22 Heures Des Quotes & Sayings

One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool — E.W. Howe

When you gossip about another person, listeners unconsciously associate you with the characteristics you are describing, ultimately leading to those characteristics' being "transferred" to you. So, say positive and pleasant things about friends and colleagues, and you are seen as a nice person. In contrast, constantly complain about their failings, and people will unconsciously apply the negative traits and incompetence to you. — Richard Wiseman

Don't be wasting your sympathy on me, kid. I did pretty damn well, I'll tell you what. You snag a woman like that, you don't ask what you did to deserve it. You just hope she never wises up and changes her mind. — Andrew Davidson

Every successful competitive practice has victims. The more successful a new method of making and distributing a product, the more victims, the deeper the victims' injury — Frank H. Easterbrook

People think a watch must weigh a lot to be a luxury. But there's no reason why we should add weight to create value. People have to overcome these notions. — Richard Mille

When I get down to my last dime I'll just walk over to skid row."
"There are some real weirdos down there."
"They're everywhere. — Charles Bukowski

I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms. — Edgar Quinet

Stupidity exceeds and undercuts materiality, runs loose, wins a few rounds, recedes, gets carried home in a clutch of denial-and returns. Essentially linked to the inexhaustible, stupidity is also that which fatigues knowledge and wears down history. — Avital Ronell

When are the world's political parties going to get appropriate symbols: snake, louse, jackal, ... trash can, clown face, ... dollar bill with bat wings on it? — P. J. O'Rourke

Faded like morning fog in the rising sun, sports team logo on a cheap T-shirt, ninety-nine dollar paint job on a Chevy. — Dennis Vickers

Lest Love should value less
What loss would value more,
Had it the stricken privilege ---
It cherishes before. — Emily Dickinson

It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek ... is like a beautiful opera, but way better. — Troy Polamalu

The victories of character are instant, and victories for all. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The PhD student is someone who forgoes current income in order to forgo future income. — Peter Greenberg