quotes about him

I wish I'd said it first, and I don't even know who did: The only problems that money can solve are money problems. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966


Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry. ~John Wesley


Failure is an event, never a person. ~William D. Brown, Welcome Stress!


A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens... if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly... to scale mountains that are not there, who shall stop it? ~Charles Ives


I bought a talking refrigerator that said "Oink" every time I opened the door. It made me hungry for pork chops. ~Marie Mott


I doubt if anything learnt at school is of more value than great literature learnt by heart. ~Richard Livingstone


Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts. ~Minor White


Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary Happiness? That's nothing more than health and a poor memory. ~Albert Schweitzer


Undoubtedly the desire for food has been and still is one of the main causes of political events. ~Bertrand Russell


The more chance there is of stubbing your toe, the more chance you have of stepping into success. ~Author Unknown


Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. ~Gordon R. Dickson


I've been smoking nearly 50 years now. I just don't feel safe breathing anything I can't see! ~Dave Beard


The only way to have a life is to commit to it like crazy. ~Angelina Jolie


We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don't even have to go to the hospital. ~Brad Park We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. ~Author Unknown


Our historic imagination is at best slightly developed. We generalise and idealise the past egregiously. We set up little toys to stand as symbols for centuries and the complicated lives of countless individuals. ~John Dewey, Characters and Events


Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966


I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now. ~Author Unknown


Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year. ~P. J. O'Rourke


Anything is good if it's made of chocolate. ~Jo Brand


Change always comes bearing gifts. ~Price Pritchett