Quotes

[JoAnn L.]

It's a universal law, the other line moves faster.

 

[chopper]

In honor of Grandparent's Day:

"Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric." – Pam Brown

 

[JoAnn L.]

It's wondrous what a hug can do.

 

[simonbaker]

"It's time to start living the life you imagined"

 

[taxlady]

Either people are not attributing quotes to the person being quoted or they are simply posting aphorisms.

Why don't we start a thread for aphorisms and make this one just for quotes with attribution?

 

[JoAnn L.]

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.~~Vince Lombardi

 

[taxlady]

We should listen twice as much as we talk. It's obvious. We have two ears and only one mouth.
~~
A former co-worker

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Love can make even nice people do awful things.
Jude Deveraux

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.

Fannie Flagg

 

[simonbaker]

When life gets challenging & stressful always remember there can be no flowers without raindrops.

 

[Mad Cook]

Hey guys

Got some quotes you really like, put them here

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing.” (Attributed to Edmund Burke among others) Probably a little over-done these days but I think it still has something to say.

 

[Mad Cook]

Making a hundred friends is not a miracle. The miracle is to make a single friend who will stand by your side even when hundreds are against you

Especially the one who says "I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it" (Voltaire, I think)

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Euripides

 

[taxlady]

“Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”

-- Mark Twain

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Someday we'll find it
The Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me

Jim Henson

 

[Aunt Bea]

"A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still."

Some say this quote is from Ben Franklin, some say Dale Carnegie and some don't care!

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
Shel Silverstein

 

[JoAnn L.]

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Jane Smiley

 

[simonbaker]

Even a flower has to grow through dirt