famous quotes about life and love

The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected. ~Samuel Johnson



It is hard to say whether doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery. ~Edmund Burke



If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event... what kind of film would you use? ~Author Unknown



It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. ~Attributed to Harry S Truman



Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. ~Proverbs 26:12



The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. ~e.e. cummings



A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself. ~Doug Larson



The most decisive actions of our life... are most often unconsidered actions. ~Andre Gide, The Counterfeiters, 1926



Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors. ~Elbert Hubbard



I figured out Karl Rove's political strategy - make gas so expensive, no Democrats can afford to go to the polls. ~John Kerry



I think housework is the reason most women go to the office. ~Heloise Cruse



I came from a big family. As a matter of fact, I never got to sleep alone until I was married. ~Lewis Grizzard



Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous. ~Lord Rosebery



You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache. ~Bernard M. Baruch



If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that "Members not Present" and "Subjects Discussed" were one and the same. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Out of all the people I've ever met, you're the one who makes me draw those silly little hearts on my papers. ~Author Unknown



No man is rich enough to buy back his past. ~Oscar Wilde



A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof. ~Rene Char



The trouble with having a body is that people know it's where you hang out and you don't get any privacy. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune. ~Andrew Carnegie