Random Quotes

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

Oscar Wilde Irish Dramatist

Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution.

Al Capp American Cartoonist

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.

Frederick Douglass American Author

How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?

Rod Stewart Scottish Musician

A lot of old guys in movies are like cowboys - they talk like cowboys and they dress like cowboys.

Val Kilmer American Actor

The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others.

Brian Mulroney Canadian Statesman

I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings.

Mary Oliver American Poet

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

Mignon McLaughlin American Journalist

Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body.

Carol P. Christ Educator

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.

Karl Kraus Austrian Writer

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Khalil Gibran Lebanese Poet

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

Stanley Baldwin English Statesman

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.

Robert Frost American Poet

I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.

Woody Allen American Director

People would be shocked to know... that despite the nature of my TV character, I am actually a nice guy.

James Lafferty American Actor

Oh, the ignorance of us upon whom Providence did not sufficiently smile to permit us to be born in New England.

Horace Porter American Soldier

I got more used to my own voice, but still it's hard for me to listen to my own voice, or hear the recordings.

Meg White American Musician

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.

Arnold H. Glasow American Businessman

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

Helen Keller American Author

I do not think we should be trying to save our freedom by killing the safeguards that keep our liberties.

Eliot Engel American Politician