funny quotes and phrases

A sister smiles when one tells one's stories - for she knows where the decoration has been added. ~Chris Montaigne



The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the poem and throw the poem away than he is of the sentimentalist who says, "Oh, just let me enjoy the poem." ~Robert Penn Warren, "The Themes of Robert Frost," Hopwood Lecture, 1947



Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. ~Erich Fromm



Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990



The fact, in short, is that freedom, to be meaningful in an organized society must consist of an amalgam of hierarchy of freedoms and restraints. ~Samuel Hendel



Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe



He who gives when he is asked has waited too long. ~Sunshine Magazine



The astrologer who spells the stars, mistakes his globes, and in her bright eye interprets heaven's physiognomies. ~John Cleveland



Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Cherokee Indian Proverb



Love does not care to define and is never in a hurry to do so. ~Charles du Bos



This is California. Blondes are like the state flower or something. ~From the television show Beverly Hills 90210, spoken by the character Steve Sanders



May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country! ~Daniel Webster



Did you ever stop to taste a carrot? Not just eat it, but taste it? You can't taste the beauty and energy of the earth in a Twinkie. ~Astrid Alauda



Why, then the world's mine oyster, which I with sword will open. ~William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor



In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. ~Thomas Jefferson



You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice. ~Steven D. Woodhull



Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don't depend on it. ~Author Unknown



During a campaign the air is full of speeches - and vice versa. ~Author Unknown



Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon - the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it. ~Lord Byron