A gambler is nothing but a man who makes his living out of hope. ~William Bolitho
I went to a general store but they wouldn't let me buy anything specific. ~Steven Wright
Whatever the American's are proud of - whatever they consider to be particularly good, useful, brilliant, or characteristic of themselves or their climate, they designate, half in jest, though scarcely half in earnest, as an "institution." Thus the memory of George Washington... is an institution; the Falls of Niagara are an institution; the Plymouth Rock, on which the Pilgrim Fathers first set foot, is an institution...; "Sweet potatoes" are an institution, and Pumpkin (or Punkin) pie is an institution; ...squash is an institution; Bunker Hill is an institution; and the firemen of New York are a great institution. ~Charles Mackay, Life and Liberty in America, 1850
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. ~Winston Churchill
The cool thing about free will is that even if one has a huge bag of karma there is still a lot of free will for all those souls coming into the world. ~Kuan Yin
True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories. ~Florence King
Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next. ~Franklin P. Jones
Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, comrades and friends - but only one mother in the whole world. ~Kate Douglas Wiggin
A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. ~John Muir
An appeal... is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court. ~Finley Peter Dunne
One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince, 1943, translated from French by Richard Howard
An optimist is someone who figures that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's the bluebird of happiness. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
We learn geology the morning after the earthquake. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life, 1860
In some cases nonviolence requires more militancy than violence. ~Cesar Chavez
For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place. ~Maya Angelou
The tears of the red, yellow, black, brown and white man are all the same. ~Martin H. Fischer
Love, love, love - all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures. ~Germaine Greer
I will love the light for it shows me the way. Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. Og Mandino
I came out for exercise, gentle exercise, and to notice the scenery and to botanise. And no sooner do I get on that accursed machine than off I go hammer and tongs; I never look to right or left, never notice a flower, never see a view - get hot, juicy, red - like a grilled chop. Get me on that machine and I have to go. I go scorching along the road, and cursing aloud at myself for doing it. ~H.G. Wells, The Wheels of Chance
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. ~Hubert H. Humphrey
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. ~George Elliot
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business? ~Will Rogers
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. ~Norman Cousins
Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows. ~John Betjeman, Summoned by Bells