Great quote on inventions

We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness-either enforced or voluntary.-Agatha Christie

Another quote from Agatha Christie

Most successes are unhappy.That's why they are successes-they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.-Agatha Christie

Quote on evil

Evil is not something superhuman,it's something less than human.-Agatha Christie

Great quote from Agatha Christie

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.-Agatha Christie

Great quote from W.C.Fields

Never cry over spilt milk,because it may have been poisoned.-W.C.Fields

Quote on exaggeration

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.-Hosea Ballou

Great website dealing with suicide among police officers

www.tearsofacop.com

Quote on education

Education---beyond all other devices of human origin,is a great equalizer of conditions of men----the balance wheel of the social machinery---It does better than to disarm the poor of their hostility toward the rich;it prevents being poor.-Horace Mann

Another great quote by Horace Mann

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty.You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.-Horace Mann

Great quote on martyrs

It is more difficult,and it calls for higher energies of soul,to live a martyr than to die one.-Horace Mann

Quote on teachers

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.-Horace Mann

Superb quote from Horace Mann

We go by the major vote,and if the majority are insane,the sane must go to the hospital.-Horace Mann

Quote from Horace Greeley

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot.-Horace Greeley

Another quote from Farley Mowat

Don't make a big distinction between fiction and non-fiction.These are arbitrary distinctions.-Farley Mowat

Quote on habits

Habit is a cable ;we weave a thread of it each day,and at last we cannot break it.-Horace Mann

Quote from Horace Ann

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.-Horace Mann

Quote from Farley Mowat

Inaction will cause a man to sink into the slough of despond and vanish without a trace.-Farley Mowat

Quote from Horace Mann

To pity distress is but human;to relieve it is Godlike.-Horace Mann

Quote on manners

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.-Horace Mann

Quote from Wilson Mizner

I never saw a mob rush across town to do a good deed.-Wilson Mizner

Quote from Carrie Fisher

Sometimes I feel like I've got my nose pressed up against the window of a bakery ,only I'm the bread.-Carrie Fisher

Quote on demons

There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed.-Carrie Fisher

A Russian proverb

The morning is wiser than the evening.-Russian saying

Quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes

Happiness consists in activity.It is running steam,not a stagnant pool.-Oliver Wendell Holmes

Quote by Robin Williams

You're only given a little spark of madness.You musn't lose it.-Robin Williams

Quote from Edward O.Wilson

Darwin's dice have rolled badly for Earth.The human species is in a word,an environmental abnormality.Perhaps a law of evolution is that intelligence usually extinguishes itself.-Edward O.Wilson

Some good websites and blogs

1 www.storyofstuff.com
2 www.waywordradio.org
3 www.odditycentral.com
4 http://socialpathology.blogspot.ca

Quote on enemies

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies----I owe them a great debt,because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.-Edward O.Wilson

Quote from Stephen Talbott

The flood of careless,unconsidered,cheap words is the greatest enemy of the profound word.-Stephen L.Talbott

Great quote on philanthropy

When it comes to philanthropy,write a cheque your heart can cash.-Jackie A.Strange

Quote by Edward O.Wilson

Each species is a master piece,a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.-Edward O.Wilson

Quote by Edward O.Wilson

There is no better high than discovery.-Edmund O.Wilson

Quote on biodiversity

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.-E.O.Wilson

Quote by Edward O.Wilson

People would rather believe than know.-Edward O.Wilson

Quote on empiricism

Even as empiricism is winning the mind,transcendentalism continues to win the heart.-Edward Wilson

Great quote by E.O.Wilson

When you have seen one ant,one bird,one tree,you have not seen them all.-Edward O.Wilson

Quote on socialism

Karl Marx was right,socialism works,it is just that he had the wrong species.-Edward O.Wilson,THE ANTS.

