Jvongard

Some of y'all are talking about money, Most of y'all should not be talking...Shhh just sit & listen, since you can pay attention.
- Jvongard

Anthony Trollope

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.
- Anthony Trollope

Philip Streifer

After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of David Steele to the post.
- Philip Streifer

Voltaire

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
- Voltaire

Thomas Edison

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
- Thomas Edison

Juan Antonio Samaranch

Olympism is a philosophy which, by blending sport with culture, seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal ethical principle.
- Juan Antonio Samaranch

Elinor Goulding Smith

It sometimes happens, even in the best of families, that a baby is born. This is not necessarily cause for alarm. The important thing is to keep your wits about you and borrow some money.
- Elinor Goulding Smith

Dagobert D. Runes

“People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.”
- Dagobert D. Runes

Dorothy L. Sayers

A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
- Dorothy L. Sayers

Alfred A. Montapert

The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of greed.
- Alfred A. Montapert

Rita Rudner

It wasn't that no one asked me to the prom, it was that no one would tell me where it was.
- Rita Rudner

Proverbs

Justice is like fire; if one covers it with a veil, it still burns.
- Proverbs

George Bernard Shaw

“If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.”
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

Dalai Lama

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples, my philosophy is kindness.
- Dalai Lama

Henry Ford

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
- Henry Ford

James Feibleman

A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
- James Feibleman

Moorish proverb

“He who does not travel does not know the value of men.”
- Moorish proverb

Douglas Adams

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."
- Douglas Adams

James Feibleman

"A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes."
- James Feibleman

Japanese proverb

The poorest man is not without a cent, but without a dream.
- Japanese proverb

Stewart Emery

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.
- Stewart Emery

Marcus Valerius Martial

If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
- Marcus Valerius Martial

Hodding Carter

Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone.
- Hodding Carter

Oscar Wilde

God and other artists are always a little obscure.
- Oscar Wilde

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Hunter S. Thompson

“If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism. ”
- Hunter S. Thompson (1937 - 2005)

Yogi Berra

Shut up and talk.
- Yogi Berra

Pietro Aretino

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
- Pietro Aretino

Isaac Asimov

"If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them."
- Isaac Asimov

Mark Twain

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)