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Random Quotations
The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
- Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
- Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons.
- John Lancaster Spalding
- I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling, I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.
- Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
- First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
- Thomas a Kempis (1380 - 1471), 1420
- Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.
- Corita Kent
- I shall not pretend that I do not prefer to have people adore me rather than revile me, but I have always found that it was far easier for me to suffer the disapprobation of others than to amend my behaviour in order to find favour with them.
- Kathryn L. Nelson, Pemberley Manor, 2006
- Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
- What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
- Albert Pine
- A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man; it is what he wants and must have to be good for anything. Hardship and opposition are the native soil of manhood and self-reliance.
- John Neal
- Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
- Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
- I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience.
- John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
- All that counts in life is intention.
- Andrea Bocelli, in TV Guide
- I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
- Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)
- As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.
- Dick Cavett (1936 - )
- Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.
- Robert Byrne
- I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.
- Will Durst
- Touch your customer, and you're halfway there.
- Estee Lauder
- Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
- Gore Vidal (1925 - )
- And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
- Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977)
- It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
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