Today Quotes
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Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.Nathaniel Hawthorne
I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic."Richard Pryor, Guardian Unlimited (UK) August 9, 2004
Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.Theodore Roosevelt, 1916 (quoted in the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial CD-ROM)
The key is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even write a crime report about them.Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 10-30-03
I dream of wayward gulls and all landless lovers, rare moments of winter sun, peace, privacy, for everyone.William Claire
It was a cold, bright day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.George Orwell, "1984", first sentence
I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854
And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.Socrates
Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.Carlos Santana, Associated Press interview, September 1, 2004
In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.R. A. Butler