cute quotes for life

People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God. ~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.



It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. ~Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Following the Equator, 1897



Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything. ~Giacomo Leopardi, Zibaldone Scelto



Dreams are nature's answering service - don't forget to pick up your messages once in a while. ~Sarah Crestinn



Imaginary gardens with real toads in them. ~Marianne Moore's definition of poetry, "Poetry," Collected Poems, 1951



In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. ~Larry Lorenzoni



Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. ~John Perry Barlow



Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake. ~Author Unknown



Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway. ~Mary Kay Ash



The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. ~William James



Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake. ~Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A.A. Milne



Most people know more about their congressmen via smear campaigns than they know about their own neighbor via conversations, and a lot of people know more about Britney Spears via tabloids than they know about their own congressmen via voting booklets. Does anyone else see the problem here? ~Brock Fiant



Oh, one world at a time! ~Henry David Thoreau, when asked about afterlife



Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work. ~Mark Twain



Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure. ~Bill Clinton



Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. ~Anne Bradstreet



Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. ~Tobias Smollett



I haven't lost my mind; I have a tape back-up somewhere. ~Author Unknown



What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn! ~Logan Pearsall Smith