Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. —Jane Austen More about this quote Tags: silliness sensible Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names. —Elaine Gill More about this quote Tags: history power feminism men quotation gender names Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men. —John Henry Newman More about this quote Tags: love friendship men exercise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All progress is experimental. —John Jay Chapman More about this quote Tags: progress change experiment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey. —Malcolm de Chazal More about this quote Tags: perception men monkeys Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military. —Georges Clemenceau More about this quote Tags: war military Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done. —Fred Allen More about this quote Tags: accomplishment change committees conference Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is. —P. J. O'Rourke More about this quote Tags: smell food fish Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I thought I was in love. And when you think you’re in love, you are willing to stick it out and make it work until it is love. —Becca Fitzpatrick in Silence More about this quote Tags: love patience persistence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. —Karl Barth More about this quote Tags: gratitude joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words. —François Rabelais More about this quote Tags: love words attractiveness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty. —Billy Wilder More about this quote Tags: time hindsight clarity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Tags: God perception nothing everything Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin. —Stanislaw J. Lec More about this quote Tags: writing procrastination stopping Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. —Pablo Picasso More about this quote Tags: reality art abstract art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email