12 Jan , 2014
Things could always be worse; for instance, you could be ugly and work in the Post Office. Great short quote and quotation by: Adrienne E. Gusoff , US teacher, humorist and greeting card writer
Aesop, The Goose with the Golden Eggs
17 Dec , 2013
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find – nothing. Great short quote and quotation by: Aesop, The Goose with the Golden Eggs , Greek slave & fable author (620 BC – 560 BC)
14 Jun , 2013
This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)
17 Apr , 2013
Those who dance were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music. Great short quote and quotation by: Angela Monet ,
Henry Miller, The Henry Miller Reader (1959), "Reunion in Brooklyn"
13 Oct , 2011
To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Miller, The Henry Miller Reader (1959), “Reunion in Brooklyn” , US author (1891 – 1980)
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13 Oct , 2011
To love what you do and feel that it matters – how could anything be more fun? Great short quote and quotation by: Katharine Graham ,
W. H. Auden, Epitaph for an Unknown Soldier
13 Oct , 2011
To save your world you asked this man to die; Would this man, could he see you now, ask why? Great short quote and quotation by: W. H. Auden, Epitaph for an Unknown Soldier , US (English-born) critic & poet (1907 – 1973)
Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) "In the World"
13 Oct , 2011
To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and keep absolutely sober. Great short quote and quotation by: Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) “In the World” , (1865 – 1946)
J.B.S. Haldane, "On Being the Right Size" in the (1928) book "Possible Worlds"
13 Oct , 2011
To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size. The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern. I do not suppose that Henry Ford would find much difficulty in running Andorra or Luxembourg on a socialistic basis. He has already more men on his pay-roll […]
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13 Oct , 2011
Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be. Great short quote and quotation by: Jimmy Johnson ,
13 Oct , 2011
Treat a man as he appears to be, and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)
15 Feb , 2011
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it. Great short quote and quotation by: Dave Barry , US columnist & humorist (1947 – […]
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