Thousands of phrases, quotations and aphorisms listed by authors and topics

Life is wasted on the living.

Life

The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell.

Marriage

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

Success

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

Fear

After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.

Success

Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.

Miscellaneous

The beauty of having short hair is that I actually can wash and style it at home!

Beauty

I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.

Age

Perhaps more than any other, the food industry is very sensitive to consumer demand.

Food

Maybe the body learns from dreams. Maybe the muscles, the neutrons, revitalize.

Dreams

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

Ignorance

We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn't matter.

Friendship

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.

Humor

The American dream is about freedom.

Freedom

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Business

Religion is a fashionable substitute for Belief.

Religion

Thus idly busy rolls their world away.

Idleness

As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.

Travel

Covetousness, which is idolatry.

Envy

Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.

Hope