“A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.” — Chinese Proverb
“It is not advisable to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener. [ed]” — Ayn Rand
“If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.” — Kahlil Gibran
“I’m not overweight, I’m just easy to see.” — Unknown
“All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.” — Indian Proverb
“Looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them. You mayn’t get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them.” — L. M. Montgomery
“Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.” — Lady Gaga
“I think, therefore I am. I think.” — George Carlin
“The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure.” — Tibetan Proverb
“Every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things.” — Jim Valvano
“The worst of our faults is our interest in other people’s faults.” — Ali Ibn Abi Talib
“Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he’ll believe you; tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he’ll have to touch it to be sure.” — Unknown
“The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.” — Abigail Van Buren
“It is true that scars remind us where we’ve been, but they don’t indicate where we are going.” — David Rossi
“No one becomes forty without incredulity and a sense of outrage.” — Clifford Bax
“I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.” — Walt Kelly, creator of the cartoon Pogo
“People always call it luck when you’ve acted more sensibly than they have.” — Anne Tyler
“It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.” — Heraclitus
“We have learned the answers, all the answers: It is the question that we do not know.” — Archibald MacLeish
“Dieting is not a piece of cake.” — Unknown
“Your flaws are perfect for the heart that is meant to love you.” — Unknown
“The superior man…does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything what is right he will follow.” — Confucius
“Pay close attention to people who don’t clap when you win.” — Leonardo Dicaprio, The Wolf Of Wallstreet
“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.” — Joan Rivers
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.“ — Victor Hugo
“Comedy is tragedy plus time!” — Alan Alda
“People are not against you; they are merely for themselves.[ed]” — Gene Fowler
“Please don’t ask me what the score is, I’m not even sure what the game is.” — Ashleigh Brilliant
“Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there someday.” — A.A. Milne
“When I was young, I observed that nine out of 10 things I did were failures. So I did 10 times more work.” — George Bernard Shaw
“Sometimes you need to run away just to see who will come after you.” — Unknown
“For years I could walk the streets unrecognized except by the people who thought I was Dustin Hoffman.” — Al Pacino
