Today Quotes
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A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.George Bernard Shaw, "Man and Superman" (1903), act I
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.George Bernard Shaw, "Man and Superman" (1903), act I
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.Alfred Hitchcock
Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.Spanish Proverb
The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.Stephen Jay Gould
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.Stephen Jay Gould
A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.Arthur Brisbane, "The Book of Today"
Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.Franklin P. Jones, Saturday Evening Post, November 29, 1953
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.Sophia Loren
I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.Robert McCloskey, State Department spokesman (attributed)