Thursday, October 06, 2005

"I wish I'd said that"


Posted by Picasa"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better"
Sam Beckett (1906-89)


"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious"
Albert Einstein (resting)


"The past doe's not repeat itself, but it rhymes"
Mark Twain (1835-1910)

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing"
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scroundrel"
Samuel Johnston (1709 - 1784)

"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead"
Stan Laurel (1890-1965)

"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"
Tom Waits 1949 to present

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning & gets to bed at night, & in between does what he wants to do"
Bob Dylan 1935 to present

"I think there is a World Market for maybe five computers"
(IBM Chairman Thomas Watson in 1943)

"Life is just one damned thing after another"
Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans"
John Lennon (1940-1980)

"Life is far to an important thing ever to talk seriously about"
Oscar Wilde - Irish dramatist, novelist, poet & wit (1854-1900)

"I can resist anything but temptation"
OW

"A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her"
OW

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence with no civilization in between"
OW

"Anyone who lives within thier means suffers from a lack of imagination"
OW

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating : people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing"
OW

"I wasted time, now doth time waste me"
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

"One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time"
Andre Gide (1869-1951)

"Everything in moderation, including moderation"
Anon.

"Doubt is an unpleasant condition, but certainty is absurd"
Voltaire (1694-1778)

"We are explorers of the curious, if you see the road in front of you it is not worth the trip"
Dante

"I'm ready, I'm ready" (in the most enthusiastically manic voice possible)
Sponge Bob Square Pants


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

these are some of the most beautiful quotes imaginable. Thanks for putting them all in one place. I've heard some of them, but there are many new ones, ie: never heeard of OW (Oscar Wilde?)