1776 Ben Franklin Quotes & Sayings

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. — Alfred North Whitehead

'You love her without willing it or wanting it, and that is the most exquisite pain of all.' — Vicki Pettersson

A profound knowledge of life is the least enviable of all species of knowledge, because it can only be acquired by trials that make us regret the loss of our ignorance. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington

Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire. — Jordana Brewster

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is. — Benjamin Franklin

We need to look at the totality of the things that we're labeling as violent and really examine whether we need to have some more proportionality in terms of the punishment fitting the crime that's done. The bright line that we have right now, between violent and nonviolent, does not account for shades of gray. — Cory Booker

I felt naked. I felt as perhaps a bird may feel in the clear air knowing the hawk wings above and will swoop. I began to feel the need of fellowship. I wanted to question, wanted to speak, wanted to relate my experience. What is this spirit in man that urges him forever to depart from happiness, to toil and to place himself in danger? — H.G.Wells

Grace is a God who stoops. — Max Lucado

Take a look at your own heart, and you will soon find out what has stuck to it and where your treasure is. It is easy to determine whether hearing the Word of God, living according to it, and achieving such a life gives you as much enjoyment and calls forth as much diligence from you as does accumulating and saving money and property. — Martin Luther

Nunc fluens facit tempus,
nunc stans facit aeternitatum.
(The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.) — Boethius

That the apostolic office is temporary, is a plain historical fact. — Charles Hodge

It's the ultimate pinnacle of stand-up to have an hour on HBO, but way more people see Comedy Central, and they've been good to me. — Daniel Tosh

Never deprecate another person's sufferings even when imaginary. — James Purdy

Question is are you bozos smart enough to feel stupid? — Eminem