Random Quotes

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.

Albert Einstein German Physicist

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only.

Joseph Barber Lightfoot English Theologian

Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.

Mignon McLaughlin American Journalist

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.

Charles Lamb English Critic

Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.

Steve Ballmer American Businessman

When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since.

Darrell Royal American Coach

The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we all have with weight.

Daniel Day-Lewis British Actor

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

W. Somerset Maugham British Playwright

I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out.

Michael Ondaatje Canadian Author

In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.

Yasser Arafat Leader

Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores.

Arthur Chapman American Poet

Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can the holidays.

John Clayton

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

Robert Trout American Journalist

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin French Philosopher

It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian.

Manfred von Richthofen German Aviator

It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.

Flip Wilson American Comedian

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.

Dave Barry American Journalist

I'm much more of a musician than a poet. I just feel much more confident about my musical abilities.

Mary Timony American Musician

I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music.

Enya Irish Musician

I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think about what he is doing in any situation.

Chuck Jones American Director