Another quote from Ray Kroc

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.-Ray Kroc

Quote from Tommy Smothers

When you don't know what you're talking about,it's hard to know when you're finished.-Tommy Smothers

Interesting quote from Ray Kroc

While formal schooling is an important advantage ,it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.-Ray Kroc

Quote from Ray Kroc

You're only as good as the people you hire.-Ray Kroc

Quote on Hollywood

Isn't Hollywood a dump-in the human sense of the word.A hideous town,pointed up by the insulting gardens of its rich,full of the human spirit at a new level of debasement.-F.Scott Fitzgerald,letter,July 29,1940.

Quote from Mark Rosen

I like stepping into the future.Therefore,I look for doorknobs.-Mark Rosen

Quote from Ray Kroc

While you're green,you're growing;and when you're ripe,you start to rot.-Ray Kroc

A quote from Ray Kroc

Not all that are wandering are lost;just missing at the moment.-Ray Kroc

Superb quote from Jules Renard

Some people are so boring that they make you waste an entire day in five minutes.-Jules Renard

Quote from Sid Caesar

The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot.The guy who invented the other three,he was a genius.-Sid Caesar

Quote from Ray Kroc

If any of my competitors were drowning,I'd stick a hose in their mouth.-Ray Kroc

Superb quote from Enrico Penalosa

An advanced city is not a place where the poor move about in cars,rather it's where even the rich use public transportation.-Enrique Penalosa

Quote from Jean Anouilh

Talent is like a faucet,While it is open,one must write.-Jean Anouilh

Great quote from Gil Stern

Man is a complex being;he makes the deserts bloom and lakes die.-Gil Stern

Quote from C.S.Lewis

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.-C.S.Lewis

Great French proverb

Man is preceded by forest and followed by desert.-French proverb

Quote from Tommy Smothers

The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen.-Tommy Smothers

Quote on the desert

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Quote from Billie Holiday

Love is just like a faucet,it turns off and on.-Billie Holiday

Banner seen in favor of guns

If GUNS cause crime,then PENCILS cause misspelled words!-Banner seen in favor of guns

Great quote from Elsa Maxwell

Serve the dinner backward,do anything-but for goodness sake,do something weird.-Elsa Maxwell(1883-1963)

Great quote on time

Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.-Jerome K.Jerome

Quote from Mitch Hedburg

A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.-Mitch Hedburg

Quote from John Updike

There is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me;but at moments,like rush-hour traffic at the mouth of a tunnel,they jam.-John Updike

Great quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

If a man will kick a fact out of the window,when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney corner.-Ralph Waldo Emerson(1803-1882),American poet essayist and lecturer

Quote from Elsa Maxwell

I make enemies deliberately.They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.-Elsa Maxwell(1883-1963)

Quote from Margaret Smith

My Uncle Sammy was an angry man.He had printed on his tombstone:What are you looking at?-Margaret Smith

Quote from Harold Wilson

He who rejects change is the architect of decay.The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.-Harold Wilson

Unflattering quote on the Metropolitan Museum of Art

I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth.-Lewis H.Lapham

Quote from John Cory

War is the cemetery of futures promised.-John Cory

Quote on vultures

I eat like a vulture.Unfortunately the resemblance doesn't end there.-Groucho Marx

A Russian proverb

Haste is good only for catching flies.-Russian proverb

Superb quote from Jerome k.Jerome

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.-Jerome k.Jerome

Superb quote on conceit

Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.-Jerome K.Jerome

Quote from James D.Finley

Nothing encourages creativity like the chance to fall flat on one's face.-James D.Finley

Quote from Ben Harper

I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.-Ben Harper

Quote from Lorenz Hart

Unrequited love's a bore.-Lorenz Hart

Quote on a bore

He is an old bore.Even the grave yawns for him.-Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Quote from Elsa Maxwell

Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.-Elsa Maxwell

Great quote on bad luck

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery,people would stop dying.-Ed Furgol

Quote from Mason Cooley

If suffering brought wisdom,the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas.-Mason Cooley

Quore from Andrew V.Mason

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.-Andrew V.Mason

Quote on Nostalgia

Nostalgia:A device that removes the ruts and potholes from memory lane.-Doug Larson

Another vicious quote from Les Dawson

My mother-in-law had to stop skipping for exercise.It registered seven on the Richter scale.-Les Dawson

Vicious proverbs on the mother-in-law

1.There once was a good mother-in-law but the wolf gobbled her up.-French proverb
2.Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can be cooked together but they will never be tender.-French proverb
3.Every mother-in-law is a piece of the devil's pants.-French proverb
4.A mother-in-law made of sugar,still tastes bitter.-Catalan proverb
5.A mother-in-law may be good,but she is better when mother earth covers her up.-Catalan proverb

Brilliant one-liner from Les Dawson

I can always tell when my mother-in-law's coming to stay;the mice throw themselves on the traps.-Les Dawson

Vicious quote from Les Dawson

Tomorrow it's the mother-in-law's funeral---and she's canceled it.-Les Dawson

Quote from Jerome k.Jerome

But there,everything has its drawbacks,as the man said when his mother-in-law died,and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.-Jerome K.Jerome

Quote from Donna Roberts

A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.-Donna Roberts

Great quote on mothers-in-law

Just got back from a pleasure trip:I took my mother-in-law to the airport.-Henny Youngman(1906-1998),English-born American comedian and violinist.

