“People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.”
― Robert F. Kennedy
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― James Baldwin
“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
Getting old is painful, but it's important to try and age well, that is to say, without disturbing the youth.
Pierre Desproges
Counting other people’s sins does not make you saint.
– Hussein Nishah
“[Asteroids are] the vermin of the skies.
[Asteroids can block objects of interest on astronomical photographs.]”
― Walter Baade
We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
- Menander
Life is a rainbow which also includes black.
- Yevtushenko
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder
@cicerone imposter,
That's a great quote. Forgive me for nit-picking, the author of the quote is Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
^5, CI
@Ragman,
"Nit pick" all you want; I welcome corrections on any of my posts.
“Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.”
― Jim Butcher
“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.”
― Shel Silverstein
The most erotic spot of a body is always where the cloth is slightly ajar.
Roland Barthes