With those who don't give a damn about baseball, I can only sympathize. I do not resent them. I am even willing to concede that many of them are physically clean, good to their mothers and in favor of world peace. But while the game is on, I can't think of anything to say to them. ~Art Hill
Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is. ~Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark, 1915
A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God. ~Havelock Ellis
All religions will pass, but this will remain: simply sitting in a chair and looking in the distance. ~V.V. Rozanov
Without love, the rich and poor live in the same house. ~Author Unknown
I have great faith in fools - self-confidence, my friends call it. ~Edgar Allan Poe
Many people, other than the authors, contribute to the making of a book, from the first person who had the bright idea of alphabetic writing through the inventor of movable type to the lumberjacks who felled the trees that were pulped for its printing. It is not customary to acknowledge the trees themselves, though their commitment is total. ~Forsyth and Rada, Machine Learning
To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart. ~Thomas Watson, Sr.
Writer's block is a disease for which there is no cure, only respite. ~Terri Guillemets
Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions. ~Joey Adams
Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine. ~Susan Sontag
While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many. ~Lady Bird Johnson
A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question. ~Andre Malraux
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering. ~Colette
Either way, things are a lot better - either a lot better than they were or a lot better than they're going to be. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
A tough day at the office is even tougher when your office contains spectator seating. ~Nik Posa
Monkeys are superior to men in this: When a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey. ~Malcolm de Chazal
If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang. ~Charley Reese
Look you, Doubloon, your zodiac here is the life of man in one round chapter. To begin: there's Aries, or the Ram - lecherous dog, he begets us; then, Taurus, or the Bull - he bumps us the first thing; then Gemini, or the Twins - that is, Virtue and Vice; we try to reach Virtue, when lo! comes Cancer the Crab, and drags us back; and here, going from Virtue, Leo, a roaring Lion, lies in the path - he gives a few fierce bites and surly dabs with his paw; we escape, and hail Virgo, the virgin! that's our first love; we marry and think to be happy for aye, when pop comes Libra, or the Scales - happiness weighed and found wanting; and while we are very sad about that, Lord! how we suddenly jump, as Scorpio, or the Scorpion, stings us in rear; we are curing the wound, when come the arrows all round; Sagittarius, or the Archer, is amusing himself. As we pluck out the shafts, stand aside! here's the battering-ram, Capricornus, or the Goat; full tilt, he comes rushing, and headlong we are tossed; when Aquarius, or the Waterbearer, pours out his whole deluge and drowns us; and, to wind up, with Pisces, or the Fishes, we sleep. ~Herman Melville
Of all second-class citizens, neurotics are the only ones who are so by choice. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. ~Dodie Smith, I Capture The Castle Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. ~Dodie Smith, I Capture The Castle Nobody believes a rumor here in Washington until it's officially denied. ~Edward Cheyfitz
Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow. ~Vince Lombardi
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