Quote from Fulton J.Sheen

Leisure is a form of silence,not noiselessness.It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds rest on a rosebud,a child at play,a Divine mystery,or a waterfall.-Fulton J.Sheen

Quote from Mikhail Lermontov

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall,yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.-Mikhail Lermontov

Quote from Bernard Kerik

Going to prison is like dying with your eyes open.-Bernard Kerik

Unusual quote on Niagara

I was disappointed in Niagara-most people must be disappointed in Niagara.Every American bride is taken there,and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest,if not the keenest disappointments in American married life.-Oscar Wilde(1954-2000)

Quote from Joyce Brothers

Trust your hunches.They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.-Joyce Brothers

Quote from Elizabeth Travis Johnson

Really I don't dislike to cook ,but what you cook is eaten so quickly.When you sew,you have something that will last to show for your efforts.-Elizabeth Travis Johnson

Quote about Montreal

Anyone who doesn't think Montreal is one of the greatest cities in the world is clearly not from this planet!-Dan Aykroyd

Interesting quote on Publication

Publication is the auction of the Mind of Man.-Emily Dickinson(1830-1886),American poet who had been called the New England Mystic

Quotation from James Chiles

Burglars know there's more than one way to skin a vault.-James Chiles

Quotation from H.L.Mencken

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as a honest burglar.-H.L.Mencken

Quote from Jessica Alba

I could have sexual chemistry with vinegar.-Jessica Alba

Quote from Raymond Soh

Life has a self-correcting mechanism-things that  we once thought were terrible have a way of becoming stepping stones for new discoveries.-Raymond Soh

Quote from Corneille

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.-Pierre Corneille

Great quote from Pope John XXIII

Men are like wine-some turn to vinegar,but the best improve with age.-Pope John XXIII

Quote from Henry Maudsley

The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep.-Henry Maudsley

Quote from Edward Abbey

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers,so long as they are wild,free,spontaneous.Bricks to all greenhouses!Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!-Edward Abbey

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Quote on power

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few,and powerlessness in the hands of so many.-Maggie Kuhn(1905-1995)

Superb quote from Maggie Kuhn

Old age is not a disease-it is strength and survivorship,triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments,trials and illnesses.-Maggie Kuhn(1905-1995),Social activist and founder of the group GREY PANTHERS

Quote on old age

Old age is an excellent time for outrage.My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.-Maggie Kuhn(1905-1995),founder of group Grey Panthers

Quote on polo

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.-Sylvester Stallone

Inspiring quote from Maggie Kuhn

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind-even if your voice shakes.-Maggie Kuhn(1905-1995),Founder of the Grey Panthers.

Superb quote from Carl Sagan

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's forever.-Carl Sagan

Brilliant quote from Oscar Wilde

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist -the problem is entirely the same in both cases.To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.-Oscar Wilde

Interesting quote from Lemony Snicket

People aren't either wicked or noble.They're like chef's salads,with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.-Lemony Snicket,THE GRIM GROTTO.

Quote from Kahlil Gibran

The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness.-Kahlil Gibran(1883-1931)

Quote from Frank Gehry

Architecture should speak of its time and place,but yearn for timelessness.-Frank Gehry

Quote from Elbert Hubbard

Rivalry is the life of trade,and the death of the trader.-Elbert Hubbard(1856-1915),American editor,publisher and writer.

Quote on Rivalry

Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests.-Louisa May Alcott(1832-1888)

Quote from Samuel Johnson

We are by our occupations,education and habits of life,divided almost into different species,which regard one another,for the most part,with scorn and malignity.-Samuel Johnson,THE RAMBLER,1751.

Quote from Alfred Wainwright

There's no such thing as bad weather,only unsuitable clothing.-Alfred Wainwright

Another Jewish saying

If his word were a bridge,I'd be afraid to cross.-Jewish saying

A Jewish proverb

Troubles are to men what rust is to iron.-Jewish proverb

Interesting quote on rearing children

Rearing three children is like growing a cactus,a gardenia,and a tubful of impatiens.Each needs varying amounts of water,sunlight and pruning.Were I to be absolutely fair,I would have to treat each child as if he or she were absolutely identical to the other siblings,and there would be no profit for anyone in that.-Phyllis Theroux

Quote from Corneille

Reason and love are strong enemies.-Pierre Corneille

Quote from Ted Turner

You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.-Ted Turner(1938-)

Another Jewish proverb

When the kettle boils over,it overflows its own sides.-Jewish proverb

A Jewish proverb

They don't flatter the rich-just his money!-Jewish proverb

Quote from Ted Turner

Life is a game.Money is how we keep score.-Ted Turner(b.1938)

