Archive for July, 2009

30 Jul

“There are many who…” Cyril Connolly

“There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.” Cyril Connolly
Popularity: 14% [?]

Popularity: 14% [?]

30 Jul

“Speak when you are angry…” Laurence J. Peter

“Speak when you are angry - and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret.” Laurence J. Peter
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

30 Jul

“First there is a time when…” Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

“First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.” Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Popularity: 18% [?]

Popularity: 18% [?]

30 Jul

“Man is equally incapable…” Blaise Pascal

“Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.” Blaise Pascal
Popularity: 14% [?]

Popularity: 14% [?]

30 Jul

“Egotism is the anesthetic…” Frank Leahy

“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.” Frank Leahy
Popularity: 18% [?]

Popularity: 18% [?]

30 Jul

“If God did not exist…” Voltaire

“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.” Voltaire
Popularity: 14% [?]

Popularity: 14% [?]

30 Jul

“We can escape the prison…” Gary Craig

“We can escape the prison of our own beliefs and enter the Palace of Possibilities when we allow ourselves to be astonished by everything.” Gary Craig
Popularity: 30% [?]

Popularity: 30% [?]

30 Jul

“He had discovered a great…” Mark Twain

“He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.” Mark Twain, in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”
Popularity: 16% [?]

Popularity: 16% [?]

29 Jul

“Those who dream by day…” Edgar Allan Poe

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” Edgar Allan Poe, in “Eleonora”
Popularity: 19% [?]

Popularity: 19% [?]

29 Jul

“One reason I don’t drink…” Nancy Astor

“One reason I don’t drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.” Nancy Astor
Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

25 Jul

“I not only use…” Woodrow Wilson

“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.” Woodrow Wilson
Popularity: 25% [?]

Popularity: 25% [?]

25 Jul

“There are two types of people…” Frederick L. Collins

“There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, ‘Well, here I am!’ and those who come in and say, ‘Ah, there you are.’” Frederick L. Collins
Popularity: 10% [?]

Popularity: 10% [?]

25 Jul

“What can you say about…” Irv Kupcinet

“What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?” Irv Kupcinet
Popularity: 14% [?]

Popularity: 14% [?]

25 Jul

“Never look down on…” Jesse Jackson

“Never look down on a person unless you are helping him up.” Jesse Jackson
Popularity: 20% [?]

Popularity: 20% [?]

21 Jul

“All progress is based upon…” Samuel Butler

“All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.” Samuel Butler
Popularity: 16% [?]

Popularity: 16% [?]

21 Jul

“Even if you’re on the…” Will Rogers

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers
Popularity: 28% [?]

Popularity: 28% [?]

21 Jul

“Try to learn something…” Thomas H. Huxley

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” Thomas H. Huxley
Popularity: 23% [?]

Popularity: 23% [?]

21 Jul

“Happiness is not achieved…” Aldous Huxley

“Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.” Aldous Huxley
Popularity: 17% [?]

Popularity: 17% [?]

21 Jul

“As an adolescent I aspired…” M. Cartmill

“As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life - so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls.” M. Cartmill
Popularity: 16% [?]

Popularity: 16% [?]

21 Jul

“When they discover the…” Bernard Bailey

“When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.” Bernard Bailey
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

21 Jul

“It is bad luck…” Andrew W. Mathis

“It is bad luck to be superstitious.” Andrew W. Mathis
Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

21 Jul

“What lies behind us…” Oliver Wendell Holmes

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Oliver Wendell Holmes
Popularity: 34% [?]

Popularity: 34% [?]

15 Jul

“Love builds bridges…” R. H. Delaney

“Love builds bridges where there are none.” R. H. Delaney
Popularity: 25% [?]

Popularity: 25% [?]

15 Jul

“Courage is resistance to…” Mark Twain

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.” Mark Twain
Popularity: 29% [?]

Popularity: 29% [?]

15 Jul

“Where there is love…” Mahatma Gandhi

“Where there is love, there is life.” Mahatma Gandhi
Popularity: 20% [?]

Popularity: 20% [?]

10 Jul

“The future depends on…” Mahatma Gandhi

“The future depends on what we do in the present.” Mahatma Gandhi
Popularity: 28% [?]

Popularity: 28% [?]

10 Jul

“You don’t love a woman…” Anonymous

“You don’t love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.” Anonymous
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

10 Jul

“Imagination is more important…” Albert Einstein

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein
Popularity: 26% [?]

Popularity: 26% [?]

10 Jul

“There is a boundary…” Edmund Burke

“There is a boundary to people’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.” Edmund Burke
Popularity: 18% [?]

Popularity: 18% [?]

10 Jul

“We become what we…” Wayne Dyer

“We become what we think about all day long. The question is, what do you think about?” Wayne Dyer
Popularity: 22% [?]

Popularity: 22% [?]

10 Jul

“Everything is either an…” Wayne Dyer

“Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.” Wayne Dyer
Popularity: 30% [?]

Popularity: 30% [?]

10 Jul

“Everything is either an…” Wayne Dyer

“Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.” Wayne Dyer
Popularity: 7% [?]

Popularity: 7% [?]