“It’s clever, but is it art?” — Rudyard Kipling
“Come, pluck up a good heart; speak the truth and shame the devil.” — François Rabelais
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” — James Baldwin
“The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.” — Elizabeth Taylor
“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.” — Josh Billings
“Big doesn’t necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren’t better than violets.” — Edna Ferber
“A lot of people seeking new beginnings have never finished with the past.” — Byron Pulsifer
“My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too.” — Mia Hamm
“Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.” — Amy Tan
“I’m glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again.” — Mark Twain
“A man can do more than he thinks he can, but he usually does less than he thinks he does.” — Unknown
“In the beginning was the word. But by the time the second word was added to it, there was trouble. For with it came syntax.” — John Simon
“We control the content of our dreams.” — Thom Gunn
“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” — L. P. Hartley
“It may be the rooster that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.” — Margaret Thatcher
“The best way to make somebody remember you, borrow money from them.” — Unknown
“It takes two men to make one brother.” — Israel Zangwill
“Don’t think you are on the right road just because it’s a well-beaten path.” — Unknown
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” — Nelson Mandela
“Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” — George Orwell
“Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture your heart.” — Ancient Indian Proverb
“If you go, go in Peace. It makes the flowers sweeter along the path.” — Mike Dolan
“It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.” — Plutarch
“1) Everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal; 2) anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it; 3) anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it until it’s been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really.” — Douglas Adams
“Life is full of obstacle illusions.” — Grant Frazier
“Anybody can be decisive during a panic; it takes a strong man to act during a boom.” — V. S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River
“Sometimes you need to talk to a three year old so you can understand life again.” — Unknown
“Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.” — George Santayana
“There is no finish line so love the journey.” — David Weekly
“The best thing to hold on to in life is each other.” — Audrey Hepburn
“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” — John Steinbeck
“Instant gratification takes too long.” — Carrie Fisher
“Love the giver more than the gift.” — Brigham Young
“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.” — Lewis Carroll
“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” — Christopher Reeve
“In New England there are three times of year… either winter has just been, or winter is coming, or it’s winter.” — Bill Bryson
