The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been
found difficult, and left untried. -- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
A daily fortune or quote based on the Unix fortune program. Have it emailed to you daily, or browse this blog.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Fortune Quote #420
War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.
-- Georges Clemenceau
-- Georges Clemenceau
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Fortune Quote #419
War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory. --
Georges Clemenceau
Georges Clemenceau
Friday, September 27, 2013
Fortune Quote #418
Hell is not to love anymore. -- Georges Bernanos
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Fortune Quote #417
Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American
life. Violence and committee meetings. -- George Will
life. Violence and committee meetings. -- George Will
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Fortune Quote #416
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving
peace. -- George Washington
peace. -- George Washington
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Fortune Quote #415
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire it
is a dangerous servant and a fearsome master. -- George Washington
is a dangerous servant and a fearsome master. -- George Washington
Monday, September 23, 2013
Fortune Quote #414
If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you would be
amazed at the results. -- George Patton
amazed at the results. -- George Patton
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Fortune Quote #413
To see what is in front of one's nose requires a constant
struggle. -- George Orwell
struggle. -- George Orwell
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Fortune Quote #412
Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student. -- George
Iles
Iles
Friday, September 20, 2013
Fortune Quote #411
The future has a way of arriving unannounced. -- George F. Will
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Fortune Quote #410
Speech is but broken light upon the depth of the unspoken. --
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Fortune Quote #409
Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving
cabs and cutting hair. -- George Burns
cabs and cutting hair. -- George Burns
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Fortune Quote #408
I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than be a success at
something I hate. -- George Burns
something I hate. -- George Burns
Monday, September 16, 2013
Fortune Quote #407
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to
be serious when people laugh. -- George Bernard Shaw
be serious when people laugh. -- George Bernard Shaw
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Fortune Quote #406
England and America are two countries separated by the same
language. -- George Bernard Shaw
language. -- George Bernard Shaw
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Fortune Quote #405
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful
than a life spent doing nothing. -- George Bernard Shaw
than a life spent doing nothing. -- George Bernard Shaw
Friday, September 13, 2013
Fortune Quote #404
One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach. -- George Ade
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Fortune Quote #403
One good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to
know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing. -- Gene Brown
know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing. -- Gene Brown
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Fortune Quote #402
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The
hard part is doing it. -- Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
hard part is doing it. -- Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Fortune Quote #401
Only he who is smitten with the arrows of love knows its power. --
Gandhi
Gandhi
Monday, September 9, 2013
Fortune Quote #400
Do God's will as if it were thy will, and he will accomplish thy will as
if it were His own. -- Gamaliel
if it were His own. -- Gamaliel
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Fortune Quote #399
Everything has a boolean value, if you stand far enough away from
it. -- Galena Alyson Canada
it. -- Galena Alyson Canada
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Fortune Quote #398
When one rows, it is not the rowing which moves the ship. Rowing is only a
magical ceremony by means of which, one compels a demon to move the
ship. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
magical ceremony by means of which, one compels a demon to move the
ship. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Friday, September 6, 2013
Fortune Quote #397
Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger. -- Friedrich
Nietzsche
Nietzsche
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Fortune Quote #396
One should part from life as Odysseus parted from Nausicaa: with a
blessing rather than in love. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
blessing rather than in love. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Fortune Quote #395
One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live
proudly. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
proudly. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Fortune Quote #394
Insanity in individuals is something rare--but in groups, parties, nations
and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Monday, September 2, 2013
Fortune Quote #393
Every man has a price -- this is not true. However, for every man there
exists a bait which he cannot resists swallowing. It is just that money is
not the bait for all men. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
exists a bait which he cannot resists swallowing. It is just that money is
not the bait for all men. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Fortune Quote #392
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known,
then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. -- Fred Allen
then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. -- Fred Allen
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