I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm. ~James Thurber
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. ~Mother Teresa
If I were a cat, what would make me purr? A pair of really comfortable blue jeans, and massages. ~Cinnamon Stomberger
Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it. ~William Shakespeare
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were. ~Author Unknown Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were. ~Author Unknown
All religions will pass, but this will remain: simply sitting in a chair and looking in the distance. ~V.V. Rozanov
We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit. ~Hubert H. Humphrey
That's baseball, and it's my game. Y' know, you take your worries to the game, and you leave 'em there. You yell like crazy for your guys. It's good for your lungs, gives you a lift, and nobody calls the cops. Pretty girls, lots of 'em. ~Humphrey Bogart
A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident. ~W. Somerset Maugham, Summing Up, 1938
All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed waste-paper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing. ~D.H. Lawrence, "Peace and War," Pansies, 1929
Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave. ~Felix G. Rohatyn, New York Times, 3 June 1987
War is nothing less than a temporary repeal of the principles of virtue. It is a system out of which almost all the virtues are excluded, and in which nearly all the vices are included. ~Robert Hall
There's a saying among prospectors: "Go out looking for one thing, and that's all you'll ever find." ~Robert Flaherty
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. ~George Moore
Why do men chase women they have no intention of marrying? The same urge that makes dogs chase cars they have no intention of driving. ~Author Unknown
Most of our diversions do not so much delay death as accustom us to it. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
Good shot, bad luck, and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified. ~Virginia Graham, Say Please, 1949
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. ~St. Augustine
If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners. ~Johnny Carson
Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. ~John G. Pollard
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. ~George Bernard Shaw
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. ~Confucius
Picasso would give up cubism just to capture your curves. ~Konfal Blyther
It's sad to grow old, but nice to ripen. ~Brigitte Bardot