Read books online
at our other site:
The Literature Page

Random Quotations

The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below .

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.: Bernard M. Baruch (1870 - 1965)
- More quotations on: [Age]
One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.: William Congreve (1670 - 1729), The Mourning Bride, Act 1 Scene 1
- More quotations on: [Music]
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.: Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)
- More quotations on: [Knowledge] [Discovery] [Understanding]
Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.: Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC)
Publishers are just middlemen. That's all. If artists could remember that more often, they'd save themselves a lot of aggrevation.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 4, 08-22-04
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.: Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD)
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.: Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.: Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), First on the Moon, 1970
The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen.: Alice Walker (1944 - ), Living by the Word, 1988
- More quotations on: [Environment]
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.: Jean de la Bruyere (1645 - 1696)
It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.: Jerome K. Jerome (1859 - 1927)
- More quotations on: [Lies]
I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.: Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
- More quotations on: [Congress]
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.: Elvis Costello (1954 - ), Interview in Musician magazine, October 1983
The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.: Lucille S. Harper
He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.: Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
- More quotations on: [Quotations]
If you have accomplished all that you planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.: Edward Everett Hale (1822 - 1909)
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
Personally I have struggled massively with the dilemma of talent vs desire. Choosing desire may not always be the easiest thing to do. It may seem a waste to leave those natural talents behind and strike out in a new direction. But at least you’ll feel alive.: Meri Williams, Talent vs Desire, 05-29-06