Idiom: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up, i.e. cannot be translated literally. Examples: "under the weather," "kick the bucket."
Swinging at daisies is like playing electric guitar with a tennis racket: if it were that easy, we could all be Jerry Garcia. The ball changes everything. ~Michael Bamberger
Mine is the night, with all her stars. ~Edward Young
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. ~Plutarch
To wash one's hair, make one's toilet, and put on scented robes; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner pleasure. ~Sei Shonagon
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. ~Russel Baker
The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity. ~Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1665
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll need them on your way down. ~W. Migner
There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him. ~Helen Rowland
Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success. ~Author Unknown
I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all. ~Bob Lemon, 1977
If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace. ~Hamilton Fish
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? ~St. Augustine
You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it. ~Albert Einstein
For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
I believe humans get a lot done, not because we're smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee. ~Flash Rosenberg
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~Abraham Lincoln
Jealousy is an awkward homage which inferiority renders to merit. ~Mme. de Puixieux
The Anglo-Saxon conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't; it just keeps you from enjoying it. ~Salvador de Madariaga
It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions. ~Author Unknown
It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 21
I tried yoga once but took off for the mall halfway through class, as I had a sudden craving for a soft pretzel and world peace. ~Terri Guillemets
Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence. Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands with arms akimbo barring your path and spitting. I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too. ~Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
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