A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks
it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away. -- Dr.
Boyce, "The Menagerie" ("The Cage")
A daily fortune or quote based on the Unix fortune program. Have it emailed to you daily, or browse this blog.
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Friday, December 30, 2016
Fortune Quote #1612
A little suffering is good for the soul. -- Kirk, "The Corbomite
Maneuver"
Maneuver"
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Fortune Quote #1611
You don't sew with a fork, so I see no reason to eat with knitting
needles. -- Miss Piggy, on eating Chinese Food
needles. -- Miss Piggy, on eating Chinese Food
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Fortune Quote #1610
While it may be true that a watched pot never boils, the one you don't
keep an eye on can make an awful mess of your stove. -- Edward
Stevenson
keep an eye on can make an awful mess of your stove. -- Edward
Stevenson
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Fortune Quote #1609
Thirteen at a table is unlucky only when the hostess has only twelve
chops. -- Groucho Marx
chops. -- Groucho Marx
Monday, December 26, 2016
Fortune Quote #1608
Without love intelligence is dangerous; without intelligence love is not
enough. -- Ashley Montagu
enough. -- Ashley Montagu
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Fortune Quote #1607
We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first
attack. -- Marie Ebner von Eschenbach
attack. -- Marie Ebner von Eschenbach
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Fortune Quote #1606
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three
parts dead. -- Bertrand Russell
parts dead. -- Bertrand Russell
Friday, December 23, 2016
Fortune Quote #1605
The only difference in the game of love over the last few thousand years
is that they've changed trumps from clubs to diamonds. -- The
Indianapolis Star
is that they've changed trumps from clubs to diamonds. -- The
Indianapolis Star
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Fortune Quote #1604
The magic of our first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
-- Benjamin Disraeli
-- Benjamin Disraeli
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Fortune Quote #1603
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. -- Blaise
Pascal
Pascal
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Fortune Quote #1602
People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense. -- Ken Kesey
Monday, December 19, 2016
Fortune Quote #1601
Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human
beings infinite distances continue to exist, a wonderful living side by
side can grow up, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which
makes it possible for each to see each other whole and against a wide
sky. -- Rainer Maria Rilke
beings infinite distances continue to exist, a wonderful living side by
side can grow up, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which
makes it possible for each to see each other whole and against a wide
sky. -- Rainer Maria Rilke
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Fortune Quote #1600
Love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself. --
Saint Exupery
Saint Exupery
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Fortune Quote #1599
"Love is staying up all night with a sick child, or a healthy adult."
Friday, December 16, 2016
Fortune Quote #1598
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very
pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love
grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning
and unquenchable. -- Bruce Lee
pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love
grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning
and unquenchable. -- Bruce Lee
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Fortune Quote #1597
Lonely is a man without love. -- Englebert Humperdinck
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Fortune Quote #1596
Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who
sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his
or her love affairs. -- Rebecca West
sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his
or her love affairs. -- Rebecca West
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Fortune Quote #1595
In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other
really likes. -- Elizabeth Ashley
really likes. -- Elizabeth Ashley
Monday, December 12, 2016
Fortune Quote #1594
I used to think romantic love was a neurosis shared by two, a supreme
foolishness. I no longer thought that. There's nothing foolish in loving
anyone. Thinking you'll be loved in return is what's foolish. --
Rita Mae Brown
foolishness. I no longer thought that. There's nothing foolish in loving
anyone. Thinking you'll be loved in return is what's foolish. --
Rita Mae Brown
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Fortune Quote #1593
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with
you. -- Roy Croft
you. -- Roy Croft
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Fortune Quote #1592
I love you more than anything in this world. I don't expect that will
last. -- Elvis Costello
last. -- Elvis Costello
Friday, December 9, 2016
Fortune Quote #1591
I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so. -- John
Donne
Donne
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Fortune Quote #1590
Be sure it's true, when you say "I love you". It's a sin to tell a lie.
Millions of hearts have been broken, just because these words were
spoken. -- Ann Landers
Millions of hearts have been broken, just because these words were
spoken. -- Ann Landers
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Fortune Quote #1589
Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
-- The Wizard of Oz
-- The Wizard of Oz
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Fortune Quote #1588
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage -- he won't
encounter many rivals. -- Georg Lichtenberg, "Aphorisms"
encounter many rivals. -- Georg Lichtenberg, "Aphorisms"
Monday, December 5, 2016
Fortune Quote #1587
"Falling in love is a lot like dying. You never get to do it enough to
become good at it."
become good at it."
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Fortune Quote #1586
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance
and without any visible reason. -- Lord Chesterfield
and without any visible reason. -- Lord Chesterfield
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Fortune Quote #1585
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most
ridiculous ones. -- La Rochefoucauld
ridiculous ones. -- La Rochefoucauld
Friday, December 2, 2016
Fortune Quote #1584
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind
blows out candles and fans fires. -- La Rochefoucauld
blows out candles and fans fires. -- La Rochefoucauld
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Fortune Quote #1583
"A kiss is a course of procedure, cunningly devised, for the mutual
stoppage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous."
stoppage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous."
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