Short quotations about, could - Page 4

David Merritt, a.k.a. THE RED SHARK

What profits a man if he keeps his …

15 Feb , 2011  

What profits a man if he keeps his eternal soul when he could have lived life to the full and been forgiven at the end of it all anyway? Great short quote and quotation by: David Merritt, a.k.a. THE RED SHARK ,

, , , , , ,

Ursula K. LeGuin

What sane person could live in this…

15 Feb , 2011  

What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? Great short quote and quotation by: Ursula K. LeGuin ,

, , ,

Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer III: What is an American?

What then is the American, this new…

15 Feb , 2011  

What then is the American, this new man? He is either an European, or the descendant of an European, hence that strange misture of blood, which you will find in no other country. I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a french […]

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Dr. Robert Schuller

What would you attempt to do if you…

15 Feb , 2011  

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? Great short quote and quotation by: Dr. Robert Schuller ,

,

Guindon cartoon caption

Whatever their other contributions …

15 Feb , 2011  

Whatever their other contributions to our society, lawyers could be an important source of protein. Great short quote and quotation by: Guindon cartoon caption ,

, , , , , , , ,

Uncategorized

When I came back to Dublin I was co…

15 Feb , 2011  

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. Great short quote and quotation by: Brendan Behan , Irish author & dramatist (1923 – 1964)

, , , , , ,

Brendan Behan

When I came back to Dublin I was co…

15 Feb , 2011  

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. Great short quote and quotation by: Brendan Behan , Irish author & dramatist (1923 – 1964)

, , , , , ,

Uncategorized

When I was fourteen, my father was …

15 Feb , 2011  

When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

, , , , , , , , ,

Uncategorized

When I was young I had an elderly f…

15 Feb , 2011  

When I was young I had an elderly friend who used often to ask me to stay with him in the country. He was a religious man and he read prayers to the assembled household every morning. But he had crossed out in pencil all the passages that praised God. He said that there was […]

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Uncategorized

When I was younger, I could remembe…

15 Feb , 2011  

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

, , , , ,

Peter van der Linden

When solving a “panic” you must fir…

15 Feb , 2011  

When solving a “panic” you must first ask yourself what you were doing that could possibly frighten an operating system. Great short quote and quotation by: Peter van der Linden ,

, , , , , , , ,

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

When the least they could do to you…

15 Feb , 2011  

When the least they could do to you was everything, then the most they could do to you suddenly held no terror. Great short quote and quotation by: Terry Pratchett, Small Gods ,

, , , ,