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Random Quotations
The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.
- Elizabeth Bowen (1899 - 1973)
- The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
- Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986), in Irving Good, The Scientist Speculates (1962)
- I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
- Woody Allen (1935 - )
- The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
- Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
- I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), Press Conference, White House, Tuesday, April 13, 2004
- Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.
- P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
- Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure.
- Piero Ferrucci
- Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the 'ah-ha'.
- Ernst Haas, Comment in workshop, 1985
- All my possessions for a moment of time.
- Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603)
- He who laughs, lasts!
- Mary Pettibone Poole
- Why do we have to wait for special moments to say nice things or tell people we care about them?
- Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 12-09-05
- Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it "the first law of personal growth."
- Peter McWilliams, Life 101
- Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms. No other species wonders about the meaning of existence or the complexity of the universe or themselves.
- Herbert W. Boyer, co-founder of Genentech, Inc.
- Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it.
- Salma Hayek
- Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try.
- Peggy Noonan (1950 - ), in Good Housekeeping
- The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!'
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
- What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.
- Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
- Not every story has explosions and car chases. That's why they have nudity and espionage.
- Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, Unshelved, 09-14-08
- 'Where and how can I make this meal better for me?' I asked myself that question before every meal—especially in the beginning.
- Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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