self esteem quotes

Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight. ~William McFee, Casuals of the Sea, 1916



More history's made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations. ~John Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor



Oaths are but words, and words but wind. ~Samuel Butler



When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute - and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity. ~Albert Einstein



Good things, when short, are twice as good. ~Baltasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom



You know, we've got to do it someday... throw away all the guns and invite all the jokers from the North and the South in here to a cocktail party... last man standing on his feet at the end wins the war. ~Hawkeye, "Pilot Episode," 1972 You know, we've got to do it someday... throw away all the guns and invite all the jokers from the north and the south in here to a cocktail party... last man standing on his feet at the end wins the war. ~Hawkeye, "Pilot Episode," original airdate 17 September 1972, written by Larry Gelbart, directed by Gene Reynolds



My flag is raised high today. For others to see, sure. But more so to find which way my wind is blowing. Almost time to chart a course. ~Jeb Dickerson, www.howtomatter.com



The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~St. Augustine



The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim. ~Edsger W. Dijkstra



It's okay to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it. ~Steve McConnell



Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven. ~Mary Baker Eddy



All the mind's activity is easy if it is not subjected to reality. ~Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past: Cities of the Plain



How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! ~Maya Angelou, in Chris Orr, "Moms and Whoopi: Pioneers of Black Theater," Plexus, November 1983



The secret to mountain biking is pretty simple. The slower you go the more likely it is you'll crash. ~Julie Furtado



You know you've reached middle age when a doctor, not a policeman, tells you to slow down, all you exercise are your prerogatives and it takes you longer to rest than to get tired. ~Author Unknown



Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories. ~John Wilmot



The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires. ~Dorothy Parker



It is the position of some theists that their right to freedom OF religion is abridged when they are not allowed to violate the rationalists' right to freedom FROM religion. ~James T. Green



Sons are for fathers the twice-told tale. ~Victoria Secunda, Women and Their Fathers, 1992



I mean, what do you do in Las Vegas? You gamble - and you go to strip clubs. ~Scott Caan