| Says You! - Random Quotes |
| Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And Today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it The Present Babatunde Olatunji |
| Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic Jean Sibelius |
| If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles Doug Larson |
If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit. Give it nothing which may tend to its increase. Epictetus 50AD |
We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we were reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while actually creating confusion, inefficiency, and demoralisation Petronius Arbiter - 210 BC |
| Quotes updated 5 May 2003 |
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| The first one here is probably my favourite quote of all time - and given its age, that's not an exaggeration!! But hopefully on the following pages you'll find some that make you smile, or frown, or think, or nod in complete understanding. Whatever. I hope you enjoy them. |
| How wonderful life is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world Anne Frank |
| The first time I see a jogger smiling - I'll consider it Joan Rivers |
| I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top Ohio State University Professor |
| The best armour is to keep out of range Italian Proverb |
| Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, to lose without regret, to acquire without meanness George Sand |
| Let us live so that when we die, even the undertaker is sorry Mark Twain |
| I love deadlines; I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by Douglas Adams |
| Youth would be an ideal state if it came later in life Herbert Henry Asquith |
| Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realise it bears a very close resemblance to the first Ronald Reagan |
| Doubt is a pain too lonely too know that faith is his twin brother Khalil Gibran |
| The best things in life are never rationed Friendship, loyalty, love, do not require coupons George T. Hewitt |
| Drop the question of what tomorrow may bring and count as profit every day that fate allows you Horace |
| The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children Clarence Darrow |
| Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist Michael Levine |
| The soul is healed by being with children Dostoyevski |
| Children are the only form of immortality we can be sure of Peter Ustinov |
| Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch W.C. Fields |
| I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have Thomas Jefferson |
| Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience Joseph Joubert |
| You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep-seated need to believe Carl Sagan |
| The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person W. Somerset Maugham |
| Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge Paul Gaugin |
| Love is a snowmobile, racing across the tundra. Then it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come. Matt Groening |
| Never judge a book by its movie JW Eagan |
| We shall remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends Rev. Martin Luther King |
| If the public knew the truth, the war would end tomorrow. But they don't know, and they can't know David Lloyd George - 1914 |
| Most women prefer sex with the lights off because they can't bear to see a man enjoy himself. Most men prefer to keep the light on - so they can get the woman's name right. Unattributed |
| There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't Unattributed |
| As I know more of mankind, I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly Samuel Johnson |
| Politics is war without bloodshed. War is politics with bloodshed Mao Tse Tung |
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| Flatter me and I may not believe you. Criticise me and I may not like you Ignore me and I may not forgive you. Encourage me and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you William Arthur Ward |
| Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense Siddhartha - Buddha |
| You yourself, as much as anyone in the Universe, deserve your love and affection Buddha |
| A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others Buddha |
| It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or his foe, that leads him to evil ways Buddha |
| Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher Buddha |
| Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule Buddha |
| Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others; He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind Buddha |
| Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intention of throwing it at someone else you are the one who gets burned Buddha |
| Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment Buddha |
| Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. Buddha |
| Friendship is the only cure for hatred; the only guarantee of peace Buddha |
| It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or demons, heaven or hell Buddha |
| All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happines follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him Buddha |
| Thousands of candles can be lighted by a single candle and the life of the candle is not shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared Buddha |
| Let us live happily, free from hatred in the midst of the hateful. Let us remain free from hatred in the midst of people who hate Buddha |
| Ambition is like love; impatient of both delays and rivals Buddha |
| Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good Buddha |
| Better than a thousand hollow words is a single word that brings peace. Buddha |
| There has to be evil in order for good to prove its purity above it Buddha |
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts. It is a sword that kills Buddha |
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