Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
—D.H. Lawrence, 1908
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Some to the common pulpits, and cry out / “Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement!”
—William Shakespeare, c. 1599Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
—William Jennings Bryan, 1899Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60The twilight is the crack between the worlds.
—Carlos Castaneda, 1968Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.
—The Upanishads, c. 800 BCIf the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet.
—Charles M. Allen, 1967The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.
—Paul Johnson, 1989Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932Time, when it is left to itself and no definite demands are made on it, cannot be trusted to move at any recognized pace. Usually it loiters, but just when one has come to count upon its slowness, it may suddenly break into a wild irrational gallop.
—Edith Wharton, 1905Far water cannot quench near fire.
—Japanese proverbI know nothing about sex, because I was always married.
—Zsa Zsa GaborScandal begins where the police leave off.
—Karl Kraus, 1909