quotes about friendship and love

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. ~Psalms 55:21


Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ~Ernest Hemingway Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ~Ernest Hemingway


We mourn the transitory things and fret under the yoke of the immutable ones. ~Paul Eldridge


A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counsellor, a multitude of counsellors. ~Henry Ward Beecher


Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund. ~F.J. Raymond


I'm not a particularly verbose person. I think that's why I like taking pictures... they speak for themselves. ~Jeb Dickerson, www.howtomatter.com


The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to eat. ~John McNulty


When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family. Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world. ~Author Unknown


Innovative capitalists have tried to rewrite nature, but to no avail. ~Astrid Alauda


Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along. ~Hugh Allen


Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain. ~Carl G. Jung


Man is the only animal who enjoys the consolation of believing in a next life; all other animals enjoy the consolation of not worrying about it. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com


I don't like watching golf on TV. I can't stand whispering. ~David Brenner


History: a collection of epitaphs. ~Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary


And life and love and peace are all new born. ~Alice Freeman Palmer


Guys are like roses. You've got to watch out for the pricks. ~Author Unknown


He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds. ~Saint Bernard of Clairvaux


A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself. ~Arthur Miller


When I see the Ten Most Wanted Lists... I always have this thought: If we'd made them feel wanted earlier, they wouldn't be wanted now. ~Edie Cantor


He stands out among the beacon lights of history as a man of vision dominated by a definite purpose. ~John George Jones