31-Dec-1996
Being "normal" really means sharing the same abnormalities as the group of people with whom you usually associate.
A 1997 New Year's Resolution for me was to add a "quote of the day" to my home page. It will be interesting to see how long I can continue to find things which strike my fancy to put here.
1-Jan-2010
With confidence, you have won before you have started. - Marcus Garvey
2-Jan-2010
I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. - Vincent Van Gogh
3-Jan-2010
Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. - Andy Warhol
4-Jan-2010
Memory is the personal journalism of the soul. - Richard Schickel
5-Jan-2010
Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art. - Philip James Bailey
6-Jan-2010
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. - Josh Billings
7-Jan-2010
Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day. - Kathie Lee Gifford
8-Jan-2010
In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk. - Rita Rudner
9-Jan-2010
Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. - Ambrose Bierce
10-Jan-2010
Who is wise in love, love most, say least. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
11-Jan-2010
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. - Lao Tzu
12-Jan-2010
Courage is grace under pressure. - Ernest Hemingway
13-Jan-2010
A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet. - Orson Welles
14-Jan-2010
I can, therefore I am. - Simone Weil
15-Jan-2010
Don't fight the problem, decide it. - George C. Marshall
16-Jan-2010
It was either be an artist, or be insane. - William Shockley
17-Jan-2010
The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man. - John Ruskin
18-Jan-2010
Pleasure is nature's test, her sign of approval. - Oscar Wilde
19-Jan-2010
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it. - James Agate
20-Jan-2010
The extreme always seems to make an impression. - Heathers
21-Jan-2010
For forms of government, let fools contest... what e're's best administered, is best. - Alexander Pope
22-Jan-2010
Goldilocks is about property rights. Little Red Riding Hood is a tale of seduction, rape, murder, and cannibalism. - Bernard J. Hibbits
23-Jan-2010
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - George Bernard Shaw
24-Jan-2010
Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him. - Fyodor Dostoyevski
25-Jan-2010
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps. - Benjamin Disraeli
26-Jan-2010
The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. - Peter De Vries
27-Jan-2010
Freedom's just another world for nothing left to lose. - Janis Joplin
28-Jan-2010
Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us. - Roy Adzak
29-Jan-2010
I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption. - Richard J. Needham
30-Jan-2010
Laws are made for us; we are not made for the laws. - William Milonoff
31-Jan-2010
Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. - Thomas Chandler Haliburton
1-Feb-2010
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. - Albert Camus
2-Feb-2010
The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others. - Doug Larson
3-Feb-2010
I see it's "Cat Attempts To Destroy House Through Kinetic Energy Release" o'clock again. - Fade Manley
4-Feb-2010
What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit. - John Updike
5-Feb-2010
Love is a great beautifier. - Louisa May Alcott
6-Feb-2010
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it. - Isaac Bashevis Singer
7-Feb-2010
Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times. - Rita Rudner
8-Feb-2010
It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it. - Robert E. Lee
Being "normal" really means sharing the same abnormalities as the group of people with whom you usually associate.
- Dale Miller
A 1997 New Year's Resolution for me was to add a "quote of the day" to my home page. It will be interesting to see how long I can continue to find things which strike my fancy to put here.
I have attempted to attribute these quotations whenever possible. If I have incorrectly identified one, please let me know.
Check the sidebar for earlier quotes.
1-Jan-2010
With confidence, you have won before you have started. - Marcus Garvey
2-Jan-2010
I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. - Vincent Van Gogh
3-Jan-2010
Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. - Andy Warhol
4-Jan-2010
Memory is the personal journalism of the soul. - Richard Schickel
5-Jan-2010
Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art. - Philip James Bailey
6-Jan-2010
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. - Josh Billings
7-Jan-2010
Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day. - Kathie Lee Gifford
8-Jan-2010
In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk. - Rita Rudner
9-Jan-2010
Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. - Ambrose Bierce
10-Jan-2010
Who is wise in love, love most, say least. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
11-Jan-2010
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. - Lao Tzu
12-Jan-2010
Courage is grace under pressure. - Ernest Hemingway
13-Jan-2010
A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet. - Orson Welles
14-Jan-2010
I can, therefore I am. - Simone Weil
15-Jan-2010
Don't fight the problem, decide it. - George C. Marshall
16-Jan-2010
It was either be an artist, or be insane. - William Shockley
17-Jan-2010
The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man. - John Ruskin
18-Jan-2010
Pleasure is nature's test, her sign of approval. - Oscar Wilde
19-Jan-2010
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it. - James Agate
20-Jan-2010
The extreme always seems to make an impression. - Heathers
21-Jan-2010
For forms of government, let fools contest... what e're's best administered, is best. - Alexander Pope
22-Jan-2010
Goldilocks is about property rights. Little Red Riding Hood is a tale of seduction, rape, murder, and cannibalism. - Bernard J. Hibbits
23-Jan-2010
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - George Bernard Shaw
24-Jan-2010
Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him. - Fyodor Dostoyevski
25-Jan-2010
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps. - Benjamin Disraeli
26-Jan-2010
The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. - Peter De Vries
27-Jan-2010
Freedom's just another world for nothing left to lose. - Janis Joplin
28-Jan-2010
Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us. - Roy Adzak
29-Jan-2010
I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption. - Richard J. Needham
30-Jan-2010
Laws are made for us; we are not made for the laws. - William Milonoff
31-Jan-2010
Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. - Thomas Chandler Haliburton
1-Feb-2010
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. - Albert Camus
2-Feb-2010
The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others. - Doug Larson
3-Feb-2010
I see it's "Cat Attempts To Destroy House Through Kinetic Energy Release" o'clock again. - Fade Manley
4-Feb-2010
What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit. - John Updike
5-Feb-2010
Love is a great beautifier. - Louisa May Alcott
6-Feb-2010
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it. - Isaac Bashevis Singer
7-Feb-2010
Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times. - Rita Rudner
8-Feb-2010
It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it. - Robert E. Lee