If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. ~Henry Adams
#quotes #henry-adams #weeping

To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
#quotes #paul-a-baran #society #culture

If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
#quotes #henry-david-thoreau #motivation

I invented the cordless extension cord. ~Steven Wright
#quotes #steven-wright #humor

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. ~Henry Ward Beecher
#quotes #henry-ward-beecher #society #law #humanity #government

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #laughing #soul

Achilles absent was Achilles still! ~Homer
#quotes #homer #achilles #absence

No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
#quotes #jodi-picoult #personality #wish

If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
#proverbs #danish-proverbs #jealousy

In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. ~David Coleman
#quotes #david-coleman #humor

I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
#quotes #gilbert-gottfried #humor #explanation

I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
#quotes #david-kay #iraq

What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
#proverbs #jewish-proverbs #weeping

A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
#proverbs #haitian-proverbs #mother

I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
#quotes #kofi-annan #military #iraq #united-states

I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
#quotes #iris-murdoch

If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #tea #truth

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
#proverbs #hungarian-proverbs #human #apple #adam-and-eve

Death is just life's next big adventure. ~J. K. Rowling
#quotes #j-k-rowling #death #life

As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism

Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #faults

Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
#proverbs #vietnamese-proverbs #siblings

Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
#proverbs #native-american-proverbs

An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
#proverbs #quotations

One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #ignorance