Random Quotes

Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.

Friedrich Schiller German Dramatist

I like all the adventure sports but I like to do them in a safe way.

Catherine Bell British Model

I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation.

Margaret Mahy New Zealander Author

I also believe that member states of the United Nations should live up their obligations to pay their dues.

Alex Morrison Canadian Soldier

In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

Tom Bodett American Author

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Rene Descartes French Mathematician

It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying.

Marcel Proust French Author

I write longer sentences than most of the others, maybe because I probably like Henry James more than they do.

Peter Straub American Writer

Love is an ice cream sundae, with all the marvelous coverings. Sex is the cherry on top.

Jimmy Dean American Actor

Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.

Emile M. Cioran Romanian Philosopher

People must realize that a crime motivated by racial or ethnic prejudice against one group is a crime against all of us.

Jose Serrano American Politician

You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.

Vicki Baum American Novelist

The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.

Dale Carnegie American Writer

If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong.

Virgil Roman Poet

Be where the acting is. I live in Houston. Dallas is 4 1/2 hours away. I let them know there's no difference.

Vic Mignogna American Actor

I think Van Sant is the most important American director we have. He takes the most risks. He's just pure to me.

Michael Pitt American Actor

Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.

Octave Mirbeau French Writer

Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're the devil.

Emo Philips American Comedian

I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969.

Jilly Cooper British Author

Consular cards are easily obtained with no proof of true identity and are easily forged.

Elton Gallegly American Politician