Promise is most given when the least is said. ~George Chapman
Don't wait for your ship to come in - swim out to it. ~Author Unknown
Freedom is never given; it is won. ~A. Philip Randolph
The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of the Saturnalia, a brief excursion from his way of life. ~Robert MacIver
So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three. ~Alexandre Dumas, fils
A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body. ~Andre Maurois
Long A: Below is the website information for citations, if you need it for a works cited list or bibliography. Please keep in mind that some quotes on this site have not been verified. It's always best in scholarly writing to quote from the original source whenever possible. The Quote Garden is meant to be casual enjoyment for word lovers, not an academic reference.
Budget: a mathematical confirmation of your suspicions. ~A.A. Latimer
It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat. ~Loren Eiseley, "The Innocent Fox," The Star Thrower, 1978
The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children. ~Edward, Duke of Windsor, Look, 5 March 1957
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. ~Marlene Dietrich
Crossing over the boundaries we've been taught to live within is a tough business. But I'm getting the idea they're not so formidable. ~Jeb Dickerson, www.howtomatter.com
Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof. ~Martin H. Fischer
Good shot, bad luck, and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified. ~Virginia Graham, Say Please, 1949
Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. ~Roger Babson
Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something. ~James Laver
Nowadays most men lead lives of noisy desperation. ~James Thurber
Hamlet: Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring?
Mathematics is as much an aspect of culture as it is a collection of algorithms. ~Carl Boyer, 1949, calculus textbook
Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours. ~Doug Larson Eternity alone can reveal to the human race its debt of gratitude to the peerless and immortal name of Washington. ~James A. Garfield
How can you put on a meaningful drama when, every fifteen minutes, proceedings are interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits with toilet paper? ~Rod Serling, quoted in Submitted for Your Approval, Public Broadcasting Station, 1995
What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable. ~Louise Nevelson
My grandchild has taught me what true love means. It means watching Scooby-Doo cartoons while the basketball game is on another channel. ~Gene Perret
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. ~Aldous Huxley
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