If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

I never think of policemen's wives; their beauty maddens me like wine.

Kyril Bonfiglioli

I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.

Mitch Hedberg

My definition of success is control.

Kenneth Branagh

Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It is important that they realize a mistake need not ruin their future, but they must also know that not everything in life is a bed of roses.

Maureen Forrester

How would your life be different if...You decided to give freely, love fully, and play feverously? Let today be the day...You free yourself from the conditioned rules that limit your happiness and dilute the beautiful life experience. Have fun. Give - Love - Play!

Steve Maraboli

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?

E. M. Cioran

We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

Richard Dawkins

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Henry David Thoreau

Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.

Aldrich Ames

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

Charles Buxton

No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things.

Channing Pollock

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

Bishop Robert South