When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
#quotes #jill-lepore #childhood

I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
#quotes #geena-davis #humor

For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
#proverbs #sanskrit-proverbs

Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
#quotes #ben-jonson #reality

Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #death

The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
#quotes #george-santayana #traditions

Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #death #respect

Last night the Moon asked me, ""Why do not you leave your love if she makes you cry?" I looked back at the Moon and replied, "You are so lonely up there by can you leave your Sky?"
#message #cute #goodnight

Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #death

Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #death

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #beauty

It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
#proverbs #indian-proverbs #death

Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #gratitude

Here you can be a billionaire, like Mark Zuckerberg rich, but you are going to die and you are here for a while and ultimately all of your stuff is kind of like a rental. ~Henry Rollins
#quotes #henry-rollins #mark-zuckerberg #death

The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
#quotes #august-tholuck #death #graves

I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
#quotes #lady-randolph-churchill #women #beauty

I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
#quotes #alan-bennett #literature

A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs

Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
#proverbs #greatness

I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
#quotes #camille-paglia #james-wolcott

A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #curiosity

I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow. ~Barry Sheene
#quotes #barry-sheene #race #competition

When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
#quotes #tom-hiddleston #bullying

I am a big horror fan. I am a genre fan. I like to make these movies. They're my favorite kinds of movies to make. ~Amber Heard
#quotes #amber-heard #entertainment #movies

Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
#proverbs #oriental-proverbs