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Life is beautiful but people are crazy.

Life is beautiful but people are crazy.

Quote by Charles Osgood about life, people

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Quote by Jean Rostand about beauty, ugliness, art, magic, nothing

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Quote by Aristotel about people, man

When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our...

When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews.

Quote by Sarah Jessica Parker about love, life

After a certain number of years our faces become our...

After a certain number of years our faces become our biographies. We get to be responsible for our faces.

Quote by Cynthia Ozick about numbers

I became obsessed with all these women who die never...

I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.

Quote by Salma Hayek

The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd...

The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire about religion, being, things

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about determination, wisdom

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he...

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.

Quote by Sinclair Lewis about people, insults, humor, common sense, sense, human imperfections, being

Blooming limes I feel enlightened up to my last...

Blooming limes I feel enlightened up to my last loneliness I am a saint of the whole flower from Earth

Quote by Nicolae Ionel about poetry, solitude, earth

He is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish...

He is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Quote by Muhammad Ali about risk, nothing, life

Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of...

Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards.

Quote by James Payn about country, school

They really look forward to meeting you, or seeing you....

They really look forward to meeting you, or seeing you. And thank God for that, because that's really the thing that keeps you alive.

Quote by Brad Paisley about god, things

The intensity of the tantrum is directly proportional to...

The intensity of the tantrum is directly proportional to the amount of people around to witness.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about people

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise

Quote by William Blake about wisdom

I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I...

I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted.

Quote by Mickey Rourke about attitude

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to...

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

Quote by Harold Evans

Railways and the Church have their critics, but both are...

Railways and the Church have their critics, but both are best ways of getting a man to his ultimate destination.

Quote by Wilbert Vere Awdry about opinion, man

Any cool program always requires more memory than you have.

Any cool program always requires more memory than you have.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, memory

I just love listening to the laughter.

I just love listening to the laughter.

Quote by Simon Pegg about love, laughter

I've seen people that don't treat their animals well and yet their animals are still just as loving to them even though they're not treated that well. It's very hard to find that kind of loyalty and love and affection in human beings.

Quote by Dick Van Patten about people, animals, affection, human imperfections, love

History is the key to everything: politics, religion, ...

History is the key to everything: politics, religion, even fashion.

Quote by Eva Herzigova about fashion, politics, religion, history

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but...

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

Quote by George S. Patton about succes, measure, man

A valuable dropped item will always fall into an inaccessible place (a diamond ring down the drain, for example) - or into the garbage disposal while it is running.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about example, fall

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about beginning

Life is adventure, not predicament. Amazement awaits us...

Life is adventure, not predicament. Amazement awaits us at every corner. If you don’t fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

Quote by James Broughton about life, adventure, day, love

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my...

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.

Quote by Drew Barrymore about hell

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try...

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

Quote by Dale Carnegie about succes, man

You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their...

You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff.

Quote by Adam Garcia about tragedy

I know that the arts are important. I'm not denying that, ...

I know that the arts are important. I'm not denying that, but I can't associate myself with all the claptrap that goes on around it.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about art

When a furnace breaks in mid-winter, it is always the...

When a furnace breaks in mid-winter, it is always the heat exchanger.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about real estate

I really want to understand the mind so I can be more...

I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important.

Quote by Drew Barrymore about people, mind, being

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become...

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.

Quote by Don Johnson about nothing

Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.

Quote by John Ernst Steinbeck about love, hate, man

At this stage, what would be rewarding would be for...

At this stage, what would be rewarding would be for audiences to want to watch.

Quote by Sean Penn

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we...

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

Quote by William Penn about love, praise, virtue

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