Great quote on rainforest destruction

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Rennaissance painting to cook a meal.-Edward O.Wilson

Quote from Alan Alda

When people are laughing,they're generally not killing one another.-Alan Alda

A couple of interesting quotes

1.Begin challenging your own assumptions.Your assumptions are your windows on the world.Scrub them off every once in a while,or the light won't come in.-Alan Alda
2.It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.-Karl Popper,Austro-British philosopher(1902-1994)

Great quote from Alan Alda

Be fair with others,but then keep after them until they're fair with you.-Alan Alda

Quote on the eagle

The foolish think the Eagle weak,and easy to bring to heel.The Eagle's wings are silken,but its claws are made of steel.-Sidney Sheldon

Another quote from Lisa Gardner

For every act of cruelty,there is an equal and opposite act of courage.That's human nature,too.-Lisa Gardner, in SAY GOODBYE

Quote on mistakes

I think some mistakes are more like a pebble hitting a pond.They start as a small ripple,then get bigger and bigger,an exploding circle of mistakes,until they become a tidal wave and you simply drown.-Lisa Gardner,THE OTHER DAUGHTER(page 380)

Quote from Lisa Gardner

Youth is no excuse for sloppiness.-Lisa Gardner,THE PERFECT HUSBAND

Quote from Orson Welles

I started at the top and worked my way down.-Orson Welles

Quote on celebrities

Seeing wildlife is like seeing celebrities,only better.-Tanja Andrews,Freshtopia

Quote from Suzanne Necker

Fortune does not change men,it unmasks them.-Suzanne Necker

Interesting quote from Bob Dylan

Yesterday's just a memory,tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be.-Bob Dylan

Quote from Joyce Carol Oates

Reading is the sole means by which we slip,involuntarily ,often helplessly into another's skin,another's voice,another's soul.-Joyce Carol Oates

Quote from Leonard Cohen

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.-Leonard Cohen

Quote from John Powell

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.-John Powell

Quote on grudges

Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life,they are eating at you.-Norman Vincent Peale

Great website for opinion

www.sodahead.com

Interesting quote by Margot Bennett

As time passes we all get better at blazing a trail through the thicket of advice.-Margot Bennett,Scottish-born writer(1912-1980)

Quote on Television

Television has a real problem.They have no page two.-Art Buchwald

Quote from Art Buchwald

I worship the quicksand he walks in.-Art Buchwald

Great quote by MItchell Kapor

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.-Mitchell Kapor

Quote by Frederick II

Religion is the idol of the mob;it adores everything it does not understand.-Frederick II

Quote on driving

People are broad-minded.They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic,a dope fiend,a wife beater and a newspaperman ,but if a man doesn't drive,there's something wrong with him.-Art Buchwald

A couple of interesting quotes

1.Education is like a double-edged sword.It may be turned to dangerous uses if not properly handled.-Wu Ting-Fang
2.Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times,it's the only time we've got.-Art Buchwald

Quote on Television

Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb,a new program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was.-Art Buchwald

Quote from Art Buchwald

It's easier to find a traveling companion than to get rid of one.-Art Buchwald

Quote from George Bernard Shaw

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone:the civilized man,to idols of flesh and blood.-George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950),Irish playwright

Quote from Orson Welles

I have a great love and respect for religion,great love and respect for atheism.What I hate is agnosticism,people who do not choose.-Orson Welles

Quote from Pablo PIcasso

We all know that art is not the truth,art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.-Pablo Picasso

Quote from Orson Welles

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.-Oscar Welles

A couple of great quotes

1.If you don't learn to laugh at trouble,you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.-Edgar Watson Howe
2.When you are down and out something always turns up-and it is usually the noses of your friends.-Orson Welles

Quote from Peter Finley Dunne

The past always looks better than it was;it's only pleasant because it isn't there.-Peter Finley Dunne

An interesting quote from Orson Welles

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.-Orson Welles

A trio of good quotes

1.Why change?Everyone has his own style.When you have found it,you should stick to it.-Audrey Hepburn
2.Nobody gets justice.People only get good luck or bad luck.-Orson Welles
3.A good artist should be isolated.If he isn't isolated,something is wrong.-Orson Welles

Quote from Katharine Hepburn

Life is hard:After all,it kills you.-Katharine Hepburn,ME:STORIES OF MY LIFE.

