Quotes of the day

Quotes of the Day

Four humorous quotations each day from The Quotations Page

Published: 20 May 2012 01:25:02 -0000

John Erskine (Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

"Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing."

Lois McMaster Bujold (Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

"The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives."

Norman Douglas (Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

"Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes."

Steven Wright (Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."

David T. Wolf (Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

"Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows."

Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

"Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld (Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

"Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors."

Elvis Presley (Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

"I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to."

Augusten Burroughs (Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

"I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions."

Jane Austen (Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."

Miguel de Cervantes (Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

"Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse."

Russell Green (Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT)

"The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving."