you will fall away. - Mandy Hale

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. - Unknown

If moral behavior were simply following rules, we could program a computer to be moral. - Samuel P. Ginder

Sometimes, you just need a break. In a beautiful place, alone, to figure everything out. - Unknown 

It is never too late to be what you might have been. - George Eliot

You never have to chase what wants to stay. - Unknown

It is impossible to say just what I mean! - TS Eliot

Sometimes the best gain is to lose. - George Herbert

The resolved mind hath no cares. - George Herbert

Friday, 16 January 2015

How Whales Changed Climate


An interesting short film on whales and the climate by Sustainable Human


Copy and paste the link if clicking on it doesn't work.

Thursday, 15 January 2015

Quote Worthy


There can be no end to the process of self-discovery if we are continually learning, growing and changing. Knowing oneself is a process, not a goal. - Unknown

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing. - Charles Schaefer

The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us. - Seigneur De Saint-Evremond

Anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, he can make anything he wants to make of himself. - Willie Shoemaker

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Find out what works for you. You have got to find the force inside you. - Unknown

Tranquility is a certain quality of mind which no condition of fortune can either exalt or depress. - Seneca

Tolerance means excusing the mistakes others make. Tact means not noticing them. - Arthur Schnitzler

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord. - Sallust

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity. - Doug Horton

Do not seek storms. They will find you. - Sterling G. Ellsworth

If your ship does not come in, swim out to it. - Jonathan Winters

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. - Hal Borland

The only way to pass a test is to take the test. - Marlo Morgan 

Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Quote Worthy


Either they like you or they don’t. Never try to convince somebody of your worth. If a person doesn’t appreciate you, they don’t deserve you. Respect yourself and be with people who truly value ‘you’. - Brigitte Nicole

There are things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, and people we can’t live without but have to let go. - Unknown 

All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others. - Shantideva

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true. The other is to refuse to accept what is true. - Soren Kierkegaard

Using someone else’s ruler to measure your self-worth will always leave you short. - Unknown 

It’s better to know and be disappointed than to never know and always wonder. - Unknown 

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. - Mother Teresa

When it is dark enough, men see the stars. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

All rising to great place is by a winding stair. - Francis Bacon

Simplicity is the nature of great souls. - Papa Ramadas

Gray skies are just clouds passing over. - Duke Ellington

A thief believes everybody steals. - E.W. Howe

Monday, 12 January 2015

Humorous Quotes


Quotes which are funny, ironical, quirky, some of which are also profoundly true.

Some folk want their luck buttered. - Thomas Hardy

Some folks are wise, and some are otherwise. - Tobias Smollett

Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable. - Kin Hubbard

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. - Thomas Fuller

Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once. - Unknown

Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong. - George Carlin

Some people aren’t just missing a screw. They’re missing the whole tool box. - Unknown

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week. - William Dean Howells

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. - Gordon R. Dickson

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that. - George Carlin

Some people think of the glass as half full. Some people think of the glass as half empty. I think of the glass as too big. - George Carlin

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. - Laurence Peter

Some women blush when they are kissed, some call for the police, some swear, some bite. But the worst are those who laugh. - Helen Rowland

Something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. - Mark Twain on the definition of a classic

Sunday, 11 January 2015

10 Things Not To Say To An Artist Or Crafter


1. I’ll just get my friend to make me one of those.

2. You know what you should make …

3. Do I get a price break if I buy two?

4. I can make that myself.

5. Why does it cost so much?

6. How do  you make this?

7. Will  you donate your artwork to our event? We can’t pay you, but it will be great exposure.

8. My nine-year-old makes this kind of stuff too.

9. Kids, this is what happens if you don’t go to college.

10. I can buy that at Walmart for $3.99.

Saturday, 10 January 2015

Quote Worthy


Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. - Franklin Pierce Adams

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to. - Kahlil Gibran
   
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once and a while, or the light won't come in. - Alan Alda

Courage creates opportunities where non-existed before. But action is needed to translate these opportunities into wealth. - Unknown

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge. - Henry Van Dyke

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience. - Mahatma Gandhi
  
Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. - Alexandre Dumas

When the chips are down, dip into your resources – you have more than you think! - Unknown

Storms make oaks take deeper root. - George Herbert

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness. - Thomas Wolfe

Never let yesterday use up too much of today. - Will Rogers

Love all, Trust a few, Do wrong to none. - Shakespeare

Practice is the best of all instructors. - Publilius Syrus

Thursday, 8 January 2015

Quote Worthy


The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Unknown

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. - Henry Ford

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in. - Napoleon Bonaparte

In the end, it is the person you become, not the things you have achieved, that is the most important. - Les Brown

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. - Charles Colton 

In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. - Daniel L. Reardon

Sometimes you have to move on without certain people. If they’re meant to be in your life, they’ll catch up. - Unknown

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race. - William E. Gladstone

In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher. - Dalai Lama

Tolerance is the oil which takes the friction out of life. - Wilbert E. Scheer

To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation. - Georg C. Lichtenberg

He who would have fruit must climb the tree. - Thomas Fuller

Invention is the mother of necessity. - Thorstein Veblen

Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses. - Ovid

They should rule who are able to rule best. - Aristotle

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Food For Thought


Once you accept, embrace and completely own the incredible being you were born to be, you will discover in the depths of your very soul the power you’ve had all along to express and claim your own unique brand of brilliance. - Sherri Bishop

May the sun bring you new energy by day; may the moon softly restore you by night; may the rain wash away your worries; may the breeze blow new strength into your being; May you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life. - Apache Blessing

Quit the endless worrying about the future. The way you get through life is one day at a time; even one hour at a time or one moment at  a time. You can find, create or notice one good moment. A good moment in a bad day counts. Begin with this moment, and make it count. - Bryant McGill

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Quote Worthy


If love blinds you from seeing the faults of the one you love, then hatred blinds you from seeing the good things in the one you hate. - Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Marzuq

When you are truly comfortable with who you are, not everybody will like you. But you won’t care about it one bit. - Unknown 

There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing. - Khalil Gibran

The reason why you fail, is because you trade what you want most, for what you want at the moment. - Unknown 

We probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. - Olin Miller

You’ll never get what you truly deserve if you remain attached to what you’re supposed to let go of. - Unknown 

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. - Adlai E. Stevenson

There was never yet a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. - Benjamin Franklin

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. -Stephen Covey

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. - Unknown

Maybe it’s not about the happy ending. Maybe it’s about the story. - Unknown 

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. - George Carlin

Inequality is the root of social evil. - Pope Francis

Monday, 5 January 2015

Humorous Quotes


Quotes which are funny, ironical, quirky, some of which are also profoundly true.

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may whet my mind and say something clever. - Aristophanes

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.  - Sir Arthur Helps

Religion is a great force - the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get at a man through his own religion and not through yours. - George Bernard Shaw

Reproof on her lips, but a smile in her eye. - Samuel Lover 

Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you. - Austin O'Malley

Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. - H. L. Mencken 

Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable. - Bobby Bragan

Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying what we know. - Cullen Hightower

Scientists say the world is made up of Protons, Neutrons and Electrons. Hell, they forgot to mention Morons. - Unknown

See the happy moron. He doesn’t give a damn. I wish I were a moron. My God! Perhaps I am. - Anonymous

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise. - Robert Heinlein

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres. - John Dryden 

She was always pleased to have him come and never sorry to see him go. - Dorothy Parker

Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation. - Norman Augustine

So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish that he did not only sigh but roar. - Matthew Henry