Self-deprecating quote from Phyllis Diller

I once wore a peekaboo blouse.People would peek and then they'd boo.-Phyllis Diller

Another quote from Katharine Hepburn

Never complain.Never explain.-Katharine Hepburn

Quote from Katharine Hepburn

Death will be a great relief.No more interviews.-Katharine Hepburn

A couple of witty quotes

1.You know you're old when your walker has an airbag.-Phyllis Diller
2.You politicians remain professional  because the voters remain amateur.-Katharine Hepburn

Two interesting quotes

1.Some people dream of having a big swimming pool.With me,it's closets.-Audrey Hepburn
2.The best contraceptive for old people is nudity.-Phyllis Diller

Quote from Audrey Hepburn

Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.-Audrey Hepburn

Quote from Katharine Hepburn

Enemies are so stimulating.-Katharine Hepburn

Quote from Flannery O' Connor

Conviction without experience makes for harshness.-Flannery O'Connor

Quote on collectors

Every passion borders on the chaotic,but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.-Walter Benjamin

Some interesting quotes

1.Best way to get rid of kitchen odors:Eat out.-Phyllis Diller
2.It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep,or I'd be rotten to the core.-Phyllis Diller
3.I have so many liver spots,I ought to come with a side of onions.-Phyllis Diller
4.Love is like any other luxury.You have no right to it unless you can afford it.-Anthony Trollope
5.I was the world's ugliest baby.When I was born,the doctor slapped everybody.-Phyllis Diller

Quote on forgiveness

He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.-Johann Lavater,Swiss poet(1741-1801)

Quote from Phyllis Diller

Aim high,and you won't shoot your foot off.-Phyllis Diller

Another quote by Anthony Trollope

Don't let love interfere with your appetite.It never does with mine.-Anthony Trollope

Quote from Anthony Trollope

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa,a book,and a cup of coffee?---Was ever any thing so civil?-Anthony Trollope

Another quote from Marilyn Monroe

We all should start to live before we get too old.Fear is stupid.So are regrets.-Marilyn Monroe

Quote from Marilyn Monroe

I restore myself when I'm alone.-Marilyn Monroe

A good quote from Anthony Trollope

Never think that you're not good enough yourself.A man should never think that.People will take you very much at your own reckoning.-Anthony Trollope

Quote by Flannery O' Connor

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.-Flannery O' Connor

Quote on reading

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy;it lasts when all other pleasures fade.-Anthony Trollope

Another quote by Anthony Trollope

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself.-Anthony Trollope

Quote from Anthony Trollope

A small daily task,if it be really daily,will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.-Anthony Trollope

Another quote from Flannery O' Connor

There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.-Flannery O' Connor

The first death of an athlete at the Olympic Games

The first death of an athlete at the Olympic Games was in Stockholm,1912.Portuguese runner Francisco Lazaro collapsed from sunstroke and heart trouble at the 29 km mark of the marathon,and died the next day.

Quote from Flannery O' Connor

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial,I'm afraid it will not be controversial.-Flannery O' Connor

Quote from comedian Stan Laurel

I had a dream that I was awake and I woke up to find myself asleep.-Stan Laurel

Quote from Mary Anne Radmacher

Courage doesn't always roar.Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow.-Mary Anne Radmacher

Quote from William Morris

The reward of labour is life.Is that not enough?-William Morris

Quote from Marilyn Monroe

We are all of us stars,and we deserve to twinkle.-Marilyn Monroe

Quote from Marilyn Monroe

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.-Marilyn Monroe

Quote by Anthony Burgess

Readers are plentiful:thinkers are rare.-Anthony Burgess(1917-1993)

Quote from Anthony Burgess

Every dogma has its day.-Anthony Burgess(1917-1993)

Quote from William James

In the dim background of our mind,we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.-William James,American psychologist and philosopher(1842-1910)

Quote from Charles Reynolds Brown

We have too many people who live without working,and we have altogether too many people who work without living.-Charles Reynolds Brown