"Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
—Cesare Pavese
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
—Baltasar Gracián
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
—Brendan Gill
The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
—John Kenneth Galbraith
It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.
—Agatha Christie in An Autobiography
With confidence, you have won before you have started.
—Marcus Garvey
Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
—William Congreve
A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.
—Samuel Johnson
I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
—W. C. Fields
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
—Samuel Butler
We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.
—Desmond Morris
For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are that you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.
—Andy Rooney
Great fear is concealed under daring.
—Lucan
If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.
—Princess Diana
I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.
—Michael Crichton