Clock Quotes
clock | February 25, 2010By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
- Charles Wadsworth
clock | February 24, 2010"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... if you have one."
- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one."
- Winston Churchill, in response.
clock | February 22, 2010"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
- Oscar Wilde
clock | February 21, 2010A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
- Charles Robert Darwin
clock | February 20, 2010"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
- Mark Twain
clock | February 19, 2010 I've developed a new philosophy: I only dread one day at a time.
- Charles Monroe Schulz
clock | February 18, 2010"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
- Moses Hadas
clock | February 17, 2010I have nothing against none of you.But it's high time that you started looking at yourselves,and judging the lie you live in
- Charles Manson
clock | February 16, 2010"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
clock | February 15, 2010I go at what I am about as if there was nothing else in the world for the time being.
- Charles Lingsley
clock | February 14, 2010I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
- Clarence Darrow
clock | February 13, 2010Getters generally don't get happiness; givers get it. You simply give to others a bit of yourself, a thoughtful act, a helpful idea, a word of appreciation, a lift over a rough spot, a sense of understanding, a timely suggestion. You take something out of your mind, garnished in kindness out of your heart, and put it into the other fellow's mind and heart.
- Charles H. Burr
clock | February 12, 2010"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
- Winston Churchill
clock | February 11, 2010An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.
- Charles F. Kettering
clock | February 9, 2010No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming.
- Charles E. Wilson
clock | February 8, 2010A member of Parliament to Prime Minister Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.""That depends, Sir", said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
clock | February 7, 2010By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.
- Charles Dickens
clock | February 6, 2010The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband, I'd give you poisoned tea."
He answered, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."