No violence, gentlemen--no violence, I beg of you! Consider the
furniture! -- Sherlock Holmes
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Monday, February 27, 2017
Fortune Quote #1671
Mind! I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is
particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself,
to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the
trade. -- Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"
particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself,
to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the
trade. -- Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Fortune Quote #1670
Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't
understand his own meaning. -- George D. Prentice
understand his own meaning. -- George D. Prentice
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Fortune Quote #1669
Lord, what fools these mortals be! -- William Shakespeare, "A
Midsummer-Night's Dream"
Midsummer-Night's Dream"
Friday, February 24, 2017
Fortune Quote #1668
Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker
will be sorry. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
will be sorry. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Fortune Quote #1667
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can
read. -- Mark Twain
read. -- Mark Twain
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Fortune Quote #1666
Its name is Public Opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles
everything. Some think it is the voice of God. -- Mark Twain
everything. Some think it is the voice of God. -- Mark Twain
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Fortune Quote #1665
It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of
opinion that makes horse-races. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's
Calendar"
opinion that makes horse-races. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's
Calendar"
Monday, February 20, 2017
Fortune Quote #1664
It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a
man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained
that there were too many prehistoric toads in it. -- Mark
Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained
that there were too many prehistoric toads in it. -- Mark
Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Fortune Quote #1663
It is a wise father that knows his own child. -- William
Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"
Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Fortune Quote #1662
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely
the most important. -- Sherlock Holmes, "A Case of Identity"
the most important. -- Sherlock Holmes, "A Case of Identity"
Friday, February 17, 2017
Fortune Quote #1661
In the first place, God made idiots; this was for practice; then he made
school boards. -- Mark Twain
school boards. -- Mark Twain
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Fortune Quote #1660
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite
you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. --
Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. --
Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Fortune Quote #1659
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in
reading it at all. -- Oscar Wilde
reading it at all. -- Oscar Wilde
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Fortune Quote #1658
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would
be a merrier world. -- Thorin Oakenshield [J.R.R. Tolkien, "The
Hobbit"]
be a merrier world. -- Thorin Oakenshield [J.R.R. Tolkien, "The
Hobbit"]
Monday, February 13, 2017
Fortune Quote #1657
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't
know. -- Mark Twain
know. -- Mark Twain
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Fortune Quote #1656
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week
sometimes to make it up. -- Mark Twain, "The Innocents Abroad"
sometimes to make it up. -- Mark Twain, "The Innocents Abroad"
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Friday, February 10, 2017
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Fortune Quote #1653
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less
than half of you half as well as you deserve. -- Bilbo Baggins
[J.R.R. Tolkien, LotR]
than half of you half as well as you deserve. -- Bilbo Baggins
[J.R.R. Tolkien, LotR]
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Fortune Quote #1652
He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of
wisdom. -- Gandalf the Grey [J.R.R. Tolkien, LotR]
wisdom. -- Gandalf the Grey [J.R.R. Tolkien, LotR]
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Monday, February 6, 2017
Fortune Quote #1650
He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his
argument. -- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost"
argument. -- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost"
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Fortune Quote #1649
Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big
enough majority in any town? -- Mark Twain, "Huckleberry Finn"
enough majority in any town? -- Mark Twain, "Huckleberry Finn"
Saturday, February 4, 2017
Fortune Quote #1648
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but
coaxed down-stairs a step at a time. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead
Wilson's Calendar
coaxed down-stairs a step at a time. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead
Wilson's Calendar
Friday, February 3, 2017
Fortune Quote #1647
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good
example. -- "Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
example. -- "Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Fortune Quote #1646
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary
necessities. -- Mark Twain
necessities. -- Mark Twain
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Fortune Quote #1645
As to the Adjective: when in doubt, strike it out. -- Mark
Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
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