Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
#proverbs #scottish-proverbs #carpe-diem #life #death

People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. ~Michele Bachmann
#quotes #michele-bachmann #government #money

Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #heart

I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
#quotes #stella-mccartney #fashion #technology

I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
#quotes #grandma-moses #helping

By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. ~John Podhoretz
#quotes #john podhoretz #government #taxation

It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #knowledge #speaking

Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #luck #work

Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #instinct

Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
#quotes #alexander-payne #jesuits #christianity #religious

The trauma said. Don't write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones. ~Andrea Gibson
#quotes #andrea-gibson #sorrow

I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout. ~Samantha Stosur
#quotes #samantha-stosur #workout #bikes

I think when it comes to botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices. ~Debra Winger
#quotes #debra-winger #honesty

It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
#quotes #ivan-turgenev

The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
#quotes #robert-quillen #ignorance

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

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
#quotes #anthony-trollope #law

The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
#quotes #james-madison #communication #free-speech

Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
#quotes #tom-robbins #world

Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
#quotes #bil-keane #simplicity #tired

I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
#quotes #ray-davies #time

Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
#quotes #mitch-kapor #technology #society #change

To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #praying #helping

He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
#quotes #john-locke #family #respect

I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills. I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships. ~Britt Ekland
#quotes #britt-ekland #luxury