amor y desamor

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them. ~Mahatma Gandhi


There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court. ~Clarence Darrow, 1936


It must be right: I've done it from my youth.


An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. ~Gustave Flaubert


The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the court; failing this, within the borders of the neighborhood. ~Elliot Chaze


The place was always cold, and I got the feeling that the fans would have enjoyed baseball more if it had been played with a hockey puck. ~Andre Dawson, on Montreal


The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world. ~Andre Malraux


I never go without my dinner. No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that. ~Oscar Wilde


The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt


When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him. ~Henry Wheeler Shaw, a.k.a. Josh Billings


The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. ~Norman Vincent Peale


Millions of citizens are deeply disturbed that the military-industrial complex too often shapes national policy, but they do not want to be considered unpatriotic. ~Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963


Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure. ~Tony Benn


Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not a sin - just stupid.) ~Robert A. Heinlein


The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself. ~H.L. Mencken


Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. ~Samuel Johnson


At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb


Beauty's sister is vanity, and its daughter lust. ~Author Unknown


To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world. ~Charles Dudley Warner


Statistics may be defined as "a body of methods for making wise decisions in the face of uncertainty." ~W.A. Wallis