Years ago a person, he was unhappy, didn't know what to do with himself, he'd go to church, start a revolution — something. Today you're unhappy? Can't figure it out? What is the salvation? Go shopping. —Arthur Miller More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size. —Mark Twain More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Adversity in immunological doses has its uses; more than that crushes. —John Updike More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. —Madeleine L'Engle More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No one ever understood disaster until it came. —Josephine Herbst More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Be prepared for truth at all hours and in the most fantastic disguises. This is the only safety. —Christopher Morley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. —Winston Churchill More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable, and noble kind of love. —Delmore Schwartz More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You are out of danger," he said. I laughed and said, "How can I be? I don't feel dead yet. —Margaret Laurence More about this quote Tags: danger Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Advice to children crossing the street: Damn the lights. Watch the cars. The lights ain't never killed nobody. —Jackie "Moms" Mabley More about this quote Tags: attention advice danger Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Violence is for fools and emergencies. The less of a fool you are, the fewer emergencies you will have. —John Maude More about this quote Tags: fools violence emergency Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No evolution is accomplished in nature without revolution. Periods of very slow changes are succeeded by periods of violent changes. Revolutions are as necessary for evolution as the slow changes which prepare them and succeed them. —Peter Kropotkin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. —Ernest Hemingway More about this quote Tags: silence alcohol sobriety Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. —Blaise Pascal More about this quote Tags: virtue strength habit Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. —Ann Landers More about this quote Tags: opinion love dogs Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email