I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton
Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard. ~Anne Sexton
As Geography without History seemeth a carkasse without motion; so History without Geography wandreth as a Vagrant without a certaine habitation. ~John Smith
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. ~Frank Herbert, Dune Chronicles
The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders. ~Foster's Law
Ophelia: 'Tis brief, my lord.
A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction. ~Oscar Wilde
Where is the good in goodbye? ~Meredith Willson, The Music Man
Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath. ~Eve Glicksman Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate? ~Will Rogers Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate? ~Will Rogers
Don't wear perfume in the garden - unless you want to be pollinated by bees. ~Anne Raver
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. ~Jean Cocteau
The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples. ~Walter Lippman
Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. ~Benjamin Franklin
Laughter is an orgasm triggered by the intercourse of sense and nonsense. ~Author Unknown
A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. ~Golda Meir
The mists remain of the false glory that erupts from history. ~Miguel de Unamuno, En Gredos
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay. ~Martin Luther
Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing. ~Walt Kelly
There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography. ~Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin: Psychology, 1973
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. ~C. Northcote Parkinson, 1958
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. ~William Temple
It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball. ~Pete Sampras It's only a matter of inches, but skipping gets me just that much closer to heaven. ~Jessi Lane Adams
The historian has been the hearth at which the soul of the country has been kept alive. ~John Morley, Notes on Politics and History
The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through eternity. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe