Random Quotes

Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.

Wendell Berry American Poet

My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.

Buffalo Bill American Celebrity

Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge.

David Mellor

Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

Aretha Franklin American Musician

And when that's working, the sum can be greater than the parts.

Jim Coleman American Actor

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.

Henry David Thoreau American Author

Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts.

Henri Poincare French Mathematician

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

James A. Garfield American President

He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.

Nicolas Bentley British Author

It's as much fun as it ever was, you know, once I get there. Gettin' there is a little harder.

Mose Allison American Musician

If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life.

Richard Russo American Novelist

When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.

Oscar Wilde Irish Dramatist

I don't need the bread, but it's nice to do something creative.

John Goodman American Actor

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.

Faith Baldwin American Novelist

Even the busboys at the restaurants have a script to give you. Everybody is in the business.

Robin Wright Penn American Actress

Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour.

John Motson British Celebrity

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.

Harry Emerson Fosdick American Clergyman

Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world.

Jane Howard American Journalist

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Dag Hammarskjold Swedish Diplomat

Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy.

John Ralston Saul Canadian Author