Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. ~Samuel Johnson
When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and takes his dog along to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes. The dog has certain relationships to the wolf the shepherd may have forgotten. ~Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can't see anything wrong with each other. ~Rene Yasenek
Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity. ~C.S.Lewis
We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time. ~Vince Lombardi
And I'll skip to Heaven on my own two feet. ~Terri Guillemets
It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble. ~Kenny, age 7, when asked if it's better to be single or married
It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. ~H.W. Shaw
Music is what life sounds like. ~Eric Olson
The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children. ~Edward, Duke of Windsor, Look, 5 March 1957
One photo out of focus is a mistake, ten photo out of focus are an experimentation, one hundred photo out of focus are a style. ~Author Unknown
Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country. ~Norman Cousins
To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. ~Beverly Nichols
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B. ~"Fats" Domino
I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight. ~Rita Rudner
Envy is a waste of time. ~Author Unknown
How vast an estate it is that we came into as the intellectual heirs of all the watchers and searchers and thinkers and singers of the generations that are dead! What a heritage of stored wealth! What perishing poverty of mind we should be left in without it! ~J.N. Larned
In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful. ~Abram L. Urban
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. ~Sacha Guitry, Elles et toi, 1948
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. ~Baltasar Gracian
Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
It is sometimes as dangerous to be run into by a microbe as by a trolley car. ~J.J. Walsh
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~Satchel Paige, 1974
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