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Random Quotations
The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.
- Tallulah Bankhead (1903 - 1968)
- Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.
- Henry James (1843 - 1916)
- Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.
- Elsa Maxwell, September 28, 1958
- The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.
- Robert J. Sawyer (1960 - ), "Calculating God", 2000
- You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light.
- Vicomte de Chateaubriand (1768 - 1848)
- Good habits result from resisting temptation.
- Ancient Proverb
- Even writers need relief from words.
- Sarah Vowell, O Magazine, March 2009
- Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
- Francis Quarles (1592 - 1644)
- A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.
- Bob Edwards
- It's no accident that the church and the graveyard stand side by side. The city of the dead sleeps encircled by the city of the living.
- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Lost and Found, 1992
- Maybe coming clean is the ultimate selfish act. A way to absolve yourself by hurting someone who doesn't deserve to be hurt.
- Cindy Chupack, Sex and the City, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, 2000
- How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time.
- Fred Brooks
- Don't tell people to act their age. It's like telling a baby to move out, and if they're older you're telling them to "die in a hole."
- Devin J. Monroe (1983 - )
- People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of the Island, 1915
- The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives.
- John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
- It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.
- Roberto Benigni (1952 - ), in Newsweek
- See, that's all you're thinking about, is winning. You're confirming your sense of self- worth through outward reward instead of through inner appreciation.
- Barbara Hall, Northern Exposure, Gran Prix, 1994
- I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), "Is Shakespeare Dead?"
- See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?
- Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo
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