What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really
consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being,
he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut. -- Mark Twain
Friday, January 31, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Fortune Quote #544
There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an
impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy,
and a tragedy. -- Mark Twain
impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy,
and a tragedy. -- Mark Twain
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Fortune Quote #543
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is
cowardice. -- Mark Twain
cowardice. -- Mark Twain
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Fortune Quote #542
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a
rightly timed pause. -- Mark Twain
rightly timed pause. -- Mark Twain
Monday, January 27, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Fortune Quote #540
The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative
adopts them. -- Mark Twain
adopts them. -- Mark Twain
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Friday, January 24, 2014
Fortune Quote #538
My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks
water. -- Mark Twain
water. -- Mark Twain
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Fortune Quote #537
Man is the only creature who has the ability to blush, or the
need. -- Mark Twain
need. -- Mark Twain
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Fortune Quote #535
I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would
take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place
and kill him. -- Mark Twain
take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place
and kill him. -- Mark Twain
Monday, January 20, 2014
Fortune Quote #534
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must
have somebody to divide it with. -- Mark Twain
have somebody to divide it with. -- Mark Twain
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Fortune Quote #533
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and
how little we think of the other person. -- Mark Twain
how little we think of the other person. -- Mark Twain
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Friday, January 17, 2014
Fortune Quote #531
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you
nothing. It was here first. -- Mark Twain
nothing. It was here first. -- Mark Twain
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Fortune Quote #530
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of
fear. -- Mark Twain
fear. -- Mark Twain
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Fortune Quote #529
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their
guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. -- Mark Twain
guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. -- Mark Twain
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Fortune Quote #528
A lady is always grateful for a sincere compliment, so long as you don't
try to knock her down with it. -- Mark Twain
try to knock her down with it. -- Mark Twain
Monday, January 13, 2014
Fortune Quote #527
'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth
and remove all doubt. -- Mark Twain
and remove all doubt. -- Mark Twain
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Fortune Quote #526
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it,
you might as well laugh about it now. -- Marie Osmond
you might as well laugh about it now. -- Marie Osmond
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Friday, January 10, 2014
Fortune Quote #524
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want
the other person. -- Margaret Anderson
the other person. -- Margaret Anderson
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Fortune Quote #523
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but
in having new eyes. -- Marcel Proust
in having new eyes. -- Marcel Proust
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Fortune Quote #522
People wish to learn to swim and at the same time keep one foot on the
ground. -- Marcel Proust
ground. -- Marcel Proust
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Fortune Quote #521
As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty,
and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life--so I became a
scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet
girls. -- M. Cartmill
and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life--so I became a
scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet
girls. -- M. Cartmill
Monday, January 6, 2014
Fortune Quote #520
If there were a verb meaning 'to believe falsely,' it would not have any
significant first person, present indicative. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
significant first person, present indicative. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Fortune Quote #518
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how
to die. -- Leonardo Da Vinci
to die. -- Leonardo Da Vinci
Friday, January 3, 2014
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Fortune Quote #516
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love, you will find
that you are left holding only yourself. -- Leo Buscaglia
that you are left holding only yourself. -- Leo Buscaglia
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Fortune Quote #515
When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come
up with a handful of mud either. -- Leo Burnett
up with a handful of mud either. -- Leo Burnett
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