England and America are two countries separated by the same language.
George Bernard Shaw, "Reader's Digest", November, 1942
England and America are two countries separated by the same language.
George Bernard Shaw, "Reader's Digest", November, 1942
At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't.
Clarence Darrow
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
Alexander The Great
A man is a person that will pay two dollars for a one dollar item he wants. A woman will pay one dollar for a two dollar item she doesn't want.
William Binger
To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming.
English Proverb
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
Vince Lombardi
Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind.
Johann G. Seume
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
Anon.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
Russell C. Taylor
Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.
Napoleon Bonaparte
"amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic". Great sentence! Love it!
The torch of doubt and chaos is what the sage steers by.
Chuang Tzu
Cherish youth, but trust old age.
American Indian Proverb, Pueblo
If your outgo exceeds your income your upkeep will be your downfall.
Anon., attributed to Bill Earle, usually referred to as an old saying
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
H. L. Mencken
Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.
William Ellery Channing
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
Confucius
Conufucious say..."Man who argue with wife during the day get no piece at night"
The trouble with the future is that is usually arrives before we're ready for it.
Arnold Glasgow
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
Fran Lebowitz
No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
To accept civilization as it is, practically means accepting decay.
George Orwell
Boys, I may not know much, but I know chickenpoop from chicken salad.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Many people might have attained wisdom had they not assumed they already had it.
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