Sep 4, 2010
Quotes by William Shakespeare
"Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this sun of York. When well apparell'd April on the heel, Of limping winter treads. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day, Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. O, call back yesterday, bid time return. How many things by season season'd are to their right praise and true perfection! Fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world. Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou ... Read More
Sep 3, 2010
Quotes by Wallis Simpson
"I married the Duke for better or worse, but not for lunch."
Quotes by William Shakespeare
"Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade.To shepherds looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy. To kings that fear their subjects' treachery? A king of shreds and patches. Ay, every inch a king. It is well done, and fitting for a princess. Descended of so many royal kings. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Not all the ... Read More
Aug 20, 2010
Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Kings, priests, and statesmen, blast the human flower, Even in its tender bud; their influence darts, Like subtle poison through the bloodless veins, Of desolate society. Earth groans beneath religion's iron age, And priests dare babble of a God of peace, Even whilst their hands are red with guiltless blood. From the dust of creeds outworn. The world's great age begins anew, The golden years return, The earth doth like a snake renew, Her winter weeds outworn; Heaven ... Read More
Aug 12, 2010
Quotes by Paul Simon
"And the sign said, "The words of the prophets, and written on the subway walls, and tenement halls",and whispered in the sounds of silence."
Quotes by George Bernard Shaw
"Make me a beautiful word for doing things tomorrow, for that surely is a great and blessed invention. Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and the Bible; and don't sit ... Read More
Jun 27, 2010
Quotes by Mark Twain
"Golf is a good walk spoiled".
Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
"The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one's appetite is not too keen".
Quotes by William Temple
"Personally, I have always looked on cricket as organised loafing".
Quotes by Phillip Stubbes
"Football...causeth fighting, brawling,contention, quarrel picking, murder, homicide and grat effusion of bloode, as daily experience teacheth".
Quotes by Jock Stein
"We do have the greatest fans in the world, but I've never seen a fan score ... Read More
Jun 20, 2010
Quotes by Mark Twain
"Truth is the most valuable thing we have. let us economize it. When in doubt, tell the truth".
Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
"It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak, and another to hear".
Quotes by Susan Sontag
"The truth is always discovered by someone else, it loses something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is".
Quotes by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"When truth is discovered by ... Read More
Jun 17, 2010
Quotes by William Somerville
"Let all the learned say what they can, 'Tis ready money makes the man".
Quotes by Logan Pearsall Smith
"The wretchedness of being rich is that you live with rich people".
Quotes by Adam Smith
"It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense...They are themselves always, and without exception, the greatest spendthrifts in society. Let them look well after their own expense, and they ... Read More