Quote from Morris Udall

I have learned the difference between a cactus and a caucus.On a cactus,the pricks are on the outside.-Morris Udall

Interesting quote from Norman Brodsky

I consider it the highest compliment when my employees go out and start their own companies in competition with me.I always send them a plant to wish them well.Of course,it's a cactus.-Norman Brodsky

Another quote from Ted Turner

Sports is like a war without the killing.-Ted Turner

Another quote from Phyllis Theroux

We were all so young that there were no lines on our faces to read between.-Phyllis Theroux

Quote from Ted Turner

Life is like a B-movie.You don't want to have to leave in the middle of it,but you don't want to see it again.-Ted Turner,U.S.media mogul(b.1938)

Quote from Phyllis Theroux

Every house has its own private cup of sorrow.-Phyllis Theroux,GIOVANNI'S LIGHT:THE STORY OF A TOWN WHERE TIME STOPPED FOR CHRISTMAS

Quote from James Joyce

People Trample Over Flowers,Yet only to Embrace A cactus.-James Joyce

Jewish proverb

Never mention rope in the house of a man who has been hanged.-Jewish proverb

Quote from Charles Churchill

The best things carried to excess are wrong.-Charles Churchill

Another quote from Muriel Spark

Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.-Muriel Spark

Quote from Muriel Spark

It is impossible to repent of love.The sin of love does not exist.-Muriel Spark

Quote from Homer Simpson

It takes two to lie.One to lie and one to listen.-Homer Simpson,"THE SIMPSONS.''

Great quote from Elizabeth Metcalf

The rarest thing in the world is a woman who is pleased with photographs of herself.-Elizabeth Metcalf

Quote from Phyllis McGinley

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.-Phyllis McGinley

Interesting proverb

To beg of the miser is to dig a trench in the sea.-Turkish proverb

A Turkish proverb

Keep the tongue in your mouth a prisoner.-Turkish proverb

Jewish proverb

Resent something,and your belly hurts.--Jewish proverb

Turkish proverb

What flares up fast,extinguishes soon.-Turkish proverb

A Turkish proverb

A lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man.-Turkish proverb

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Violence is not power,but the absence of power.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Turkish proverb

There is an uphill for every downhill,and a downhill for every uphill.-Turkish proverb

Quote from Edward Bellamy

An American credit card ---is just as good in Europe as American gold used to be.-Edward Bellamy

Interesting Jewish proverb

The rich man's foolishness is more admired than the pauper's wisdom.-Jewish proverb

Another Turkish proverb

A small key opens big doors.-Turkish proverb

Turkish proverb

Two captains will sink the ship.-Turkish proverb

Jewish proverb

You can get drowned close to shore,too.-Jewish proverb

A Turkish proverb

In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain.-Turkish proverb

Great Turkish proverb

A knife-wound heals,but a tongue wound festers.-Turkish proverb

Quote from Robert Orben

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.-Robert Orben

A few interesting proverbs

1.A drowning man will grab even for the point of a sword.-Jewish proverb
2.If a man is destined to drown,he will drown in a spoonful of water.-Jewish proverb
3.The worst informer is the face.-Jewish proverb
4.Attend no auctions if you have no money.-Jewish proverb
5.Silence is the fence around wisdom.-Jewish saying
6.Drive your horse with oats-not with a whip.-Jewish saying

Quote from Robert Quillen

As we grow older,our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.-Robert Quillen

Quote from Robert Quillen

If you count all your assets,you always show a profit.-Robert Quillen

Another quote from Henry S.Haskins

Some people are like wheelbarrows;useful only when pushed,and very easily upset.The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.-Henry S.Haskins

Quote from Henry S.Haskins

Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses,which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it,in place of dust.-Henry S.Haskins

Quote from Dr.Seuss

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.-Dr.Seuss

A Japanese saying

Let the past drift away with the water.-Japanese saying

Quote from Martin Luther King Jr.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a moulder of consensus.-Martin Luther King Jr.

Quote from Marshall McLuhan

We drive into the future using only our rear view mirror.-Marshall McLuhan

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The civilized man has built a coach,but has lost the use of his feet.-Ralph Waldo Emerson,``SELF-RELIANCE'',1841.

Another quote from Henry S.Haskins

No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage.-Henry S.Haskins

Quote from Herb Caen

Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that stay up all night and eat anything.-Herb Caen

Quote from Henry S.Haskins

The greatest masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette.-Henry S.Haskins

Quote from Elbert Hubbard

Live truth instead of professing it.-Elbert Hubbard

Quote from Lefty Gomez

I've got a new invention.It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.-Lefty Gomez(1908-1989)

Quote from Leo Buscaglia

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow,it only saps today of its joy.-Leo Buscaglia

Interesting quote from Ernest Hemmingway

I love sleep.My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake,you know?-Ernest Hemmingway