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Thing Quotes (page 890)

Have you ever noticed that things that don’t kill you make you weaker? And great minds don’t think alike. If they did, the patent office would only have about fifty inventions. I started getting suspicious when I cried over spilt milk and the cashier took it off my bill.” - Wally Scott Adams
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity. Benjamin Franklin
The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else. Oswald Chambers
In history there are no control groups. There is no one to tell us what might have been. We weep over the might have been, but there is no might have been. There never was. It is supposed to be true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. I don't believe knowing can save us. What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and a love of blood and this is a thing that even God--who knows all that can be known--seems powerless to change. Cormac McCarthy
...Unaccustomed sense of peace did not depend on...'the whim of any fallible creature, or...economic security, or the weather. I don't know where it comes from. Jung states that such serenity is always a miracle...I am so glad that the therapists of my maturity and the saints of my childhood agree on one thing. Louise Bogan
have you ever seen a genius out there looking for a job? it's the saddest thing in the world. no one will hire him. there is only one place where he is always welcome- at the bottom. Henry Miller
Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Tom Robbins quote: "Magic things are fond of deceptions."
Magic things are fond of deceptions. Tom Robbins
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "The only thing constant in life is change"
The only thing constant in life is change Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We are accused of being obsessed by property. The truth is the other way round. It is the society and culture in question which is so obsessed. Yet to an obsessive his obsession always seems to be of the nature of things and so is not recognized for what it is. The relation between property and art in European culture appears natural to that culture, and consequently if somebody demonstrates the extent of the property interest in a given cultural field, it is said to be a demonstration of his... John Berger
Jean Cocteau quote: "There's no such thing as love; only proof of love."
There's no such thing as love; only proof of love. Jean Cocteau
Norton Juster quote: "So many things are possible just as long as you don't know..."
So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible. Norton Juster
My notion of spirituality was different than it is now, but even if I'd been the most fundamentalist of believers, I would have assumed that God had better things to do than arbitrarily smite me with shaking palsy. Michael J. Fox
When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that's to be found in the creative spirit. It's the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives. Fred Rogers
Tracy Chapman quote: "Now love's the only thing thats free. We must take it where..."
Now love's the only thing thats free. We must take it where it's found. Pretty soon it may be costly. Tracy Chapman

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