"An unemployed court jester is nobody's fool."
An unemployed court jester is nobody's fool. - Sylvia Fine Kaye
"We don't need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity. What we need is to use what we have."
We don't need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity. What we need is to use what we have. - Basil S. Walsh
"There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience."
There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. - Anatole Broyard
"There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed."
There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. - Samuel Johnson
"Nature provides exceptions to every rule."
Nature provides exceptions to every rule. - Margaret Fuller
"First say to yourself what you would be and then do what you have to do."
First say to yourself what you would be and then do what you have to do. - Epictetus
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. - Barry Goldwater
"We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere."
We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere. - Tim McGraw
"Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes."
Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes. - Joseph Addison
"When they kept you out it was because you were black when they let you in, it is because you are black. That's progress"
When they kept you out it was because you were black when they let you in, it is because you are black. That's progress - Marilyn French
"The streets are safe in Philadelphia, it's only the people who make them unsafe."
The streets are safe in Philadelphia, it's only the people who make them unsafe. - Frank Rizzo
"Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts."
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. - Clarence Day
"To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia--to mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess."
To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia--to mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess. - Henry Louis Mencken
"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."
A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. - Cardinal Mermillod
"Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now."
Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now. - Jerry Coleman
"I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember."
I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember. - Andrew Schneider
"Every man plays the fool once in his lif marry is playing the fool all one's life, but to marry is to playing the fool all one's life long."
Every man plays the fool once in his lif marry is playing the fool all one's life, but to marry is to playing the fool all one's life long. - William Congreve
"Why cross an ocean when you can cross a river Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here (On Middle East peace initiative)"
Why cross an ocean when you can cross a river Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here (On Middle East peace initiative) - Shimon Peres
"Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame."
Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame. - Confucius
"You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round."
You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round. - James Corbett
